Mike Trout's newborn son was named with baseball in mind

Tom Gatto

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Mike Trout became a father for the first time this week when his wife, Jessica, delivered a boy. The proud papa made the worldwide reveal Saturday.

Ignore the adorableness for a second; let's take a closer look at that name.

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Beckham (for David, Gordon or Tim?) . . . Aaron (got to be for Henry) . . . Trout.

B.A.T. The Trouts' firstborn son has "BAT" for his initials.

And, as further proof baseball will be a big part of the lad's early days, his face is already on a Baseball-Reference page/graphic.

Dad may return from paternity leave as soon as Sunday.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.