Yankees LOSE

[Gonz]

Our journalism schools are getting better & better

OCTOBER 17--It's not exactly "Dewey Defeats Truman," but the New York Post made a colossal error today on its editorial page. The paper somehow printed an editorial bemoaning last night's Yankees loss to the Boston Red Sox, noting that the "Curse of the Bambino boomeranged this year" and that the Bronx Bombers "couldn't get the job done at home." The editorial concluded, "Wait'll next year!" Obviously, the Post piece was drafted while the Yanks were trailing the Sox, but was--unbelievably--not yanked when the club tied the game in the eighth inning and won it on Aaron Boone's walkoff home run in the 11th. (1 page)

 

[Inkara1]

Wishful thinking, perhaps? I thought it was the Times' job to publish false stuff, not the Post's.

 

[unclehobart]

*sees Yankees in the title, spits, walks away*

 

[Inkara1]

Hopefully the Marlins will win. Hopefully Steinbrenner can learn something. The Marlins bought a title in '97, then sold it off, and now they've built themselves into a contender from the ground up. Perhaps the Yankees can do the same... instead of paying their No. 7 hitter $100 million over the life of his contract. If the Yankees can make a profit with a $160 million payroll, imagine what they would make with a $75 million payrool, or a $55 million payroll.