It's "SURE-ZUR"

It's Saturday and my phone rings and I see its my friend Joe Becko calling. I had recently called him to say hi and see how he was doing so I thought he was just returning my call from a few days ago. I say, "Joe, what's up?" He replies, "I can't talk long but I'm at the Cards/Cubs game and just took pictures with Pujols, DLee, and stood right next to Fukudomo" (I know that's not how you spell his name but I will get to that in a second). I want to yell at him and tell him that his name is Fukudome but I'm basically stunned and not sure how to respond. I go, "what, what, wait, what are you doing there?" Joe says, "My friend Travis is friends with Joe Buck and we our his guests today but I will call you after the game." In case you don't believe me, my friend Joe is the guy in the red shirt with the look on his face like what the hell am I doing here. You see, he didn't deserve to be there. This is the guy that can't pronounce any of the players names. He has butchered so many in the past that I have stopped making fun of him because its to easy (see FUKUDOMO). This is the guy in your city rec league that will drive to the hoop for an easy two when you are down 3 with 2 seconds to play. Just no recognition of clock and score. This is the guy that you don't want as your pitcher during a rundown between third and home in softball because trust me, he wont be in the right spot and the runner will score.

Anyways, I write this because the rookie phenom Max Scherzer is pitching tonight in his first ever start and I expect it to be one heck of a sporting event. If you don't play fantasy sports then you probably haven't heard of him but in his debut out of the bullpen he pitched 4 1/3 innings, got all 13 batters out and even struck out 7 of them. He has a tough name to pronounce but it sounds like "SURE ZUR." I know my friend Joe will never get this right but you really should because this kid is going to be good.