CHICAGO -- When Steve Cishek was in high school in Falmouth, Mass., he worked as a gas station attendant, which used the "Speedpass" device for quick payment. It also provided the left-hander with a nickname.
"I remember I was out there pumping gas, and a couple of my buddies in high school drove by and yelled out the window out of nowhere, 'Speedpass,'" Cishek said Friday. "I'm like, 'Oh no.' I go back to school the next day and that's the name that stuck. If someone yells, 'Speedpass,' wherever I'm at, I know it's someone from back home.