💧 Enter The Password

[He logged on to the show.]
Last month, the Red Sox called up a prospect by the name of Jhostynxon Garcia. His doozy of a first name is pronounced “Yo-Stin-Sun”.> That’s not actually hard to say, but it’s certainly tough to spell. Thankfully, the man has a spectacular nickname: The Password.

Hopefully, it’s clear why. His long and unique first name requires just a bit of punctuation to meet the requirements for your online banking. This nickname is perfect, and perfectly delightful. One of my favorite things is that the nickname’s origin can be directly traced to one specific Twitter post:

Though that @InsideFastball account has just a few hundred followers, this idea was simply too good not to catch on. As The Password rose through the minor leagues, his fame rose even faster. In fact, months before he’d made his major league debut, Garcia made it onto Jeopardy:

[Photo credit: Worcester Red Sox]

Though Garcia’s initial stint in the majors was brief, he still managed to cause some copyediting headaches. In fact, in his debut, the Red Sox own television network NESN erred. Can you spot the typo?

You might be thinking “I will never know if that first name is spelled wrong”, and that might well be so. But that’s exactly what caught my eye on this screen. Here’s the issue, highlighted:

They were so focused on the first name, which they got right, that they didn’t even notice they’d messed up the far simpler “Garcia”.