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Back to EpisodesOPTIONAL: What's in a (Nick)Name: Casual Othering in Baseball Nicknames
Episode 522
Published 1 month ago
Description
ABC:LHS #090-6 Many early baseball players ...
... were given nicknames that would never be tolerated today. We can never know how these players felt about being saddled with monikers like Chief, Three-Finger, Chico, Dummy, and Richie, based on being "othered."