Interesting....

or maybe boring, I don't know...in doing some research, I ran across some name pronunciations that I had wrong.

Some of these guys we use in ATG8 played so long ago, we have never actually HEARD their names. We have heard OF them, and read their names, but never heard them actually pronounced.
Anyway,
Cheap catcher Lou Criger played for the early 1900s Red Sox. Always thought his name pronounced with a long i like "Cryger", but it's actually pronounced with a short "ih" sound

Gavvy Cravath....I always placed the stress on the first syllable, but it's actually pronounced "cruh-VATH"

I actually knew this info from earlier but thought I'd share about Kiki Cuyler. The pronunciation of Kiki is like "bye-bye", not "keekee". He was actually born Hazen Shirley Cuyler, but suffered from a severe stuttering problem all his life, and consequently had difficulty in pronouncing his own last name. His teammates would refer to him a "Kiki Cuyler," after his own pronunciation, and thus the name stuck.


A few misunderstood nicknames, first two are well-known, but I didn't know about Skowron:
Harold Reese: Called "Pee Wee" not because he was small, but because he was a champion marbles player.

Jim Hunter: Called "Catfish" not because he resembled the creature (or because he especially liked fishing), but because A's owner Charles Finley wanted him to have a colorful nickname and made one up for him.

Bill Skowron: Called "Moose" not because he was extraordinarily large (5'11", 195 lbs), but because of a childhood resemblance to Benito Mussolini. His grandfather gave the seven-year-old Skowron a haircut that looked like the dictator's and his friends jokingly called him "Mussolini". His family shortened the nickname to "Moose." The name stuck throughout his career.

What about "Mudcat" Grant?

I like the old non-PC names Yid, Dummy, Chief, Three-Finger,Irish,

Ed Konetchy was on my first sim team (remember STATS?) and performed very well. When I realized I wasn't sure of the pronunciation of his name I sought the answer. To the Internet I went. (Remember this was twenty plus years ago.) I looked up "Konetchy" and found some names with phone numbers. One was an Ed Konetchy in Texas (Arlington, I think). So I called. After explaining the purpose of my call the conversation went something like this:
Him: "How did you get my number!?!"
Me: "The Internet."
Him: "That's the damndest thing I've ever heard! The name is pronounced "Konetchy"! He was my father!"
Abruptly hangs up.
The sad part of my story is I have forgotten the pronunciation and I'm back to square one. But no phone calls to Texas are in my future.

Maxie

I wonder if it would be possible to have an entire ATG league with nothing but nicknamed players...

Counting names like Billy or Bobby, I think it would be very easy to populate a league with nothing but nicknamed players.

The '34 Gas House Gang Cardinals had Dizzy Dean, Daffy Dean (his brother Paul), Ducky Medwick and Dazzy Vance.

The '34 Gas House Gang Cardinals had Dizzy Dean, Daffy Dean (his brother Paul), Ducky Medwick and Dazzy Vance.

Pepper Martin, Ripper Collins, Spud Davis,Tex Carleton, Kiddo Davis, Red Worthington

Oil Can Boyd

If there is a Nickname League my first pick would be Jeff "Prison Face" Leonard.
He would be soon followed with "Baby Doll" Jacobson and "Swish" Nicholson.

Maxie

How do you pronounce Don Demeter's name. I know he does not get used much, perhaps a better card would help.

Is it De meter as in the (De) meter, or Demeter like democrat