So Finley cooked up a story about how as a child Hunter got lost in the woods. Finley’s thing at the time was that every recruit of his had to have a flashy nickname. In 1964 Hunter, then a high school pitching phenom, was recruited by Charlie Finley, the owner of the Kansas City Athletics. It’s one of the best nicknames in all of sports.ĭo you know why they called him Catfish? I always thought it was because he looked like a catfish. Catfish is so much cooler sounding than Jim. Thing #1: Catfish Hunter’s real name is Jim Hunter. My favorite chapter so far was about Catfish Hunter and free agency. It’s a long and interesting book about the evil business that operates behind Major League Baseball. The book selection this time around is Lords of the Realm by John Helyar. It is like a regular book club, except we only read and discuss books about sports. I’m in a sports book club with a few friends.
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