What's in a name, CC?
What's in a name? Quite a bit, apparently, to the man formerly known as C.C. Sabathia.
A Brewe
rs PR member told the media today that Sabathia prefers to be known as CC, without the periods following his initials. Not yet sure why Sabathia, whose full first name is Carsten Charles, requested the change after so many years.
Must be a Milwaukee thing. After being traded to the Brewers in 1996, Jeremi Gonzalez told team officials that his first name should begin with a "G." Gonzalez, unfortunately, was killed in May by a lightning strike back home in Venezuela.
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Sabathia has spoken publicly for the first time since the bombshell punctuation controversy exploded earlier today. "I have no preference at all," Sabathia told reporters. "I'm fine either way." How then does he write his name? "If I have to spell my name, actually I use Carsten," he said. "Very rarely do I use CC. So I guess I don't use periods, either."
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As Cleveland learned,when it comes to salary,CC's first name is definitely not Si Si.
Posted by: Don H | July 08, 2008 at 02:39 PM