It’s always funny seeing news outlets make mistakes with names, especially when those names belong to prominent professional athletes. See The Brandon Sun mentioning Keith Hernandez instead of Aaron Hernandez, or an unspecified newspaper mixing up Kirk Cousins and DeMarcus Cousins. The latest on that front comes from Philadelphia’s 6ABC (WPVI), which got Philadelphia Union captain Alejandro Bedoya’s name quite wrong in a story about an event announcing a partnership between the Union, the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation department, and Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer to fund new soccer fields. And Bedoya (who’s been with the Union since 2016, and has also played for the U.S. national team) took notice and had some fun with this:
Wow! Is it really that hard to maybe do a quick Google search before airing this to make sure you get it right? @6abc 😂 🤣
If anyone ends up buying a Pedroya jersey, I’ll make sure to refund you the money & hook you up with a signed jersey. 😆 👍 https://t.co/DojvFW9YcE
— Alejandro Bedoya (@AleBedoya17) July 17, 2019
Not sure. That’s still TBD if he’ll actually fit our system but I do wonder if they plan on using GAM, TAM or SAM to sign him. 😂🤣 https://t.co/fGJVjUKFWv
— Alejandro Bedoya (@AleBedoya17) July 17, 2019
For the record, the reporter in question later apologized to Bedoya, and Bedoya accepted that apology:
https://twitter.com/AleBedoya17/status/1151620091450200065
And we all make mistakes. But that’s a pretty funny one, especially as “Alejandro Pedroya” sounds like a bad Dustin Pedroia attempt to disguise himself.
[Brad Fadem on Twitter]
