• Tony La Russa reached the 2,500-win mark..., joining Connie Mack and Jo

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 3 10:59:20 2024
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    ...... And here is a pet peeve of mine among standard sportswriting constructions. From ESPN.com:

    "Tony La Russa reached the 2,500-win mark on Sunday, joining Connie Mack
    and John McGraw as the only managers in MLB history to accomplish the
    feat.”

    No. Should be :

    "Tony La Russa won his 2,500th game as a manager on Sunday. The only
    others to accomplish this feat were Connie Mack and John McGraw.”



    ---------- the latter is better... But is the former so bad???

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Fri May 3 23:35:10 2024
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    HenHanna wrote:


    ...... And here is a pet peeve of mine among standard sportswriting constructions. From ESPN.com:

    "Tony La Russa reached the 2,500-win mark on Sunday, joining Connie Mack

    and John McGraw as the only managers in MLB history to accomplish the feat.”

    No. Should be :

    "Tony La Russa won his 2,500th game as a manager on Sunday. The only
    others to accomplish this feat were Connie Mack and John McGraw.”



    ---------- the latter is better... But is the former so bad???




    Even better as:

    Tony La Russa earned his 2,500 wins as a manager on Sunday.
    Only 3 MLB managers have accomplished this: Connie Mack (19..), John McGraw (19..), and now La Russa.

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