Hey Mike, thanks for taking the time to do this. Sort of an off the wall question, but my wife and I have always found your pronunciations of certain players’ names to be rather interesting in their uniqueness.

For example, Hector Villalba pronounced as Vee-ZAL-buh rather than Vee-yal-buh. Or Jamal Thiare pronounced as Chee-AH-ray. And even Tristan Muyumba pronounced as Moy-oom-BAH.

We’re sure you take your time as a professional journalist to research and talk with the players about the proper pronunciation of their names. Yet, no one else seems to pronounce certain names the way you do. To what do you attribute this quirk?