See that fella up there who looks pretty damn sharp in his home white Phillies uni with the red pinstripes? That’s Domonic Brown. Or Lil’ Darryl Strawberry as I like to call him.
A few months ago, Philadelphia’s über OF prospect alerted the media that they have been misspelling his name for his entire minor league career. It was an honest mistake, but his parents named him Domonic, with an “o”, not the traditional Dominic, with an “i”. And up until that point, no one really knew, so they spelled it incorrectly the whole time.
It’s not really that big of a deal, but apparently some members of the print media (okay, just one) haven’t adjusted so well to the change, and resorted to calling our talented future outfielder an “idiot” for spelling it that way.
That guy is Matthew Fleishman, editor of the Yardley News. In his most recent “hot stove” article, Matthew put a little NFP note about Domonic Brown. In “the biz”, NFP is short for NOT FOR PUBLICATION, meaning it’s a note to the editor explaining why something that may look strange is actually correct. Unfortunately for Matt, his little NFP was published.
Check it out (screen grab and story courtesy of ‘Duk at Big League Stew):
Ouch. Nothing like calling a guy an idiot for having the gall to ask people to spell his name the way it’s spelled on his birth certificate. That seems a little mean, Matthew, and I’m pretty sure you owe our sweet swinging lefty an apology.
(*NFP: Matthew Fleishman is a fucking moron)
‘Idiot’ paper notes unusual spelling of Phillies’ Domonic Brown | Big League Stew
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November 19th, 2009 at 10:23 am
fuck that guy.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:24 am
/eskin’d
November 19th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I think he wants to say that his mama is an idiot. It’s never a good idea to insult a man’s mama.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:29 am
correction – (*NFP: Matthew Fleishman is a fucking moran)
November 19th, 2009 at 10:29 am
ps, its nice to see a new post on this site!!!!!
November 19th, 2009 at 10:32 am
November 19th, 2009 at 10:37 am
@fuck the mets
lollerskates.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I’d like to see some comments show up letting Matthew Fleishman know how much we appreciate his work. (NFP: Lets make this dude bleed from his anus)
November 19th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Haha what a doushe. I really would like to see more of this unfortunate printing happen because we would probably get a lot of great insight.
It would also be great if announcers could go off-record like this during a game. Imagine L.A and Franzke:
Franzke: Swing and a miss and A-Rod goes down swinging!
LA: (NFP: Haha SUCK IT you cheating bastard!)
November 19th, 2009 at 10:58 am
(*NFP: MEECH DON’T ACTUALLY PUBLISH THIS COMMENT, I’M JUST SAYIN’ YARDLEY IS FUCKING STUPID AND I HATE ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THAT TOWN. NOTHING GOOD HAS EVER COME OUT OF YARDLEY. THERE IS NO REASON FOR THAT TOWN TO EVEN EXIST LET ALONE HAVE ITS OWN DEDICATED NEWSPAPER. FUCK YARDLEY.*)
November 19th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Okay seriously I’m from Yardley, and the Yardley News is generally just a local news, crap weekly way to get advertising for local businesses. I once appeared in it for singing in a class play in 3rd grade (HARD HITTING STUFF). I can’t believe that shit gets posted online, but seriously the guy who wrote this is writing for the YARDLEY NEWS. Quite honestly it’s probably punishment enough to know that this is the most people that will ever read anything Matthew Fleishman ever writes.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:04 am
lolz @bacon. True.
One time I got shitface drunk downtown and took the R3 home, fell asleep in my seat, and woke up in Yardley.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Domonic Brown should bust a nut inside his i, to show Matthew Fleishman where he comes from.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:20 am
SHouldnt the editor be the idiot and not the writer? Also, Dbrowns parents are pretty dumb…this is like Anfernee Hardaway’s mom spelling anfernee cause she thought it was the way anthony was spelled.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:23 am
An interesting theory was posed on the comments on that Big League Stew post: what if it was the editor writing that NFP bit and referring to the writer (who mispelled the name as DomInic) as the heretofore referenced idiot? But probably not.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto. Domo. Domo.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:40 am
So he spells his name differently. Don’t understand why that makes him or his parents idiots. This butt-plug is the idiot.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
@maxL Actually, if you read it that way, I think it makes a lot more sense.
Yardley’s not all that bad. As bacon said, though, the Yardley News is essentially a local thing to advertise 3rd grade concerts and local businesses. Do you even have to subscribe to it? I seem to remember just getting it for free.
November 19th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
when someone writes in all caps it reminds me of will ferrels voice modulation character
November 19th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
what a dick.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Fleishman has at least 3 other spellings, and Matthew’s isn’t the most common. Idiot.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
this has nothing to do with domonic or the douchey yardley news, but can we get a happy birfday big brown post? although it might be hard to believe, what with his amazing exploits throughout the year, ryan howard only has 1 birfday every year, and today is that day my friends. and to appease will.H, TODAY IS RYAN HOWARD’S BIRFDAY. (NFP: notice how i sneakily used birfday instead of birthday. pure comedic genius.)
November 19th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
haha lynnie.
one of the few things in life i think its completely useless is the standard apology that will follow this stupid omission. “the yardly news is sincerley sorry.. blah blah.”
empty apologies tickle me.. they’re not sorry for saying it, they’re sorry they got caught. Domonic should issue a statement to the paper
Dear Useless Writer,
Get fucked by a racehorse.
By the way, Sorry.
Love, Domonic
November 19th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I’m kinding of thinking maxL is right about it. It makes sense that Matthew Fleishman would be calling the writer who misspelled it an idiot.
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November 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Will Domonic Brown be called little brown when he comes up, or will he just be called an idiot?
November 19th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Jdash – I thought that was Extenz?
November 19th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Hey will.H, here’s the apology you were waiting for! The newspaper’s website corrected the article and posted this at the end:
“EDITOR’S NOTE: As the author of this article, I sincerely apologize if I offended Domonic Brown. The NFP (Not For Print) note was obviously not meant for publication, but was inserted so the editor would not change the spelling of his name. Nevertheless, it was a bad joke made worse by the poor judgment of placing the note in the run of the story. The only idiot in this case is me.”
November 19th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
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November 19th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Jdash – isn’t maxL made of a revolutionary, synergistic blend of herbs from the rain forrest?
November 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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November 19th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
That’s a very, very strong point by The Dood.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Finally a writer who might be worse than me.
November 19th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Do they make a nutsac version of maxL and if so, why haven’t you taken advantage of it?
November 19th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Actually, my name is spelled Dum-onic Brown.
(Slips on banana peel, sprays water in your eye from the fake flower on my lapel).
November 19th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Well, bigmyc, there seems to be plenty of room on my nutsack for you to cling to
November 19th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
What’s a “Newspaper”? You mean to tell me there is an alternative to theFightins.com for all of my Phillies stuff, and it’s called a “Newspaper”? What an age we live in!
November 19th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
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November 19th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
And I’m a female enhancement!
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November 19th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
god I’m bored
November 19th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Free agency starts tomorrow. At least there’ll probably be something to read. Woohoo!
November 20th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Think how hard it would be to catch a monkey. And FUCK IT!
November 20th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Douche-on Mandick
November 20th, 2009 at 9:28 am
@Meech
you’re lucky you woke up in Yardley. Could’ve been West Trenton.
November 20th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Dorothy Mantooth is a saint.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:28 am
WTF is a Fleishman anyway
November 20th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
HI!!!!!
it’s been awhile.
@ Will.H Jacob Silj is my hero.
November 20th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
GABRIELLE, A LITTLE BIT SOFTER NOW.
i completely forgot his name, good work.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
“get fucked by a racehorse” = pure WIN
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
whoops.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
Tog Hoines sounds like a german word for hand-job
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:04 pm
that is in fact the german word for hand job. good looking out
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:36 pm
i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed baseball guys
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Where’s the fucking updates?!?
November 24th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzz
November 24th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Here’s an update: Ruben Amaro went to work, made some calls, took some calls, talked to his staff, and went home. He then repeated the process the next day. And the next. Etc.
Nothing has happened – hence, no updates. Geeze.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Don’t make Lynnie angry!
November 24th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Juan Castro = Phillie
November 24th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
OH MY GOD JUAN CASTRO! how are his beard growing skills? Brunlett won the MVB by a landslide. The WB Mason Guy looking shortstop from the Cardinals got second place.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
That’s right, Jdash et al. And don’t anybody forget it. Grrr…
I’d like nothing better than to have something new here to read, too (I don’t handle the withdrawal very well), but with nothing much happening with the Phillies, I can’t really blame meech and the lads for not posting.
November 24th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
i read the wikipedia article on each member of the 40 man roster today. i have the shakes.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
we dump on bruntlett but we get excited over a 37 year old journyman who has a career average of .230? When will this team add some speed to the bench, domonic brown?
November 24th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I chose Philadelphia because of YOU, the fans!!!
One thing about me, I don’t have the ability to grow a beard. But I do have foot-long pubes!
Happy Turkey Day Philadelphia!
Juan Castro
November 24th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
someone should get on Marreese Speights for the spelling of his name. How hard is it to spell Mourice?