As someone who minored in Journalism in college and wrote for a few different news outlets at Brandeis, I love a great opening paragraph. But this one from the New York Times' Alan Schwarz is one of my favorites:
The Yankees, whose bullpen is among the worst in the American League, have two arms in Class A ball leading the minor leagues in saves. The left-handed one has kept hitters to a .121 batting average; the right-handed one has not walked anyone in 20 innings. This would all be rather straightforward, except that both arms belong to the same body
He is talking about the Yankees switch-pitcher prospect Pat Venditte who it is revealed later on in the article may be a non-prospect despite the great stats...but that's about as well as you can open up an article.
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