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Baseball Musings
January 09, 2003
Hernandez Charged:

According to this AP report on ESPN.com, Livan Hernandez has been charged with assualting an elderly man.


Hernandez, 27, was charged with felony aggravated assault after he got into a "violent'' scuffle Wednesday with the man, who received a minor cut on the back of his head, according to a witness account cited in a police statement.

Two things:

  1. Why is violent in quotes? Has anyone seen a non-violent scuffle? Is the AP trying to tell us this isn't for real?

  2. Does anyone really believe that Hernandez is only 27?

UPDATE: Steve Bauman, Editor in Cheif of Computer Games Magazine, clears up the quotes:


Without the quotes, it can be interpreted as a statement of fact by the reporter, and AP could be held liable if it turned out the incident never occurred, that it turned out it was a tap on the shoulder, blah blah blah.

With the quotes, you know that it's not AP's judgment; it was probably listed in the police report that way, hence the quotes.

Thanks, Steve!


Posted by David Pinto at 09:39 AM | Baseball