When Sammy adopted us, Sammy Sosa was the hottest thing in Chicago, whenever we turned on the TV or radio, all you heard was Slammin' Sammy. I was talking to the tv one day, and said, "Sammy this and Sammy that." He stopped what he was doing, looked at me and meowed. I asked him if he liked that name and he meowed at me again.

Sammy it is.

Payton, well, when he was a kitten he was so sweet, that I used to call him sweetness. All of our pets are named after Chicago atheletes so my hubby reminded me that Sweetness was Walter Payton's nick name. We couldn't name him Walter because we have family members by that name, so Payton it was.