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MLB.com: Bastardo makes strong bid for promotion

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Clearwater Threshers manager Razor Shines wouldn’t be surprised if Antonio Bastardo moved up three levels and took the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies before the year is over.
The latest evidence backing up assessment was Sunday’s performance against the host Tampa Yankees. The 22-year-old left-hander fanned 13 and allowed just two hits over eight innings in a 5-0 shutout.

“I would be shocked completely if this kid throws another start for me,” Shines said. “He’s good enough to pitch on a much higher level.”

Hey, I remember Razor Shines. And I remember when this guy was on the Phillies, too.

The manager credited Bastardo’s work with pitching coach Steve Schrenk for much of the hurler’s success.

The Phillies almost have a farm system again.

Crispix Attacks Posted: April 27, 2008 at 10:27 PM | 47 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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1. CW hits the pinata for the candy Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:06 AM (#2760884)

Antonio Bastardo.

I wonder if he got teased in school any?

2. depletion Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:11 AM (#2760887)

I am so glad that Razor Shines is active in baseball. Go Razor.
Can we get Urban Shocker back in baseball?

3. Crispix Attacks Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:24 AM (#2760893)

Urban Shocker died 79 years ago. Today's attention should be turned to the unjustly ignored Callix Crabbe.

Razor Shines was the White Sox third base coach just last year.

Anyway, I feel less of a desperate need for pitching prospects now that Gavin Eaton has returned from sub-mediocrity to mediocrity.

4. Mike Emeigh

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:27 AM (#2760895)

I am so glad that Razor Shines is active in baseball.

He's been a minor league manager for a while - he was at Charlotte the last couple of years.

-- MWE

5. AndrewJ Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:29 AM (#2760896)

"He's magnificent! I read his book!" -- Marty Pattin

6. Rich Rifkin I Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:35 AM (#2760901)

For those who rode the short bus, bastardo means in Spanish exactly what it sounds like in English.

7. Crispix Attacks Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:37 AM (#2760903)

I look forward to Bastardo Montalban's return to BTF.

8. AndrewJ Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:39 AM (#2760906)

I'm looking forward to the upcoming bio by John Jakes...

9. Nasty Nate Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:50 AM (#2760915)

For those who rode the short bus, bastardo means in Spanish exactly what it sounds like in English.

it was more of a long van...

10. Boileryard Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:06 AM (#2760921)

The Blue Jays once had a minor league reliever named Perfecto Gaud. He was a bit less than perfect whenever he was on the mound.

11. Rich Rifkin I Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:16 AM (#2760930)

These are the 10 best or funniest names on current major league rosters:

10. Felix Pie
9. Coco Crisp
8. R.A. Dickey
7. Chris Bootcheck
6. Callix Crabbe
5. Jimmy Gobble
4. Boof Bonser
3. Kevin Slowey
2. Kosuke Fukudome/Kazuo Fukumori
1. Dan Uggla

Some honorable mentions: David Riske, Chone Figgins, Edinson Volquez, Josh Fogg, Tom Gorzelanny, Yusmeiro Petit, Brian Bocock, Ubaldo Jimenez, Ryan Garko, Alberto Callaspo, Yorvit Torrealba, Yorman Bazardo, Yuniesky Betancourt, Yunel Escobar, Angel Pagan, Geovany Soto, Vladimir Guerrero, Wilson Betemit, Duaner Sanchez, Merkin Valdez, Melky Cabrera, Zack Greinke

12. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:21 AM (#2760934)

Biran Bocock should definitely be in the top ten.

13. Sox Machine Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:29 AM (#2760940)

I just saw Randor Bierd for the first time during Saturday's Sox-O's game.

14. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:37 AM (#2760948)

These are the 10 best or funniest names on current major league rosters:

These players of today just don't have what it takes to compete against the likes of Dick Pole and Pete LaCock.

15. Alex meets the threshold for granular review Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:07 AM (#2760962)

Rusty Kuntz, anyone?

16. Maholm Shuffle Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:09 AM (#2760964)

Certainly hope the Phillies fans who have created fan groups like the Wolf Pack have something special ready for Bastardo.

17. Tuque

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:10 AM (#2760965)

I've always enjoyed the name Lance Broadway.

18. Dock Ellis on Acid

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:10 AM (#2760966)

Can we count Bossman Junior Upton?

19. Sox Machine Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:13 AM (#2760969)

These players of today just don't have what it takes to compete against the likes of Dick Pole and Pete LaCock.

More like the parents of the players of today. They're not cruel enough anymore.

20. Crispix Attacks Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:14 AM (#2760972)

Bastardo was 9-0 with a 1.87 ERA in 15 starts at Lakewood last year. 98 K's, 42 walks, 63 hits and 12 wild pitches in 91.2 innings.

This year he's 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA in 5 starts at Clearwater, with 47 K's, 10 walks, and 20 hits in 30.2 innings. And Razor Shines already wants him promoted.

One might say he's a pitching prospect.
Soon to become more famous than welterweight boxer Elvin Bastardo? We can only hope.

21. Crispix Attacks Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:20 AM (#2760979)

Joe "Sold into" Savery is looking pretty good at Clearwater too, but not nearly as dominating as Bastardo.

Certainly hope the Phillies fans who have created fan groups like the Wolf Pack have something special ready for Bastardo.

"Los Padres no Casados de Bastardo"

22. Tuque

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:38 AM (#2760997)

I'm waiting for the day when someone with a name like "Fukwitt" makes it into the majors, and announcers have no choice but to repeatedly swear during broadcasts.

It would be similar to 2001, when I tittered every time I heard about this new slugger named "Poo Holes."

23. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:46 AM (#2761004)

It would be similar to 2001, when I tittered every time I heard about this new slugger named "Poo Holes."

Astros fans of the late 70's and early 80's had already been there and done that.

Well, not so much the "slugger" part....

24. Crispix Attacks Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:48 AM (#2761005)

Conrad Nussbaum needs to stop living in the past. How could Luis Pujols have been a greater Astros backup catcher than Tony Eusebio?

25. CW hits the pinata for the candy Posted: April 28, 2008 at 06:35 AM (#2761122)

Hopefully the Jays decide to call up Buck Coats. That would go ahead and settle this discussion real fast.

26. Dudefella Posted: April 28, 2008 at 09:39 AM (#2761136)

I'm waiting for the day when someone with a name like "Fukwitt" makes it into the majors, and announcers have no choice but to repeatedly swear during broadcasts.

Just have Bert Blyleven call all his games.

27. TerpNats Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM (#2761174)

Let us hope Bastardo never pulls a Carl Mays and kills a player named Kenny.

28. DL from MN Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:37 PM (#2761187)

I'm fond of Yovani Gallardo. Any name that ends in Lardo...

29. Styles P. Deadball Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:42 PM (#2761194)

I wonder if he got teased in school any?

Where I come from, if your name can be easily converted to "Tony The Bastard", you get left alone.

30. Van Lingle Mungo Jerry Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM (#2761198)

I wonder if he and Dan Le Batard have crossed paths yet.

31. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:34 PM (#2761249)

I'm fond of Yovani Gallardo. Any name that ends in Lardo...

I'm thinking the ells in his name don't sound like English ells. Or am I out of the loop here?

Lenny DiNardo...now <u>that's</u> funny.

32. Obi One Kenobi Nil (BFFB)

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:49 PM (#2761266)

I never understood how you get "poo holes" from Pujols. There been various Spanish footballers witht the same last name and once knew a spaniard with that last name.

They all pronounced it poo-yol or puh-yol.

Is it different for non-spanish spanish speakers?

33. Quiet Flows the Don Taussig Avenger (Edmundo)

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:56 PM (#2761271)

They all pronounced it poo-yol or puh-yol.
Well, Joaquin Andujar was Wa-keen An-du-har. Guad-a-la-hara is how the city in Mexico pronounced. Is the "middle of the word J" pronounced differently by a Spaniard than a New Worlder?

34. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: April 28, 2008 at 01:57 PM (#2761274)

Is it different for non-spanish spanish speakers?

Do you say Miguel "teh-yada"?

35. Gern Blanston Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:01 PM (#2761279)

They all pronounced it poo-yol or puh-yol.

Is it different for non-spanish spanish speakers?

Spanish pronunciation would be "POO-hols" (more or less--the j is pronounced like a "harsh" H; sort of like hocking a loogy). If the name has an origin other than Spanish, i.e. Basque, Catalan or Gallego (which it might; I have no idea), it might be pronounced differently, but that's the Spanish phonetics given the spelling of Pujols.

36. Gern Blanston Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:02 PM (#2761280)

And "Gallardo" is definitely pronounced "guy-YAR-do."

37. Obi One Kenobi Nil (BFFB)

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:03 PM (#2761281)

I try not to say Tejada at all. Just musing as to whether Spanish has the same regional pronounciations as English, as from the Pujols comment it appears to be the case.

Another one is "z" which many places in spain is pronounced with a "th" sound.

38. Obi One Kenobi Nil (BFFB)

Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:05 PM (#2761283)

The guy I knew was from Valencia so that may well be the case!

39. villageidiom Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:08 PM (#2761289)

Let us hope Bastardo never pulls a Carl Mays and kills a player named Kenny.

Tremendous.

40. Gern Blanston Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:14 PM (#2761296)

Just musing as to whether Spanish has the same regional pronounciations as English, as from the Pujols comment it appears to be the case.

To clarify: the "j" is pronounced pretty much the same everywhere in the Spanish speaking world as far as I know, but Spain has many different *languages* (not just dialects) spoken (such as those I listed). If Pujols originates in one of those languages, the J might well be pronounced differently in the original tongue; I don't know anything about those other languages, other than that they exist and more or less where they're spoken (Gallego in the NW part of Spain, Basque in the north central area, Catalan in Catalonia (northeastern area, including Barcelona).

You're correct that the "z" (and also the soft "c") varies in different places (pronounced like a "th" in some regions, but like an "s" in most).

41. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:25 PM (#2761308)

You're correct that the "z" (and also the soft "c") varies in different places (pronounced like a "th" in some regions, but like an "s" in most).

I thought that was kind of interesting that in Pan's Labyrinth, they went with the lisping pronunciations.

42. Gern Blanston Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:43 PM (#2761332)

I thought that was kind of interesting that in Pan's Labyrinth, they went with the lisping pronunciations.

Not sure what part(s) of Spain that's set in, but the lisp is used in both Madrid and Barcelona.

43. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:53 PM (#2761344)

Not sure what part(s) of Spain that's set in, but the lisp is used in both Madrid and Barcelona.

Although set in Franco-era Spain (not Madrid or Barcelona, BTW), the director is Mexican, so that's why I thought it was interesting.

44. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars Posted: April 28, 2008 at 02:57 PM (#2761350)

I miss Shooty Babitt.

45. The Good Face Posted: April 28, 2008 at 03:17 PM (#2761373)

I thought that was kind of interesting that in Pan's Labyrinth, they went with the lisping pronunciations.

Not sure what part(s) of Spain that's set in, but the lisp is used in both Madrid and Barcelona.

According to my Spanish ex-girlfriend, the lisping (th) replaces the s-sound c, and is characteristic of Castillan Spanish, which explains why it's common in Madrid. FWIW, Latinos in America could identify her immediately as Spanish from that alone.

Also, no love for Stubby Clapp in this thread?!?

46. Kyle S at work Posted: April 28, 2008 at 03:45 PM (#2761393)

There are lots of accents/dialects of Spanish, just like there are many different versions of English spoken here in the States. My friend Vanessa is from Chile - her Spanish sounds markedly different from the classic Castilian Spanish I was taught in high school (for instance, when using first person plural present verbs, she adds "po" to the end - "Vamos" becomes "Vamopo").

I don't speak very well, but can understand people from Spain much better than I can people from Latin America.

In any event, if there is a dialect that pronounces Pujols "Poo-yole" or "Poo-yoles", it wouldn't surprise me.

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