Fixing a Joe Torre quote

Me too.
It's fine to put another word in parenthesis -- in this case (blinders) in place of blinkers. But we shouldn't be in the business of cleaning up quotes for anyone.

 

Unfortunately you are correct. If Yogi Berra were black, reporters would said he was stupid. But because he's white, he was whimsical.

 

my apologies to joe torre. I didn't know those horse eye covers could also be called blinkers. I thought they were just blinders. Guess I'm too young (not that young ... 38)

 

I'll call BS. Mickey Rivers was considered eccentric and hilarious in a good way, not dumb.

 

You are very much mistaken there. Some reporters considered him a buffoon

 

Agreed. But we're cleaning them up first and foremost so we don't offend community stahdards. But I think we're going to see a lot more undiluted quotes thanks to blogs and alternative news sources.

 

Could have been worse. They could have considered him a buffoon.

 

fixed with apologies.