BlueLghtning
05-05-2010, 04:19 PM
- http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2010/05/05/cake-honoring-bobby-cox-has-unfortunate-misspelling/?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Bobby Cox’s final season as Braves manager is not quite going as expected. The team is struggling and even a cake ordered for his honor on Capitol Hill spelled his name incorrectly.
I mean, REALLY incorrectly.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/files/2010/05/Cocka.jpg
Here is Bobby Cox's cake in its original form. And . . .
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/files/2010/05/cake-bobby-cox2.jpg
. . . here is the cake after some nifty editing by Isakson staffers.
Cox was being honored for his 50 years in baseball. Senators Johnny Isakson and Jay Rockefeller hosted a ceremony, inviting the Braves’ manager, as well as players and officials. But the cake, which was to read, “Thanks for 50 great years Bobby Cox” had an unfortunate and profane misspelling of his last name.
Come on. I know the Braves probably should have won another World Series or two during Cox’s reign. But isn’t this a little harsh for a sendoff?
I just spoke to Sheridan Watson, Isakson’s spokesperson, who confirmed the gaffe and gave this accounting of the day’s events: “Bobby and the players came to the Hill and spoke at our staff meeting. Immediately after the staff meeting, he and players posed for pictures and signed baseballs for our staff members. The scheduler and I then went to the Capitol to get ready for the reception. The catering company had delivered the cake and we immediately realized his last name was spelled incorrectly. The only people who saw it were me, the scheduler and unfortunately some media members who had arrived early and took pictures. We immediately started cutting the cake.”
Watson said she informed a Braves spokesperson of what happened. She wasn’t sure if Cox ever was told.
And what happened to those pieces of cake that were cut out?
“We smeared the icing so you couldn’t make out what it said,” she said.
And then they were served.
Watson said officials from the catering company, Restaurant Associates, explained that they ordered the cake from a bakery that they don’t normally use and gave the order over the phone, but never specified how to spell the last name.
She also said the company plans to write a letter of apology to Cox.
When asked if she was aware of anybody named Cox who actually spelled their name differently, Watson responded, “I didn’t think so.
“I’m sure one day I’ll be able to laugh about this.”
Bobby Cox’s final season as Braves manager is not quite going as expected. The team is struggling and even a cake ordered for his honor on Capitol Hill spelled his name incorrectly.
I mean, REALLY incorrectly.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/files/2010/05/Cocka.jpg
Here is Bobby Cox's cake in its original form. And . . .
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/files/2010/05/cake-bobby-cox2.jpg
. . . here is the cake after some nifty editing by Isakson staffers.
Cox was being honored for his 50 years in baseball. Senators Johnny Isakson and Jay Rockefeller hosted a ceremony, inviting the Braves’ manager, as well as players and officials. But the cake, which was to read, “Thanks for 50 great years Bobby Cox” had an unfortunate and profane misspelling of his last name.
Come on. I know the Braves probably should have won another World Series or two during Cox’s reign. But isn’t this a little harsh for a sendoff?
I just spoke to Sheridan Watson, Isakson’s spokesperson, who confirmed the gaffe and gave this accounting of the day’s events: “Bobby and the players came to the Hill and spoke at our staff meeting. Immediately after the staff meeting, he and players posed for pictures and signed baseballs for our staff members. The scheduler and I then went to the Capitol to get ready for the reception. The catering company had delivered the cake and we immediately realized his last name was spelled incorrectly. The only people who saw it were me, the scheduler and unfortunately some media members who had arrived early and took pictures. We immediately started cutting the cake.”
Watson said she informed a Braves spokesperson of what happened. She wasn’t sure if Cox ever was told.
And what happened to those pieces of cake that were cut out?
“We smeared the icing so you couldn’t make out what it said,” she said.
And then they were served.
Watson said officials from the catering company, Restaurant Associates, explained that they ordered the cake from a bakery that they don’t normally use and gave the order over the phone, but never specified how to spell the last name.
She also said the company plans to write a letter of apology to Cox.
When asked if she was aware of anybody named Cox who actually spelled their name differently, Watson responded, “I didn’t think so.
“I’m sure one day I’ll be able to laugh about this.”