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I wish I understood the dialogue. Alex Rodriguez red-faced while watching porn with the rest of the Yankees ... And no American would think to feature Wes Obermueller (!) in a cartoon ...
I would like to know what Tony Batista is up to here.
The Batista figure talks about his extremely open stance, where he says "I always stand face to face," while the other guy says "you better not do that in the shower."
Want some more?
That's RDF.
Sure!
But drawing David Ortiz as Shrek and Kevin Millar as Donkey is good stuff.
I am Korean-American, but know very little of the language. The only thing I could read on the Royals cartoon was something about the weather and Benito Santiago and Juan Gonzalez.
Well put.
And funnier than hell. I love the Kaz Tadano pic.
<Anaheim>
Scoiscia gives Chone Figgins the Rally Monkey costume, saying "you can play every position," while Figgins yells "I don't play the Rally Monkey!"
<Cincinatti>
Austin Kearns asks something dangling behind him, "who are you?" It answers "I'm Injury."
<Colorado>
Vinny Castilla and Jeromy Burnitz say "We love the Mountain."
I understand Joe Kennedy stuff, but can't explain to you guys. It's about the Zen thing or somthing like that.
<Florida>
Josh Beckett tells McKeon, "my fingernail was broken again...####### manicure..." McKeon says "it's not manicure, but it's you!"
<Houston>
Pettitte is told "thanks for Roger."
<Kansas City>
Hinske, Hollansworth, and Grieve congratulate Berroa on his winning ROY, "you're our type of guy." Berroa tells them, "no, thanks, all you guys have done is win ROY."
That panel also has Furcal playing short with a bottle of booze in his back pocket, an image which nearly made me choke on my ham sandwich.
I don't really want to pick on Eric in Madison, but...how is it amazing?
I have no idea what the Bernie Williams one says, and I don't think I want to.
I do wonder what's happening in the panel where Smoltz and Ortiz are standing in front of a giant metal heart and somebody is yelling at Ortiz off panel.
Although I don't understand any of the words, that really truly was a stunning likeness of the Braves/Astros NLDS
I don't really want to pick on Eric in Madison, but...how is it amazing?
I don't want to pick on CFiJ, but... it just is.
I don't really want to pick on Eric in Madison, but...how is it amazing?
Well, it shows what is perhaps a surprising amount of detailed attention to United States baseball from a cartoonist who is, after all, far from the United States, and could be concentrating on baseball closer at hand. Or politics or something. The amazing part isn't the cartooning ability or the ability to understand baseball.
I'm Korean, and can translate, but I really don't have time to translate the whole thing (not while I'm at work, anyway). If you guys are really curious, and someone wants to put together a list of 10 or so requests (preferably with direct links) I'll be glad to help.
These are great. I want a Mets one.
I took his comment to mean that it's amazing how much the cartoonist seems to know about baseball, not that it's amazing that someone in Korea could understand baseball. I certainly can't think of any comparable cartoonist in the US -- i.e., someone that follows a major sport so closely and does detailed cartoons about it.
Well, it is the Information Age, and with Chan-Ho Park and Hee Seop Choi in the bigs, it's not difficult at all to tune into MLB action over there.
I dunno. I guess since I follow Japanese baseball and sumo from here in the States I don't find Choi following MLB particularly impressive. Funny as hell, but not especially amazing.
That's the thing, though. It's not. The internet is chock full of English language resources for both sports. And it's not difficult to get access to Japanese magazines and articles.
Choi has one up on me in that he can get actual MLB games pumped to his house, and there's a national interest in the hometown boys, opening up more avenues of resources.
I think you guys are really underestimating the extent of MLB's following in Asia. And I'm not talking about the Joe Schlubs they pick off the street for a quote about Ichiro, but the hard-core fans.
We have Zambrano staring into Craig Wilson's heart. Moises Alou getting heat backs on his back. Matt Clement wondering how the hell Maddux won 16 games while he only won 9. Some sort of conversation between Lee and Ramirez. Woody and Prior raring to go...from their hospital beds (RDF). And then some kind of subtle humor involving Garciaparra, Steinbrenner?, and finally Sammy...putting something in his bat?
Well, others have answered for me, but my point was along the lines of: I'm here, and I pay a lot of attention to baseball, and I wouldn't necessarily know who the minor leaguers were that Terry Ryan got for AJ Pierzynski if I wasn't a Twins fan.
I was impressed by the cartoonist's ability to weave relatively obscure players, habits, and episodes into these cartoons--Tony Batista's batting stance? Random mediocre ROYs? Chone Figgins, Super Utility Man? Having all this stuff available to you (in your brain) in order to create funny and accurate cartoons, especially from someone overseas, struck me as impressive.
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In Korea, when you say something is too an easy job to do, you say "Dogs and cows can do that." There the dog and the cow say "we can do as good as Helton in the Coors."
Jennings are given a certificate of merit for having the best ERA on the team and embarrassed with his 5.51 ERA.
Brad Radke's panel says "Home Sweet Home".
Even if that is the case, he knows a lot about a lot, and they're pretty funny from what I can gather. I'm not going to say it's amazing, but it's pretty damn good.
Yes, we do.
And thanks impatton for the translations.
And in the Dodgers pics what's that box thing the guy is charging around with?
Ah, the Daily Quickie, or if you prefer, the Daily Waste of 5 Seconds. Simmons' cartoons stink too.
Anyone know how/if it's possible to obtain prints?
I'll put it this way, that this cartoonist appears to be as familiar with the everyday goings-on in baseball as just about anyone who posts here, and how many non-Americans post here from overseas? Not very many.
I don't know if I'd use the word amazing, but I'd say "unusual" and "surprising", and that I'm impressed.
There was nothing about Hoon spending any significant time in the US in the article GSfRB linked, only that he picked up an interest listening to Armed Forces Radio. Apparently he is also a Twins fan.
That's Milton Bradley, carrying a bag of balls.
Re: #74 - That link's not working for me. Also, somebody asked about Kendall, but I didn't see Jason Kendall in the few that I looked at. Weird that direct links don't seem to work, but if you can point me to the right one I'll translate.
Thanks.
Davis: "Look, those guys know who you are now."
Sheets: "They better, those guys can't touch me."
Davis: "Ha! Look who's all grown up."
They both see the Cards go by and cower in fear.
Davis: "Hey, there are guys even you're afraid of?"
Sheets: "Those guys aren't human. But we'll see... the next time I see them I'll... (makes fist)"
Davis (sweating profusely, and in the most respectful tone possible): "Sheets, there's one more guy..."
Wow, my anal-retentive attention to detail makes explaining these things a lot of work. I spent 5 minutes trying to pick the right phrasing. Maybe I'll leave these to impatton.
Vlad, it would take me a while to do the Kendall one justice, but suffice it to say that it starts off with: "Catchers are 1) fat 2) slow and 3) power hitters, not high-average" (and David Wells asks, "I'm a pitcher - why am I modeling this?"). Then it goes on to discuss Kendall, who's fast and "has a body like Miss Korea". The really funny (and weird) image in the bottom left panel surmises that Kendall wasn't meant to be a catcher, but his father trained him to be one from childhood by making him squat over an Asian-style rustic toilet (really no more than a hole in the ground, which still exist in homes as little as 20 miles outside of Seoul). Next frame:
They briefly tried to capitalize on his speed by putting him in the outfield, but with mixed results.
Tike Redman: "Uh, this is the outfield."
Kendall: "I can't play defense without the mask."
Last frame: Isn't he decent?! Doesn't he look good out there?! Let's have one catcher who can run! Kendall says "I float like a butterfly."
Where's the one that says:
I'm disrespectful to dirt!
Can you see I am serious!
Get out of my way, all of you!
This is no place for loafers.
Join me or die.
Can you do any less?
For lucky best wash, use Mr. Sparkle.
Thanks again, impatton and cheng, for all your help!
Marlins link (hopefully it works)
Benitez/Pavano:
Benitez: "I... I'm afraid of Bonds."
Pavano: "I'm afraid of Bonds too, but your face is scarier."
Pierre/Castillo: 2004 Setting the table at a Premium Banquet
Pierre: "Everything's prepared."
Castillo: "Please pick us up."
Conine: "We have to pick you up?!"
Sea Bass: "Hey, that's a lot of pressure."
McKeon: "Don't worry, it won't get to your turn."
Mota: Self-explanatory - McKeon is whipping Mota as he screams "Throw! Throw!" and Mota is in tears.
Cabrera: Child Prodigy
"I'm ruined! I couldn't even hit .300."
Mordecai: "Hey, I've been around 11 years and never even gotten close to .300. You're saying I'm worthless?" (as he's being pushed over the fence)
Lowell: Not old and washed up!
LoDuca: "Young? Not really."
Lowell: "Younger than you."
Beckett: At war with his fingernails
Beckett: "Ow, I broke another nail! And I just got a manicure yesterday."
McKeon: "The manicure's not the problem!"
I think it's supposed to be Larry Walker. (You can see a "3" on his jersey.) This cartoon was drawn shortly after the Walker deal--see, Sheets says he can handle Pujols and Edmonds and Rolen, but now there's "one more guy..."
How's babelfish/google on translating Korean? Or maybe I should send them to my Korean client for a full workup (though I doubt they'd consider that good use of billable hours).
Darrell May: Took a beating, but stood up 'til the end!
May: "Just kids! Just kids!"
Other team: "Don't mess with us!"
Teammate: "You feel that bad for getting beaten up by kids?"
Greinke: (This one's a little weird - I think that's supposed to be Dmitri Young.)
Young: "The whipping is sharp... like how sharply he pounds the corners." (Yeah, doesn't make too much sense to me either)
I don't understand the Sweeney one. Must be an elaborate pun or something, because literally taken, it looks like Sweeney's taking an eye exam and says he's ready to play, and the doctor says "But this is a kidney". I though I was pretty fluent, but I guess I'm missing something there.
Randa and Berroa were already explained above.
Pena asks Camp "Have you ever considered playing basketball? Why are you playing baseball?" and Camp wonders "What's this guy talking about?"
Gonzalez/Santiago:
Royals: "You guys were on our team?!"
Gonzalez: "The weather is..."
Santiago: "Yup, pretty sweet."
Is he possessed?
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