Joakim Soria's Nickname Is Blogger Tested, Mexican Approved [Mexicutioner]

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Joakim Soria's Nickname Is Blogger Tested, Mexican Approved [Mexicutioner]
Royals Review: Front Page Posts found this 7/19/2008 on deadspin.com [flag]
It's about time the Kansas City Royals got themselves a bona fide All-Star, after branding Ken Harvey and Mark Redman as such. Joakim Soria is the Royals' scintillating closer, saving 25 of 27 games and sporting a 0.72 WHIP. With stats like that, a guy needs a legendary nickname, and he's got it now. Meet "The Mexicutioner." It's gotten pretty big locally. The T-shirt is selling like pine ... [link]

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Mexicutioner makes it to Deadspin
Published 7/19/2008 by Safe@First at Royals Review: Front Page Posts
Mexicutioner makes it to Deadspin Rany gets credit for coining it.

Baseball Before Bedtime: Saint Dominic's Preview
Published 7/21/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... didn't serve you well this weekend. You just lost two of three to the hapless Royals! Esteban German's two-run dubble in the eighth, his third hit of the day, was the attention getter, but new third-slot hitter David DeJesus cannot be overlooked with his two hits and three RBI. Joakim Soria, code name The Mexicutioner, notched his 26th save. Bueno! ...

Which active player holds the best baseball nickname?
Published 21 days ago by 'Duk at Big League Stew
... of all time, the Rapid Roberts. In their place, as CH notes, are a bunch of abbreviations (A-Rod, D-Wright, Man-Ram) and names starting with "Big" (Unit, Hurt, Papi.) Where have you gone, Kenneth Lance Johnson? A nation turns its lonely eyes toward you, Mr. One Dog. Anyway, I'll throw the question out to you. Which current player owns the best nickname in baseball today? I'm partial to either El Caballo (Carlos Lee), The Mexicutioner (Joakim Soria) or The Cuban Missile (Alexei Ramirez), but ...

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Flanagan: Whose idea was it to give Joakim Soria “The Mexicutioner” nickname?

Posted 7/18/2008 on BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

Not Angel “The Railroad Killer” Resendiz...he had reached the end of the line by then. You’ve seen Joakim Soria’s new nickname, “The Mexicutioner,” in Royals game stories, heard it on radio, and lately it has been spotted on increasingly popular T-shirts. Bob Dutton, Royals beat writer for The Star, says the The Mexicutioner nickname didn’t start with him. WHB’s Kevin Kietzman, who did ...