Comments on: I’m a Fidel Player Too

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:21:36 +0000

Jimmy Carter = Herm Edwards

Oliver Cromwell = Tom Coughlin

Still haven’t thought of one for Sarah Palin.

By: JP

JP — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:34:58 +0000

Joe’s fun post reminded me of a great joy of the internet when I was in high school and it was very new. Translating english text into japanese on altavista, then translating the japanese back into english. http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt

“I think he moved the ball around the plate pretty good. Changed speeds. He put us in great shape to get a win.”

Magically becomes……

“I think of that sphere was moved rather around the edition where he is good. The speed which was changed. He put us in order to obtain victory in splendid shape.”

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:29:21 +0000

Joe, you said: “You donâ€™t have to be Billy Beane to hate the one-out sacrifice bunt. I can only imagine what theyâ€™re saying on the Japanese version of ‘Around the Horn.’” Actually, they probably praised it. In Japan the sacrifice is sacred representing the willingness of the individual to put the good of the team ahead of himself. Does it make perfect baseball sense? No, but in a culture where the idea of being called an individual is sometimes considered an insult, it is culturally understandable.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:36:41 +0000

Who’s GWB? Buddy Bell? Nah, he’d have to have sucked with a huge-market team. Butch Hobson?

A couple more:
Jimmy Carter = Pete Carroll (sorry to go off sport like that)
FDR = Joe McCarthy
JFK = Sparky Anderson

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:25:45 +0000

Hmm, I would suggest Ulysses S. Grant and Billy Martin. Just keep throwing that pitcher until his arm falls off. Or just keep throwing the troops at the other side until they run out of men. Seems like a pretty similar strategy.

By: Erik in NYC

Erik in NYC — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:18:33 +0000

killing me with the charlie daniels bit.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:50:03 +0000

Billy Martin = LBJ

By: DTRO

DTRO — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:16:21 +0000

Willie Randolph = Herbert Hoover

By: 3rd Period Points

3rd Period Points — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:06:22 +0000

Grady Little = George Armstrong Custer

By: Paul O.

Paul O. — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:56:28 +0000

The Wedge bit reminded me of Raoul Duke as ambassador to China. His translator, Honey, had to bowdlerize his every public utterance in order to prevent WWIII from breaking out. Still makes me laugh.