Nice name, Brendan!

Well, I guess I know which jersey I’m buying this season!  🙂  (I always seem to end up with a soft spot for the guys NOT in the union.)

So other families do this?  Whenever we hear of someone famous with the same last name as ours, my family always has to talk about it.  Now, we know they aren’t related, at least not directly, but someone always brings it up.

Tim Donnelly was on "Emergency!"
Jamie Donnelly was in the movie "Grease".
Brendan Donnelly helped the Angels win a World Series!
(And then of course there was always Donnelly Rhodes.  I always said if I ever had a child, whether girl or boy, its first name would be Donnelly – I’m pretty proud of my last name.)

And those are only the ones I thought of off the top of my head.

We follow these people and try to see (in the case of the first two) how their careers went.  I’ve always liked Brendan, mostly because of his name.  Even when he got caught with the pine tar in his glove (which, as I’ve written here, I’m against and am certain/hopeful he won’t be pulling that in Boston) – I was disappointed, but I still liked him.  So, I have to admit to being kind of happy that we got him.  He’s a decent pitcher who can help us in the bullpen…and he has a pretty great last  name too.  🙂

Welcome to Boston, Brendan!