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Frankie's home town newspaper

Quite interesting, especially in translation:

K-Rod generates doubts

The stellar Venezuelan lock of the Angelinos, Francisco Rodriguez, has wasted two of its last three chances to save (AP)

The Venezuelan does not have been effective at the time of closing the games
BILLY RUSSO
THE UNIVERSAL ONE
He does not have as usual been so effective. Nevertheless, he has made the work. The press begins to doubt its physical state and its capacity. But manager endorses it and still it trusts him.
The stellar Venezuelan lock of the Angelinos of Los Angeles, Francisco Rodriguez, them has not had all with him this season, specially after the Star Game, lapse in which has four blown saves in 14 opportunities and a percentage of races allowed by each nine entrances of work of 4.58.
"It has not gone to him well, but I think that still it is not moment to worry. Frankie has been a little inconsistente, nevertheless, has given us what we needed him", said Mike Scioscia, to manager of the Angelinos.
Rodriguez, who is the better locking quarter of American Liga at the moment, with 34, was the past punished Friday by the logs of the Indians. That day the inicialista of Cleveland, Ryan Garko, connected a quadrangular one to him to tie the game. It was the second time in his last three opportunities to save that it could not do it.
"It has confidence in itself and we still trusted him. We really hoped that it goes to him better and than whenever sounds the telephone (of they bullpen) leaves to make its work successfully", commented Mike Butcher, coach of pitcheo of the novena of Los Angeles.
The front of his locker, in clubhouse of the Angelinos, the Angels Stadium, the reporters asked to him the Venezuelan for their situation, and he responded: "Simply I have not been able to make well my work. That is what all you want to hear. That is the unique thing that I must to say. Thanks".
The technical body of the club indicates that badly of the evils by which it crosses Rodriguez it finds in his mechanics.
"It is not having the rate nor the synchronization that accustoms in the movements that do when sending. The best thing is to give time him so that it returns to find the point perfect of his mechanics. We are sure that it will find his rate again", said Scioscia, to the newspaper Los Angeles Times.
For serafines he is vital that Rodriguez improves and she is to point for the beginning of the postemporada one, and perhaps is the preoccupation of Californian means there. The Venezuelan has three weeks to do it.

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For the love of humanity!
Please provide the link to the original Spanish!
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by melvintoast on Sep 10, 2007 11:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on. Ricky speaks english better than that
I think it was translated by Lucy.
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by melvintoast on Sep 10, 2007 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's the link:
I think the translation was done by Google...it IS pretty funny , especially the "quadrangular"

http://www.eluniversal.com/2007/09/10/beigl_art_k-rod-genera-dudas_461329.shtml

by SocalAngelFaninOC on Sep 10, 2007 11:58 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What is funny
is that they call him FRANKIE after a season of the stern Jose Mota's rolling R FRRRANSSSSEEEEEEESCO RRROADRRRRIGESH. We get it, we get it, we get it, he didn't go to Servite, thanks Jose...

by Rev Halofan on Sep 10, 2007 11:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha, good old "Hosey"
I love how he would make a point of pronouncing the Espaneesh names perfectly and with a flourish, but always screwed up everyone else's names.

by Higz on Sep 10, 2007 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's because Jose
no espeakedy the Engleesh.
Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Sep 10, 2007 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SERAFINES
That is ANGELS without saying "Angeles"

by Rev Halofan on Sep 10, 2007 11:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Seraphim
Angel of Battle...

...better than Cherubim, Angel of Valentine's Day cards...

by Rev Halofan on Sep 10, 2007 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy shit
I may just have a new screenname...

that's just ridiculously badass.

by shiftyeyedgoat on Sep 10, 2007 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dogma
Everything I know about the choirs of Angels I learned from repeated watchings of Dogma. ;-)

by anaheimisnotla on Sep 11, 2007 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My Fave Hosey is:
and you need to say this as fast as humanly possible......."mysedastootiz"

by SocalAngelFaninOC on Sep 10, 2007 12:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's funny how Scioscia can sling the cliches
Even in Spanish!

"Él no está teniendo el ritmo ni la sincronización que acostumbra en los movimientos que hace al lanzar."

"He doesn't have his rhythm in synch that we're used to seeing in his pitching mechanics" lol

The only thing that could have made it better is if 'Miguel Scioscia' had said:

"Miraremos (con 'Miguel Carnicero') algunas cosas ..."

"We're (me and Mike Butcher) are going to look at a few things."

or:

"Equipo del calibre del campeonato"

"Championship-caliber ball club."

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on Sep 10, 2007 4:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Carnicero
this cracks me up!

by Rev Halofan on Sep 10, 2007 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OH MY GOD!!!!
You guys are funny!!!! REv's translation is hilarious: "chichi raton" LMFAO!!!!!!!!!
Final score: Angels 4 Giants 1 Angels 2002 World Series Champions!!!

by Halofanatic on Sep 11, 2007 9:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Here is the unique thing I must say
Frankie rocks.  I'd still take him over any closer in baseball.
GA GA he's the man, if he can't do it, no one can

by Moondoggy on Sep 12, 2007 6:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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