L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.Byline: -- Doug Padilla Douglas ("Doug") Padilla (born October 4, 1956 in Oakland, California) is a former middle and long distance runner from the United States, who won the overall Grand Prix 1985 and the World Cup 5000m race in 1985. One of the topics in the Angels' dugout last week was nicknames in baseball. Angels broadcaster Rex Hudler Rex Allen Hudler (nicknamed the "Wonder Dog") (born on September 2, 1960, in Tempe, Arizona) is a former Major League Baseball utilityman. He played a total of thirteen seasons after being a first round draft pick of the New York Yankees in 1978. was talking about the Cleveland Indians' Travis Hafner Travis Lee Hafner (born June 3, 1977 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a left-handed hitting designated hitter in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cleveland Indians of the American League Central Division. and how his nickname -- ``Pronk'' -- came from two previous nicknames that the slugger didn't care for, ``Project'' and ``Donkey.'' Hudler said he had a role in Tim Salmon's altered nickname of ``King Fish'' and David Eckstein's moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. of ``X-Factor.'' Hudler was asked what he would name rookie catcher Mike Napoli, but nothing came to mind. It seems as if Napoli is being referred to by second baseman Adam Kennedy as ``Snacks'' because of Napoli's habit of getting something to eat every time a flight attendant brings the cart down the aisle on the team's charter flights. ``Snacks'' might not be the most flattering of nicknames but it sure beats a yawner like ``Nap.'' |
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