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It all makes perfect sense

May
23

Great blog post from Gordon Edes of the Boston Globe:

The Royals just sent Yasuhiko Yabuta into the game to pitch the seventh. His last name is pronounced Yah-BOOT-ah. Teammates call him “Shake.”

Think about it.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 am by Peter Abraham.
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13 Responses to “It all makes perfect sense”

  1. Groundhoggator

    Aptly applied to Girardi last night as well…

    Any word through your sources about a trade to improve our positional depth… with the gluteny of AAAA pitchers between NY and Scranton – one would think change is near – especially as we enter the mid-third phase of the season (remember Beane’s philo of breaking the season into thirds – First – assess what you have; Second – make the necessary changes; Third – let the chemistry develop and hope you got it right.)

  2. JM Gold

    Oh cool, let’s just make this into a Red Sox blog.

  3. WangFan88

    I must confess, after a solid minute of thinking about it, I still don’t get it. Somebody clue me in as to why Yabuta somehow lends itself to “Shake”.

  4. Peter Abraham

    JM Gold:

    Um, buddy, the guy plays for the Royals, not the Red Sox.

    And sometimes, just once in a while, people from newspapers in one city are allowed to write something interesting they find out about a player from another a team in another city. Amazing, I know.

    WangFan88: There’s an old song called “Shake Your Booty.”

  5. CK in LA

    I love it. I can almost hear KC blaring over the Stadium PA if he comes into a game in NY!!

  6. mel

    It’s funny, but only of you really stretch your imagination and pronounce his name wrong. It’s Ya-boo-tah rhymes with Utah. Not Ya-boo-tay, last syllable rhyming with ray.

  7. saucY

    i’ll admit i didn’t get it. but i’m blaming that on not being able to sleep tonight :|

  8. Stephie

    I agree, mel.

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  10. Mike from CT

    WangFan88: There’s an old song called “Shake Your Booty.”

    The song is by K.C. and the Sunshine Band… get it, K.C. Kansas City…

  11. lester holt's mouth

    I think Zappa’s album “Sheik Yerbouti” was much more clever

  12. saucY

    Mike, i didn’t pick up on that part either… nice!

  13. Girardi on the DL

    I think its clever and fitting. Knicknames like that can lend some fun.

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