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A Preposterous Pre-Digital Primer

Dave Astor | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy

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Dave Astor

In the days before the internet, how did out-of-town journalists transmit typewritten stories to their editors? They folded the stories into paper airplanes and hurled them out of hotel windows.

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How to Fill Yankee Stadium's Pricey Empty Seats

Dave Astor | Posted 05.28.2009 | Comedy

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Dave Astor

Given that the team's super-rich owners used taxpayer subsidies to help finance their gilded ballpark, it serves them right that they're losing some revenue.

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