It's no wonder that Buster Posey is so popular among younger fans - his name is so easy for kids to pronounce and also spell. I was thinking the other day, say for instance, that he swapped out his name with teammate Nate Schierholtz. Now that's a tough name even for us adults to spell (did I spell it correctly?); imagine what it would be like for an 8-year old. Compare it to the name Buster Posey.
Staying on the catcher theme, imagine how a generation of Little Leaguers back in the 1970's decided that they wanted to be catchers because of Johnny Bench. That's a name that rolls off the tongue too, it's so (pardon the term) catchy. Going back a little further, I can't imagine that someone with the name Joe Garagiola would capture a child's wonder nearly as much, only because his name is so darned complicated and decidedly not as 'kid-friendly.'
"Johnny Bench"... "Buster Posey"... another awesome name: "Willie Mays"...
Yeah, I know, players can hardly choose their own names, but isn't it something when things work out like that?
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