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The Top Ten Ways To Mispronounce "Tsuyoshi Nishioka"

Yet another in our ongoing "We don't have a picture of Tsuyoshi Nishioka we can use without infringing copyright, so here's boxer Toshiaki Nishioka, who as far as we know, cannot play second base."

From the home office in Louisburg, Minnesota (and owing a great and fairly obvious debt to this):

The Top Ten Ways To Mispronounce "Tsuyoshi Nishioka"

10. Tom Nieto
9. T-Rex Ishyokra
8. T. Boone Pickensoka
7. Tsunicky Puntioka
6. Akinori Iwamura
5. Boutros Boutros-Nishioka
4. Tsuyogabba Gabbioka
3. "Yoshi! Like the dinosaur! Awesome, bro!"
2. Tsuyoshi Nishioka Oka Oka Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing
1. Tseeyoulater J.J. Hardy

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I love this.

I used to LOVE top 10 lists. I’d spend my “advanced” algebra class in high school coming up with top 10 lists for my TI-whatever calculator. Think my favorite is probably #7.

Also, who’s hand is about to pick Toshiaki’s nose?

by Jesse on Nov 29, 2010 10:23 AM EST reply actions  

Office Space style

Tosha… Tohsi… Tosh,Tosh, Toshi-not-gonna-be-here-in-a-week.

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by BReynolds on Nov 29, 2010 10:28 AM EST reply actions  

Think of the possibilities

If both Yoshi and Pavario are on the Twins next year…

俳句!

by fischean on Nov 29, 2010 10:35 AM EST via mobile reply actions   1 recs

HA!

I’m disappointing in myself that I hadn’t even thought of this eventuality yet…

by Jesse on Nov 29, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions  

Nice

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by Twins33 on Nov 29, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Tsayonara Nickysan

"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"Gardy MOY. Feel great disturbance in Force. As if millions of Internet cranks cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." -BatGirl

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Nov 29, 2010 11:25 AM EST reply actions  

Tosh.o

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Nov 29, 2010 11:33 AM EST reply actions  

So, based on the picture

Our new second baseman is Piston Honda from Mike Tyson’s Punch Out?

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by Christopher Gates on Nov 29, 2010 1:07 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

Hmmm...

We’ll have to see if he wiggles his eyebrows right before swinging.

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Nov 29, 2010 2:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Russell Shimooka

Or did jokes about him jump the shark a decade or so ago?

by TheQatarian on Nov 29, 2010 2:38 PM EST reply actions  

The big question is...

… will he be more Ichiro than Fukudome? : /

by MoonlitKnight on Nov 29, 2010 8:09 PM EST reply actions  

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