(from Ted Allen)
Al was notorious for mispronouncing or misspelling names. No baseball player’s name was safe when he came to the attention of Al. And even with his family he had some issues. For example, he didn’t remember that my real name was Edward. Every time he wrote me a check (too often!) it was in the name of Theodore Allen. I had a lot of trouble depositing the checks!
Here are some of my favorite Al mispronunciations/misspellings/or other name issues. Please add yours.
Chaylee – Pronounced Shaylee
Lenny Dykstra (outfielder) – spelled Dykster
Guatemala – spelled Gauatamala
Aaron Sele (pitcher) – spelled Seely
Ralph Nader – spelled Nadir
Charles Nagy – spelled Naddy
Sandwich - pronounced Sangwich (from Marcie)
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