Top 10 Best Nicknames in Baseball History

In an article over a year ago I talked about how I was appalled that in sports today there are not very many good nicknames anymore. This is especially true in baseball. Barry Bonds can't get a good nickname? Jeff Bagwell is called "Bags." Why?  Because he has baggy pants? Because he carries bags? Because he has bags under his eyes? No, it's just shorter than Bag-well. And we can't get Alex Rodriguez something other than the very lame A-Rod. It's too bad that the lack of baseball nicknames have occurred because baseball has some of the greatest nicknames ever. These are what I think are the 10 greatest nicknames in baseball history.

#10 Greatest Nickname in Baseball History: "Wild Thing" Mitch Williams
No pitcher has ever had a nickname that more perfectly described his style of pitching...actually, can you really call the way Mitch Williams pitched style? Maybe all Mitch Wiliams needed was some of Ricky Vaughn's glasses.

#9 Greatest Nickname in Baseball History: Lenny "Nails" Dkystra
I was a New York Mets fan growing up and I was always a bigger fan of "Mookie" Wilson than Lenny "Nails" Dysktra, but I have to admit it was a pretty awesome nickname. Anybody named Nails has to be tough and gritty.

#8 Greatest Nickname in Baseball History: "Chili" Davis
I don't like to make fun of people very often, not even jokingly. One of the few times it is okay to make fun of somebody though is when they get a bad hair cut. The nickname "Chili" was given to Charles Davis because he once got a bad haircut and his hair looked like a chili bowl.

#7 Greatest Nickname in Baseball History: "The Wizard of Oz" Ozzie Smith
When I was a kid I never really believed in magic like most kids do. That is until I saw Ozzie Smith play shortstop. Surely these plays that Ozzie Smith are making are humanly impossible It must be magic!

#6 Greatest Nickname in Baseball History: Walter "Big Train" Johnson
The big might suggest that Walter Johnson was big but it was actually the train part that described him, or described his fastball rather. Sports writer Grantland Rice called Walter Johnson the "Big Train" because his fastball was as fast as a train. I guess he added Big for effect.