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    Quote Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey View Post
    Yeah, has anyone explained the rationale for the "Los" in front of "Rojos"? I'm glad others have brought that up. I don't mind marketing to the growing Hispanic population. I don't mind "Rojos" and I actually thought the unis looked fairly sharp.

    But "Los" Rojos? I think what they did was just copy what the NBA does with "El Heat" and "Los Bulls" and all that stuff. Again, no need for the first word. The Miami Heat don't put "The Heat" on their regular uniforms. The Bulls don't put "The Bulls." (Although, they should look into using DaBulls, that would be awesome.) And the Reds don't use "The Reds." So, why the "Los" for the Spanish uniforms? I don't get it.

    The rest of it I actually get. But that small detail is very strange to me.
    Wait a second, are the Reds the first MLB team to do a Spanish jersey?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds View Post
    Wait a second, are the Reds the first MLB team to do a Spanish jersey?
    A quick Googling says no.

    The Atleticos got it right, but "Los DBacks" probably have the worst Spanish jersey ever.
    http://news.sportslogos.net/2012/09/...ticos-jerseys/

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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds View Post
    Wait a second, are the Reds the first MLB team to do a Spanish jersey?
    the Giants and Brewers did Spanish jerseys as well... I think the Dodgers as well.

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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds View Post
    Wait a second, are the Reds the first MLB team to do a Spanish jersey?
    The San Diego Padres have been doing it since 1969, at the MLB level, and before that clear back to 1936 in the Pacific Coast league.

    The team's name, the Spanish word for "fathers", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769.

    El Padres?

    Los Padres?

    nah, just "Padres"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Always Red View Post
    The San Diego Padres have been doing it since 1969, at the MLB level, and before that clear back to 1936 in the Pacific Coast league.

    The team's name, the Spanish word for "fathers", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769.

    El Padres?

    Los Padres?

    nah, just "Padres"
    "San Diego" actually means "A Whale's Vagina."

    Agree to disagree?

    Fine, fine. When in Rome, I suppose.

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    Re: Los Rojos

    As with most romance languages, it needs the article "Los" to make it a plural noun. Just "Rojos" would be an adjective describing things that are red.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrRedLegger View Post
    As with most romance languages, it needs the article "Los" to make it a plural noun. Just "Rojos" would be an adjective describing things that are red.
    Bingo!
    Thank goodness for baseball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey View Post
    "San Diego" actually means "A Whale's Vagina."

    Agree to disagree?

    Fine, fine. When in Rome, I suppose.
    Umm...no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrRedLegger View Post
    As with most romance languages, it needs the article "Los" to make it a plural noun. Just "Rojos" would be an adjective describing things that are red.
    They aren't constructing a sentence with it. In this case, it is quite clearly a proper noun, like the "GREEN" on Dick Green's jersey back.

    Check out jerseys from winter leagues. The only one I remember with "Los" is "Los Mochis", because "Los Mochis" is the name of the town (the team nickname is Cañeros).

    For example Bravos de Margarita is a Venezuelan Winter League team. Bravos can also be an adjective. The uniforms do not carry a "Los"



    Newspaper headlines will omit the "Los" as in

    Rojos 5, Cerveceros 1

    http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/esp...arre-serie-en/

    They could ask the latin players how they prefer it, with or without "los" , but I suspect they don't care much either way, unlike other people.
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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey View Post
    "San Diego" actually means "A Whale's Vagina."

    Agree to disagree?

    Fine, fine. When in Rome, I suppose.
    OK, it took me a while, since I've never seen Anchorman.

    Makes sense now!

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    Re: Los Rojos

    I don't get what the big deal with the Los is!!! It's not a big deal to me, it's a promotion and they are trying to make money. Plus baseball has many Hispanic players and I think it's good that there is a day for them to represent their culture, whether it is intended or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrRedLegger View Post
    As with most romance languages, it needs the article "Los" to make it a plural noun. Just "Rojos" would be an adjective describing things that are red.
    "Romance" languages? I took three years of Spanish -- including one in college -- and never heard this term. Is this a common term? If so, I perhaps smoked even more pot than I "remember" during college.

    Also, thanks for answering the question that many of us had. I thought there was no need for the "Los" since the word "The" is not on the Reds' regular uniforms. But as it turns out, having the "Los" is necessary for it to be proper Spanish.


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    Re: Los Rojos

    Quote Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey View Post
    "Romance" languages? I took three years of Spanish -- including one in college -- and never heard this term. Is this a common term? If so, I perhaps smoked even more pot than I "remember" during college.

    Also, thanks for answering the question that many of us had. I thought there was no need for the "Los" since the word "The" is not on the Reds' regular uniforms. But as it turns out, having the "Los" is necessary for it to be proper Spanish.

    A man with Jose Rijo as an avatar doesn't speak Spanish?!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey View Post
    "Romance" languages? I took three years of Spanish -- including one in college -- and never heard this term. Is this a common term? If so, I perhaps smoked even more pot than I "remember" during college.

    Also, thanks for answering the question that many of us had. I thought there was no need for the "Los" since the word "The" is not on the Reds' regular uniforms. But as it turns out, having the "Los" is necessary for it to be proper Spanish.

    "Romance" as in Latin-derived (although all or most languages have one way or another been derived from Latin)

    Includes Spanish, French, Italian, Portugese, etc. My guess is when spoken by a woman it's level 10 sexy, hence "Romance"

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrRedLegger View Post
    "Romance" as in Latin-derived (although all or most languages have one way or another been derived from Latin)

    Includes Spanish, French, Italian, Portugese, etc. My guess is when spoken by a woman it's level 10 sexy, hence "Romance"
    Good answer, although it comes from Vulgar Latin, the language of the crowds, rather than Classical Latin. And early "romance novels" were stories told in the vernacular Romance languages.


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