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July 28, 2018

The Associated Press Fails To Get Even The Most Basic Facts Correct


The Associated Press began last night's game story (which was posted by NBC Sports Boston) with this sentence:
Mookie Betts homered on the first pitch of the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
How hard is it to report the correct information?

It's apparently much harder than I thought.

What actually happened was:
Mookie Betts homered on the second pitch of the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.

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And - although it is much less official - we have my scorecard:


It is almost 14 hours since the story was posted and it has not yet been corrected.

3 comments:

  1. Apparently, facts shouldn't get in the way of a good lead when it comes to reporting on a walk-off win.

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  2. Why so angry?

    I like accuracy.

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