| Ruth himself used to hand out nicknames to teammates, mainly because he was terrible at remembering people's real names. |
| They were using familiar nicknames for each other since the child was very close to his mentor and defender. |
| Hometowns are often used by sports writers in creating alliterative nicknames. |
| If the manager's nicknames for his Dodgers are any indication of his talents, you can kiss this season goodbye. |
| It was clearly ruled that members should be referred to by their correct names, not by nicknames. |
| He said that people were known by their nicknames rather than their real names, so he would not have known him as Fred. |
