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Adventures in Pronunciation

G-Fafif May 19 2011 06:24 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 19 2011 08:47 PM

The ESPN highlight package from Thursday's game, here, is narrated by a woman who refers to Dillon Gee (as in Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific) as Dillon Gee (as in Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur). Twice. Talk about dropping a pop fly.

Frayed Knot May 19 2011 08:24 PM Re: Adventures in Pronunciation

Does she also make mention of when Gee's head coach removed him from the game? oh yes, I've heard ESPN-ites refer to baseball managers as head coaches - force of habit I guess.

Fman99 May 20 2011 08:33 AM Re: Adventures in Pronunciation

I was enjoying the fact that Dillon Gee uses the Dr. Dre/Snoop hip hop classic "Nuthin But a G Thang" as his warmup and at-bat music. The edited for radio version, but still.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 20 2011 10:19 AM Re: Adventures in Pronunciation

Fman99 wrote: I was enjoying the fact that Dillon Gee uses the Dr. Dre/Snoop hip hop classic "Nuthin But a G Thang" as his warmup and at-bat music. The edited for radio version, but still. Think of the children and their fragile, bone-thin-ceramic ears. I found myself smiling very widely when I heard this during his Diamondbacks start in April. A hidden joy of actually going to the game.

metirish May 20 2011 10:24 AM Re: Adventures in Pronunciation

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Fman99 wrote: I was enjoying the fact that Dillon Gee uses the Dr. Dre/Snoop hip hop classic "Nuthin But a G Thang" as his warmup and at-bat music. The edited for radio version, but still. Think of the children and their fragile, bone-thin-ceramic ears. I found myself smiling very widely when I heard this during his Diamondbacks start in April. A hidden joy of actually going to the game. I have that song on my MP3 player, damn brilliant song, classic West Coast early 90's stuff.

Gwreck May 20 2011 11:00 AM Re: Adventures in Pronunciation

My first reaction when hearing the song was that there was very little family-friendly content in those lyrics. However, I remember hearing it on the radio (and the video on MTV -- remember those?) so I guess it's ok to play in the stadium. But still...