Buscones and Cocaine: What the hell? And what to do?
Garrett Broshuis blogs about Buscones and their role in developing Dominican ballplayers.
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SF Pete
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Broshuis keeps impressing me as a (not just sports) journalist.
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
by shanghaijim on Oct 2, 2009 3:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Also, and I’m sure to feel dumb when this question is answered, but I can’t figure this out:
Perhaps no force has shaped the growth of Dominican baseball more in the past 20 years than the buscón. (Hint: it rhymes with the thing you dip into your coffee.)
I figured buscón was pronounced: boos-cone. What the hell rhymes with that that you dip into your coffee? Or do I have the pronunciation way off?
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 2, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking biscotti but that doesn’t rhyme. Maybe more of a sounds-like kind of thing.
DOUBLE SWITCHES AND MATCH-UPS, THAT'S WHAT BRUCE BOCHY DOES!
by PAWarrior on Oct 2, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he means it rhymes with scone?
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 2, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This makes much more sense
DOUBLE SWITCHES AND MATCH-UPS, THAT'S WHAT BRUCE BOCHY DOES!
by PAWarrior on Oct 2, 2009 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There it is
Thanks
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 2, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boo scones!!!
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 2, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were you saying boo or buscón?
I was saying buscón.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
by marcello on Oct 2, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s enough cocaine to get a herd of elephants high for the rest of their lives.
…and as a bonus, they don’t even need to use straws!
by KrazyKrabMeat on Oct 4, 2009 9:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs






















