Yasmani Grandal

[kapsis21]

Lookout for this kid, he was the prospect Reds traded in Latos trade along with Yondor Alonso (hope i spelled him right)

and he is bashing the ball hitting with power as as switch hitting catcher. I know once scouting reports come out and find his weakness it will get more challenging but 4HR in 6 games for a rookie is impressive.

[kapsis21]

and the name itself both first and last is unique and grandesque

[Youk Of The Nation]

Seriously what's with these names. I have seen some bizzare names in baseball the last few years, and especially this season Yoenis, Andrelton, et cetera. I mean, I understand these people aren't necessarily going to have American or English names, but whatever happened to foreign approximations? Where are the Joses and Francois (Francois's?) and Pavels and Pablos and such? I know Japanese names are going to be Japanese but can't we have a few more pronouncable people coming out of Cuba and Venezuela? Names should not be worth more than 6 or 7 points in Scrabble tiles.

[The Boomer]

Seriously what's with these names. I have seen some bizzare names in baseball the last few years' date=' and especially this season Yoenis, Andrelton, et cetera. I mean, I understand these people aren't necessarily going to have American or English names, but whatever happened to foreign approximations? Where are the Joses and Francois (Francois's?) and Pavels and Pablos and such? I know Japanese names are going to be Japanese but can't we have a few more pronouncable people coming out of Cuba and Venezuela? Names should not be worth more than 6 or 7 points in Scrabble tiles.[/quote']

 

It's Marc Rzepczynski for you on line 2...

[Youk Of The Nation]

It's not the last names that I'm talking about. I forgot about another kind, the normal names spelled differently. What were these parents thinking? Your kid can make something of their lives regardless of their name. Giving them something weird to 'be different' and 'stand out' doesn't really do much. I'm looking at you, Mr. and Mrs. Nix.

[The Boomer]

It's not the last names that I'm talking about. I forgot about another kind' date=' the normal names spelled differently. What were these parents thinking? Your kid can make something of their lives regardless of their name. Giving them something weird to 'be different' and 'stand out' doesn't really do much. I'm looking at you, Mr. and Mrs. Nix.[/quote']

 

I am not saying that there is a link at all but some of the more unusual names over the last few seasons have turned out to be aliases. I would bet there's one or two of those in the current international crop too.

 

But seriously, different cultures have different naming conventions. In fact,IIRC, Japanese players have to reverse their names when they come to the US as it's family name first usage in Japan.