FORT MYERS, Fla. — Initials are important to Michael A. Taylor. Take that middle letter, for instance — it stands for Anthony, his father's first name, and he's asked that it be included as part of his own baseball name since he turned pro 13 years ago.
"It's a tribute to my dad," Taylor said. "He didn't want to name me 'Junior,' because he didn't like his middle name. So he just gave me his name."
That exacting nature about initials extends to his position, too. Don't put a CF next to his name, though that's what it's been in more than 82 percent of his major-league appearances.
