The Low Self-Esteem Club: The Stories Behind Baseball's Most Unflattering Nicknames

Imagine starting your first job and your co-workers christen you with a new name. You become Creepy, Cuckoo, or Tomato Face. Before long, your nickname spreads from the workplace into the public sphere. Your true first name slowly fades away. Would you have enough self-esteem to repudiate the unflattering nickname before it's too late? In the first half-century of professional baseball, almost every player in the minor or major leagues had a nickname. A large number of these nicknames serve...