Profiling Del Howell

Rattlers pitcher Del Howell is the subject of this week's Post-Crescent profile.

A brief snippet:

Q: Finally, you have a strong southern accent. What do you think of the way the locals talk up here? Weird, huh?

A: (Laughing) Nah. I like it. But everybody says pop or soda for drinks. Never heard that before. I just call it Coke or Pepsi, Dr. Pepper — whatever it is.

It's soda. People who call it 'pop' are infidels.

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