Anyone see Manny's Press Confrerence Today......

rymflaherty · Aug 31, 2010

because can anyone please explain to me why he did the entire press conference in Spanish?

:lol:

I just saw some footage on SC and he seriously answered ever question in Spanish with (I think it was Cora) interpreting his responses to the press. Really wondering if anyone knows why this was the case....because all I could do was question WTF and laugh.

Guess it's already begun White Sox fans. For your sake hopefully he can still dial it up and give the production that can allow you to forgive his antics. Or you can always just laugh....

AKA Coastal · Aug 31, 2010

Lol, I was wondering the same thing. You never know what you're gonna get from this dingo.

Moonlight Graham · Aug 31, 2010

"I'm no pagado bastantes a hablar en dos idiomas"

"I'm not paid enough to speak in two languages"

theplasticman · Aug 31, 2010

AKA Coastal said:
Lol, I was wondering the same thing. You never know what you're gonna get from this dingo.

+1

gogosox40 · Aug 31, 2010

theplasticman said:
AKA Coastal said:

Lol, I was wondering the same thing. You never know what you're gonna get from this dingo.

Click to expand...

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Its just Manny being Manny. Im really excited to see him in a Sox uniform and hope the Hitting Manny shows up.

cubfan131 · Aug 31, 2010

ESPN's Pedro Gomez asked Ramirez why Cora was needed. Ramirez spoke in Spanish to Cora, who said, "I feel more comfortable in my own language.''

I don't see what the big deal is. So he wanted to answer questions in his native language, sounds reasonable to me.

erniesims50 · Aug 31, 2010

Learn some English as this America Manny

gmarutiak · Aug 31, 2010

Didn't the guy go to high school about twentysome years ago in the Bronx? As in the Bronx, New York, the United States of America? What a ******.

All The Hype · Aug 31, 2010

Maybe he just feels like he can more accurately answer questions in his native language. I don't have a problem with that.

gogosox40 · Aug 31, 2010

erniesims50 said:
Learn some English as this America Manny

Learn how to write a sentence in English.

FortyFour · Aug 31, 2010

gmarutiak said:
Didn't the guy go to high school about twentysome years ago in the Bronx? As in the Bronx, New York, the United States of America? What a ******.

Yep lol,

My dad used to be the head baseball coach at Queens College and he tried to get manny to come play at Queens College and manny didnt even want to hear about any college he said he was going pro.

Guess it worked out for him.

cubfan131 · Aug 31, 2010

gmarutiak said:
Didn't the guy go to high school about twentysome years ago in the Bronx? As in the Bronx, New York, the United States of America? What a ******.

Do you speak two languages? It isn't easy to speak two languages fluently and you can't blame anyone for preferring to speak in their native tongue.

DRav87 · Aug 31, 2010

boxbreaker44 said:
Guess it worked out for him.

Your Dad or Manny?

rymflaherty · Aug 31, 2010

Wasn't trying to say it's "wrong" in any way to not speak English - it was just odd.
I mean he's in the spotlight and interviewed constantly and I've never seen him do that before.....or at least I can't recall that being the case (maybe I'm totally wrong). Then you add the perception most have of Manny - and it seems even odder.

ozzie's translator · Aug 31, 2010

He forgot English. It's a side effect of PED's, just ask Sammy Sosa

Anthony · Sep 1, 2010

ozzie's translator said:
He forgot English. It's a side effect of PED's, just ask Sammy Sosa

That was funny.

That said, count me with those that agree it's perfectly acceptable for a person to respond to questions in their native language if they feel more comfortable doing so.

Sean_C · Sep 1, 2010

If it really were a case of not being comfortable with the language, that would be one thing. Manny speaks English pretty darn well though, and I don't see any real reason for him to conduct a press conference like that other than to get reactions.

carrsallstars · Sep 1, 2010

This seems to be the appropriate response to this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LjnqtSPps

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