Baseball is full of them and I would like to add the following: Team nicknames-Pittsburg Pirates of the 70's-"The Lumber Company", Cincinnati Reds-"Big Red Machine", St. Louis Cardinals of the 30's, "Gashouse Gang",Joe DiMaggio-"The Yankee Clipper" & "Joltin' Joe", Ted Williams-"The Splendid Splinter", Joe "Ducky" Medwick, Jay Hannah "Dizzy" Dean, "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron, Wilmer "Vinegar Ben" Mizell, "Smokey" Joe Wood, "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, "The Georgia Peach"aka Ty Cobb, Ryan's Express to name a few of the classic ones and I am sure as soon as I end this I will think of more!