Many Thanks To Jessica Alba & Ricky Ledee
Because it’s just not right for me to keep calling him “The fat kid from the Nationals that we traded Tyler Clippard for….,” I’m now going to make a concentrated effort to learn how to pronounce Jonathan Albaladejo’s last name.
Back when the Yankees traded for him, their official site read that Albaladejo was pronounced “Alba-la-DAY-ho.”
That doesn’t look that hard. It starts with “Alba” as in “Jessica Alba” and it ends with “ho.” I think I can remember those two parts easy enough. And, in the middle, it has “la-DAY,” which is sort of like how “Ricky Ledee” had his last name pronounced.
(Jessica) Alba, (Ricky) la-DAY, ho.
I’m not sure how Jessica would like that, but, Ricky may enjoy the sound of it. And, it’s going to help me, for sure, remembering how to say his name.
Jonathan, Alba la-Day ho.
Yeah, I’m golden with this one now. It’s locked down, solid.
It’s so nice to no longer have my tongue tied on “Albaladejo.”
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