Feminine Nicknames: ‘Oh You Kid,’ From Tilly to Minnie to Sis
In 1959 Bill Bryson remarked in Baseball Digest: “The masculine character of the big leagues has been laced with some contradictory names and nicknames of feminine nature.” For the past several decades sportswriters have referred, often with amusement, to a particular player or players whose nickname had definite feminine connotations. Recently Vic Maestri even titled […]