Stroodles!
Few weeks ago I was at the horrible game against the Phillies in which Jayson Werth hit the 500-level bomb. It was an awful game with no redeeming qualities.
But something fun did come out of that day: My new name for Marco Scutaro.
It was one of those Jr. Jays days when they let a kid announce the lineups in the 3rd inning. The kid chosen on this particular day had a real hard time pronouncing the names of the players (Rall Chaves, etc…)
He hit his stride when John McDonald came to bat — “Now batting, Johnny Mac!” — but the next batter gave him fits as well.
“Now batting, Marco… Ss… Marco…” he took a long pause and looked off to his left for some help before coming back with the classic, “now batting, Marco Stroodles!”
I could be crazy, but it really looked to me like Marco got a kick out of that. So did I. And with that, Marco’s new nickname, at least in my head, was born.
I’m happy to have a guy on the team I can call Stroodles, and I hope J.P. doesn’t take that away from me any time soon.
Stroodles; that’s awesome.
I love Stroodles. It’ll be interesting to see what the future holds for him.
I was at that game, too. A coworker came with me, and that was his first Jays game ever. Nice.
That kid was hilarious.
While I certainly knew what you meant when you kept shouting “Stroodles!” at the Dome last week, you were getting some awfully funny looks from the people around us…
Marco Stroodles! I love it. Only a kid could come up with that. I hope his classmates haunt him with that for the rest of his life.