# LA Times Has Fun With Headlines **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635 "2005-07-08T19:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/1 "2005-07-08T19:13:34Z")
Someone is messing with Angels’ pitcher Bartolo Colon. LA Times headline today: Mariners Win a Rare Stinker From Colon Over the weekend, they had two other Colon-related headlines in a similar vein. “Colon Ill But Victorious” or something like that, and I can’t remember the other one. The guy is going to have to change his name if this keeps up. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/2 "2005-07-08T19:18:26Z")
- snicker \* I like the first one, especially. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/3 "2005-07-08T20:13:08Z")
Hmmm…if he were injured? _Loss Of Colon Blow To Angels_ If a trade were arranged with Texas? _Rangers Give Dickey For Colon_ ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/4 "2005-07-08T20:25:37Z")
Reminds me of my favorite set of captions ever. The BBC online had an article about people who suffer from a phobia of bridges, accompanied with several pictures of famous bridges. The captions were all along the lines of “OOOOOHHHH NOOOOOO!!!” and “Heeeeeeeeelp!” I was practically in tears from laughter. Sadly, when I went back to look at it again a few hours later, the captions had been changed. I imagine someone got in trouble for that, but it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/5 "2005-07-08T20:37:07Z")
I’m unfortunate enough to have the last name of Weiner. (Yes, it’s okay, go ahead and laugh.) When my brother was in high school, our local paper wrote a couple sports articles about him, and both articles made it clear that either nobody was proofreading this stuff, or everyone was in on the joke. In an article about a basketball game … “The 5’-7” Weiner saw considerable action." The headline for a baseball story … “Weiner Stands Out On Mound, At Plate.” Luckily, my whole family has a sense of humor about this. I believe my mom might have those articles framed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/6 "2005-07-08T20:51:58Z")
Bartolo Colon: “Colon Looks Like a Big Star” “Colon’s future starry” “Colon puts heat to Texas” And don’t forget about the Braves’ pitcher, Colon. From LA Times: “Braves’ Colon Has the Upper Hand” ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/7 "2005-07-08T20:56:57Z")
Colon fills hole ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/8 "2005-07-08T21:23:03Z")
**A’s into Colon for 8 in hectic evening.** ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-times-has-fun-with-headlines/311635/9 "2005-07-08T22:40:18Z")
I’m trying to find a cite for my all-time favorite sports headline, but the best I can do right now is tell you that I saw it on [Jim Romenesko’s](http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45) old Media News site. The newspaper story was about how the Oakland A’s eliminated a weakness in their lineup by trading for Davey Lopes. The headline read, “Lopes plugs A’s hole.”