Kidnapped In St. Louis: A 911 Transcript

Operator: 911, what’s your emergency? Woman: Oh my God, they’ve been kidnapped! They’ve been kidnapped! Please help! Operator: Okay, ma’am, calm down. Are these your children you’re talking about? Woman: Twenty years. TWENTY YEARS of loyalty and he does this to me. Operator: Who kidnapped them? Your husband? Ma’am, I’m going to need you to

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Baseball Is Boring, Part I

Another season of Major League Baseball concluded last week, with a closely fought seven-game World Series that came down to the final out. It sounds nice enough on the surface; one of the teams was a scrappy underdog that won the heart of the nation, and the playoffs were marked with exceptional and memorable performances.

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