Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects
Our newest Deep Thoughts on Shallow Subjects is a draft of Old Time Baseball Nicknames. This is a topic that may seem superfluous but it is very near and dear to our hearts. Way too much research was done in the name of making each other laugh while also having something interesting to say about the player and how they got their nickname. Since we went far back in time for some of these we derail a lot on our favorite random team names that we never knew existed. Some of the players that we mentioned are pioneers of the sport and not just there for funny names.
Goofs: Troy was wrong on the date of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It was published in 1897, a good 20 years after Count Sensenderfer played. According to Wikipedia, he got the nickname Count from his moustache and aristocratic air.
Intro/Outro music by friend of the
podcast Seth Gilbertson. Find more music at iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/seth-gilbertson/1155231950) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/sethgilbertson/videos)
