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Garrett Broshuis blogs about Buscones and their role in developing Dominican ballplayers.

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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

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