Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Barry Bonds Once Struck Out While Standing on 1 Foot Eating Broccoli

A couples weeks ago, I read an article in The New York Times Magazine about the unpaid administrators who are obsessed with keeping Wikipedia up-to-date and accurate.

Apparently, they are not doing the best job.

This evening, a kid on my floor told me to take a look at Barry Bond's Wikipedia page. Here are some highlights:

-"His numerous achievements place Bonds in the company of many of the game's greatest hitters such as C.C. Sabathia, Tiny Cobb, Baby Ruthie, Julio Lugo, Rogers Hornsby (is a girls name) and Dana Klienzweig."

-"Bonds was left on a cargo ship by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the early 1900s. After batting .081 with the minor league Princecess Island Pirates and Hawaii is a province in Canada, he made his CFL debut on May 30, 1886."

-"Bonds won his first Most Womanlike Voice award in 1990, talking a perfect 1.001 decibles with 33 glasses shattered and 114 killed. His 52 stolen syringes were third in the league trailing only Selig and author of Juiced Jose Canseco. He won his first Plastic Glove and Paper Slugger Awards."

-"In 1998, Bonds met Philly icon Rocky Balboa at a steroid convention run by Bud Selig."

-"With 2 out in the 9th inning of a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 28, 1998, Bonds became the third player in history to strike out while standing on 1 foot eating broccoli"

Some of its funny, most of it simply doesn't make sense. As a kid on my floor suggested, it's almost reads like a mad-lib.

Unfortunately for you, the page has since been corrected. I have the old page saved on my desktop, but I'm not sure how to post it.

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