Where Have All the Nicknames Gone?

FEATURES They are an integral part of baseball's lore, the colorful and distinctive nicknames that became synonymous with nearly all the game's immortals of the Roaring '20s - Babe Ruth, "The Sultan of Swat"…Ty Cobb, "The Georgia Peach"…Lou Gehrig, "The Iron Horse"…Rogers Hornsby, "The Rajah"… Walter Johnson, "The Big Train"…Tris Speaker, "The Gray Eagle"…Frankie Frisch, "The Fordham Flash." It is generally believed the rail-thin Williams gave himself "Teddy Ballgame", while longtime Red Sox clubhouse man Johnny Orlando labeled him "The Kid" right after he arrived at Fenway Park in 1939. Photos left to right: Joe DiMaggio, Bettmann/Getty Images; Babe Ruth, MPI/Getty Images; Willie Mays, Focus on Sport/Getty Images; Stan Musial, Bettmann/Getty Images; "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Sporting News via Getty Images; Frank Thomas, Focus on Sport/Getty Images; David Ortiz, Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images "I think you'll find, especially from the early days, most of the nicknames given to players were given to them by the old-time writers.". [Extracted from the article]