methinks the L.A. Times insulted our hero:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2008/10/the-successfu-1.html

But that's just Vladdy being Vladdy, one of the many small concessions
you learn to give a career .323/.389/.575 hitter. Blaming him for last
night is like blaming Pavarotti for Lou Reed. Though sometimes forces
can combine to make days less than perfect.

Matt Welch is editor in chief of Reason.