Just call me A-Train
Can we maybe come up with more creative nicknames for athletes? It made sense when we were talking about a running back known for plowing over and through people and whose last name actually began with a ‘T’. Anthony Thomas? You’re a badass collegiate RB. OK, you’re the A-Train. Good nickname. Then along came a few more guys, same basic concept. Their names began with a ‘T’, and somehow, the ‘Train’ metaphor was still applicable. Except it means that these guys have absolutely no personality, so this is the best we can do, and by “we”, I mean SportsCenter anchors. Well now, we’ve apparently just completely given up altogether. It doesn’t matter what your name is, what position you play, whether or not you figuratively embody a locomotive in any capacity. If you are in dire need of a nickname, just take your first initial and tack on the “-Train”.
January 8th, 2006 at 16.00
[…] In an ESPN article discussing the career and possible retirement of Mike Alstott, the frequent pro-bowling fullback for the Bucs, Len “Big Fats” Pasquarelli lets it be known that Alstott is “known as the ‘A-Train’”. WTF?. The “A-Train”, Len? Really? That’s interesting because I have never once heard him referred to by that nickname. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe Alstott was the first and original “A-Train”. Maybe I just missed the boat on this one. Or is this just another case of the Nickname Train grinding into Station Overkill? […]