Tom Flanagan Interview

[FVBrewerFan]

For those of you with Time Warner Cable in WI, Tom Flanagan is guest this week on The Dennis Krause Show. It will be replayed many times throughout the week.

 

You most likely won't learn anything you didn't already know. (Spoiler alert, Hader is a top prospect.)

 

Turns out, it was Flanagan himself that was the story for me. He pronounced Arcia's name wrong. Then, named Tyrone Taylor as a big prospect after Phillips was brought up by Dennis. Hauser and Salas big prospects, no mention of about half a dozen better pitchers.

 

Part of it is being on TV, I get that. And maybe I'm reading way too much into it. But Flanagan just didn't seem 100% all-in consumed with the farm, which I guess is the way I want my farm director to be.

[1992casey]

He pronounced Arcia's name wrong.

 

That's likely to continue until people get the memo that it's AR-cia.

 

Mispronounced player names drive me batty, but because this one is pretty non-intuitive for English speakers, a little more patience than usual is in order. Then again, with Orlando's brother playing for the Twins, you'd think that at least a few people would have a head start in getting it right.

[FVBrewerFan]

Agreed, but shouldn't the Brewers Farm Director know how to pronounce the name of his own #1 prospect?

[1992casey]

I think that some of the worst pronunciations come from the people who work from the team. I've heard both Melvin and Counsell murder names. I's not like they lack intelligence; they're really smart guys.