When former Oakland A's star Mark McGwire admitted confusing the names of his triplets

Former Oakland Athletics first baseman Mark McGwire regularly bailed his teams out of trouble during his time in MLB, but he put himself in a spot of bother in his personal life after naming each of his kids with the same first letter 'M'.

McGwire, who married Stephanie Slemer, a former pharmaceutical sales representative, in 2002. welcomed triplets in 2010. The couple named their children Monet Rose, Marlo Rose, and Monroe Rose. They also had three sons, Mathew, Max and Mason.

In a 2016 interview with Fox Sports San Diego, McGwire explained that when he found out that his wife was pregnant with triplets, he decided to make sure that each of his kids' names started with the same letter as a joke. However, the decision backfired spectacularly.

“Well, you know that cartoon that we all grew up with where the mouth just drops all the way down to the floor,” McGwire said to Fox Sports San Diego. “They [his kids] are all M’s. I don’t know why I did that. My older son is Matt then I have Max then Mason, Marlo, Monet and Monroe. And to this day, I still screw it all up.”

McGwire was married to Kathlene Hughes from 1984 to 1990. He had his first child, Mathew, with Kathlene.

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When Mark McGwire talked about leaving coaching to see his sick wife

Back in 2016, McGwire's wife Stephanie wife fell really sick. McGwire, who was coaching the San Diego Padres at the time, rushed to her side to support her. In the same interview, McGwire revealed how stressful it was taking care of his children and his wife at the time.

“I had to take care of my wife and my five children,” McGwire said. "It wasn’t life-threatening, thank God. All tests came back negative, but it was important enough for me to be there for three weeks.”

McGwire coached the Padres from 2016 to 2018. Before that, he donned the same role with the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals.

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