Baseball Crossword Puzzle: Halloween Names & Nicknames

Baseball Crossword Puzzle : Halloween Names & Nicknames

The Ghost of Hartsdale and The Mad Hungarian could easily be characters in a new Wes Craven film. They are, however, a baseball announcer and a baseball pitcher respectively. There are other colorful Halloween names and nicknames that players of our national pastime have had during their careers and this Baseball Almanac exclusive crossword puzzle pays tribute to those hauntingly familiar names.

"I think that I pitch better without sleep. My wife Perrie stays up and talks with me some nights before I pitch. One night when I was thinking about throwing a fastball I pushed her out of bed." - John Odom

Halloween Names & Nicknames Crossword Puzzle

Instructions
    1. Use mouse to position the cursor.
    2. Use Acr/Dn button to switch from across to down.
    3. Type in the answer.
    4. Have fun!

Did you know that Dr. McKim based the Halloween Names & Nicknames Crossword Puzzle on a research list put together by the researchers at the National Baseball Hall of Fame after the 2000 regular season?

The clues and answers for the Halloween Names & Nicknames Crossword Puzzle were created by Dr. Donald McKim who is a widely published author with books that can be seen and ordered from Amazon.com.

What other Halloween names and nicknames can you think of? Search for player bio pages using the search box under the main menu and see if you can find others or check to see those that we have added to the site already.

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