Jim Hunter was 18 and just signed when Charlie Finley decided he needed a nickname. Finley came up with Catfish in 1964, and he made up a story to go with it about a six year old Jim running off to go fishing.
The name stuck through a perfect game in 1968 and five World Series rings with Oakland and the Yankees.
Third best baseball name ever, and it started as an owner's marketing idea.
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LAST YEAR I PREDICTED:
My Wife Would Leave Me ✅
They Would Take The House ✅
I’d Be Let Go From Work ✅
HERE ARE THE TOP 5 RUNNING BACKS YOU NEED IN FANTASY THIS YEAR 🔗:
Summer of 2022 I was in Washington D.C. on the Wharf and saw some extraordinarily tall women walking down the Wharf. As they got closer, it was pretty clear it was the PHX Mercury. I saw Sophie and chanted MIZ so loud, and she lit up like a Christmas tree. #SweetQueen
*DJ Making a Crowd Announcement:
“Allllright everybody, next one up is colder than a polar bears toe nail! Get jiggly with it.”
*Break Stuff (Limp Bizkit) starts blasting loud
Ladies, you have $5 to build your dream man:
$6: tall
$8: handsome
$7: funny
$2: chud fuck up unlovable hopeless loser
$3: Mizzou basketball fan
$6: muscular
World Champions Rajon Rondo, Tony Allen and The Truth pulled up on J2 to see him break the CIF-SS all time scoring record. 43 points 11 steals 10 assists ❤️🏀