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~~Dominic~~ Domonic Brown is too polite to correct his misspelled name

Posted by meech.one at 11:12 am ET 19 Comments

Somewhat lost in the ruckus surrounding Pedro Martinez’s minor league rehab start in Class AA Reading last night was the continued maturation of the R-Phils newest call-up, super phenom Dom Brown. The man Jonathan Mayo recently tabbed as the 24th best prospect in all of baseball went 2-for-4 at the plate including a MONSTER shot in the 1st that left FirstEnergy Stadium in a hurry, traveled an estimated 426 feet, and wound up bouncing into the wall of an Auto Glass shop across the street. Then he would go on to hit an RBI double to the gap in left-center and throw an opposing player out at 3rd base from right field.

Not too shabby for the young guy.

But perhaps the strangest part of the evening for Mr. Brown was when he informed the press that people have been misspelling his name for his whole life. It’s DOMONIC, not Dominic.

And according to intrepid reporter John R. Finger of CSN, he was just too polite to correct anybody. Even David Murphy chimed in on the Tweets and said that Izzy Gould of the St. Petersburg Times — who covered Domonic in high school — has been spelling his name the traditional way all these years.

Oh well, as long as he keeps mashing homers and piling up outfield assists he can spell his name however the fuck he wants. But for future reference, just remember — it’s Domonic.

Reading’s Brown Making a Name For Himself | CSN Philly

UPDATE: After the jump, check out the footage of Domonic’s mammoth blast…

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19 Comments on “Dominic Domonic Brown is too polite to correct his misspelled name”

phillygirl Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Looks too much like “demonic” now. I hope they keep misspelling it.
Jordan Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 11:41 am
I was at this game. If anyone is familiar with the field, the homerun went OVER the pool and the Reading Eagle sign in right field.
will.H Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 11:45 am
how did the little kid from Kindergarden Cop spell his name?
j_romes Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Dahmahnick, if you listen to Ahhnold
Matt Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I was at the game as well and not to point out the negative, but he also launched a ball into the third base dugout in an attempt to get a guy going first to third on a base hit. He had a cannon and made a huge throw, just a little off line though.
marps Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
any video highlights of this?
Mike Honcho Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Now if only ESPN would stop spelling J.A. during highlights featuring Happ, we’ll all be grammatically correct.
gm-carson Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Freakin’ Sarge still calls Happ “Jay-A”…tard!
CarlosBeltransexual Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
FYI: Bugs & Cranks has a pretty funny Omar Minaya Roast. http://www.bugsandcranks.com/bradbortone/baseball/the-celebrity-roast-of-omar-minaya/
jd Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
i heard he really wants it spelled d’monic.

and philly girl beat me to my other guess.
SD Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Why don’t they just show J.A. Happ’s name as J. Happ?
meech.one Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
From now on, around here at least, he will be Jay Happ.
Lynniemac Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I keep reading his name as dough-monic, which is just not a good name for someone who can hit Route 61 with a homerun. When (okay ‘if’ because I’m a cynic) he makes it to the big leagues, he will routinely hit Ashburn Alley. I was at the game last night too, and though Brown’s overthrow was bad, to be fair, the only reason it went in the dugout was because Pedro bailed when the hop almost took his head off as he backed up the play. His reaction (mostly laughter) was pretty damn humorous, though.
Swift Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
@meech: I like that initiative. We’ll call it Proposition Happ.
ericvsthem Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I’m going with “Younger James.”
Ryan from LV Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
How were the bread boxes anyways?!
Lynniemac Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I wouldn’t know. Apparently, I was the two thousand and first person to walk through the gate. Fuck Stroehmann’s.
kcm Says:
August 6th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Happ wants his named spelled J.A. but pronounced Jay.
Phylan Says:
August 7th, 2009 at 2:35 am
I was all ready to cheer on dealing this guy if he would net the Phils Halladay, but damn am I glad they held on to him.

Does anyone know why that video was recorded in the worst framerate possible?