Abernathy had shined both offensively and defensively for the red, white, and blue. Yet given his outstanding play on the field, Lasorda still couldn’t seem to get his name right, calling the young second baseman “Trent” instead of “Brent” the entire time the team was together. “Maybe he wanted to keep calling me Trent, because he liked the way I was playing,” said Abernathy. “I didn’t mind, as long as we were winning.”
