Softball or curve-ball? Lol.

So, only a few select people call me this in real life. I used it here for some reason and it seemed to resonate with people and so I ran with it.

Anyway, I'll give the basic story...I used to play American football, I was a running back (full back to be precise). I began as an outside line backer (on defence) though, in the early years, and was somewhat tenacious and exuberant when it came to chasing down and tackling the ball carrier. I was single-minded, pretty brutal and rarely let an opportunity go...Much like one of those vicious junk-yard guard dogs that get locked in the yard at night, and let off the leash.

So we were at training one night preparing for the next game and the defence were working on strategy on a whiteboard. The coach, a former Seattle Seahawk player who had relocated to Australia, said and then we'll let the junkyard dog off the chain and he can fuck the ball carrier up, or whomever else he can chase down probably. Something to that effect. He meant me, and it stuck.

From there I got, the dog, junk-yard, chainer, mad-dog, frother (as in frothing at the mouth), the poodle and any number of things but the G-dog ended up being the one that stuck.

The team would say things like, who's going to fuck up the quarterback huh? In a voice one would speak to a puppy in...I'd get c'mon boy, time for your walk and all sorts of shit. It was funny...In the end most people just called me G-dog.

I don't get it a lot now, unless I run into team mates from the old days, sometimes a fan or two recognises me, someone who used to come to the games, and they'll greet me. It works on hive I guess though Nicknames are important here in Australia and if one is given one they tend to stick, certainly within the crowd that gave it. It's worn as a badge of honour, even if it's a shitty one, because it means one is accepted.

So, that's it. Time to get back into my kennel! Lol.

Good question mate, was fun answering it. Now your turn...Do you have a nickname?

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