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The fans speak out. (Letter To The Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
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 Williams), Killer (Harmon Killebrew), Moose (Bill Skowron), Skoonj (Carl Furillo), Campy (Roy Campanella) and Stretch (Willie McCovey).
I can only think of about a half a dozen modern nicknames that really stick. They include Big Daddy (Cecil Fielder), Nails (Len Dykstra), Hondo (Frank Howard), Pops (Willie Stargell), The Wizard (Ozzie Smith), and the Big Cat (Andres Galarraga).
I guess it's just part of the evolution of our great game.
Mark Isaac Elizabeth, N.J.
In reference to the nicknames of different players, I believe you left out two sets of brothers whose nicknames should rate up there with the others.
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