CUP O' JO - Dec 2, 2008

No games in Puerto Rico or Venezuela yesterday so I found a few Oldy But Goody Googleators in The Pearls' Treasure Chest from the 2005 Mexicali Aguilas.  In fact, I think the Googleators have commercial potential.  Maybe a beisbol based "Wii Can Learn Spanish" video game starring Yogi Berra. 

“Mays (No... not Willie Mays.  These Pearls aren't THAT old. Or THAT good.) stamped again in the fifth episode.  Aaron Holbert gave simple the power station and the second long cushion was swindled to write down with hit to the power station of Luis Alfonso."

There is much attention to "the equipment" in Latin Beisbol.  A few examples:

“The Naranjeros wrote history in that fifth entrance, where after two outs Jorge Luis Valle and Stolen Héctor bound doublets to move the slate and that in the end was a quite heavy stoneware for the dreary equipment."

and one of my all time favorites:

“The foreigners are the peloteros that must inject vitamin to the equipment."

Yes, indeed.  The Tiburones and Gigantes will need many vitamins... and even more hits... from Jason and Tommy during the next few weeks. 

GOOGLE-ATOR PEARLS

Things are a little slow on the beisbol front with only one PTown Pro slugging it out in the Caribbean this winter. And it's an off day for Los Gigantes so I dredged up some fill for the mornin' Cup O' Jo.

The Pearls' pre-cursor was a morning email to followers of the Gomes Brothers and Derrick White. The trio played winter ball for the Mexicali Aguilas in 2005. El-Clipos were painstakingly cut from on-line Mexican newspapers and pasted into Google Translator. This budding artificial intelligence technology produced Google-ators in various degrees of hilarity. As we countdown the days to the Puerto Rican League Playoffs and MLB Spring Training, let's revisit the Top 10 Google-ators of 2005. And a few bonus tracks.

With much fanfare and Gasolina music playing in the background ...

Google-ator Pearl #10:

"With big drums and subjects of gossip the director announced that Jonny Gomes would arrive the 8 from November and nothing, soon put of date the 22 of November and everything followed equal, with total hermetism in the offices of the Club..."

The Aguilas were happy to have Jonny back in 2005.  He was the MVP of the entire Caribbean Series the previous winter.   But "total hermetism in the offices of the Club".  Wow.  Manny doesn't get that.

This Google-ator received a 2005 Honorable Mention in the category of Best Drama:

"After the seven defeats in row, the Eagles will look for to avoid another desplumadero...In one of their worse losing gusts of wind in all their history, with seven, the Eagles have remained single in the cellar when falling per 10-2 before the Cañeros of the Mochis, last night in desolate a Stage of the Sport City."

Regular Readers might find this Google-ator Glossary useful:

Gust Of Wind: streak
Desplumadero: a tragic, plumage plucking loss of the Mexicali Aguilas (Eagles)
Right Patrol Craft: Right Fielder
Central Gardener: Center Fielder
Prescribed Chocolates: Strikeouts
Matched Cardboards: Tied game
Power Station: Center Field
Horsearmour Of The Central Garden: Center Field Wall
Cattles: Wins
Quadrangular one: Home Run
Tomateros: Weak Sour Cherries, a team in Mexico's Winter League, the MLP
Horseradish Tree Francisco: Ben Francisco, a player in the MLP