The fans speak out. (Letter To The Editor).(Letter to the Editor)

Baseball Digest | August 1, 2002 | Copyright

I loved the article "Nicknames" by Fred McMane in the June issue of Baseball Digest. It brought back fond memories of growing up in the 1950s, rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers against those hated New York Yankee teams.

The author was correct in saying that nicknames are going the same way as the art of bunting or starters pitching complete games.

All of the legends I idolized had nicknames, such as Rajah (Rogers Hornsby), Scooter (Phil Rizzuto), Big Poison (Paul Waner), Country (Enos Slaughter), Say Hey (Willie Mays), Pee Wee (Harold Reese), The Kid (Ted ...

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