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Baseball Trivia: Nicknames

By Tim Zinnecker

Identify these members of baseball's hall of fame by their nicknames:

Whitey.  Pudge.  Yaz.  Sparky.  Yogi.  Dizzy.  Catfish.

Too easy, right?  Edward "Whitey" Ford (aka "The Chairman of the Board").  Carlton "Pudge" Fisk.  Carl "Yaz" Yastrzemski.  George "Sparky" Anderson.  Lawrence "Yogi" Berra.  Jay "Dizzy" Dean.  And Jim "Catfish" Hunter.

Maybe you'll find these fifteen more of a challenge.

1. Old Aches and Pains
2. The Meal Ticket
3. Rajah
4. The Silver Fox
5. Baby Bull
6. The Vacuum Cleaner
7. Big Poison
8. The Grey Eagle
9. The Big Train
10. Ole Stubblebeard
11. The Mechanical Man
12. The Fordham Flash
13. The Flying Dutchman
14. The Hoosier Hammer
15. The Big Cat

Pictured:  Ted Williams (aka "Teddy Ballgame" and "The Splendid Splinter"), card #250 in the 1954 Topps series.

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on September 05, 2009 (boomark / email).