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To: chajin

Way longer than that, actually. There’s a famous story about Richie Ashburn from the ‘60s and how he’d collide with a Venezuelan shortstop until he learned that “Yo la tengo” meant “I got it”.

https://shibevintagesports.com/blogs/news/17995728-richie-ashburn-is-the-inspiration-for-the-band-name-yo-la-tengo


31 posted on 07/12/2021 1:02:01 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone
There’s a famous story about Richie Ashburn from the ‘60s and how he’d collide with a Venezuelan shortstop until he learned that “Yo la tengo” meant “I got it”.

I grew up with Ashburn and By Saam, I shudda remembered that

39 posted on 07/12/2021 1:04:39 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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