I saw this story Friday night on ESPN.com but did not get a chance to address it until now. One of the main headlines on the site’s front page was that the Red Sox were prepared to let closer Jonathan Papelbon go if they were able to sign Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. The headline and story was one of the dumbest I’ve seen, and it had no business being promoted as a relevant, much less newsworth story.
The story is pointless for obvious reasons: Mariano Rivera had already re-signed with the Yankees when the piece was published. Moreover, there is a better chance of the 1-10 Carolina Panthers making the playoffs than there was of Rivera signing with the Red Sox, so the thinking was irrelevant. What difference does it make what the Red Sox would have done had they signed Rivera?
With this line of thinking, expect the following headlines and stories to appear on LBS in the near future:
+ Larry Brown would purchase NFL team if he had $900 million
+ Steve DelVecchio would date Scarlett Johansson if she showed interest
+ Mississippi State would not have complained if Cam Newton went there
Hopefully their editors are reading this so we can avoid such idiocy in the future.
