MLB

[daft twat]

Kirby

[The Argonaut]

Nomar

[The Argonaut]

Nomar

but only when pronounced like Nomaaahh

[Norris]

ichiro

[PHATJ]

Babe

[The Argonaut]

Babe

I think there's a difference between, in the context of baseball, everyone knows who you're referring to and the first name being a standard way of referring to that person.
"I honestly forgot Nomar even played for the A's."
"Did you ever see the clip of Vlad hitting a double off the pitch that bounced in front of home plate?"
"Manny diving to cut-off that Damon throw makes me laugh every time I see it."
vs.
"Babe calling his shot is an iconic moment."
"I visited Babe's grave the last time I travelled to New York."
It sounds kind of weird. "Babe Ruth" sounds more natural in both cases, where Garciaparra, Guerrero, and Ramirez are extraneous in the above examples.

[Simple Torture]

It's "The Babe," not "Babe."

[Simple Torture]

Also, I feel like he is much more commonly called simply "Ruth" outside of The Sandlot.

[Simple Torture]

Also, "Babe" itself is a nickname, not his first name, if we're being pedantic. But so is "Mookie."

[MadTIGERmaN]

ichiro

Clearly the best example. At his peak of popularity, if you were in Japan, you could drop a piece of mail in the box, and simply put "Ichiro" on it, and they would deliver it to him. He was right up there with Elvis, Madonna, Cher, other 1 name celebs.

But baseball is also the sport where players get called by their nicknames just as much as their names
Joltin Joe, Splendid Splinter, Hammerin Hank, The Babe, Mr October, The Ignitor, The Rocket, The Big Unit, Maddog, Mr Padre, Stan the Man, The Ryan Express, Satch, Mr Cub, The Big Train, the list just goes on and on

Also, I feel like he is much more commonly called simply "Ruth" outside of The Sandlot.

I've never called him Ruth, its always Babe/The Babe.

[E.H. Ruddock]

ichiro

What's going on in here

[The Argonaut]

[The Argonaut]

Yadi
Miggy

Do diminutive versions of first names count?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

predictions for giants vs. dodgers tomorrow night?

i'll go Giants win 9-3

[E.H. Ruddock]

Lol no Pittsburgh for the Jays

[The Argonaut]

Lol no Pittsburgh for the Jays

It's still not too late to just not do this, MLB

[lennytheweedwhacker]

they should play at the trash pandas stadium

[Simple Torture]

[philpritchard]

Lol no Pittsburgh for the Jays

It's still not too late to just not do this, MLB

No big deal... they still have almost 6 days to figure it out!

[Simple Torture]

Lol no Pittsburgh for the Jays

It's still not too late to just not do this, MLB

No big deal... they still have almost 6 days to figure it out!

Someone on Twitter posted "Hobo Bichette" under a story about this and it made me lol