sports.yahoo.com - 7/7/2008
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MILWAUKEE (AP)—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.” After holding a news conference Monday morning to announce they’d made a trade to acquire the reigning AL Cy Young award winner from Cleveland, a ...
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The Griddle: Sabathia makes announcement guaranteed to irritate New York Times
Baseball Toaster —
Newly arrived Milwaukee Brewers pitcher C.C. Sabathia has announced that his first name will now no longer sport any periods. He wishes to be called CC Sabathia. A man of Sabathia's size (officially listed at 6'7" and 290 lbs) likely has a lot of CCs in him. According to the New York Times story (from the AP) about the trade Sabathia had a 3.83 "E.R.A."
It's CC Sabathia, jerk!
The Big Picture —
New team. New name. Say goodbye to C.C. and hello to CC. Hey, no periods! Sabathia isn't too forthcoming with the name change, but we're all for fresh starts and poor grammar. And look how excited it has him! We have a pretty good feeling this trend will stick. So from now on please refer to us as TheBigPicture. Look, no ...
AaronGleeman.com —
... Speaking of Sabathia, with traditional weight-loss plans proving difficult, he's apparently decided to try a new approach. Every little bit counts. ...
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Oh, Doug. At the very least know the pronunciation of your prized acquisition.
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