CORRECTION

RTWNews Service, in its short history, now several hours, has prided itself in its fair, balanced, accurate and complete reporting. Given this brief history, it has not had the chance to be accused of being unfair or unbalanced; but, RTW is deeply chagrined by charges, yes substantiated charges, that it has not been accurate and complete in its reporting.

RTW, like it parent company, ratherthanworking.blogspot.com, has readers that don’t post comments. RTW, in a past life, met some of these readers, and they continue to be acquaintances (given the necessity of objectivity, RTW cannot admit to friendship). These readers, by way of phone calls, and even in person, provide comments on RTW’s reporting efforts (eg. “Dude, you are way off on that one.).

Two readers, shortly after the publication of “On Pace,” set out below, with only brief thought, pointed out several problems with the article (yes, it’s an article, not just a lowly post, given RTW’s aspirations).

RTW is not authorized to divulge its readers’ exact identities; but, given the non-response of one and the “whatever” look of the other, it feels justified in identifying them as “Big Rick” and “Big Tony.”

Big Rick said, “Dude, Damon didn’t get traded, he was a free agent. Blah, blah, blah.” It turns out that BR is correct. Mr. Damon did indeed sign with the Yankees sans the predicate step of having been traded for Mr. Coco Crisp. It further turns out, that at a very contemporaneous time Mr. Crisp, who played not for the Yankees, but rather the Indians, was traded to the Red Sox in, and we stress “a multi-player deal,” exactly, almost, as reported by RTW.

Big Rick, in a fit of pique, went on to complain that RTW’s reporter was way too involved in this Internet thing and provided evidence for his conclusion – said reporter is way behind on his reading (which he trades with Big Rick) – hence, Big Rick finds himself lacking reading material more often than he would like, and to make matters worse, finds himself annoyed that all those books he has lent RTW’s reporter are just sitting on the floor, unread, next to the reporter’s couch. RTW intends to discuss this matter with its reporter.

Big Tony, who seldom reads RTW as it tends to stray past the one page limit of his patience, pointed out the same inaccuracy in the article and went on to note that RTW missed reporting a number of very important aspects of Renteria’s (remember him?) “on pace” start this year. Renteria is on pace to hit 486 RBI’s as well as tie, and subsequently win, 162 games by way of a homer. RTW upon reflection, feels these are important omissions on its part and vows to work harder in the future.

RTW has issued a written warning to its reporter, placing it in his permanent file. Its reporter again tried to reach Mr. Crisp for comment. Mr. Crisp is MIA, at least according to the reporter, and unavailable for comment.