The Nickname Quiz: Who is the Mullet?

[tpeichel]

Feel free to comment (or post visual evidence to support your vote), but don't give it away.

 

[moxacaine]

Nvm

 

[BBCgalaxee]

Mw
That shouldn't give it away

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[Bill Menard]

hmm... none of those were the answer I expected. I was going with Randy Johnson or Mitch Williams at first, but then I realize they have other nicknames (Big Unit and Wild Thing - which was indeed given to Mitch AFTER the movie Major League).

 

[tpeichel]

hmm... none of those were the answer I expected. I was going with Randy Johnson or Mitch Williams at first, but then I realize they have other nicknames (Big Unit and Wild Thing - which was indeed given to Mitch AFTER the movie Major League).

I didn't know this one either, but you always have a shot with multiple choice voting.

 

[Gwynn545]

My choice was one of the choices! Sweet!

 

[rum151man]

The entire phillies team in the 90's

 

[tpeichel]

hmm... none of those were the answer I expected. I was going with Randy Johnson or Mitch Williams at first, but then I realize they have other nicknames (Big Unit and Wild Thing - which was indeed given to Mitch AFTER the movie Major League).

Yeah, how come I'm not on the list?

 

[tpeichel]

Current Vote Totals:

Kruk - 10
Rod Beck - 3
George Brett - 1
Tulo - 0
Longoria - 0

I'll reveal the answer at end of today.

 

[BBCgalaxee]

Put me down for Mitch Williams

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[tpeichel]

Only one person selected the correct answer because The Mullett is....

 

[Dazed]

The only reason I selected Brett was from his Baseball Reference page. I had remembered reading this and thinking I had never heard him refered to as "Mullet".

George Howard Brett (Mullet)
Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb. Born: May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale, WV (Age 60)
High School: El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1973 (Age 20)
Team: Royals 1973-1993
Agents: Dennis Gilbert
[*]
Final Game: October 3, 1993 (Age 40)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1999 (488/497 ballots).
View George Brett Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Ken Brett

 

[tpeichel]

The only reason I selected Brett was from his Baseball Reference page. I had remembered reading this and thinking I had never heard him refered to as "Mullet".

George Howard Brett (Mullet)
Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb. Born: May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale, WV (Age 60)
High School: El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1973 (Age 20)
Team: Royals 1973-1993
Agents: Dennis Gilbert
[*]
Final Game: October 3, 1993 (Age 40)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1999 (488/497 ballots).
View George Brett Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Ken Brett

I did some searching to see how Brett got the name and the only thing I found was a page from Willie Mays Aikens book:

It was the first morning of spring training in 1980, and Willie felt sharp in the Royals blue.
"Mullet head!"
Four or five guys shouted at the same time, and Brett shook his head and began to stutter step down the third-base line toward the outfield.
"Mullet head is here!"
Brett gave a prolonged raise of his two middle fingers to his catcallers and the players laughed.

So I don't think Brett really cared for the nickname!

 

[UMich92]

Just saw this and remembered there was a Triple Threads card of Brett where the cut-out spells Mullet. Nice.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-Triple-Threads-GEORGE-BRETT-Authentic-Game-Used-Pine-Tar-Incident-/141147821549?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item20dd10d5ed

 

[tpeichel]

Just saw this and remembered there was a Triple Threads card of Brett where the cut-out spells Mullet. Nice.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Topps-Triple-Threads-GEORGE-BRETT-Authentic-Game-Used-Pine-Tar-Incident-/141147821549?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item20dd10d5ed

Awesome card. I wonder if the nickname is obscure because Brett really hated it?

 

[tpeichel]

Further evidence that George Brett did not like the nickname "The Mullet" comes from this blog where a collector had George Brett sign an APBA card. Brett signed the APBA card, but put a line through "The Mullet" and replaced it with "Lou".

Here is the story from the blog:

http://www.apbablog.com/apba-my-players-in-real-life/i-found-my-george-brett-autographed-apba-card

When Nick Swartz gave Brett my APBA card, he turned over a few times, looking it over. Then he noticed the nickname that APBA had given him all these years, ‘Mullet’. He said aloud, “That’s not right! My nickname is ‘Lou’! With a black sharpie pen, he proceeded to cross out ‘Mullet’ on my APBA card.
According to his mom, Nick Swartz, who witnessed this, said “Umm, I’m not sure you’re supposed to do that”, probably not knowing exactly what these APBA cards were or how they were used.
“Ehh, it’s okay”, Brett said. And wrote ‘Lou’ next to the crossed out name. He turned it over and signed his name on the back.

 

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[tpeichel]

Rockin' the mullet!