* Another reason why I hate the Internet

September 18, 2008

(Because sometimes my cats snoozs on my bookshelf.)

Saw this headline on the sports component of Comcast.net:

Ex-Met Kills Cat in Rage?

Which leads to a story about

Former New York Mets minor leaguer Joseph Petcka, 37, [who] is on trial on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals for killing Norman [a cat] on March 27, 2007, after a night of heavy drinking.

Now, no one is a bigger cat lover than me, but why is this news? It took place more than a year ago. I don’t know how many times I seen sensational headlines like this, a tease which leads nowhere. Petcka never got out of A ball for the Mets in the early-mid 1990s. To call him an ex-Met is just exploitative and disingenuous. Harrumph!

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