[SamAdams76]

"Catfishing" is a term that's new to me but sounds like it's been around a while. Supposedly it is slang for a man trying to sexually entice another man by posing as a woman.

That said, I remember there used to be a baseball pitcher back in the 1970s named Catfish Hunter. Now I'm wondering how he got his nickname.

[Hatteras]

Charley Finley gave Hunter the nickname. Apparently the boss felt his ball players needed a catchy nickname to help draw crowds. He also came up with Blue Moon for John Odom.

[Salamander]

He was a great man.

The answer is simple.

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Finley gave Hunter the nickname “Catfish” in 1965 because he thought his 19-year-old pitcher needed a flashy nickname.
A story circulated that Hunter’s family gave him the nickname as a child when he went missing and was later found with a string of catfish; there is no truth to that explanation

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Catfish Hunter”

I had to look it up.

Finley gave Hunter the nickname “Catfish” in 1965 because he thought his 19-year-old pitcher needed a flashy nickname.[1][2] A story circulated that Hunter’s family gave him the nickname as a child when he went missing and was later found with a string of catfish; there is no truth to that explanation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish_Hunter