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September 22, 2006

The Story Behind Bruney's Ink

From the NY Times:

Bruney has a thick, black tattoo of a Maltese cross on his left forearm, which he said symbolized strength, honor and integrity. In Arizona, he said he tried to follow the off-field example of the veteran first baseman Tony Clark, who is considered one of baseball’s classiest players.

“Bru is an outstanding young man,” Clark said in an e-mail message. “It’s been exciting for me to see him doing so well. I was disappointed to see him go, but knew the possibility of him settling in and having a great deal of success was definitely within reach.”

Somebody should tell Tyler Kepner that this is an "Iron Cross" and not a "Maltese Cross" -

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But, other than that, it was nice to see this question finally addressed.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at September 22, 2006 08:49 AM

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Somebody should tell Tyler Kepner that this is an "Iron Cross" and not a "Maltese Cross"
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You've done it now Steve.

I'm staying out of this one.

Posted by: DFLNJ [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 22, 2006 09:13 AM

Someone should tell Bruney. The article says "which he said symbolized strength, honor and integrity." That "he" is Bruney -- so Bruney thinks what he has on his arm is a Maltese cross.

Posted by: baileywalk [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 22, 2006 11:40 AM

Indeed, I followed both of Steve's links, and it appears Mr. Bruney has confused the two. He had an iron cross tattoo made, and thinks it means the other. A shame, because the tattoo is impossible to rearrange without a great deal of pain. Now Mr. Bruney will have to say that he is the very model of a Prussian Major General. No, wait, now I'm channeling Gilbert and Sullivan... Oh well.

Posted by: Scott Coulter [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 22, 2006 12:03 PM

Lesson to us all - don't drink and tattoo at the same time.

Posted by: Steve Lombardi [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 22, 2006 12:39 PM

Exactly. A guy I work with got a scorpion tattooed on his arm because his daughter is a Scorpio - or so he thought. Turns out she's a Libra. Whoops.

Posted by: christopher [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 22, 2006 12:44 PM

Now he can have it removed.

Posted by: Don [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 23, 2006 02:40 PM