Many of his D-backs teammates use it, and he said it has become something of a hit on social media. Tribute patch: "Mom" -- Walker said he and his brother were always active in sports, and somehow mom never seemed to miss a game. His last name means "white," so people around the team started calling him "Tiburon Blanco" white shark.
Tribute patch: "Mom and dad" -- Blanco said his parents are his heroes. Archie Bradley : "Hollywood" Bradley freely admits he tends toward the outlandish, so he understood why people began calling him Hollywood. Adam Rosales : "Rosie" This one is pretty simple, and Rosales says that's the point.
Peralta: "Freight Train" Give Berthiaume credit for this one. He watched Peralta run the bases in , and said to him it looked like a freight train going down the tracks. Peralta heard it and liked it, and he quickly found out the fans liked it too. So it stuck. Tribute patch: "Mom and dad" -- Peralta didn't need to think long before deciding to honor his parents. He liked it. Tribute patch: "Mom and dad" -- Iannetta chose to honor his parents because they've been so supportive.
Goldschmidt: "Goldy" It's a simple nickname, but there's a backstory. Goldschmidt said it goes back to seventh-grade football in Texas, when his coaches didn't want to say "Goldschmidt. When Goldschmidt came up to the Major Leagues in , teammates asked, "Do you like 'Goldy You'd better decide now, because it will stick with you.
But the Giants also develop players to be winners, which suits Blanco just fine. I remember growing up, [when] I lost, with my friends in the yard, in the backyard and stuff like that, I took off everything. And in his first stint with the team, he did a lot of winning. Blanco counts his two World Series championships as his proudest accomplishment, with being particularly special because it was his dream as a kid in Venezuela to lead off and play center field in Game 7 of the World Series.
He got to live that dream with the Giants, and has a ring to show for it. It used to be that Blanco got back to Venezuela a little more often. For seven years, he played winter ball there in the offseason. And it all comes back to family. But he thinks about home every day. Our bats came alive. And the baseball gods started smiling again. Bloopers fell.
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