Since the Reds are taking on the Brewers this evening, I thought it appropriate to inform y'all that on July 29th, Miller Park will celebrate Hispanic heritage when the club presents "Cerveceros Day." The Brew Crew will be wearing uniforms exactly like their regular uniforms but with "Cerveceros" on the front. The Rojos will be in town that weekend, so it should be fun to watch the game.Llévame al partido
Béisbol es mi pasión
Compraremos helados y dulces también
No me importa si vuelvo otra vez
Porque uy, uy, uy que aburrido
Si no podemos ganar
Porque es uno, dos, tres y estrike
¡En béisbol es habido ganar!
The Brewers will also be wearing old Negro Leagues unies on June 2, the threads of the old Milwaukee Bears. The Bears will take on the Homestead Grays on that day, so I'll be rooting for the Grays to slaughter the Bears.
The Grays were more popular than the Washington Senators in their day, when Washington was first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. The greatest baseball player who ever lived, Hall of Famer Josh Gibson, played for the Grays at old Griffith Stadium. Gibson hit over 900 unjuiced longballs in his career, and people who were fortunate enough to see him play said there was something magic that enshrouded the diamond when he came up to bat. He died tragically at age 35 of a stroke, 3 days before Jackie Robinson made his Major League debut, forever ending a grave injustice and a shameful part of our nation's history.
Hat tip: Ballwonk
Speaking of culture/language/etc., I found an interesting and rather amusing "experiment" someone did using Babelfish to translate "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in various languages and then translate them back into English. If you've ever used translation software or are something of a linguist like myself, you'll find the humor in this.
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