Download or read book The Anatomy of Baseball Nicknames written by Ken Melley and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anatomy of Baseball Nicknames is filled with a selection of over seven hundred monikers given athletes, mostly in the game of baseball, that will make for an enjoyable read whether you are a fan of "America's Game" or not. Be it "the Left Arm of God" or "the Octopus" or "the Gooney Bird," all of these have been tagged to significant ballplayers in their major league careers. Besides the major leagues, which date back to the late 1800s, there is a wonderful parallel history of Negro Basebal