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One of my first baseball-related research projects began
when I was about eleven and realized that Total
Baseball (the post-Baseball Encyclopedia and pre-Baseball-Reference.com resource for any and all statistical information) included nicknames along with the other biographical information. Lefty…Daffy…Pepper…Hammerin’ Hank…the Say Hey Kid…just a handful of the many colorful names that ...
In hopes of becoming some kind of Zen
master, I just finished reading David Halberstam’s biography of
Bill Belichick, The Education of a Coach. Well, it was a solid read, but let’s just say, I haven’t yet mastered my own destiny nor can I order a burrito with my mind. I’m not giving up hope yet though, as I’m likely headed over to Amazon after I finish this column to pick up a book about Phil ...

The Nickname Doctor: Greetings!