The Boomer Challenge

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s posting which highlighted some of the best nicknames delivered by the great Chris Berman. Today I want to submit for your approval a few monikers I came up with for current Texas Rangers:

Jake Burger “And fries” - that one is too easy

Adolis “Cherry” Garcia - with apologies to Ben & Jerry

Jon “Shades of” Gray

Cody Bradford “Pears”

Luke Jackson “Five”

Josh “Forever” Jung

Joc “Itch” Pederson

Ezequiel “No mas” Duran

Alejandro Osuna “The better”

Jack “Butane” Lighter

Kumar “Amish” Rocker

Shawn “Stretch” Armstrong

Jax Biggers “They come the harder they fall”

Evan Carter “Little liver pills”

Hoby “Wan-Kenobi” Milner. (May the force be with him)

Now I have a contest for you. Think of other baseball players, past or present, and come up with some nicknames. (Are you seeing this Karen and Ken?) I’ll give you a few days to think about it. Share them with me and I’ll post them along with some others from the strange mind of Coot Putley. The person who submits the best list will be the winner of the 2025 Boomer Challenge. You may even get a new nickname yourself, and some free Ranger tickets. The contest will end March 6, so put on your thinking cap and have some fun.

That’s one man’s opinion - What’s yours?