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Appropriate (and maybe not so) names in baseball history

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Baseball Lingo Leave a comment

I’m going in a different direction today.  Names of ballplayer that have coincided with their professions. With 96 career homeruns, deadball third baseman Frank ‘Home Run’ Baker might raise some eyebrows with his nickname among the modern crowd.  But check … Continue reading →

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