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04-06-2016, 07:25 PM
High school baseball team can name coach's baby after winning 14 games
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PSA: If you let a high school baseball team name your baby, the name will probably be baseball related.
That's exactly what Palm Bay, Florida, coach Rob Querry is learning this week, after promising the Heritage High School Panthers they could name his unborn child if they won 14 games. And win 14 games they did.*
SEE ALSO: Shivering baseball fans just experienced the coldest Opening Day since 1999 (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/cold-opening-day-new-york-cleveland/)
The Panthers were a long shot to achieve their goal — when Querry proposed the deal, they hadn't won a single game.*
But the desire to name a human child is a powerful one, and the Panthers pulled through with the first winning season in team history. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/baseball-coach-baby-name/)
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PSA: If you let a high school baseball team name your baby, the name will probably be baseball related.
That's exactly what Palm Bay, Florida, coach Rob Querry is learning this week, after promising the Heritage High School Panthers they could name his unborn child if they won 14 games. And win 14 games they did.*
SEE ALSO: Shivering baseball fans just experienced the coldest Opening Day since 1999 (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/cold-opening-day-new-york-cleveland/)
The Panthers were a long shot to achieve their goal — when Querry proposed the deal, they hadn't won a single game.*
But the desire to name a human child is a powerful one, and the Panthers pulled through with the first winning season in team history. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/baseball-coach-baby-name/)
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