[Talkin’ Baseball] Elly De La Cruz did his entire press conference in English, for the first time today. “It’s important for the fans to understand me, and me understand the fans.”
March 28, 2024
Interpreters are becoming increasingly unpopular
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I give him props. Many Latin players prefer to speak Spanish in interviews regardless if they know it. Fans were getting on Gary Sanchez for giving his interviews in Spanish but he opened up about that and said he’s afraid of messing up his words since English isn’t his first language.
C’mon Elly, it’s “and me *for to* understand the fans”
more proof the reds are the most american baseball team
Elly Dela Cruz will stuff the statsheets in his sophomore season as a Reds
This is awesome. Moving your life to a foreign country with a completely different language and culture is such a lonely feeling — it must be so daunting to feel like an outsider while also under the scrutiny of the public eye. So making the extra effort to connect with fans this way is that much cooler.
Good stuff, Elly De La Cruz! Hope more players follow his lead
Man saw what happened to Ohtani and got on dulingo.
Having a interpreter is a liability these days, you could lose 4.5 million and not even know it
Hey, he’s making progress on learning our language. Good for him.
Major kudos
I love Elly
If he wants to speak in English, good for him especially for an American fanbase to get a better chance to understand who he is
That said, him and other foreign athletes should never feel the need to speak in other language with the media and just speak in whatever is most confident for them. Most foreign players seem to do enough to understand each other through each other’s languages and that should be good enough in my book
This is gonna make Ohtani perform the Gettysburg Address with perfect diction as a clap back
Ippei really out here making all non English-as-a-First-Language athletes be like “Thanks bro, I’ll just take it from here”
I wonder if being a switch hitter correlates to multilingual skills.
Everyone I’ve ever known who can do it tend to be very adaptable and malleable to learning new things.
“Beisbol been bery bery good to me”
His English is great in this interview. I hope he feels pride. Learning a second language is no small feat
Such a likable dude and a fun player to watch. Love this guy.
I’m just, I’m just Elly From the Cross
When I met Elly at a signing event he did his best to communicate with the fans in English. You could tell he sometimes didn’t 100% get what someone was saying but there was a genuine effort. Elly really seems to want to be a part of the community.
Ohtani should take notes
And for my interpreter not to steal 4.5 million dollars
unlike ohtani the gambler
r/mademesmile
That’s awesome, kudos to this man, you can tell he really means it
4d chess not hiring an interpreter who will steal his money.
I’ve always had mad respect for anyone who is conversational in a second language.
I work with people who are ESL and they often apologise for their English… I make sure to tell them NONSENSE, if _i_ tried to conduct business in _your_ language, no one would know what the hell I was talking about.
Damn, good for him. Learning a second language is insanely difficult
He better know what his 200 million dollar contract says
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I give him props. Many Latin players prefer to speak Spanish in interviews regardless if they know it. Fans were getting on Gary Sanchez for giving his interviews in Spanish but he opened up about that and said he’s afraid of messing up his words since English isn’t his first language.
C’mon Elly, it’s “and me *for to* understand the fans”
more proof the reds are the most american baseball team
Elly Dela Cruz will stuff the statsheets in his sophomore season as a Reds
This is awesome. Moving your life to a foreign country with a completely different language and culture is such a lonely feeling — it must be so daunting to feel like an outsider while also under the scrutiny of the public eye. So making the extra effort to connect with fans this way is that much cooler.
Good stuff, Elly De La Cruz! Hope more players follow his lead
Man saw what happened to Ohtani and got on dulingo.
Having a interpreter is a liability these days, you could lose 4.5 million and not even know it
Hey, he’s making progress on learning our language. Good for him.
Major kudos
I love Elly
If he wants to speak in English, good for him especially for an American fanbase to get a better chance to understand who he is
That said, him and other foreign athletes should never feel the need to speak in other language with the media and just speak in whatever is most confident for them. Most foreign players seem to do enough to understand each other through each other’s languages and that should be good enough in my book
This is gonna make Ohtani perform the Gettysburg Address with perfect diction as a clap back
Ippei really out here making all non English-as-a-First-Language athletes be like “Thanks bro, I’ll just take it from here”
I wonder if being a switch hitter correlates to multilingual skills.
Everyone I’ve ever known who can do it tend to be very adaptable and malleable to learning new things.
“Beisbol been bery bery good to me”
His English is great in this interview. I hope he feels pride. Learning a second language is no small feat
Such a likable dude and a fun player to watch. Love this guy.
I’m just, I’m just Elly From the Cross
When I met Elly at a signing event he did his best to communicate with the fans in English. You could tell he sometimes didn’t 100% get what someone was saying but there was a genuine effort. Elly really seems to want to be a part of the community.
Ohtani should take notes
And for my interpreter not to steal 4.5 million dollars
unlike ohtani the gambler
r/mademesmile
That’s awesome, kudos to this man, you can tell he really means it
4d chess not hiring an interpreter who will steal his money.
I’ve always had mad respect for anyone who is conversational in a second language.
I work with people who are ESL and they often apologise for their English… I make sure to tell them NONSENSE, if _i_ tried to conduct business in _your_ language, no one would know what the hell I was talking about.
Damn, good for him. Learning a second language is insanely difficult
He better know what his 200 million dollar contract says