Nicknames

Baseball is, and has been full of them for years. From "The Bambino" to "Hammerin' Hank" to "The Say Hey Kid" to "Big Mac" and "The Iron Man," everyone has a favorite. So do I...as of tonight.

Watching Yankees highlights with my wife, who is not one to mince words, the topic quickly switched from Matt DeSalvo's impressive debut (he's the 10th Yankee starter in 30 games, a new record) to Roger Clemens. She wondered which new pitcher would get the ax to make room for Clemens, once he's ready to join the team. But she did not refer to him as "Clemens," or "The Rocket," or by any other name you or I have ever used, or thought of. No, she called him "Old-Man-Fake-Quitter," singlehandedly doling out the most fantastic nickname the game has ever known.

Amanda, thank you.

By the way, OMFQ (that's how I'll be referring to Clemens from now on) is already getting some criticism for not traveling with the team on road games. David Wells (the more outspoken of the two) and Greg Maddux say they wouldn't ever want a clause that says that.