You can blame Perry Burke of Las Vegas for my nickname. He hung it on me back in 2001 at the LAEFL championship weekend, and it stuck. Oh well...

:)

Fydrich was a special time back in Detroit,...which at the time was one of the only reasons why ABC showed the Tigers on Monday Night Baseball instead of the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles and Dodgers as it seemed they always did. I found it almost as fun as the 68, and 84 championships,....well, not that much!?

Wow...I was at the Monday night game that he pitched against the Yankees. You talk about electricity in the air.

Ahhhhh...the good old days!

Oh yeah...
 

...born and raised in the Motor City. Nuff said!

ALL VERY INTERESTING.
 

COACHES,

i see all these nicknames everyday and wondered what the heck does that mean. " detroit murd" I would have never piece that together if you did not tell u.s. it's fun to find out the little tidbit's behind the coach and his name. I am glad i posted this quesh again.

Hey wolf, after all of these years i never knew your name came about because of that. I bet alot others never knew either.

VERY INTERESTING !!!! PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING.. iN A WAY, THIS IS SORT OF INTRODUCING YOURSELF TO THE MINIATURE FOOTBALL COMMUNITY VIA THE USAGE/MEANING BEHIND YOUR NAME !!!

PS/Coaches who do not own a nickname, if you wanted one, what would it be ?



THANX AGAIN

MANTARAYDE

Well, forty six years ago you see mom and dad...well lets just say...and nine months later they labeled me with this name.:nhnh:

Shayn DaPain
 

My nickname in HS was Shayn DaPain. I actually got the name as a wrestler when I broke a kids coller bone on back-heal trip/suplex. It didn't really stick though until the following year in Football. At practice my sophmore year I hit a friend of mine, Robbie sent him to the hospital. I stayed overnight at the hospital reading sports magazines with him that night. At school the next day everybody was calling me 'the pain'. It was better than my childhood nicknames.:fghttt:

i had a feeling when this topic got started it would be interesting.I see that I was right.Some of you guys have great stories for your names.


raiderhp

Fidrych
 

Here's a youtube clip of an old interview with Fidrych. For you youngsters, this guy was definitely eccentric. He kind of reminds me of Rocky Balboa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm_jU0b5Hgw

You referred to the Monday Night game against the Yankees, I watched that game on TV and it was honestly the most electric I've ever seen a baseball crowd.

I remember watching on TV as the lineups were being introduced and here's Fidrych in a lawn chair saying, "Mark Fidrych" then he blows a bubble and cracks it, "Pitcher" (blows another bubble) and "Northboro Mass"

I remember thinking who is this guy...then when infielders made a good play, he'd be flopping all around congratulating them (kind of like Wolf when he makes a TD). He was a hoot.