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Mike "The Human Rain Delay" Hargrove

The Say Hey Kid

Charlie Hustle

The Flying Dutchman

Blue Moon Odom

Nails Dykstra

Gary "The Secretary of Defense" Maddux

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Everyone knows these, but if you're a ballplayer, who wouldn't kill to be known as Donnie Baseball or Teddie Ballgame?
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