An eccentric Kansas City owner, Charlie Finley, decided he needed a nickname for Jim Hunter, so he came up with a recreation of how “Catfish” the hunter used to fish for catfish as a boy growing up in North Carolina. He swallowed the middle tools of hook, line, and sinker, and Jim became a catfish […]
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10. Catfish – Bob Dylan Bob Dylan wrote this song about James “Catfish” Hunter. This song credits Catfish for his skill and success as a major league pitcher for the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees. When he was signed by the Yankees in 1975, he was the highest paid pitcher in the […]
Now this generation of Red Sox fans have their very own version of the Boston Massacre, compliments of the New York Yankees stunning five game sweep over the Red Sox that took place during the span of August 18th through the 21st. Twenty eight years ago, in what was dubbed the Boston Massacre by the […]