CALLING YOU OUT! - THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS & PHOENIX SUNS

by WCT, The Ship of Fools

“Calling You Out!” is a periodic segment where WCT takes people to task for irresponsible journalism, foolhardy activities, or just general douchebaggery. Nothing is sacred, no one is spared, watch your ass mister! You could be next!

This time, a good sentiment becomes a bad idea executed poorly

Yesterday, The Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs decided to take their nationally televised game and use it to celebrate the heritage of the Latino communities in both cities. Seems like a good idea, right? Sure.

How, you may ask, did they honor Latino heritage? Both teams wore jerseys like this:



There are so many things wrong with this, I don't even know where to start. Lets hit the two major ones:

1- "Los Spurs" and "Los Suns" are presumably supposed to mean "The Spurs" and "The Suns" (more on that in a minute), but the jerseys normally just say "Spurs" and "Suns" not "The Spurs" and "The Suns." No jersey in major professional sports has a definite article on it, because it is understood and not needed.

2- "Los Spurs" in Spanish is totally non-sensical. "Spurs" in an English word. Slapping "Los" in front of it does not make it Spanish. Its like saying that "El Nino" is Spanish for "The Nino." When the San Fransisco Giants celebrated cinco de Mayo they wore these jerseys, not something that actually amounts to the Spanish equivalent to gibberish. To put it another way, there is a Dominican League baseball team called Las Aguilas Cibaenas. If they were to honor the United States one day by calling the team The Aguilas Cibaenas, would that make you proud to be an American?

It is a great sentiment, to honor the Latino community, but why do a half-assed job of it?