November 07, 2005

Cringe

One of these days I'm going to muster up the energy to write about Gomery or the avian flu or perhaps invent a conspiracy theory about the connection between the two, but in the mean time I must share with you this horrifying example of what happens when you mix statistics with sports journalism:

"Crosby's latest score left him just 689 goals behind Messier, seventh on the NHL's career list." (from sports.yahoo.com)

I know, I know ...