Addison N. Clark and other Wrigley Field-inspired baby names
Posted by: Richie Rich in Ballparks, Cubs, WTF
Here’s a Chicago Tribune picture of proud parents Brian and Lauren Clark, showing off their bundle of joy …
Addison N. Clark
Awwww, how cute.
Wait a minute … what was that name? Addison N. Clark? As in Addison and Clark – the streets around Wrigley Field?
I’ve never understood Cub fans who name their children after Wrigley Field. Yet they continue to do so. Naming your dog Wrigley, I can see that. But your child?
ADDISON N. CLARK – Born 12/19/2008 to Brian and Lauren Clark of Plainfield, Ilinois. Full name – Addison Nicole Clark.
Somehow father Brian got this name approved by his Lauren and her family of White Sox Fans from the South Side of Chicago. In unrelated news, the Chicago White Sox have officially asked that family to turn in their White Sox caps.
Here’s some more kids named after the Friendly Confines …
WRIGLEY FIELDS – Born 9/12/2007 to Paul and Teri Fields of Michigan City, IN.
Full Name – Wrigley Alexander Fields. I think he’s crying because his parents just told him his name. This would have been more clever if it hadn’t been done already …
WRIGLEY FIELDS - Born 3/9/2001 to Jerry and Kathy Fields of Lockport, IL.
This young man got to throw out the first pitch on August 29th, 2008 at - where else -Wrigley Field. Pic from ESPN, who did an interview with him last year.
THE DYNEK FAMILY - But nobody beats the Wrigley-naming skill displayed by Ralph and Julie Dynek of Northfield, IL. Because these two named their whole family after the Friendly Confines. You guessed it … their first date was a Cub game at Wrigley Field.
The Dyneks had three boys and two girls born between 1988 and 1997.
In order …
- ADDISON Dynek (boy, 1988) - Addison Street, which borders Wrigley to the South. Middle name Buck.
- CLARK Dynek (boy) - Clark Street borders Wrigley to the West.
- SHEFFIELD Dynek (boy) – Sheffield Avenue borders Wrigley on the East.
- GRACE WAVELAND Dynek (girl) – They thought this would be their last child, so they used two street names. Waveland Avenue borders Wrigley to the North. And there’s an old convent on Grace Street (one block North of Waveland) where the couple would park before games.
- IVY Marie WRIGLEY Dynek (girl, 1997) – Named for the Ivy on the outfield wall and Wrigley Field itself.
If that last kid was a boy, I wonder if they would have named him Bricks.
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February 25th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Bill Murray named his kid Homer Banks
February 26th, 2009 at 10:49 am
At leat they did not name them “Seven”
February 26th, 2009 at 11:25 am
There was a boy on my son’s soccer team (made up of 8 and 9 year olds) last fall whose name really is Seven. Everytime I heard his dad yell his name I wanted to slap him — the dad, not the child.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
naming your kid after a century of shitty-ness……these people should get their kids taken from them just like the people who named their kid hitler.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
It’s a Cubs thing. I wouldn’t expect you to understand it.
February 26th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
The father is pathetic, the mother is spineless for not standing up to him. They are both losers – just like the team!
February 26th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
So, Hitler’s parents shouldn’t have given him their family name of Hitler? They actually named him Adolph, but I see your point (not really).
The Wrigley Fields name is funny. How many weird looks from new teachers when they announce his name.
Addison’s a nice name, but Waveland or Ivy or Sheffield are a bit strange.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
My daughter is named Addison Lee Smith. Addison as stated above. Lee because D-Lee is our favorite current Cub and Lee Smith, Cubs save leader. And yes my dog is named Wrigley Ivy
February 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
It’s better than naming your kid after a current player. What if you named your kid Zambrano MacFee and in two years Carlos Zambrano is convicted of child molestation? Bam! You named your kid after a child molester. Nice parenting.
Naming your kid after the ballpark is still lame. Don’t get me wrong, it’s just a safe kind of lame.
February 26th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Hey Jeremy, if you would get your head out of your a** and read some current news, you would know that some parents in New Jersey actually named their son Hitler. P was not referring to Adolph’s parents. Put another notch on the Cubs fan intelligence pole.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I grew up in Chicago in the 70’s. I used to go to Cubs games and get bleacher seats the morning of the game. The ballpark was never sold out because the Cubs sucked. Now you have to take out a second mortgage to get a ticket. But you know what? The Cubs still suck. Why is there an entire generation of Chicagoans that love the Cubs? They love them so much that they name their children and dogs after the players, ballpark, and surrounding area. Man, that is so pathetic. Anyone who names their child after an inanimate object or a celebrity that they have never met has some serious problems.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
BART MAN Chokers?
February 27th, 2009 at 10:00 am
How about naming a kid after Harry Caray. Could be “Al Caholic”.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Yo M. (nice name for a Bond villian BTW). Thats because in the 1970’s people sat in the bleacher seats to watch baseball. Now they go to see the 20 something hoochie mommas showing off thongs and tits.
The Bleacher seats now double as the official Titty Bar of Wriglyville.
What am I speaking of? Look at this!
I’m sure Richie’s wife will flip out. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCWpKaMBUM
February 28th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I love the Cubs and all, but if I want to show it off, I’ll buy a t-shirt. All those people have done is give others a license to pick on their kids.
Funny though.
March 1st, 2009 at 9:47 pm
The question is, will the Cubs win it in any of these kids’ lifetimes?
March 16th, 2009 at 7:33 am
[...] Some Cubs fans take their fanhood way too seriously. Here is a list of people who named their kids after Cubs-related things. I like the name Wrigley Fields personally. [Home Run Derby] [...]
April 29th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I don’t like that people would name their kids “wrigley” just because it seems really awkward.
although I named my daughter Brinley (after bob brinley the announcer) Addison.
I just thought brinley would be a cute name for a girl. can call her bre, or brin.
and my second child that is due in august is a boy. he will be Ryne Clark. after ryne sandberg, not just because he is my favorite cubs player, but because i actually got a meet and greet with him, and hung out with him for about an hour, and he is just a really admirable and down to earth person.
June 12th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
JEN says:
April 29th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I don’t like that people would name their kids “wrigley” just because it seems really awkward.
although I named my daughter Brinley (after bob brinley the announcer) Addison.
I just thought brinley would be a cute name for a girl. can call her bre, or brin.
and my second child that is due in august is a boy. he will be Ryne Clark. after ryne sandberg, not just because he is my favorite cubs player, but because i actually got a meet and greet with him, and hung out with him for about an hour, and he is just a really admirable and down to earth person.
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wrigley is ‘awkward’, but you named your daughter brinley (which is extremely lame) and you’re going to name your son ryne after someone you met for about an hour? hahahahaha… your kids will be ridiculed mercilessly thanks to you.
brinley! ryne! those aren’t even real names. wow. your husband really signed off on that?
July 21st, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I know the Dynek’s actually and they are very nice people. It just so happens that Grace Waveland Dynek is one of my best friends.
Sorry they dont care what other people think and they just want to show their love for the Cubs.
oh and ivy’s name would have been owen if she was a boy, at least that is what grace and ivy told me
so your joke was not funny.