They must be kidding
Sorry, but "Joey Bats" is a poor excuse for a nickname |
Favorites from A to Z
My trip starts at Arntzen, ends with Zuber |
"Death to Flying Things"
And what about that old woman in the red cap? |
More title than nickname
Examples: "The Mechanical Man" and "The Meal Ticket" |
"Kings" and other royalty
From Mike Kelly to the "Sultan" and 'Rajah" |
No stinking nicknames
You can't improve upon Vida Blue and Clyde Kluttz |
Kick it up a notch
While other names need a little bit extra |
Cricket, anyone?
These players all had jolly good names |
A lesson in Geography
But beware — there are several misleading nicknames |
When in doubt, alliterate
It's the surest way to create a catchy nickname |
Pop culture's contribution
Several nicknames come from comic strip characters |
Paging Dr. Frankenstein
Here's how to assemble a baseball player |
Now playing
There are three features at our baseball multiplex |
We've got you, Babe
From Ruth to Dahlgren, Adams and Herman, too |
Ladies' Day"
A tribute to "Sadie," Liz," "Beauty" and "Blondie" |
"Daff,""Dazzy" and "Dizzy"
And a bunch of names that rhyme with "olly" |
"Rips,"Ripples and Riddles
Nicknames that sound like killers or "Batman" villains |
Give us an "S"
As in "Skinny," "Sparky," "Stubby," "Stuffy," "Sloppy, " "Soup ". . . |
Anything but that!
Some players must really have hated their nicknames |
A Chris Berman primer
Some names practically write their own Bermanisms |
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This is for the birds
Consider all the robins, cranes, hawks and ducks. |
Animal house
Meet "Hippo," "Moose," and "Weasel," among others |
A hutch, not a dugout
That's what you'd need for this team of "Rabbits" |
Baseball's pesty fellows
"Flea," "Jigger," "Cricket," and a swarm of mosquitoes |
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'Cannonball' Crane
He threw his life away |
The two Sam Cranes
They went in opposite directions |
Jay Partridge
This Dodger was too timid |
George Miller
A man of several nicknames |
"Goose" Goslin
Denied use of his striped bat |
The Parrott brothers
Ill-fated "Jiggs," musical "Tacks" |
Charley Jones
"The Knight of Limitless Linen" |
Fred Walker
Unusual, but not mysterious |
"Ducky" Holmes
There's more than one |
"Skyrocket" didn't soar
Neither did his namesake |
Once upon a time
Short tales about some interesting and unusual players.
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