Debbi Taylor, the Nationals Sideline Reporter for
MASN, is due to have her baby in early June 2007, and did not accompany the crew for this road trip. On Sunday's
NatsExtra pre-game show, she said that the baby would
NOT be named
Natalie, and thus would not be called
Nat. Debbi never said what name was planned, but it sounds like a girl is on the way.
Brian Schneider's new baby was named
Tatum, and someone noted that Academy Award winning actress,
Tatum O'Neal, played the character of
Amanda in the original
Bad News Bears film.
Lola was the name of the temptress in
Damn Yankees, the book, play and movie about a fictional
Washington Senators' baseball team.
Abbott & Costello did a famous comedy routine called
Who's on First, involving a mixup of names and baseball terminology.
What might be a good name for an icebreaker at both school and work.
Social Security reports the most popular names for babies chosen in 2006:
1.
Emily (the most popular female name each year since 1996)
2. Emma
3. Madison
4. Isabella
5. Ava
6. Abigail
7. Olivia
8. Hannah
9. Sophia
10. Samantha
Debbi Taylor spent 6 years at the New England Sports Network (NESN) in Boston, which included similar reporting for the Red Sox, before working in Orlando. She was honored by Red Sox legend and former
Washington Senators manager,
Ted Williams, for being one of only two women included in the broadcast wing of the "Hitters Hall of Fame" (the other was longtime Red Sox owner Jean Yawkey.)
HAVE A HEALTHY BABY AND TELL US THE NAME!