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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.).
The Lords of Flatbush – A nickname of the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn. The Trolley Dodgers – A nickname of the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn. This was the name of the team before it was shortened to "Dodgers" in the 1930s. The Evil Empire of the West – Used by detractors.
Baseball teams started using nicknames early in the sport's history, though not all felt the need for one. The purported first recorded game of baseball occurred in the mid-1840s between two teams named "New York" and "Knickerbocker." Both teams were actually based in New York City .
This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such.Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.
A barber enlists the help of his father and his old professional baseball teammates to solve a problem. The New Klondike. 1926. Comedy. A pitcher and his manager clash over a Florida land purchase. Casey at the Bat. 1927. Comedy. Wallace Beery in slugger's fable based on Ernest Thayer poem.
This list of Negro league baseball teams is split into two pages, one listing the major league Negro teams and one listing the minor league and traveling Negro teams. Some teams are included in both lists. This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
The name, picked by original team owner Wayne Huizenga, is derived from the fact that a marlin is a billfish, and Huizenga wanted a name that was different from the baseball type names of other mascots (like Slider and Sluggerrr) and one that children could remember more easily. On Mother's Day and Father's Day, Billy is joined by his parents ...
In the last 100-plus years, the Chicago White Sox have had many players with colorful and memorable nicknames from "Shoeless Joe" Jackson to "Old Aches & Pains" Appling, Minnie the "Cuban Comet" Minoso, "Little Louie" Aparicio, "Black Jack" McDowell, and Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas.