Beckham's opinion of Bacon

[thomas35forever]

Someone asked him about it during his Twitter Q&A tonight and here was his response:

Gordon BeckhamVerified ‏@gordonbeckham

“@Hennish14 do you like being called bacon? #670thescore because when you come up to bat I say lets go bacon" don't love it but whatever hah

Keep it going, Sox fans!

[Dibbs]

Of course he doesn't love it. It's stupid.

[russ99]

Originally Posted by Dibbs

Of course he doesn't love it. It's stupid.

What's not to like? It's a dumb silly name brought on by Ozzie's lack of normal English pronunciation. It's golden, gonna stick with it.

Makes just as much sense as that stupid Outfield song walk up, sometimes the best baseball stuff is dumb.

[Hitmen77]

Originally Posted by russ99

What's not to like? It's a dumb silly name brought on by Ozzie's lack of normal English pronunciation. It's golden, gonna stick with it.

Makes just as much sense as that stupid Outfield song walk up, sometimes the best baseball stuff is dumb.

...except that the Outfield song is something Beckham personally requested. So, playing his favorite song is "dumb", but continuing to call him some lame nickname that he really doesn't care for is "golden"?

But, at any rate, I'm more worried about Beckham's hitting abilities than his views on an old nickname that a former manager coined.

[spawn]

Originally Posted by russ99

What's not to like? It's a dumb silly name brought on by Ozzie's lack of normal English pronunciation. It's golden, gonna stick with it.

Um...because it's a dumb silly nickname, and it was brought to light by a dumb, silly caricature of a baseball manager. But then, you do still like that poor excuse of an ex-manager. And you're going to stick with it even though you know he doesn't like it?

Would you like it if someone called you something that was "dumb and silly", said you didn't like it, but that person continued to use it anyway? Granted, you'll probably never meet Beckham, and if you did and you called him that, he'd be to classy to tell you to kiss his ass, but still...

[Juice16]

Originally Posted by dibbs

of course he doesn't love it. It's stupid.

+1

[SoxFanCPA]

Worst nickname in White Sox history. Please stop.

[Mr. Jinx]

Originally Posted by SoxFanCPA

Worst nickname in White Sox history. Please stop.

I think Hawk's incessant attempt at using "Tanks" (plural) or "the Jakemeister" might beat that, barely.

[sunofgold]

Now that is better. Flash Gordon. Or Bend it like Beckham.

[RKMeibalane]

Originally Posted by Mr. Jinx

I think Hawk's incessant attempt at using "Tanks" (plural) or "the Jakemeister" might beat that, barely.

That's because Hawk is an idiot.

There was a poster on this site last summer who invented absolutely horrendous nicknames for players, much to the chagrin of doublem23.

[A. Cavatica]

Originally Posted by SoxFanCPA

Worst nickname in White Sox history. Please stop.

Nowhere near the worst nickname in Sox history, but that ought to be its own thread!

[Tragg]

Originally Posted by Dibbs

Of course he doesn't love it. It's stupid.

Amen
It was and is a stupid Ozzie nick name.

[Nellie_Fox]

Originally Posted by Tragg

Amen
It was and is a stupid Ozzie nick name.

It wasn't an "Ozzie nickname," it was just the way Ozzie pronounced Beckham. With his heavy Spanish accent, it came out sounding like bacon. Then the fans made it into a nickname.

[TheVulture]

Originally Posted by Dibbs

Of course he doesn't love it. It's stupid.

He should like it. If he doesn't turn it around at the plate this year, he could be looking at a nickname of Beggin Strips.