Some investigative reporting

So the first paragraph of this story on Center Line Soccer about Nick Garcia being traded piqued my interest.

When Nick Garcia woke up Tuesday morning, he thought it would be like any other day. Yet just a few hours later, he was in the airport, waiting to head to Toronto to take up with old teammate Mo Johnston.

I thought that sounded odd. So, I had my minions here at Fake Sigi Industries do some investigative reporting and managed to come up with the original draft of the article as submitted by Jeff Carlisle.


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"When Nick Garcia woke up Tuesday morning, he thought it would be like any other day. Yet just a few hours later, he was in the airport, waiting to head to Toronto to take up with old teammate Mo Johnston.

He looked down forlornly at his saxophone case. It was his only friend now, the only one he could trust. Rain pelted at the airport windows, thrashing down from the grey skies. As Garcia looked out at the planes shuffling out onto the slick runway, he thought about the dark night that had lead to this chain of events. It wasn't pretty.

He thought about the woman he loved, and the child he'd leave behind. He thought about all the other women, the ones he hadn't treated right, and wondered how they would feel if they knew about his regret.

It was all up for grabs now, like a through ball to Michael Thomas. In his right hand he clutched the fishing reel of fate. He know it was what Mo Johnston wanted. And he knew he wouldn't give it up, even if it meant death. He knew his wife would want him to die that way, fishing reel in hand. But that ending hadn't been written yet, and he tried desperately to shake it out of his head.

He thought back to happier times. Just last night, in fact, when he had been grilling some pork medallions wrapped in bacon. He liked bacon, and certainly tonight's dinner would be just as good as any he had in recent memory. But then he heard a noise outside, and a knock at the door, and everything changed.

Nick Garcia started and played in every game this year for San Jose, earning two cautions along the way."


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Honestly, I can see why they went with the revised version.