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- Dirt_Dog abstract "For other uses, see Dirt Dog (disambiguation).Dirt dog is an athletic nickname given to certain baseball players who are considered "scrappy" or blue-collar, hard working and tenacious and generally rough around the edges. This title first started in the Boston Red Sox organization in July 2001. The original dirt dogs are widely considered to be Trot Nixon and Brian Daubach by trotdaubach, one of the "Original Six" members of the ESPN Message Boards, and is currently a featured contributor at the Red Sox fan site SavedByTheBellhorn.Com . Both players gained great popularity in Boston for this particular style of play. This tag later was stuck to players such as Lou Merloni, Chris Stynes, Bill Mueller, Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Millar and former captain Jason Varitek. Trot Nixon is still widely accepted as the ultimate dirt dog, for his play, his dirty cap and his pine tar caked helmet. The first man to refer to the team as "dirt dogs" was former Sox pitcher Paul Quantrill, who at the time played for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Quantrill said "...if they can keep it close, this pack of 'dirt dogs' will find a way to win." [1]".
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- Dirt_Dog wikiPageExternalLink bostondirtdogs.com.
- Dirt_Dog wikiPageID "1173646".
- Dirt_Dog wikiPageRevisionID "606728258".
- Dirt_Dog hasPhotoCollection Dirt_Dog.
- Dirt_Dog subject Category:Baseball_terminology.
- Dirt_Dog subject Category:Nicknamed_groups_of_baseball_players.
- Dirt_Dog subject Category:Nicknames_in_sports.
- Dirt_Dog comment "For other uses, see Dirt Dog (disambiguation).Dirt dog is an athletic nickname given to certain baseball players who are considered "scrappy" or blue-collar, hard working and tenacious and generally rough around the edges. This title first started in the Boston Red Sox organization in July 2001.".
- Dirt_Dog label "Dirt Dog".
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- Dirt_Dog wasDerivedFrom Dirt_Dog?oldid=606728258.
- Dirt_Dog isPrimaryTopicOf Dirt_Dog.