Don't you think that, after all these years, even if New York Times copy editors continue to suffer from Alzheimers' on this issue, they would at least have had the prescience to program their final editing software to flag things like this?
Greg Packer, 44, of Huntington, N.Y., drove in for Game 5 of the World Series and stayed for the celebration. He arrived on Broad Street near City Hall at 5 a.m. to secure what he considered the best spot.
Simply amazing. (Link mine.)
That's pretty awesome. Maybe they just don't care. Everyone knows by now about him.
Doesn't Packer live next door to Alan Smithee?