Comments on: Readers love nicknames http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2007/10/27/readers-love-nicknames/ Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel | NewsOK.com Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Howard Johnson http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2007/10/27/readers-love-nicknames/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Howard Johnson Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:44:35 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2007/10/27/readers-love-nicknames/#comment-427 Bob Fenimore was the “Blond Bomber,” you know.
Ervin “Four Sack” Dusak was a journeyman outfielder for the Cardinals in the post-war ’40s. Some of his teammates were:

Enos “Country” Slaughter
Harry “the Cat” Brecheen
Stan “the Man” Musial
Harry “the Hat” Walker.

Yes, times have changed since “Dr. Strangeglove” (Dick Stuart) played at being a firstbaseman for Pittsburgh and Boston and Willie “Pudd’n'head” Jones played thirdbase for the Phillies.

Oklahomans (aside from the aforementioned Brecheen) with Major League nicknames included:

“The Commerce Comet” – Mickey Mantle
“The Super Chief” – Allie Reynolds
“The Meeker Meal Ticket” – “King” Carl Hubbel

and,

Al “Flip” Rosen,”the Big Bear” Mike Garcia and “Handsome Ransom” (Randy) Jackson each starred for the old Oklahoma City Indians before moving on to successful major league careers.

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