Nickname match game.(Sports)

Byline: MARK McGUIRE Senior writer

There was a time when almost all baseball players had nicknames. Great ones had more than one, like the "Yankee Clipper," "Joltin' " Joe DiMaggio, or "The Splendid Splinter," Ted "Teddy Ballgame" Williams.

Vernon "Lefty" Gomez also went by "El Goofy." Charles Dillon Stengel is remembered by fans as Casey, or to a lesser extent "The Old Perfessor." But in his playing days he was called "Dutch." How many know that Duke Snider's given name is Edwin? Old-timers might recall his other nickname, "The Silver Fox."

The Babe needs no last name. But George Herman Ruth also answered to "Jidge" from his teammates, and "Big …