Sunday sports a little boring today? I've played around in this myself.
Carly Kaiser @carlykaiser
Man after all the WWII vets came out to see him being named "Silver Bean" would have been so lame in comparison

HAHAHA They spelled Verrazano's name wrong at first

Remember when they wanted to know what "Lusty Vicar" meant

Big fans of repetition

A horse named Indy Ana Jones totally stealing the Blue Grass would have been awesome.

Bodemeister went through two names before they settled, Bradelberry (lol) and Graham N Spike.

"Well if they don't pick Real Quiet lets try REALLY Quiet" - Mike Pegram

I wonder what its like to have a name you reserved get rejected at first.

OH MY GOD HARD SPUN AS ALMOST "PIANO MAN"?!!

The gutsy gelding Mr. Evasive!

They had a really odd list of possibilities for him @howarddschmidt

Somehow "A Li'l Promise" wouldn't have been nearly as fun as LAVA MAN

Check it out, Bayern was all set as Tahrir Square but they changed it.

How about Edd? No. Eddd? Nope. Edddd? Nope. WELL FINE WHAT ABOUT EDUARDO?!

It really breaks my heart that Game On Dude was so close to being named Gangster of Love

Can you imagine how annoying the headlines would have been if "Heir Apparent" was going for the Triple Crown?

My god, his name was almost Droan Attack. #PepperRoani

Holy sweet jesus thank god they accepted California Chrome

Melissa Bauer-Herzog @mbauerherzog
From pants to beer.

I'd love to see the official explanation of what Effinex's name means.
