(Getty Images)Long before he commanded the nation's attention with an unreal performance in the first half of the NCAA title game, Spike Albrecht was just a boy who loved baseball.
And it was that love for baseball that earned Michigan's freshman guard his unique nickname while growing up. As the story goes, Michael Joseph Albrecht received his first pair of baseball spikes when he was just 5 years old and he liked them so much that he refused to take them off — even if he wasn't on the diamond.
He even wore them on the court while playing basketball, his father told USA Today earlier this week.
"I just started wearing them everywhere," Spike Albrecht told MGoBlue.com this week. "I was wearing them out to church and out to eat and people started calling me 'Spike.' I think my grandpa started it and it just kind of stuck. Here I am, 20 years old and people are still calling me Spike."
What's really funny is that Spike isn't the only one with a notable nickname when the family gets together for Thanksgiving. USA Today reports that his brother Charles goes by "Chachi" while his other brother Stephen goes by "T-Baby."
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