Lost In Translation: Wilin Rosario talks about Yasmani Grandal's big game

I don't even know who Wilin Rosario is. According to his Baseball-Reference page he's built like a fire-plug (5'11" and 215 lbs), appears to have some power (13 HRs), and he's from the Dominican Republic (the place where Christopher Columbus landed and began subjugating natives).

He's also 23 years old.

This is significant because it probably indicates he has not been speaking English very long (likely 2006 when the Rockies acquired him). But maybe, just maybe, he speaks excellent English but provides odd quotes when he's half naked, wearing a towel in a locker room, and speaking to MLB reporters about a fellow catcher from the Caribbean . . .


After Yasmani Grandal's record breaking Saturday, when the switch hitting catcher's first two major league hits went for home runs from each side of the plate,  the Colorado catcher said the following to MLB reporter, Trey Scott:

And color Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario -- who hit a home run of his own in the fifth -- very impressed.

"I'd never seen that guy. The only thing I can tell you is he's strong, like me," Rosario said. "He's got power, too. He's a good hitter. That sometimes happens."

Wilin Rosario is modest. And completely unaware of history. "That sometimes happens"? Quotes can be really dumb. That sometimes happens.

Could the quote have been presented differently? Let's look at the Colorado wrap, written by MLB reporter, Thomas Harding:

"I'd never seen that guy," Rosario said of Grandal. "The only thing I can tell you is he's strong, like me."

Wilin Rosario is still modest. I like that. A lot. But the superfluous part of the quote was cut-out, a wise decision by Harding. Now, as readers, we have all that is necessary from Yasmani Grandal's rookie catcher counterpart in Colorado.

I also like that I am ignorant to the fact that Wilin Rosario lacks all sense of baseball history which is important. Well, it's not really that important.

Thomas Harding defeats Trey Scott in this round of game recaps! Where is Corey Brock, goddamn it?!