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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

John:

For your personal edification...

From Bill James' twenty points about Mr. Cravath:

1. The name was "Gavy," not "Gavvy." "Gavvy" was a reporter's error.

2. "Gavy" was a baseball nickname, but it became the name by which he was known. He signed his name "Gavy" and became known as Gavy even to his family.

3. There are at least seven printed accounts as to how he got the nickname. All that can be said with certainty is that the name was short for "gaviotas" - Spanish for "seagull" - and that the name is a by-product of his baseball career.

Kevin