Comments | piney61: Hot Poll Action in replacement of a postgame entry (cuz I'm fresh out of explanations)

piney61

Hot Poll Action in replacement of a postgame entry (cuz I'm fresh out of explanations)

May 09, 2009 01:11

Also I got lazy...

( Hot Poll Action Ahead )

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freebrook May 9 2009, 06:05:59 UTC

My pick for remy -replacement is....wait for it.....

DOUG MIRABELLI!!!!

ps: dude -- have you seen the star trek movie yet. i mean the new one! ....Do. It.

piney61 May 9 2009, 06:23:45 UTC

Dougie would be an interesting choice. If only he could speak like the Stud Who Hits Bombs Dougie...that would be awesome.

No I haven't, but it sounds good.

cornerinfielder May 9 2009, 06:44:42 UTC

Other being the Coli in Oakland. That's the only park I've been to.

blinding_voip May 9 2009, 12:13:04 UTC

Anyone who picks to kick the Marlins to the curb has to answer to me. XD.

And the "other" that I've been to is Angel Stadium, FYI. :op

Eck and Roberts made Announcer Boy sound like he had some special brownies that night. Maybe he did...

ecl1958 May 9 2009, 14:15:29 UTC

Bethie must have taken this poll too -- YES to a baseball team for Charlotte, please!

Also (ahem)...when Pujols is pronounced CORRECTLY (either in Spanish or the original Catalan) it doesn't sound nearly as bad. The English-speaking announcers seem to enjoy mangling it.

cherrycoloured May 9 2009, 14:42:45 UTC

What's the correct pronunciation?

I didn't even get that it was dirty until my mother pointed it out a few day ago...

ecl1958 May 9 2009, 15:00:17 UTC

First, in Spanish, the "j" has no real equivalent in English. It's not a pure "h" sound, though, because the back of the tongue is raised towards the roof of the mouth a bit. If you're familiar with the Scottish word "loch," it's something like that. Maybe someone here who speaks Spanish can explain it better than that. As for the "s," it's a hard S (like the end of the word "nice") rather than "z" as in "buzz." Also, the "u" sound is a tad softer than a straight "oo." When I've heard Albert say his own name, it's a little bit closer to the vowel in "pull." When you put all of the above together, it's not nearly as undignified as "poo-holes."

I've seen a couple of discussions of the original Catalan pronunciation, and it apparently is either "puh-yawlss" or "puh-jawlss."

cherrycoloured May 9 2009, 18:04:08 UTC

Ah, thank you! I took Spanish for many years in school, but they always told us "j=h". I'm going to have to work on the pronunciation! I get annoyed when people screw up foreign players' names really really badly and don't try to find out the real pronunciation- ugh, if I have to hear people call my favorite player "HO-zay" instead of "ho-SEH" one more time, I'm gonna rip them a new one. And don't get me started on "Dai-soo-kay" and "Ko-soo-kay".... I'm glad I'm able to try and fix my own mispronunciation! :)

yohkochan May 9 2009, 14:16:43 UTC

HERE COMES THE PIZZA
Lmao it still makes me laugh. XD

Also, I STILL LOVE CRAZY! XD Baby thinking of you keeps me up all night!