Phillies Leading AL East

Yesterday, I wrote the first post in a recurring segment called, “Great Mistakes in Journalism History.” A South Florida newspaper had a Brewers-Marlins box score from their series over the weekend against the Phillies. Well, the Phillies showed up in another great journalism error. But this time, your Worldwide Leader made the mistake. In the preview for Cubs-Phillies game last night that ESPN puts up for each game, the writer was trying to describe their hot July streak after faltering at home for much of the season. FAIL. Knowing that these mistakes usually don’t stay online very long, I got a couple screen grabs to immortalize it in Usually Useless history. Close-up, if you JUMP…

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Forgets Who Marlins Are Playing

As you can tell, this is the box score from Friday night’s marathon 5-hour game that was featured in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Sunday. Do you see any mistakes conveniently boxed in red for you? What’s that? The Marlins played the Philadelphia “Brewers” on Friday night? Is this a softball game? Did the Publix Marlins softball team take on Philadelphia Brewing Company‘s softball team? Also notice they cut off the errors column in the box score. Strange. The one game that the Marlins don’t make an error, and the newspaper doesn’t even acknowledge it!

Previously: The One Where Chase Utley Gets Us All Some Sleep Despite Brad Lidge’s Best Efforts | Usually Useless