When it comes to naming a baby, there are certain rules everyone should follow. Like number 15: Thou shall not be swayed by that fanatic sports fan in you -- or your partner. However, one mom in Florida, who recently broke that rule big time when she named her son McKechnie after a ball field, gets a pass, kudos even.
You see little McKechnie K'Marion Brand was born AT McKechnie Field during spring training exercises for the Pittsburgh Pirates last week He was even delivered by director of Florida operations for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Trevor Gooby. No pressure, but if ever there was a kid born to play ball, here he is.
According to Patch, season ticket hold Latisha Kirk was still five and a half weeks away from her due date when she headed out to the field that day for a celebratory event. She started to feel some contractions but brushed them off as Braxton Hicks and went and got a cheeseburger.
Then the contractions got stronger. As she started walking, it became clear she was in actual labor and alerted someone that she needed help. That's when Gooby, a father of two, dialed 911, put her in a wheelchair, and took her to meet the ambulance.
Only it was too late. As he told SI.com:
She pushed one time and the baby was out. We wrapped the baby up in towels. He was crying and EMS arrived a couple of minutes later and cut the umbilical cord. I told her my name is Trevor and it makes a great name.
What a birth story that is, and I think McKechnie has a nice ring to it. It's certainly better than the name he could have gotten had he been born at another stadium like Minute Maid Park or Safeco Field. I'd say this is a perfect of example of why rules are made to be broken.
Would you name your baby after the place he or she was born? What do you think of the name McKechnie?
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I think the first name is kind of catchy, but the middle name is just awful! I agree with some of the other posters that she should have named him Trevor!
To each their own
I sure wish more people gave some thought to what they name their children.
Esp that middle name.
One day, these kids will need to get jobs and make friends....nice to make it easier on them
I feel bad for the poor kid. His whole name is ridiculous. Still I know I have no room to talk. Jace may be becoming a popular name but that isn't why we picked it. We named him after a character in a card game my husband plays. In my defense there are novels written about this character and he is pretty awesome.
My kids are named after cars, my son is Aston after the Aston Martin Vanquish and my daughter is Elise after the Lotus Elise. Not too keen on that babies names but each to their own
As far as I'm concerned, she has every right to name her kid whatever she wants. I wasn't hounded about my first daughter's name, Charlotte Irene, but my second daughter? Oh, I got a lot of flack for it. "That's a boy's name" "What are you going to call her" "I just don't like it" "Why does she have two middle names?" Her name is Aidynn Leanne Michelle. It's a mouthful, but so what? We call her Addy. I don't care what people think about my kids' names, and I will name them whatever I want. Kudos to this lady. McKechnie is pretty cool.
horrible name, not a good reason to name a kid that. its just as bad as mercedes or lexus.
I think Trevor would ahve been appropriate, but McKechnie is original and a bit catchy. We named our daughter Charlize Valentine...my husband's name is Charles and we wanted a female version of his name, but not the usual Charlotte, Charlene...etc...and her middle name is my dad's first name! His mom was in love with Rudolf Valentino and opted for Valentine.