Great Baseball Nicknames- ‘Blue Moon’- Johnny ‘Blue Moon’ Odom. The Oakland A’s were without doubt the most colorful team in the first half of the 1970’s- they not only had […]

Great Baseball Nicknames:’ The Toy Cannon’- Jimmy Wynn. Yesterday would have been Jimmy Wynn’s 79th birthday. He was one of the most underrated players of his era. He played a […]

Great Baseball Nicknames-‘ Catfish’- Jim Hunter. Jim Hunter was a county boy from North Carolina. A talented young pitching prospect- he was signed in 1964 after graduating high school by […]

Great Baseball Nicknames-‘ The Man’- Stan Musial. How great a ballplayer was Stan ‘The Man’ Musial? Ken Griffey Jr. was born on November 21 in the small western Pennsylvania town […]

Great Baseball Nicknames: ‘Popeye’ and ‘The Gerbil’- Don Zimmer. Don Zimmer as a player, coach and manager was a true baseball lifer. He started playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers in […]

Great Baseball Nicknames: ‘The Human Vacuum Cleaner’- Brooks Robinson. In baseball they award the Gold Glove each year for the best fielder at each position. Brooks Robinson who would win […]