BBWAA Site Hacked This Morning
If, like all of world history’s best people, you find yourself still in bed at around 10am ET or so, then it’s entirely possible you missed this news. So, now, here’s this news (courtesy of ‘Duk):
BBWAA.com visitors hoping to glean some knowledge about today’s Hall of Fame announcement are being greeted by something else this Wednesday morning: Nonsensical, yet colorful, gibberish posted by opportunistic hackers who have taken over the writers’ site.
The image above, specifically, is what you would’ve seen had you been awake this morning at that time.
As of this moment, the identity of the perpetrators is still unknown; however, the NotGraphs Investigative Reporting Investigation Team has learned that “big-time nerds” are almost definitely responsible.
Moreover, Friend of NotGraphs and Beloved Pole Dan Szymborski suspects that there is still some foul play afoot, as evidenced by this tweet:
Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
What’s a Spink Award?
Eric: Better to Google something you don’t know, than to show your lack of knowledge about the Baseball Hall of Fame.
better how?