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Choo Choo Coleman

* Nickname of the day

August 25, 2008

Choo Choo Coleman, born on this date in 1937, batted .197 in a four-year career spent mostly with the Mets. Interviewed by Ralph Kiner for a postgame show after a rare Mets victory in 1962, Kiner asked Coleman, “Choo Choo — that’s a unique nickname for a ball player. Why do they call you that?” […]

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