Why Are Baseball Nicknames So Lame?

Friday, 15 March 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Wall Street Journal sports writer Jared Diamond has a question for you. “Remember,” he says, “when baseball nicknames weren’t lame?” Diamond says the recent anointment of slugger David Wright as Captain America was a reminder of the good old days when “rosters were filled with Pee Wees, Scooters and Say Hey Kids.” Diamond lays blame for the disappearing monikers with changes in sports media—he says those colorful nicknames were usually the creation of sports columnists and local announcers.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal