Though Oakland A's starter Jarrod Parker is not required to hit for himself very typically — he has 9 plate appearances over 3 big league season because of that small designated hitter rule — it still would be nice to have a few official major league bats along with his own name on them.
Sadly, thanks to a very little mishap at the Marucci producing plant, Parker won't have that satisfaction in the week when the A's create a rare visit toa National League park against their bay area rivals the San Francisco Giants.
Nailed it! #Spellcheck pic.twitter.com/LXkBDGhqPV
— Jarrod Parker (@JarrodBParker) May 24, 2013
Instead, Jarrod Parker has to settle for bats identifying him as Jarrett Parker, that could mean they were meant for the Jarrett Parker who's an outfield prospect ironically within the Giants organization currently playing for the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels. Or, it might conjointly mean that we're managing one hilariously handcrafted and unfortunately permanent typo.
Based on Parker's tweet and his use of the hashtag #spellcheck, I believe we will safely assume it's the latter state of affairs.
How that might happen I don't grasp. It should have been a decision so as where the proper name got lost in translation, or even their company laptop autocorrected it incorrectly.
Whatever the case, at least one thing in the same ballpark as Jarrod ended up on the bat. That's a sensible issue. But if we next learn that Bryce Harper is receiving bats meant for Bryce Hunter, then we tend to'll grasp one thing somewhere is truly broken.Based on Parker's tweet and his use of the hashtag #spellcheck, I believe we have a tendency to will safely assume it's the latter state of affairs.
How that could happen I do not know. It must are a call so as where the proper name got lost in translation, or maybe their company pc autocorrected it incorrectly.
Whatever the case, at least one thing in the identical ballpark as Jarrod ended up on the bat. That's a good thing. But if we have a tendency to next learn that Bryce Harper is receiving bats supposed for Bryce Hunter, then we'll understand one thing somewhere is truly broken.
