Wednesday, April 23, 2008

This is unpossible.

"Not a soul has extended a contract offer of any kind to the 43-year-old Bonds, even though last season the man hit more home runs (28) than sluggers like Vladimir Guerrero, Gary Sheffield, Travis Hafner, Aramis Ramirez or Derrek Lee.

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And nobody seems to have come within a 10-foot pole of Sosa, despite the fact that he is not yet 40 and hit more balls out of the park (21) last season than such noteworthy swingers as Manny Ramirez, Troy Glaus, Miguel Tejada, Bobby Abreu or Jeff Kent."

How can a person who writes for a living not understand the difference between "or" and "and"?

This is basic "Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function?"

I could write "Sosa had more homeruns last year than Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, David Wright, Carlos Pena, or Prince Fielder" and that would be accurate.

I could write "In his short career, Robinson Cano already has more homeruns than Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Ralph Kiner, or So Taguchi" and that would be accurate.

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