He grew up not far from St. Louis and was known as the Fulton Flash.Great call! On a tangent, "Bake" is definitely in the running for best non-nickname name for a baseball player.
His name is Arnold, so Bake is definitely a nickname.Great call! On a tangent, "Bake" is definitely in the running for best non-nickname name for a baseball player.
Wow - bad job by me. Saw he also went by "Shake and Bake" and didn't look further. Great nickname, but not nearly as distinctive.His name is Arnold, so Bake is definitely a nickname.
What's strange is his Wikipedia page doesn't even mention the origin of his nickname.Wow - bad job by me. Saw he also went by "Shake and Bake" and didn't look further. Great nickname, but not nearly as distinctive.