May 23, 2005

WTF?

I was watching a baseball game on TV yesterday. It was the Oakland A's and the San Francisco Gigantes. Huh? What is up with the "Gigantes"? The SF "GIANTS" are a team that moved to the left coast from New York. It was never a Hispanic team. There are no roots to get back to.

I am completely offended. What next will we be rooting for Los Pacers or maybe La Dolphins? Maybe we should make sure we capture the illegal market with the Texas Pancho Villas instead of the Texas Rangers.

It is bad enough you cannot go anywhere without the signs, announcements and menus printed in Spanish, now we have to make our team names bi-lingual too? My ancestors came here from Germany in the early 1700's. The patriarch changed our last name to make it sound more "English". Immigrants for centuries to this great melting pot have merged with the society to make us a better stronger nation. It is about time the Hispanic population started melting and blending. This does not mean they should abandon their culture, but we should not be forced to change ours either.

1 comment:

Tom said...

Hey Brainiac,
The Giants wore the "Gigantes" jerseys in tribute to Juan Marichal. I'm sure you're familiar with him. So turn up your TV sometime and learn something other than how upset Sean Hannity is that a single mother from Scotland is outselling him on the best-seller lists.

Yours etc.
Tom,
Fat in Illinois
www.tomshea.blogspot.com

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