Great Baseball Nicknames- “Iron Horse’- Lou Gehrig. Back when I was growing up I recall a number of magazine articles and discussions on the question- What baseball records will never […]

Great Baseball Nicknames: ‘Sandman’- Mariano Rivera. There are still baseball nicknames but they just don’t seem to be as creative/ good as they used to be. A fairly modern one […]

Great Baseball Nicknames- The Animal Nicknames of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates. I was born shortly after Bill Mazeroski’s home run beat the Yankees in the 1960 World Series- but I […]

Greatest Baseball Nicknames:’ The Big Train’ and “Barney’- Walter Johnson. Walter Johnson would get my vote as the greatest pitcher in baseball history. In his 21 seasons-all with the Washington […]

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 […]