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Date Posted: 13:14:40 04/27/09 Mon
Author: Old Guy
Subject: Where was the copy desk?

P-G sports deskers must have been having a long lunch, so this abomination of a lead got into the paper:

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Monday, April 27, 2009
By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
SAN DIEGO -- Brian Bixler, in his fourth big-league plate appearance and his second swing of the season, after flying out the previous at-bat, knocked a two-run double into right field.

That right there equaled his entire RBI output from a 108 at-bat last season: two.
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How about:

With one swing of the bat Sunday, Brian Bixler matched his RBI total from the 2008 season.

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Re: Where was the copy desk? -- Blah game, 13:43:13 04/27/09 Mon

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>P-G sports deskers must have been having a long lunch, >so this abomination of a lead got into the paper: > >-- >Monday, April 27, 2009 >By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette >SAN DIEGO -- Brian Bixler, in his fourth big-league >plate appearance and his second swing of the season, >after flying out the previous at-bat, knocked a >two-run double into right field. > >That right there equaled his entire RBI output from a >108 at-bat last season: two. >-- > >How about: > >With one swing of the bat Sunday, Brian Bixler matched >his RBI total from the 2008 season.

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