Let's get the obvious out of the way: "Toy Cannon" is the coolest nickname in Miami Marlins history.
Coolest, and the most apt. For Cody Ross was exactly that, an explosive, seemingly secret weapon for the Marlins. Long before cousin Trevor Rogers toed the rubber for the Miami, the team's original Pride of Carlsbad patrolled the outfield from 2006 to 2010- sometimes as a fourth outfielder type, sometimes as locked in starter.
His Marlins career began in 2006 when the club bought him from the Cincinnati Reds on May 26th. All he'd do after that was club 11 HRs across 91 games, quite the find for such a low level move.