By Any Other Name
What do the following people have in common?
Tom Seaver
Ken Griffey, Sr.
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Sparky Anderson
Babe Ruth
None of them are best known by their given name: George.
I'm sure I had a few others that fit this category (from outside the world of baseball), but I can't seem to remember them now. The only other example I can think of is James T. Kirk had a brother named George, but Kirk chose to call him Sam (his middle name).
What is it about the name George that causes folks to skip over to their middle name or a nickname instead?
Just wonderin'.