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by **Arlo** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 12:40 pm

How did Catfish Hunter acquire that nickname?

by **EugeneStyles** » Thu Jun 27, 2002 8:36 pm

His mustache?

by **Arlo** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 5:37 am

Nope, his mustache didn't have anything to do with the name...

by **jwhands** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 7:01 pm

It was because he loved to hunt and fish. Finley gave him the nickname.

by **Arlo** » Sun Jun 30, 2002 4:09 pm

At the risk of sounding scrooge-ish, call this half a run (Half a run? What in the name of baseball is that? :-b

). Finley did come up with the nickname, but it wasn't for that reason...

by **jwhands** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 1:49 am

Finley thought it was a catchy nickname, and it would help as a marketing ploy.

by **Arlo** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 5:26 am

Got it! Isn't that a crazy way to pick up a nickname? And it stuck, too...

Anyway, congratulations on winning the June trivia title! ;-D

"Catfish" (answered)