With the World Series fast approaching and the baseball season coming to a fever pitch, the sports pages are filled with the names of players. Irresistible lists of names. So though I’m far from what anyone would call a dedicated sports fan, I’ve become mesmerized by the rosters of team players’ names. After parsing those of all the major league teams, I have now made my picks of a favorite first name from each–my own personal MVPs. You might like to do the same.
Oh, and a bonus for me–I finally see what’s behind the popularity of the boy’s name Jacoby–probably the last person to know.
Here they are:
ANDERSON Hernandez – New York Mets
AUGIE Ojeda – Arizona Diamondbacks
BOONE Logan – Atlanta Braves
CASPER Wells – Detroit Tigers
CHASE Utley – Philadelphia Phillies
COLBY Rasmus – St. Louis Cardinals
DEXTER Fowler – Colorado Rockies
DMITRI Young – Washington Nationals
ELVIS Andrus – Texas Rangers
FELIX Pie – Baltimore Orioles
FERNANDO Perez – Tampa Bay Rays
GIO Gonzalez – Oakland Athletics
HEATH Bell—San Diego Padres
JACOBY Ellsbury – Boston Red Sox
JENSEN Lewis – Cleveland Indians
KAZUO Matsui – Houston Astros
KENDRY Morales – Los Angeles Angels
KIKO Calero – Florida Marlins
LUCAS May – Los Angeles Dodgers
MICAH Hoffpauir – Chicago Cubs
OCTAVIO Dotel – Chicago White Sox
OMAR Aguilar – Milwaukee Brewers
ORLANDO Cabrera – Minnesota Twins
OSIRIS Matos – San Francisco Giants
ROBINZON Diaz – Pittsburgh Pirates
ROMAN Colon – Kansas City Royals
VERNON Wells – Toronto Blue Jays
XAVIER Nady – New York Yankees
YONDER Alonso – Cincinnati Reds
When Henry was chosen as the #1 favorite boy’s name on the collective 5-star lists of the nameberry community, I was somewhat surprised and yet somewhat not. Because in many ways Henry is the perfect boy’s name—as classic and historic as James and John and William –yet with a quirkier edge that makes it seem modern, and even hip.
