Comments on Varsity Dad: What to Name a Varsity Kid?

I went with the baseball name, Rey Jose. To me, t...

2007-08-17T14:08:00.000-05:00

I went with the baseball name, Rey Jose. To me, the name just rolls right off the tongue and has stardom potential. I can already picture it over the PA, 'Now batting, Rey Jose ______' and the crowd goes wild.

That's funny, coach. My future brother-in-law (I'm...

2007-07-11T09:58:00.000-05:00

That's funny, coach. My future brother-in-law (I'm engaged) is an ND fan and wanted to name their son Brady, but his wife wouldn't let him name him after a football player that would graduate when the kid was one. So they compromised and named him Brayden. Imagine my surprise when I went to ND's graduation (my brother was graduating) and found out that Quinn's full name is Brayden. Ironic.

Naming you kid is a huge responsibility. If a par...

2007-06-29T14:40:00.000-05:00

Naming you kid is a huge responsibility. If a parent messes it up the kid will suffer forever, or at least through childhood which is way worse for teasing about names than adulthood.

My sister is having a baby, its last name will be Thomas and they were thinking about naming it Brady. Until I pointed out what the name was in reverse. The dad is a ND fan, so I guess that story fits because he'd ostensibly be named after Brady Quinn.

My wife and I just named our son Cole, after Cole ...

2007-06-27T06:33:00.000-05:00

My wife and I just named our son Cole, after Cole Field House, the old University of Maryland basketball arena.

My wife is seven and a half months pregnant with o...

2007-06-26T16:12:00.000-05:00

My wife is seven and a half months pregnant with our first child, a boy. He's a future Cubs fan. Beyond being born a Cubs fan, he's also being cursed with a monosyllabic last name which is pretty hard to work with for a first name. Right now, we're leaning toward Preston.