"Ima Hogg" redux

[Alice Faber]

Laurence Horn wrote:
>> Rusty Kuntz used to play outfield for the Chisox and Detroit.
>>
>> Don't take my word for it:
>>
>> http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kuntzru01.shtml
>>
>> JL
>
> I remember him (heh heh), and was always disappointed they (and no
> doubt he) always pronounced it "Coonts", rather than rhyming it even
> once with "bunts".

Well, to make up for it, we now have J. J. Putz
(http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/putzjj01.shtml), pronounced,
apparently, with the vowel of PUT, not the vowel of PUTT.

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