Bizarre/Terrible Interview with Soria on Yahoo! Sports

Soria handles this moron's inane questions like a class act, but other than that, this odd interview doesn't reveal much beyond the classlessness of the interviewer.

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DB: Do you have to worry about your pitches being straighter now that your teeth will be straighter?

JS: No, no [laughs]. I don’t think I have to worry about that.

by royalsreview on Apr 16, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Juan Cruz: I mean, are you serious?

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by mazoboom on Apr 16, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe someone pays David Brown to do these interviews.

He truly sucks.

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by James Quinn on Apr 16, 2009 7:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

this interviewer is a total dipshit

Seems like Soria was a good sport, though.

by DarthYoshi on Apr 16, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Do they have people that tall in Mexico?

wow

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by mazoboom on Apr 16, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That's gotta be

a contender for dumbest question of the year. Actually, there are more than a couple canidates in this waste of an interview.

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by aHorseWithNoName on Apr 16, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The one where a centaur goes to a job interview and instead of asking about the centaur’s qualifications, the interviewer (Christopher Walken) just asks him all sorts of inappropriate questions about what it’s like being a centaur. It’s pretty much just like that. But not at all funny.

by TheDBroShow on Apr 16, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait is the interviewer...

9 years old?

No…

Retarded?

No…

Then wow this really is a bad interview

Are you telling me Jesus Christ cant hit a curve ball?

by averagegatsby on Apr 16, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thats the worst fucking interview ive ever read

what a dumbshit.. could he ask him about anymore Mexican stereotypes.. unbelievable

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by focs on Apr 16, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I seriously feel bad Soria sat through that.

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by focs on Apr 16, 2009 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Have you guys ever watched the Daily Show or The Colbert Report?

They pull this same kind of stuff in interviews. I would imagine that if Soria was laughing during the interview then he was entertained by the questions. At least it wasn’t the same old questions with the same cliched answers. The only thing I felt that was out of bounds was the braces question. That seemed to catch him by surprise.

This was my favorite part:

DB: How does one pitch a perfect game in the Mexican League, where hitters have such an advantage because of the elevation? It’s like old Coors Field in that league, no?

JS: Well, the perfect game was in Mexican winter ball. That league is not too high [in elevation]. It’s near the Pacific Ocean and it’s not too high there. Mexico City is high, but where I threw the perfect game, it’s not. It’s on the coast, so…

DB: Well, then it’s not as impressive as I thought it was!

JS: No! [laughs].

by AxDxMx on Apr 16, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't mind if you ask a Mexican about things concerning Mexico

but the things he was asking showed that the interviewer knows nothing about Mexico except stupid, unfunny stereotypes that Carlos Mencia might bring up (to bring up more Comedy Central references).

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by mazoboom on Apr 16, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+100 on the comparison to the very unfunny Carlos Mencia

He and Dane Cook need to be shot into deep space together. Or into the sun.

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by NYRoyal on Apr 16, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Into the sun

doused in gasoline.

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by kcbottom9th on Apr 16, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very much agree on Carlos Mencia

If I said the same things he did, I would be branded a racist and unfunny. But hey, he’s doing it in his funny Mexican accent! So it’s funny! Right?

Dane Cook symbolizes all that is wrong with today’s youth.

And yes, some of the Mexican questions were a little stereotypical, but The Mexicutioner totally sounds like a Lucha Libre character.

I don’t know, I guess I just wasn’t offended by it, and found some of it amusing.

by AxDxMx on Apr 16, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm also not sure

that this interviewer guy is going for a Daily Show/Colbert-style inappropriate/bizarre interview. Admittedly, I have not read the other interviews linked at the bottom of this one, so your idea may be possible.

Even still, Stewart/Colbert generally manage to be funny; this guy just comes off as obnoxious. Sure, when Colbert talks to the head of the American Newspaper Association about the death of the newspaper it’s a sort of awkward, uncomfortable interview, but his questions are at least witty and amusing. Dumbass questions about whether Mexico has tall people or whether removing Soria’s braces may affect his pitching are just, well, dumb.

by KC Gunner on Apr 16, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here are sample questions from the other bizarre interviews he did in the links

Joe Maddon questions
DB: Which major league city is the most bicycle friendly?

DB: Should you think about platooning (left-handed hitting) Dave Martinez as your bench coach because he isn’t as effective against left-handers (-.083 career OPS)?

DB: How many people named Ray can you name in 30 seconds?

DB: You went 19-10 as skipper of the ‘99 Anaheim Angels — can you believe you didn’t get American League Interim Manager of the Year?

DB: Do you get your glasses supplied through an endorsement, or do you have to go to the hardware store just like the rest of us?

CC Sabathia
Q: I read in a secret file that, when you were a little boy, your mom says you had an imaginary friend named “Danny.” Please say it’s true.

Q: Would he be your invisible runner on third?

Q: When you look at Ryan Braun, what food comes to mind?

Q: To help prove that you have the biggest pants in the majors, can you tell us what size they are?

Q: I’m looking for some dirt on the Indians. You’re a guy to ask because you just came from there. The Tribe has been struggling. How much blame should we place on Eric Wedge for not re-growing his imperial mustache in a time of crisis?

Q: They’re putting up a statue of Fonzie in downtown Milwaukee. By how much does that trump the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland

by AxDxMx on Apr 16, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The real problem is that he's trying to be funny and he's failing dismally

And neither Stewart nor Colbert are like that.

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by NYRoyal on Apr 16, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The one benefit of the doubt I'm perhaps prepared to give the interviewer

is that I think this is how some Colbert interviews would read if written down. This may have seemed way different based on the delivery of the questions. But I didn’t really find it funny.

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by mazoboom on Apr 16, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel like someone should apologize to Joakim on behalf of white people everywhere

That was awful. God damn.

by Soria's Unibrow on Apr 16, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But you make fun of his unibrow!

So I’ll apologize to him for you too. j/k ;)

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by NYRoyal on Apr 16, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually I do it out of unity

If I let it go, I have a unibrow, too. I’m glad that he’s out and proud about his unibrow, though. I’m just not there yet. I hope to be that brave someday.

Uni pride!

by Soria's Unibrow on Apr 16, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think a bunch of fans should go to the games and all wear Soria jerseys with Amish beards and unibrows

It could be the Mexicutioner’s personal rooting section.

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by NYRoyal on Apr 16, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, hell

You should read the Blyleven interview. Pure gold.

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by jonfmorse on Apr 16, 2009 8:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and Andy Van Slyke.

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by jonfmorse on Apr 16, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I’m offended for him. Just wow.

by Royal from Queens on Apr 16, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Oh, I don't know if I can't get too worked up about this

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by devil_fingers on Apr 16, 2009 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I stopped reading about halfway thru...

this dude is the biggest dildo…I would have smacked him.

by stram#1 on Apr 16, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"As an authentic Mexican Person"

give me a freakin’ break.

by stram#1 on Apr 16, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ZG got interviewed by him too

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Answer-Man-Zack-Greinke-talks-burritos-beauty-?urn=mlb,89356#comments

And this is ZG’s Fiance (apparently)

http://www.emilykuchar.com/index2.php?v=v1

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Apr 16, 2009 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh I remember reading this last year

This is a much better interview, as are some of the other ones he has done. He just failed with the Soria one apparently. This one actually tries to talk to Zack as a person and gives us more insight into Grienke (with some silly humor thrown in). Whereas with the Soria one, the interviewer deals in stereotypes the whole time and never really talks about Soria.

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by mazoboom on Apr 16, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This guy reminds me of

Rhonda Moss.

(not in a good way)

Farny being Farny.

by JobDDT on Apr 16, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Shrimp tacos, mmm hmm

by BHWick on Apr 17, 2009 7:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

After reading that yesterday

I felt bad for Soria and embarrassed for Yahoo. That was an awful interview. Could you have asked him about the Mexican hat dance, Cinco de Mayo, and chupacabra making the horrible interview complete. I mean “where’s the best Mexican food in KC”- that’s not a bad question. But following it up with Taco Bell and asking about Chicago and just pounding the bad stereotypes- it’s just moronic.

by sterlingice on Apr 17, 2009 8:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs