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Centerfield Jan 22 2010 12:13 PM

Without looking, spell the name of Red Sox great Carl Y______________.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 22 2010 12:14 PM Re: Friday Quiz

Yazstremski. Si?

Centerfield Jan 22 2010 12:16 PM Re: Friday Quiz

No.

G-Fafif Jan 22 2010 12:17 PM Re: Friday Quiz

Yastrzemski.

Edgy DC Jan 22 2010 12:21 PM Re: Friday Quiz

I appreciate you spotting us the Y.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 22 2010 12:33 PM Re: Friday Quiz

YASZTREMSKI

Benjamin Grimm Jan 22 2010 12:34 PM Re: Friday Quiz

YASTRZEMSKI I actually taught myself the spelling when I was a kid. I think (if the above is correct) I still remember it!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 22 2010 12:38 PM Re: Friday Quiz

well hell. I can spell MIENTKIEWICZ

seawolf17 Jan 22 2010 12:38 PM Re: Friday Quiz

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2mqeyohm]YASTRZEMSKI I actually taught myself the spelling when I was a kid. I think (if the above is correct) I still remember it![/quote:2mqeyohm] This.

Centerfield Jan 22 2010 12:41 PM Re: Friday Quiz

[quote="G-Fafif":p421v16w]Yastrzemski.[/quote:p421v16w] Yastrzemski is correct. I found out today I've been leaving out the "z" my whole life.

Centerfield Jan 22 2010 12:44 PM Re: Friday Quiz

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":28eoh0sp]YASTRZEMSKI I actually taught myself the spelling when I was a kid. I think (if the above is correct) I still remember it![/quote:28eoh0sp] This is very funny. The correct spelling, noting the order of the z and r, would suggest we are pronouncing his name wrong.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 22 2010 12:46 PM Re: Friday Quiz

Strangely it's the Z that's silent. (Pronounced YASTREMSKI) He probably should have been "YASS" instead of "YAZ"

Centerfield Jan 22 2010 12:50 PM Re: Friday Quiz

I'll email Boston and let them know about the nickname change. Coach K scoffs at the ridiculous easy spellingosity of "Yastrzemski".

batmagadanleadoff Jan 22 2010 01:42 PM Re: Friday Quiz

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":x0h7w5f9]YASTRZEMSKI I actually taught myself the spelling when I was a kid. I think (if the above is correct) I still remember it![/quote:x0h7w5f9] Same here. I memorized the spelling in elementary school and never forgot it.

Frayed Knot Jan 22 2010 01:48 PM Re: Friday Quiz

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":rejhqocu]Yazstremski. Si?[/quote:rejhqocu] That was long my assumption too. Only a few years ago did I realize that the YAZ nickname was not a correct shortening and that the Z went elsewhere. P.S. You can win almost as many bar bets by challenging fans to guess his hometown which is Bridgehampton on Long Island's south fork. Few connect New England's hero to New York and especially not to the rural east end's immigrant Polish potato farmers. It was only a decade or so ago where Newsday had a piece about some kid breaking his HS basketball scoring records.