Well the Phillies sure are doing well. Adam Eaton just about gave me an erection last night with his adequate pitching. But they still need to take 1 of these next 2. And with the way Jamie Moyer's been pitching, things aren't looking good for tonight.
And now for something with a tenuous connection to sports- Richard Jewell, the man who was accused of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing, died today. He was on the receiving end of one of the great screw jobs in American media history, being vilified by every major media outlet just for fitting the profile of the type of suspect people love to hate. The guy's life was ruined; long after he was cleared by the government, people still thought of him as the Centennial Park bomber, who actually turned out to be far-right nutcase and serial bomber Eric Rudolph. Jewell in fact was responsible only for saving the lives of several people in the area that day.
The article here is the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's write-up on his death. Despite being the first media outlet in the nation to name him the top suspect and one of the leaders in the 'Trial by Media' fiasco that followed, they still claim they did nothing wrong, even in the man's obituary. Jewell's libel suit against them is still pending, although most of it was thrown out.
2 comments:
Hoping for a sweep today... El Duque has been tough all year though.
Is it true that the Daily News is removing Hayes from covering the Phillies?
That's what the word on the street is.
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