The Activists Not Only Interrupted the Game!

        I'm sure Mike Digiovanna of the L.A. Times is a fine sports journalist, but like any journalist pressed with deadlines, once in awhile something that just a little more time would have resolved gets into the paper:


       "Joe Blanton struck out the side in the eighth inning, and Kenley Jansen struck out three of four batters in the ninth, withstanding a brief delay caused by a group of animal rights activists who ran onto the field with banners protesting Farmer John, supplier of the team's Dodger Dogs, for his 24th save."


       I just know Mike didn't want such a gaping distance between Jansen's striking out three batters and "for his 24th save"!

       And now that I look at it again, didn't Mike probably want "notwithstanding" in place of "withstanding"?

       Copy editor anyone?