My All-Time Favorite
Baseball Names
No sport boasts more interesting names than baseball. Part of it is because it's the oldest game. But another aspect is the nicknames. They just outdo the other major sports. My favorite baseball names include some of those cool nicknames, but others just sound cool. Here is a list of 20 real baseball names. Fans will fondly remember many of these. Non-fans will likely shake their heads and not believe they are all real.
Billy Grabarkewitz
Blue Moon Odom
Boof Bonser
Carl Yastrzemski
Coco Crisp
Cool Papa Bell
Ducky Medwick
Eli Grba
Enos Slaughter
Goose Goslin
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Mel Ott
Milton Bradley
Minnie Minoso
Moose Skowren
Oil Can Boyd
Rabbit Maranville
Rico Petrocelli
Rogers Hornsby
Tony Conigliaro
Wee Willie Keeler
I'd add for consideration: Harmon Killebrew, Kirby Puckett, Gorman Thomas, Jim "Gumby" Gantner, Catfish Metkovich, Warren Spahn, Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, Boog Powell, Trot Nixon, Bombo Rivera, Tug McGraw, Early Wynn, Sixto Lezcano, Bo Belinski, Johnny Pesky, Dizzy and Daffy Dean, Pie Traynor, Ron "The Penguin" Cey, and Lou Boudreau just for a start.
ReplyDeleteExcellent additions. At least 10 of those were seriously close to making the cut. (Guess you could say they're in my "minors.")
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