The Long Beach Press-Telegram knows sports

You could call them the Long Beach Dumb All-Stars, but would anyone get the reference? Or want it?

 

Well, interleague play did start this weekend...

That's just ... inexcusable. The editor who insisted on writing the refer should have deferred to a person with more expertise.

Hell, when I was helping The Diamondback put out its big welcome back tab when I worked desk there, the instructions on the area sports part of the guide asked for a sportswriter or a sports-knowledgable copy editor to write sections related to the local teams. That left the door open for me to write them.

 

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?

 

Thank goodness no one reads the newspaper for scores and results anymore. All that can be found online. :-[

 

I don't even read the PT, but my wife is one of the few people left who actually expects correct sports scores from her newspaper. She knew the Angels were losing big on Saturday, so she was confused when she opened the paper to find out the final score. After reading and re-reading the piece, she turned to me and said, "What the hell happened yesterday?"

 

From this morning.



The caption is xyxyx xyxyx

Please hire a staff.

 

Since when do cities of 500,000 people need competent newspapers?

 

Maybe xyxyx xyxyx is perfect English to someone who lives in India.

 

Xyxyxyxy is almost preferable to what photogs have given me in the past.
"Two players celebrate during their girls soccer competition on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, at the Podunk High School soccer fields behind Podunk High School in Podunk. A player from the other team looks on in the background."
I sometimes have to do more re-writing on our cutlines than on AP.

 

Hire a staff?
There's about to be another mass consolidation and move for all the desk people to West Covina.
It's gonna be ridiculous the amount of chaos that will ensue when all 9 papers are put out by one group of people, especially if the rumors of the best of whats left taking buyouts are to be believed.