Perhaps in Iowa, but I gotta say I can’t EVER remember him being called that in Fun City.
Of course that was sixty or so years ago and the clouds ARE getting heavy.
My first major league game attended. Candlestick vs. Cubs. He got into an argument with an umpire over called strikes.
Then I read his book. It seems his mom was given a ride home by her boss and the father came running out threatening him if he ever did it again. Showed how f—ked up he started out.