This Day in Baseball History and Political Correctness

This is the first entry for Today in Baseball History:

1902 - Two deaf-mutes face each other for the first time when Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants. The Reds win 5-3 with a five-run rally in the ninth. Hoy goes 2-for-4.

Can you imagine anyone - never mind a deaf-mute - having the nickname "Dummy" today? Even though he can both hear and speak - I think Dummy would have been a good nickname for John Kruk.