Ichiro Says Nevermind...!

by IcebreakerX on Feb 11, 2009 2:07 PM PST

Heh.

ＷＢＣ日本代表候補のマリナーズ・イチロー外野手（３５）が１１日、神戸スカイマークスタジアムで４日ぶりとなる自主トレを行った。姿を見せなかった理由に７日、ブルペンで行った５６球の投球練習を挙げた。「肩がパンパンになって動けなくなった。調子こいてピッチングしたらエライことになった」と苦笑い。ただ外野ノックでは本塁にダイレクトストライク返球と、元気なところを見せていた。

　［2009年2月11日17時10分］

http://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/wbc/2009/news/f-bb-tp0-20090211-459602.html

Apparently Ichiro didn't show up to practice for 4 days after pitching off a mound. He explains that his shoulder swelled up and he couldn't move.

"My shoulder swelled up and I couldn't move. I pitched a little hard and I paid for, " Ichiro said.

For the relief of like two of you out there, other articles say he'll stick to being an outfielder.

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Here is the Windows Live translator version of the above:

Did the Japanese representative candidate mariners and Ichiro outfielder (35) is 11 days, Kobe スカイマークスタジアム four days after an interval of becoming independent トレ.Enumerated 56 ball did in the bullpen seven days, why showed appearance pitching practice."Now aged shoulder becomes harlot. After ピッチングこいて condition エライ especially became "and smile.However in outfield knock home base in ダイレクトストライク返球, and it is energetic showed

I hope his “harlot” shoulder learns to become chaste before the seaon so he can “outfield knock home base” and “energetic showed” when games start.

by short on Feb 11, 2009 2:21 PM PST reply actions

I adore online translators.

by .Taylor on Feb 11, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions

If there’s one thing I learned while getting my degree in German (besides how to properly pronounce and order good beer), it’s that translation is at least as much of an art form as it is a science. Machine-based translation is very problematic. There are so many idiomatic phrases that have to be programmed in for each language — and new ones that crop up daily — that it’s next-to-impossible to keep up.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Feb 11, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions

That thing reads like the assembly instructions in half the toys I've put together.

The shoulder is harlot? Did he just say his shoulder is fucked? Or he fucked his shoulder up?

by Kermit. on Feb 11, 2009 3:50 PM PST up reply actions

He's throwing like a girl

by Graham MacAree on Feb 11, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions

The quote from BabelFish is far clearer.

"The shoulder becoming overfull, it stopped being able to move. Condition being densely, when pitching it did, it became [erai] thing", that wry smile.

You can tell it’s Ichiro speaking because of that wry smile.

by Vatinius on Feb 11, 2009 3:54 PM PST up reply actions

I do love that wry smile.

by msb on Feb 11, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions

What was his shoulder full of?

Sashimi? Ding Dongs? Nachos? Itself?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Feb 11, 2009 4:00 PM PST up reply actions

Well it was being densely, so we can cross the nachos off the list.

I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!

by abender20 on Feb 11, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions

Well, since it was also a harlot I have a couple of NSFW suggestions.

by Vatinius on Feb 11, 2009 6:32 PM PST up reply actions

The Japanese word for rope

- himo – is also the word for “pimp.” I’ll let the reader figure out why. I don’t know if there is a similar euphemism for “harlot,” but that might explain why it was translated this way.

by pygmalion on Feb 11, 2009 6:37 PM PST up reply actions

Because Ichiro is a selfish bitch?

Hi box – I’ve never seen you before. You smell like Corco.

61/755: KGJ's homer totals, or Rosie O'Donnell's age/weight in 2019?

by kevin_ess on Feb 11, 2009 10:10 PM PST up reply actions

I got boxed for the first time yesterday.

by appleshampoo on Feb 12, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions

Harlot is always a useful word in any language.

by Fett42 on Feb 11, 2009 4:11 PM PST up reply actions

Google's Rendition

PANPAN rooted in the shoulder. ERAI After pitching in the love that tune" with a wry smile. The only knock is with outfield throw to home plate DAIREKUTOSUTORAIKU, it was a place of sorts.

We need to make a sign telling Ichiro to never pitch “in the love that tune”.

I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on Feb 11, 2009 5:13 PM PST reply actions

That would go well

…about as well as the one time I ever brought a sign to a game. It was 2001 and it said “All your base are belong to us!” to be unfurled when we had the bases loaded. Which happened a lot that year.

Nobody got it. Everyone just stared at me like I was a crazy person.

Fail.

by short on Feb 11, 2009 7:51 PM PST up reply actions