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His nickname, " Moon Man ," stemmed from various escapades such as the hijacking of the team bus and the flooding of a minor league ballpark so he could leave Amarillo one day early at the end of the season.
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He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname " Moon the Loon ".
She also had a tattoo of a moon with a face on her foot in reference to Rison's nickname, Bad Moon.
Maurice acquired the nickname " Moon " in his early childhood and later had his name legally changed.
Rison is also remembered for his life off the football field, which garnered him the nickname " Bad Moon " Rison from ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman, alluding to the song " Bad Moon Rising " by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
There he received the nickname " Mushmouth ", after a character in the cartoon strip Moon Mullins whose large square jaw and prominent mouth resembled Morton's.
While orbiting the Moon for the first time during Apollo 15, Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden said, " After the King's nickname training, I feel like I've been here before.
Rupert Moon was captain when they won the cup and league which earned Llanelli the title of Best Team in Britain for the 1992-1993 season as well as the nickname " Cup Kings of Wales " due to their success in the Welsh Cup.
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During this season Earnhardt garnered a second nickname, " The Man in Black ", owing to the black paint scheme in which the No. 3 car was painted.
Lineker's involvement with Walkers caused Mark E. Smith, singer with The Fall, to coin the nickname ' Crisp Man ' for him.
Brown's concert success, however, remained unabated and Brown kept up with a grueling schedule throughout the remainder of his life, living up to his previous nickname, " The Hardest Working Man in Show Business ", in spite of his advanced age.
Emmanuel, who was called " Manny " as a nickname, changed his first name to Man and gradually began to use Man Ray as his combined single name .< ref name = Conv2Mod > Francis Naumann ; < cite > Conversion to Modernism: The Early Work of Man Ray </ cite >; Rutgers University Press ; ISBN 0-8135-3148-9 ( 2003 ).</ ref >
Like his famous predecessor Man o ' War, Secretariat was a large chestnut colt and was given the same nickname, " Big Red.
" Rat Man " was the nickname given by Sigmund Freud to a patient whose ' case history ' was published as Bemerkungen über einen Fall von Zwangsneurose Upon A Case Of Obsessional Neurosis ' ( 1909 ).
* Jug Head, Canadian nickname for the Kool-Aid Man
During Parliament-Funkadelic performances Shider was known for appearing in a diaper, making him instantly recognizable on stage and earning him the nickname " Diaper Man ".
As a result of the success of " Minnie the Moocher ," he became identified with its chorus, gaining the nickname " The Hi De Ho Man ".
Phar Lap was called the " Wonder Horse ", " Red Terror ", " Bobby " and " Big Red " ( the latter nickname was also given to two of the greatest US racehorses, Man o ' War and Secretariat ).
Throughout the series, Sisko refers to Dax by the affectionate nickname " Old Man.
Daly's willingness to, as he put it, " stoop to the curb and bestow upon the low, untried actor a chance at greatness " earned him the nickname " Little Man Auggie " among his peers.
Physicist Robert Serber stated in his memoirs that his nickname for the Nagasaki atomic bomb, " Fat Man ", was inspired by Greenstreet's " Kasper Gutman " character in The Maltese Falcon.
Richard C. Weaver is a Californian man known by the nickname Handshake Man.
It was also during the 1946 season that Musial acquired his nickname of " The Man ".
His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques he developed earned him the nickname " The Man of a Thousand Faces.
" California Man ", a # 7 UK hit, featured baritone saxophones, a double bass, and a riff borrowed from George Gershwin, was an affectionate tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis ( the double bass had " Killer ", Lewis ' nickname, written on it ) with Lynne and Wood trading verses and lines.
Known for his consistency as a hitter and fielder, Gehringer was given the nickname " The Mechanical Man " by Yankee pitcher Lefty Gomez.
* " The Man of Steel ", a nickname used for the comic book superhero, Superman.
* And he has also appeared in " The book of lost things " with the nickname " Crooked Man ".
The soundtrack for Mega Man 2 was composed mainly by Takashi Tateishi, credited as Ogeretsu Kun ( a nickname implying rudeness, geretsu ( 下劣 ) meaning rudeness or depraved in Japanese ).
In his later years, Forrest lobbied for the rights of smaller theatres against the increasingly powerful conglomerated theatre companies, earning him the nickname " Little Man Edwin.
* The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, a book about Richard Kuklinski ( see nickname section below ) by Philip Carlo
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As a result, Chicago's club nickname transitioned, and by 1890 they had become known as the Chicago Colts, or sometimes " Anson's Colts ," referring to Cap's influence within the club.
His torrid strikeout numbers earned Wood the nickname " Kid K ," and ultimately earned him the 1998 NL Rookie of the Year award.
The nickname " The Big Green ," originating in the 1860s, is based on students ' adoption of a shade of forest green (" Dartmouth Green ") as the school's official color in 1866.
Beginning in the 1920s, the Dartmouth College athletic teams were known by their unofficial nickname " the Indians ," a moniker that probably originated among sports journalists.
A characteristic mannerism in Rossini's orchestral scoring is a long, steady building of sound over an ostinato figure, creating " tempests in teapots by beginning in a whisper and rising to a flashing, glittering storm ," which earned him the nickname of " Signor Crescendo ".
She has blue eyes like Gerald O ' Hara and Melanie gives her the nickname, " Bonnie Blue ," in reference to the Bonnie Blue Flag of the Confederacy.
Baseball guides listed the club's nickname as " Nationals or Senators ," acknowledging the dual-nickname situation.
The nickname " A's " has long been used interchangeably with " Athletics ," dating to the team's early days when headline writers wanted a way to shorten the name.
From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.
Rhode Island's official nickname is " The Ocean State ," a reference to the State's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14 % of its total area.
* " The Rock ," nickname of the athletic teams of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
* " The Rock ," a nickname for the Knute Rockne Memorial athletic facility on the University of Notre Dame
A nickname that would stick with Bennett for the remainder of his political career, " Iron Heel Bennett ," came from a 1932 speech he gave in Toronto that ironically, if unintentionally, alluded to Jack London's socialist novel:
It was during that season, that Cubs announcer Chip Caray nicknamed him " Slammin ' Sammy ," a nickname that quickly spread.
Roosevelt intensely disliked being called " Teddy ," and was quick to point out this fact to those who used the nickname, though it would become widely used by newspapers during his political career.
As a result, U-M gained the nickname " Harvard of the West ," which became commonly parodied in reverse after John F. Kennedy referred to himself as " a graduate of the Michigan of the East, Harvard University " in his speech proposing the formation of the Peace Corps while on the front steps of the Michigan Union.
This is called " Flushing the field ," hence the nickname, " Flush.
In spite of Whiteman's nickname, " The King of Jazz ," his was not a jazz ensemble, but a popular music outfit that played bits of jazz and classical music according to the demands of its record-buying and concert-going audience.
In a play on his nickname, " Old Blood and Guts ," troops joked that it was " our blood and his guts.
While a student at Williams, he earned the nickname " Gadg ," for gadget, because, he said, " I was small, compact, and handy to have around.
The Cincinnati Reds of the 1970s earned the nickname " the Big Red Machine ," and is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest teams ever.
Snead's nickname was " Slammin ' Sammy " and he was admired by many for having the so-called " perfect swing ," which generated many imitators.
Bonanno was nicknamed " Joe Bananas ," a name he despised ; his family was sometimes called " the Bananas family " after his nickname.
A much safer nickname to use around him was " Don Peppino ," a diminutive of his original Italian name.
The country has a long history of beef eating and was once known for its beef and beef cooking methods, earning the English the nickname, " Les Rosbif ," from the French.
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