Mine is rather simple.
I've always liked Dizzy Dean and his uniform numer was 17.
Another thing that factored into the creation of my message board name was the fact that one of my father's favorite movies was Pride of St. Louis, which starred Dan Dailey as Ol' Diz and Joanne Dru as his wife Patricia. Richard Crenna (who would later play John Rambo's superior officer Colonel Sam Trautman) played Dizzy's brother Paul.
Joanne Dru was the younger sister of Peter Marshall, the longtime host of "The Hollywood Squares" who was the father of former Cubs' and Royals' First Baseman Pete LaCock who homered off Bob Gibson in the last appearence of the Hall of famer's brilliant career.