Spring/Summer Training, 2020

[Krylian]

How in the hell were you unaware that he's Korean? This is like thinking Hideki Matsui or Ichiro were from Taiwan.

 

LOL. I knew. I just saw the video and then started thinking about all the East Asian players that don't speak English...my thoughts ended with "I am Japaneeeeeese" so that's what I went with. But kudos to everyone for getting bent out of shape. I am now #woke

[Laika]

LOL. I knew. I just saw the video and then started thinking about all the East Asian players that don't speak English...my thoughts ended with "I am Japaneeeeeese" so that's what I went with. But kudos to everyone for getting bent out of shape. I am now #woke

 

Nobody is bent - your post was just incredibly dumb and amusing for that reason.

[Krylian]

Nobody is bent - your post was just incredibly dumb and amusing for that reason.

 

I aim to please.

[The Cats Ass]

Why is it so rare to find a Japanese player that speaks english?

 

That's like asking why it's so rare to find an American player that speaks Japanese.

[Krylian]

That's like asking why it's so rare to find an American player that speaks Japanese.

 

That could be a completely valid question. But my thought stems from how you see athletes from plenty of different (non-English speaking) countries that come over to play in a North American league and end up learning some english. You see it a lot in hockey.

 

I've never tried learning Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese...is it that the linguistic skills are so vastly different from an East Asian country to an English speaking one that it's just that much more difficult to learn? Is it easier to go from Russian, Spanish, Italian, French to English? Or...is it a cultural/attitude thing where American's and East Asian people don't bother to learn another language cause they don't think they need to...

 

Basically, is it cause it's really hard or cause they just don't want to.

[Boxcar]

That could be a completely valid question. But my thought stems from how you see athletes from plenty of different (non-English speaking) countries that come over to play in a North American league and end up learning some english. You see it a lot in hockey.

 

I've never tried learning Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese...is it that the linguistic skills are so vastly different from an East Asian country to an English speaking one that it's just that much more difficult to learn? Is it easier to go from Russian, Spanish, Italian, French to English? Or...is it a cultural/attitude thing where American's and East Asian people don't bother to learn another language cause they don't think they need to...

 

Basically, is it cause it's really hard or cause they just don't want to.

 

If English was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for everyone

[Brownie19]

If English was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for everyone

 

Amen!

[Spanky__99]

That could be a completely valid question. But my thought stems from how you see athletes from plenty of different (non-English speaking) countries that come over to play in a North American league and end up learning some english. You see it a lot in hockey.

 

I've never tried learning Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese...is it that the linguistic skills are so vastly different from an East Asian country to an English speaking one that it's just that much more difficult to learn? Is it easier to go from Russian, Spanish, Italian, French to English? Or...is it a cultural/attitude thing where American's and East Asian people don't bother to learn another language cause they don't think they need to...

 

Basically, is it cause it's really hard or cause they just don't want to.

 

You can't honestly think Ryu doesn't speak English, do you?

[jaysguy44]

Ryu is a beauty

 

[Spanky__99]

Ryu is a beauty

 

 

ftfy

[jerb]

 

Arash Madani

@ArashMadani

 

Charlie Montoyo tells us Nate Pearson is on track to pitch one of the exhibition games at Fenway Park next week. "It will be good to see him pitch in Boston, that's not a secret," Montoyo said.

[Krylian]

You can't honestly think Ryu doesn't speak English, do you?

 

Does he? I haven't spent any time looking, but I'm talking overall, not specifically about Ryu. They all seem to have translators hanging around whenever a mic is on.

[Spanky__99]

Does he? I haven't spent any time looking, but I'm talking overall, not specifically about Ryu. They all seem to have translators hanging around whenever a mic is on.

 

Yeah, good enough to talk to teammates, talking English in front of cameras are a different story, there's tons of latino guys that do the same.

[BlueRocky]

 

Arash Madani

@ArashMadani

 

Charlie Montoyo tells us Nate Pearson is on track to pitch one of the exhibition games at Fenway Park next week. "It will be good to see him pitch in Boston, that's not a secret," Montoyo said.

 

Yes please, I want to see Big Nate carve up the Red Sox.

[Brownie19]

Yeah, good enough to talk to teammates, talking English in front of cameras are a different story, there's tons of latino guys that do the same.

 

I'd pretend I was a mute to avoid the cringe-worthy interviews with the media. It's all f***ing ******** non-sense. I have no idea why there's a market for people listening to pre or post game interviews.

[Bobthe4th]

That could be a completely valid question. But my thought stems from how you see athletes from plenty of different (non-English speaking) countries that come over to play in a North American league and end up learning some english. You see it a lot in hockey.

 

I've never tried learning Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese...is it that the linguistic skills are so vastly different from an East Asian country to an English speaking one that it's just that much more difficult to learn? Is it easier to go from Russian, Spanish, Italian, French to English? Or...is it a cultural/attitude thing where American's and East Asian people don't bother to learn another language cause they don't think they need to...

 

Basically, is it cause it's really hard or cause they just don't want to.

 

Are you joking? You can’t recognise the differences between Latin based languages and Asian languages? You’ve never noticed how similar so many words are?

[Krylian]

Are you joking? You can’t recognise the differences between Latin based languages and Asian languages? You’ve never noticed how similar so many words are?

 

So you're saying it's too hard.

[Krylian]

Are you joking? You can’t recognise the differences between Latin based languages and Asian languages? You’ve never noticed how similar so many words are?

 

So you're saying it's too hard.

[Deadpool]

Fine. Replace it with East Asian and let's include all the countries out there instead. The point doesn't change...but at least the terminology is correct now.

 

(I should've just called him Chinese).

 

Dude, you're supposed to call any non-white player "Mexican". It's the Ang rule.

[Krylian]

Dude, you're supposed to call any non-white player "Mexican". It's the Ang rule.

 

I thought that was just for all Latinos. Sorry. I dropped the ball there.

[Rusty_Savage]

That could be a completely valid question. But my thought stems from how you see athletes from plenty of different (non-English speaking) countries that come over to play in a North American league and end up learning some english. You see it a lot in hockey.

 

I've never tried learning Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese...is it that the linguistic skills are so vastly different from an East Asian country to an English speaking one that it's just that much more difficult to learn? Is it easier to go from Russian, Spanish, Italian, French to English? Or...is it a cultural/attitude thing where American's and East Asian people don't bother to learn another language cause they don't think they need to...

 

Basically, is it cause it's really hard or cause they just don't want to.

 

 

Korean is not really that hard to grasp if you want to put in the time. I spent some time in Seoul teaching English and after a few months I had no problem getting around with my broken Korean. A few of the teachers who came at the same time as I did took some classes and while they weren't fluent, they were pretty darn close.

 

English on the other hand is hard as f*** to grasp. Just think of there, their, they're or where, were, ware, wear. It's f***ed. We were talking about it at the time and the director of the academy was saying that after Mandarin, English is the hardest language to grasp. Europeans probably have an a small learning curve compared to Asians, though which is why you see most hockey players being able to speak English.

[BlueRocky]

Alek Manoah hasn’t showed up in camp and didn’t tweet since July 12:

[BlueRocky]

[Orgfiller]

 

Caleb Joseph's twitter handle is extremely fitting for the team that he's in.

[Deadpool]

Caleb Joseph's twitter handle is extremely fitting for the team that he's in.

 

If he wanted to go FullCanuck it would be @YYZBackCatcher though...

[Captain Adama]

Korean is not really that hard to grasp if you want to put in the time. I spent some time in Seoul teaching English and after a few months I had no problem getting around with my broken Korean. A few of the teachers who came at the same time as I did took some classes and while they weren't fluent, they were pretty darn close.

 

English on the other hand is hard as f*** to grasp. Just think of there, their, they're or where, were, ware, wear. It's f***ed. We were talking about it at the time and the director of the academy was saying that after Mandarin, English is the hardest language to grasp. Europeans probably have an a small learning curve compared to Asians, though which is why you see most hockey players being able to speak English.

 

Latin and Germanic share a few similarities with English, so that's why I'd imagine it's easier for Europeans to pick up rather than Asians.

 

However in my personal experience, Russians are really f***ing good at learning English, I have no idea how, considering Russian and English share practically no similarities that I'm aware of.

[BlueRocky]

Edited July 18, 2020 by BlueRocky

[BlueRocky]

[Spanky__99]

Nice play Vladito...

 

[saskjayfan]

Rowdy with another Bomb. Dude's on fire. Alford with another round tripper off Ryu. Dunedin Jays looking good!