Have You Ever Seen So Many Nicknames?

What would baseball be like without all those nicknames. Some players like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Mickey Mantle have more than one name attached to them. See some great and not so great names. Where they live or where they were born are depicted in these nicknames like “Memphis Bill” for Bill Terry, “Dominican Dandy” for Jaun Marichal, “The Reading Rifle” for Carl Furillo, “The Fordham Flash” for Frankie Frisch, “Country” for Enos Slaughter, “Commerce Comet” for Mickey Mantle, “The Kentucky Colonel” for Earle Combs and of course “The Georgia Peach” for Ty Cobb. Hey who’s from Jersey? “Jersey Joe” Stripp that’s who. The animal nicknames. Some are fierce and make you quiver or some just make you take notice. Like “The Big View the rest of this article