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Puddin' Head

puddinhead.jpgI love baseball nicknames:

Charlie Hustle, Stan the Man, Shoeless Joe, Oil Can, The Splendid Splinter, Mr. October, etc. Of course, then there are nicknames like Sliding Billy Hamilton.

He must have liked to slide a lot.

But you've got to love Willie "Puddin' Head" Jones, the Phillies third baseman from 1947 to 1959. Here's a video of ol' Puddin' Head -- anybody with the nickname Puddin' Head has to have an ol' put in front of it -- teaching people how to play third base. It's from Joe DiMaggio's Dugout. Why was he called Puddin' Head? There apparently was a song in the '30s called Puddin' Head Jones, which might be why.

snack%20pack%201.jpgOr he could have really loved pudding.

I mean, who didn't love a snack pack in their lunch?

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Comments (1)

jimmy mack:

Hey, snack packs still rock, really good about 2 hours after dinner while watching the Phils.

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