Video: A Brief, But Important, Italian Lesson

Lewie Pollis — of both Wahoo Blues and our very own Community blog — has written a post at the first of those two sites in which he does his best to find comparables for the cast of 1989’s smash-hit comedy Major League among the actual current squad of his Cleveland Indians.

That in itself is a commendable-enough undertaking. What raises his effort to Totes Delightful status, though, is that the videos Mr. Pollis has found to illustrate his selections happen to be in the Italian language.

At the risk of sounding boastful, allow me to announce for the benefit of the readership that this (i.e. Italian) is a language in which I happen to possess some expertise. And, as I have some time on my hands and am the sort of person to help his fellow man, allow me — once again, for the benefit of the readership — to present this brief, but important, Italian lesson.

Below are are three Italian phrases that you will almost definitely find yourself using within the next 24 hours — with the corresponding time-elapsed marks for the embedded video.

Now, learn!

0:21
Ecco Jake Taylor.
Behold, Jake Taylor.

1:30
Gioco come Mays, corro come Hayes.
I play like Mays, I run like Hayes.

2:19
Questa squadra mi piace blah blah blah blah.
I like this team blah blah blah blah.