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Athletics fan struggles to spell Samardzija's name on sign, gives up and goes with 'SHARK'

Athletics fan struggles to spell Samardzija's name on sign, gives up and goes with 'SHARK'

Samardzija. S-A-M-A-R-D-Z-I-J-A. Samardzija.

Without a panel of judges to provide the country of origin or use "Samardzija" in a sentence, one Athletics fan struggled to spell the name of Oakland's newly acquired pitcher during his O.co Coliseum debut on Sunday. Luckily, the right-hander's nickname is a little easier.

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