Watching ESPN on a quiet Saturday morning, I learned some French from super-cool Joe Maddon…

The Cubs-Pirates game from Friday had a strange ending. In the 10th inning, on a bases-loaded one out shallow fly to right by Matt Szczur, Gregory Polanco threw out Starlin Castro at the plate. In the same situation in the 12th inning, on a bases-loaded one out shallow fly to right by Matt Szczur, Gregory Polanco fell down and missed the catch. Starlin Castro scored easily.

Joe Maddon described the odd (and statistically improbable) ending as “Déjà-vu all over again. Unbelievable.” What caught my ear is Maddon’s slightly different pronunciation – his “déjà-vu” rhymed with “hey hey you”, not the “hey ha you” I’m accustomed to hearing.

Of course, I needed to check if Maddon was right – the aptly-name AskAFrenchGuy WordPress site tells me he’s speaking French like a French guy.

Super-cool. Aller Cubs Aller!