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When Marc Rzepczynski wrote his name in kindergarten, his teacher thought it was gibberish

poses for a portrait during photo day at Peoria Stadium on February 20, 2017 in Peoria, Arizona. (Christian Petersen)

At this point, it's pretty evident that Mariners reliever Marc Rzepczynski's last name is a bit difficult to spell. It has 11 letters, twisting and turning through the bottom of the alphabet with two "z"s, a "y," "n"s and "p"s. Many people have tried spelling it and failed horribly.
So, it's no surprise that when he was in kindergarten and he first spelled it out for his teacher, she thought he was just writing down random letters. Listen to the story below:

Rzepczynski also talked about his nickname "Scrabble," which was given to him by the Toronto Blue Jays media because of the high score his surname could score in the game.

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