I also remember this name being affixed to Marvelous Marv Throneberry the first year the Mets existed.  Marv was "playing" first base in a spring training game and some guy hit a home run in a silo, about 500 feet in the air between first and home.  Marv circled a few times under it but it hit him in the head and landed in fair territory, prompting Casey Stengel to ask, for the umpteenth time, "can anyone play this game? " 

handled the leather like martha stewart, so the nickname is appropriate.

Ever see this guy field? I believe he only wore a glove because it is a tradition of the game. He didn't seem to know what to do with it.