Leaf Nicknames: Tiburon Terror
Happy Halloween! What a perfect time to explore a guy whose nickname makes him sound like a serial killer laying in wait on the Pacific Coast Highway.
1949 Leaf Profile
1949 Leaf Nicknames: Snuffy
What did the mid-twentieth century smell like? Probably cigarettes. The locomotive and the Lucky Strike were twin emblems of mid-century mobility, each leaving their own haze in the air. Both would prove inseparable from the life of Snuffy Stirnweiss.
1949 Leaf: Wig
A short nickname for a short career. This is the second in a series of profiles of the nicknames appearing in the 1949 Leaf baseball card checklist.
1949 Leaf: Hippity Hopp
The first in a series of 98 explorations into how seemingly every player depicted in the ’49 Leaf Baseball set earned their nicknames. Before the advent of Rapper’s Delight, Hippity Hop carried a decidedly baseball flavored meaning.