Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : The Gray Lady won't give in

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2	New York Mets	68	57	.544	E1
3T	Arizona	64	60	.516	W1
3T	Los Angeles Dodgers	64	60	.516	W1
5	Milwaukee	72	54	.571	C2
6	St. Louis	70	57	.551	C3
7	Philadelphia	66	58	.532	E2
8	Florida	64	61	.512	E3
9	Houston	63	62	.504	C4
10	Colorado	57	69	.452	W3
11T	Pittsburgh	56	69	.448	C5
11T	Atlanta	56	69	.448	E4
13	Cincinnati	55	70	.44	C6
14	San Francisco	53	71	.427	W4
15	San Diego	48	76	.387	W5
16	Washington	44	81	.352	E5

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1	Los Angeles Angels	76	47	.618	W1
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4	Boston	72	53	.576	E2
5	Minnesota	70	54	.565	C2
6	New York Yankees	66	58	.532	E3
7	Toronto	64	60	.516	E4
8	Texas	62	64	.492	W2
9	Detroit	61	64	.488	C3
10	Baltimore	60	64	.484	E5
11	Oakland	57	67	.46	W3
12	Cleveland	56	67	.455	C4
13	Kansas City	55	69	.444	C5
14	Seattle	46	78	.371	W4

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The Gray Lady won't give in

2008-07-08 09:09

by Bob Timmermann

According to the New York Times, the newest pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers is still "C.C. Sabathia."

However, the Times isn't changing the spelling as it comes out over the AP wire.

In this story about Ryan Church, Omar Minaya is quoted as saying that the Mets may (about Church) "D.L. him." But they have to wait for "CT scans."

Sigh, if I only used my powers for good, and not pedantry.

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Comments

2008-07-08 09:25:31

1. JL25and3

When did "CAT scans" become "CT scans," anyway?

2008-07-08 09:28:14

2. dianagramr

When the A.S.P.C.A. (or ASPCA ?) got involved?

2008-07-08 09:29:00

3. JL25and3

Damn, I should check Wikipedia first. turns out an axial scan is only one kind of computerized tomography, one of many.

2008-07-08 09:37:31

4. Bob Timmermann

2
In the NYT, it's the former.

http://tinyurl.com/5so5lf

2008-07-08 10:25:39

5. fanerman

Why are news services called wire services? Is there an actual physical wire involved? Was there?

2008-07-08 10:35:29

6. Shaun P

5 Yes, I believe it was due to the telegraph wires that they used to transmit the news.

2008-07-08 10:38:25

7. jmoney

When reporters used to send in their stories, they would "wire" them in. Sort of how if you used Western Union you would "wire" someone money. As Shaun said, I believe it was due to telegraph wires.

2008-07-08 11:13:19

8. 110phil

Does the NYT have a policy on things like this, where the subject asks to be called something that varies from the style book?

I remember reading that they were very late in calling women "Ms.", so their attitude might be that they just don't give a crap what CC wants, they're doing it their way.

2008-07-08 11:37:01

9. JL25and3

8 Which seems perfectly appropriate to me.

2008-07-08 11:49:22

10. Bob Timmermann

The NYT has its style book and it takes precedence over what a person says in almost every case.

There is a story in the Times about Olbermann and Patrick which features "N.B.A." and "NBC" and "ESPN" and "N.F.L."

ESPN doesn't get periods because the letters don't stand for anything anymore. I could find out when NBC lost its periods if I were so inclined.

I'm not.

2008-07-08 12:35:25

11. scareduck

1 - I don't know, but a similar shift occurred on nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), which lost the N some time ago. Of course, the funny thing is that it was done largely due to public squeamishness with anything nuclear; in fact, the emphasis should have always been on "magnetic", because the effect is on the atomic electron shells rather than on the subjects' atomic nuclei.

2008-07-08 12:55:35

12. Bob Timmermann

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Daily Yomiuri Headline

According to Babelfish:
Kuroda with 1 hit blockades 5 victory eyes

2008-07-08 13:51:55

13. Travis08

10 It looks to be sometime in the late 1960's-early 1970's, but the occasional "N.B.C." slipped through later, as in this headline:

"Pryor Protests N.B.C. Censorship" - September 13, 1977.

http://tinyurl.com/6kopxn

2008-07-08 16:56:01

14. JL25and3

8 Is it possible that the National Broadcasting Corporation no longer exists under that name? I don't know, just wondering.

2008-07-08 17:01:29

15. Bob Timmermann

14
Actually, you appear to be correct. The corporate website just uses NBC or NBC Universal.

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