What's in a name?

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Anyone who follows and comments on blogs know The Lack is Tom Lackey. I got stuck with The Lack when I was in seventh grade playing little league baseball. I was at bat in the last inning and we were tided at two all and had a man on first with one or two outs, I don’t remember. I hit a line drive to right field for a stand-up double and drove in the winning run. The game was being announced over a loud speaker and the commentator screamed, “holy cow the bottom of the ninth and The Lack drives one to right field winning the game, holy cow what a played The Lack is.” The name stuck with me ever since but what people didn’t realize is that the announcer was my uncle and he and my Dad laughed about that until they both passed.

Thru high school, city collage, and the Maritime Academy, people would say, see The Lack, go tell The Lack, ask The Lack, and so on, it just stuck so now I use it.

Tom Lackey aka The Lack