Night Owl Cards

Almost two years ago, I came up with a plan for a series of posts that would reveal the all-time nickname team for each decade of baseball history. Relying on recommendations from readers, as well as my own research, I would compile the best nicknames in pleasing position-by-position fashion, decade by decade. Some folks thought it was a good idea and gave me lots of nice nickname suggestions. I filed those names away for future use, giddy with the thought of new blog material for months to come.  ... and then promptly dropped it. It was a pretty involved project and time constraints interfered with me moving forward with it. Pretty soon I just forgot about it altogether. I feel bad about that, so I'm going to try it again. Armed with the nicknames already supplied to me, I'm going to ask again, "what are some great player nicknames over the years that deserve to be mentioned among the all-time nickname teams?" The nicknames can come from anywhere. Playe...

As a Dodger fan, I like to think that my team had the market cornered on the surname "Davis." Tommy and Willie (or Wm.), had more in common than their last name. They were both productive, speedy outfielders who helped make the early-to-mid-60s Dodgers go. They will be remembered forever as World Series champions in 1963. But how things change in two decades. Any child of the junk wax era knows that no team was big enough to lay claim to the Davis name. There would come a time when the Davis name became so big that it was associated with a single era rather than a single team. Donruss was so impressed that it named four players with the Davis name as team MVPs in its 1990 set: They weren't even the only Davises in the majors at that time. Mark Davis was the N.L. Cy Young Award winner in 1989. Storm Davis was 19-7 for the A's. Catcher Jody Davis was still hanging with the Braves. Mike Davis had just played his final major league season with the Dodgers as di...