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ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I watch NBA basketball and back in the day (1990s) there was exactly one player that was referred to by his initials: Michael Jordan. Nowadays fans use initials (with their jersey number occasionally tacked on as if that’s the cleverest thing to do in the world) for almost every player and it’s almost impossible to know who they’re talking about. For some players this is legitimate (e.g. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a mouthful so SGA is a good replacement) but for most it is not.

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Lucky13@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
In baseball now, they like to make nicknames by taking the first initial and the first syllable of the last name. Like J-Hey. It’s annoying and unoriginal. Baseball used to have the best nicknames too.

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- frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Um, A-Rod has been a thing for a while now.
  
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  - Lucky13@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Um, nobody said he hasn’t. Um, what’s your point
    
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    frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Just that it’s not a new thing like you made it sound.
    
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- ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  they like to make nicknames by taking the first initial and the first syllable of the last name
  
  Oh god, this is worse than the initials+jersey number thing.
  
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