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I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'

I nicknamed everyone in the gym. It was easier than remembering their names.

I actually had a nickname as a player myself. When I played high school football in Texas, strong safety, they called me Choo Choo because they said I hit like a train.

My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.

Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname.

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDreamy.

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park.