It’s mid-June, time for the College World Series, an
eight-team tournament that determines college baseball’s national champion. I
tend to avoid the CWS because it pains me deeply that my alma mater, the
flagship university in a state synonymous with baseball, has yet to capture a
CWS title. That being said, I’d like to take this opportunity to revisit a conspicuous
misspelling that made the rounds last June, finding its way to myriad websites,
sports-centric and otherwise. Everyone from
Sporting
News and Deadspin to MSN and
The
Christian Post took digs at a doggone dugout that put something out there,
in front of the world — and in front of
World — for all(l) to see.
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| Nati Harnik/AP |
Last June 15 was not exactly a banner opening day at the
2013 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. A banner affixed to the
third-base dugout at TD Ameritrade Park contained a trio of letters working
their way through
College.
Visible to fans in the upper level, birds soaring above the
ballpark and anyone with access to the Internet, the first word in the banner
near third base was off base.
College admitted an extra
L. This typo atop
the dugout amused many. L-L-L? LOL.
Epilogue
NCAA officials gave it the old college try and successfully replaced the banner the following day. That’s right: They got the
L out of there!
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