Of course, I'm watching Game 6 of the World Series -- listening to chants of "Who's your daddy?" echoing throughout the new Yankee Stadium and into my living room. In the third inning, FOX took a moment to brief my puppy Reilly and me (and I guess the rest of its viewing audience) on the cover of today's New York Post.
The cover shows the head of Pedro Martinez, the Phillies' Game 6 starter, superimposed on the body of a baby. The headline so eloquently reads "Spank him, Yanks: Daddy to whup Pedro tonight."
Since when did members of the press become Yankee cheerleaders? Don't get me wrong, the cover is hilarious but the job of the media -- which includes sportswriters -- is to report the news, not make a mockery of it.
Players, coaches and fans should be creating the bulletin board material, not the press.
