I tried so hard to figure out what that nickname meant. I even found a 1915 breakdown of all the nicknames on the team, with detailed descriptions for nearly all of the players, but even in that exhaustive account, the origins of "Dorf" were a mystery. This is the opposite of the modern nickname, which is usually just the first initial and part of the last name. We need a nickname revival. Signed, Paul "Sidecar" Jackson.
One of these men is not like the other! Baker! Ha! Looking forward to Part 3! I still maintain that Enoch Crowder is no fun, especially when teamed up with Baker. 😊
I read that one or another of the iterations of the Nationals gave birth to both the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers. What a history the Nationals/Senators have had:
The observation works three ways, I think. Two of the men are soldiers, one a civilian, two are tall, one is shorter, and the fact that Peyton March was the huge baseball fan in the trio, leaving him no one to talk baseball with in that assembly, at least! I loved discovering that March was such a big baseball fan but had to stand by and watch as his boss and Crowder brought the game to a standstill!
In terms of Crowder and Baker, wasn't it great to see people in The Sporting News saying the same things in 1918: "This guy doesn't really know what fun even is..." I loved that, too.
The history of D.C. baseball names is such a wonderful mess. The names alone could be a short piece, and the Senators/Rangers owner, Bob Short, gives us one of the great baseball calamities of the 1970s--we'll get to that one, one way or another, I'm sure.
Is “Dorf” the best nickname ever? I want a nickname that nobody knows what it means too.
I tried so hard to figure out what that nickname meant. I even found a 1915 breakdown of all the nicknames on the team, with detailed descriptions for nearly all of the players, but even in that exhaustive account, the origins of "Dorf" were a mystery. This is the opposite of the modern nickname, which is usually just the first initial and part of the last name. We need a nickname revival. Signed, Paul "Sidecar" Jackson.
One of these men is not like the other! Baker! Ha! Looking forward to Part 3! I still maintain that Enoch Crowder is no fun, especially when teamed up with Baker. 😊
I read that one or another of the iterations of the Nationals gave birth to both the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers. What a history the Nationals/Senators have had:
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The observation works three ways, I think. Two of the men are soldiers, one a civilian, two are tall, one is shorter, and the fact that Peyton March was the huge baseball fan in the trio, leaving him no one to talk baseball with in that assembly, at least! I loved discovering that March was such a big baseball fan but had to stand by and watch as his boss and Crowder brought the game to a standstill!
In terms of Crowder and Baker, wasn't it great to see people in The Sporting News saying the same things in 1918: "This guy doesn't really know what fun even is..." I loved that, too.
The history of D.C. baseball names is such a wonderful mess. The names alone could be a short piece, and the Senators/Rangers owner, Bob Short, gives us one of the great baseball calamities of the 1970s--we'll get to that one, one way or another, I'm sure.