"I will share this Instant Message that I sent to young Sam Mellinger, the Star’s outstanding baseball writer. Sammy had been assigned to write some sort of instant analysis piece from back home in Kansas City, and we were just sending some smart aleck thoughts back and forth. And then, in the sixth inning, with the Royals leading 2-1, I wrote him this:
"For your instant analysis, why don’t you beat the rush and right now write ‘After Kyle Farnsworth blew the lead in the eighth inning …’"
I don’t write this to, in any way, overpraise my own ability to see into the future (though I have been on a bit of a roll lately). I write this because it was THAT obvious."