Are You Not Entertained? Jonathan Sanchez Makes the Most of Second Chance

A few weeks ago, Bay Area sports personality Shooty Babitt attributed Jonathan Sanchez’s lack of success to his lack of nickname. San Francisco has The Freak (Lincecum), Cainer (Cain), the Big Unit (Johnson), Big Z (Zito), but Sanchez is sans-pseudonym so far this year.

Third-base coach Tim Flannery recently coined a new nickname for the left-hander, taking from Russell Crowe’s character in Gladiator, calling him “The Spaniard.” His reasoning behind it was simple, as was how it related to Sanchez.

Win, and you live to fight again. Lose, and there are no more chances.