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FRANK "THE BIG HURT" THOMAS

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BASEBALL HUMOR

Sports blogger lists his favorite baseball nicknames

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When I think about baseball players I often think of the player's

nicknames.

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Mickey Mantle had multiple names.

Some names were a little less than gratifying.

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Here are some great names, funny names and not so great names.

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Which are your favorites?

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Let's start with these nicknames.
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"The Old Professor" (Casey Stengel )

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"The Little Professor" (Dom DiMaggio)

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"Teddy Ballgame" ( Ted Williams )

." Donnie Baseball" ( Don Mattingly )

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seem to indicate that these men knew something about the game.

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While names like Dizzy Dean, Daffy Dean, Dazzy Vance or "The Brat" for Eddie Stanky, seem to tell another story about these guys.
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Where they live or where they were born are depicted in these nicknames like

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"Memphis Bill" for Bill Terry,

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"Dominican Dandy" for Jaun Marichal,

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"The Reading Rifle" for Carl Furillo,

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"The Fordham Flash" for Frankie Frisch,

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"Country" for Enos Slaughter,

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"Commerce Comet" for Mickey Mantle,

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"The Kentucky Colonel" for Earle Combs

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and of course "The Georgia Peach" for Ty Cobb.

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Hey who"s from Jersey?

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"Jersey Joe" Stripp, that"s who.

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The animal nicknames?

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Some are fierce and make you quiver or some just make you take notice.

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Like "The Big Cat" for Johnny Mize,

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"Godzilla" for Hideki Matsui,

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"Moose" for Bill Skowron,

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"The Iron Horse" for Lou Gehrig,

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or "King Kong " for Charlie Keller.

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Other animals are not so scary.

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Like "Ducky" for Joe Medwick,

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or "The Mule" for Yankee Killer Frank Lary,

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and "The Penguin" for Ron Cey.

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Goose Goslin was better known as "Goose" than his real name of Leon.

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Maybe "The Bird" ( Mark Fidrych) and

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"Mickey Mouse" for Cliff Melton were names that tried to trick us.

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And then there is one of my favorites "The Silver Fox" for Duke Snider.
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Then there are the Royalty nicknames. Names of Nobility. These names are fitting to baseball immortals, Like

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"The Sultan of Swat" (Babe Ruth),

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"Prince Albert" (Albert Pujols),

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"Rajah" (Rogers Hornsby),

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" Prince Hal" ( Hal Schumacher),

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"King Carl " (Carl Hubbel).

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"Duke" for Edwin Charles Snider is more recognizable than his first name of Edwin.

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And another one of my favorites "The Count" " John Montefusco.

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Names that depict respect.

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"Mr Cub" (Ernie Banks) ,

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"The Man" (Stan Musial) ,

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"The Yankee Clipper" ( Joe DiMaggio),

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"Mr October" ( Reggie Jackson)

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"Mr November" (Derek Jeter)

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"The Master" (Mel Ott).

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And then there are names that do not illuminate respect like

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"Fat Freddie" for Freddie Fitzsimmons

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or "Crab" for Johnnie Evers

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or "The Sphinx" for Don Mossi.
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And nicknames of strength

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"The Iron Horse" (Lou Gehrig),

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"Iron Man" McGinnity,

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"The Iron Man" (Cal Ripken),

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"The Man of Steal" (Rickey Henderson),

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"The Wall" (Thurman Munson).

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Some nicknames have fascinated me.

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Like "Jack The Ripper" What does this say about Jack Clark?

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And George "Twinkletoes" Selkirk, the old Yankee outfielder must have had a great time explaining that one.

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Leo Durocher had an interesting moniker " Leo The Lip.

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"The Big Hurt" for Frank Thomas started out as a name that told a story about how he destroyed the other team. Later on in his career does the name describe his ongoing state of his own physical condition?

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"Boog" What is a Boog, Mr Powell"

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And last, but not least, are names that I just enjoy.

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"Hammerin" Hank Aaron,

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The Kid (Ted Williams),

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"Ryan"s Express" (Nolan Ryan),

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"The Rocket" (Roger Clemens),

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"The Vacuum Cleaner" (Brooks Robinson),

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"The Wizard of Oz" (Ozzie Smith).

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