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by: HenHanna - Fri, 3 May 2024 17:59 UTC

...... 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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Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 23:27:02 +0000
Subject: Re: Tony La Russa reached the 2,500-win mark..., joining Connie Mack and
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by: HenHanna - Fri, 3 May 2024 23:27 UTC

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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Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 23:34:35 +0000
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by: HenHanna - Fri, 3 May 2024 23:34 UTC

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

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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Tony La Russa reached the 2,500-win mark..., joining Connie Mack and John McGraw	HenHanna
Re: Tony La Russa reached the 2,500-win mark..., joining Connie Mack and John Mc	HenHanna
Re: Tony La Russa reached the 2,500-win mark..., joining Connie Mack and John Mc	HenHanna