Yankees lose Wang

Doesn’t anybody at The New York Times bother to read the headlines?

Yankees Lose Wang in Rout of Astros

I know it’s the family name of Wang Chien-Ming, but don’t you think the headline editors could have phrased this unfortunate incident in a slightly better manner? I mean, the guy injured his foot, but the headline still reads like…well, I think you can figure it out.

And what is Wang’s reaction?

“I feel sore,” Wang said in a statement to the Yankees’ media relations director, Jason Zillo. “The doctor says I have to go to get an M.R.I. tomorrow. Of course I’m disappointed.”

(My mother pointed this one out to me. Thanks, Mom! Here’s your tip of the, er, baseball cap.)