Only Fourth Worst? That has to Be a Joke

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The venerable and venerated Sports Illustrated has fallen victim in recent years to bombast and balderdash on too many of its slick pages, substituting quick hits for much of its formerly substantial journalism. Most of this material is pointless and some of it ludicrous, such as last weeks players poll that ranked Peter Angelos as only the fourth-worst owner in baseball.

Say what? Does anyone in his right mind think there could be three owners who have done more to sabotage their franchises than King Peter? If so, in what pile of sand, or gamier detritus, has that voter buried his bean?

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Only Fourth Worst? That has to Be a Joke

This is the equivalent of saying Barry Bonds merely is the game's fourth-biggest cheater. Or perhaps that Bud Selig is the fourth- worst commissioner in the history of rounders.

To borrow a line from SIs...

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