THE CURSE HAS BEEN LIFTED, THE STONE REMOVED, THE LIGHT HATH COME SHINING THROUGH ON THE WARM GREEN GRASS! HOPE SHALL SPRING AGAIN!
This weekend was open season on albatrosses, and I’ll have more on the rest later (for starters, Andrew Sullivan has some good shots at Al Gore, Trent Lott and Cardinal Law). But I loved the opening of the NY Daily News’ writeup on the most indefensible of the bunch:
Rey Ordo�ez’s late-September declaration that Mets fans are “stupid” proved to be his final act as a member of the team. The shortstop was dealt last night to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, a team short on fans.