Carsten Charles Sabathia is 20 percent stranger and prone to lightning strikes in Milwaukee

The Big Lead found this 7/8/2008 on ww3.startribune.com [flag]

We said we weren’t going to post anymore today, but this just fell into our mailbox from Howard Sinker and we couldn’t resist. It seems that Carsten Charles Sabathia, better previously known as C.C. Sabathia, is eschewing the traditional punctuation set forth by rock maven C.C. DeVille (pictured) and will simply go by just “CC” [...] [link]

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The Roundup: Tony Gonzalez is a Lifesaver
Published 7/8/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... is having another baby … reasons not to buy the iphone, but we fully plan on nerding out and getting in line at 5 am Friday … the decline of Starbucks … the history of alcohol! … the Wimbledon final generated its best TV rating since 2000 … First Brian Bosworth, and now Tony Gonzalez. Those football players really are life savers. (Arrowhead Pride) CC Sabathia has dropped the periods from first name. (Randball) Tremendous read, albeit lengthy: Is Google making us stupid? ...

CC Sabathia and 50 Year Old Women Have Something New in Common
Published 7/8/2008 by slanch at The Slanch Report
... Everyone around baseball has been buzzing about the big change for Carsten Charles Sabathia; no, I don’t mean the trade that sent Mr. Sabathia from the Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers, that’s old news. At his introductory news conference, Sabathia had the media staff of the Brewers inform reporters that he prefers to go by CC, not C.C. ...

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The New Mr. October

Hugging Harold Reynolds posted 7/8/2008 from huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com

Really? "Brewers Punch Ticket for October by Adding Sabathia" I love headlines like this. Makes me feel like they shouldn't even play the second half of the season. After all, we are talking about THE Milwaukee Brewers here - not exactly a sterling case study in baseball success.

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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 7/8/2008 on www.philly.com

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No dot about it.

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 7/8/2008 on castrovince.mlblogs.com

Thought you might be interested to know one of Carsten Charles Sabathia's representatives called the Brewers to inform them that, from this point forward, he is to be referred to as CC, not C.C. So if you're wondering why my...

Cubs trade four players to A's for pitchers Harden, Gaudin

The Zoner posted 7/8/2008 from sports.espn.go.com

The Chicago Cubs acquired pitcher Rich Harden from the Oakland Athletics in a six-player trade on Tuesday, a day after the rival Milwaukee Brewers landed CC Sabathia. The Cubs received the right-handed Harden and righty Chad Gaudin for pitcher Sean Gallagher, outfielders Matt Murton and Eric Patterson, and minor leaguer John Donaldson.

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Got the message? Sabathia says call me 'CC'
Write an e-mail and cc it all around baseball: New Milwaukee Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia no longer wants periods after the initials he uses for his first name. From here on out, Carsten Charles Sabathia is just "CC" Sabathia - not "C.C.

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