See, old habits die hard, and Globe sportsgrouch Dan "Shank" Shaughnessy can’t let a little old World Series Championship (let’s say that again … "World Series Championship" …) get in the way of some sniping at our Gold Glove, late-inning first baseman.
As usual, there’s nothing to see here, folks: (from NYTimes, reg. req’d)
"We aren’t going to have any other comment until we have a chance totalk to Doug directly about this matter," Lucchino said in an e-mailmessage yesterday. "We certainly owe him that courtesy."
Yup, they do. And so does the press.
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In related news, see this post at Volokh, where a law prof learns the hard way that the intersection of law and baseball is more complicated than it seems!