Ed, as an avid Yankee fan and BackTalk reader I have a question for you. How in the world can your competitor’s paper report on the front page of Friday’s sports section that the Yankees World Series ticker tape parade will be held on Saturday (Nov. 7) when I already attended it live on Friday (Nov. 6). Perhaps your competitors should return to afternoon duty and I can go back and sweep up all the confetti. Kudos to your sports department for getting this correct.

Reading Closely

Now I have a follow-up question for you: Why bother reading the other paper?—Ed. Note