The New York Yankees held their home opener on Monday at Yankee Stadium, which marked the first home game in pinstripes for newcomer Jacoby Ellsbury. The Yankees will pay Ellsbury $153 million over the course of his 7-year contract. With the ability to throw around that kind of money, you would think the Yankees could afford to have a spellcheck mechanism for player names on the Yankee Stadium scoreboard. Apparently not.
This is a photo taken of the scoreboard during Ellsbury's sixth inning at-bat, his fourth of the game, which shows his last name incorrectly spelled as "Ellsubry". Not sure if the name was misspelled for his earlier at-bats, but it would seem likely. Hopefully someone doesn't lose his job over this flub.
Despite the less-than-ideal welcome to the Bronx, Ellsbury went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the 4-2 Yankees victory over Baltimore.
H/T FTW.
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This is a photo taken of the scoreboard during Ellsbury's sixth inning at-bat, his fourth of the game, which shows his last name incorrectly spelled as "Ellsubry". Not sure if the name was misspelled for his earlier at-bats, but it would seem likely. Hopefully someone doesn't lose his job over this flub.
Despite the less-than-ideal welcome to the Bronx, Ellsbury went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the 4-2 Yankees victory over Baltimore.
H/T FTW.
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