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This Week's Poll: How Long Should "Kid Rick" Stick?

As much as I'd prefer not to have poll questions centered on Rick Porcello for two straight weeks, we're a little dry on topics at the moment.  So even though this might be a question better suited for later in the offseason or sometime around Spring Training, we'll go with it now. 

I don't know who was the first to coin the "Kid Rick" nickname in our GameThreads.  Maybe the person who used it here saw it someplace else first.  (You know who you are.  Raise your hand.)  But it stuck.  Even the guys at Big League Stew dug the nickname when I threw it out there during the AL Central tiebreaker.  And rightfully so, because it's kind of brilliant, playing not just on Porcello's rookie status, but on a pop culture figure with Detroit ties.

But the nickname can't last forever.  Kid Rick grew up before our eyes this season (sporting a pretty impressive pennant race beard), but eventually he will develop into adulthood.  (And the "Tiger Beat" contingent of the BYB community can voice their feelings for him without looking kind of lewd while doing it.)  And when he reaches that point, will the nickname no longer stick?

So that's the subject of this week's poll question:

When should the "Kid Rick" nickname for Rick Porcello be retired?

You can find the poll on the right sidebar below the FanPosts block.  Or you can vote here.  Please add your thoughts in the comments.  And if you have suggestions for future poll questions, shoot me an e-mail.  

How did our last poll go?

Star-divide

Maybe not the most objective crowd on this one.  But Porcello's late-season run may have turned some heads.

Where do you expect Rick Porcello to finish in the AL Rookie of the Year voting?

54%  First

28%  Second

15%  Third

1%  Fourth

0%  Fifth

Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll.

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Has to be the drinking age

That’s the time when a person is given all the legal rights of an adult.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 21, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

option five:

when someone younger plays regularly and takes his place as The Kid (with a different name, of course).

by allikazoo on Oct 21, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I like this

However I think he’ll always be Kid Rick to you, Alli :P

by john.kmiecik on Oct 21, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How old do you have to be to rent a car?

How do you expect me to know these things?!

by rcpratt on Oct 21, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The average required age is 25

Unless that’s changed over the past few years…

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 21, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bit that bullet twice

Had to do that for the honeymoon though.

As for the ?, he’s Kid Rick til someone younger breaks the rotation, though some would argue his plunking and subsequent mastering of Kevin Youkilis was pretty manish.

by Elfuego51 on Oct 21, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Big Rick?

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 21, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

like it

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 21, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the name should just stick...

Haven’t there been lots of really good players over the years to keep the “kid” part of their nicknames?

by madpoopz on Oct 21, 2009 10:50 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You are right

According to this page these guys all had “kid” somewhere in their nickname (there were others as well that are too recent or that I didn’t recognize):

Gary Carter (“The Kid”)
Willie Mays (“The Say Hey Kid”)
Ted Williams (“Kid”)
Robin Yount (“The Kid”)
Ken Griffey Jr (“Kid”)

Oddly enough, Rick Porcello is on the list as well, but just as “The Kid,” not “Kid Rick.” Anyone feel like editing the page?

by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 21, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

Matt Kemp: “The weird kid”

by madpoopz on Oct 21, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can be "Kid" for a long time

Like Lee Marvin as “Kid Shelleen” in Cat Ballou

by NCDee on Oct 21, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Given that I've got 14 years on the guy...he'll be a kid in my book forever....

But that nickname has got to stick for a couple of years at least. Maybe when he gets to his 3rd or 4th year in the league it’ll start fading.

Got one to add to the pile, though: Just like some of us refer to Justin Verlander as “Jason” sometimes when he’s struggling, I propose that we call Porcello “Freddy” when he’s having a nightmarish outing.

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by ahtrap on Oct 21, 2009 2:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ian

I coined it. Never heard it anywhere else before I said it here….

by Detroitchik on Oct 21, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thank you

Generally I wouldn’t say anything, but it’s so catchy I felt I had to mention that it was me.

by Detroitchik on Oct 21, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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