Nicknames and Women Professional Baseball Players Names Vol 38, No 4James K. Skipper Jr
Although women in the general population tend to have fewer nicknames than men, women baseball players in the All-American Girls Baseball League, 1943–1954, were as likely as male baseball players to have public nicknames. This high percentage may be the result of women baseball players taking...
Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco -- affectionately known as Mr. Smile and Cookie, respectively -- recently helped turn the Mets into the greatest baseball nickname powerhouse since the early days of the sport when someone with a name like "Stuffy" or
It is the most infamous of baseball teams. But one cannot deny the quality of the nickname, taking the purity of the real team name and contaminating it with the stain of scandal. Of course, as anybody who has screwed up their laundry can attest, it's surprising the White Sox mingling ...
More than just a nickname, "Kiké," short for Enrique is what Hernandez has been called his whole life. Patch:Papi. "All of my baseball I get from him. My life has been nothing but baseball, and he's been right by my side. During the World Baseball Classic, he missed almost a ...
For whatever reason, that nickname was perfect when you watched the brash, 165-pound guard who definitely "had that dog in him" compete and outplay players who were often a foot and 100 pounds bigger than him. 21 of 30 "The Glove" - Gary Payton Getty Images - PAUL K BUCK / Staff ...
The players began calling him “Cool,” which manager Bill Gatewood later modified to “Cool Papa.” Iconic: I'm not sure how many baseball fans would know who James Thomas Bell was, but they've heard of Cool Papa Bell. Appropriate: Bell would later become known as being one of the ...
Gary Payton got his nickname while locking upKevin Johnsonin the 1993 Western Conference Finals. After a rough night for KJ, Payton’s cousin called and said he was “holding Johnson like a baseball in a glove,” and the name stuck. Payton is heralded as one of the best defenders at the...
All kinds of team nicknames grace, deface, maim, highlight or punctuate the landscape of the National Baseball Association. Some are more interesting than others. Some have been “shortened” or “modernized” as time has gone by. Still others are no longer relevant for the franchises they re...
Payton was given the nickname The Glove during the week of the Western Conference finals against Phoenix, when he was called by his cousin, who told him he was holding Kevin Johnson like a baseball in a glove. I'm sure the evolution of the nickname continues with Gary Payton telling everyo...