The Poorest Use of "Ironic" Since...

Alanis Morissette first complained of rain on a wedding day. Or since five minutes ago when some jackass talked about something being "ironical." As you can tell, this may be my snobbiest post to date.

Pro athletes are easy to pick on because they often get in over their heads when feeling pressure to sound articulate. And I like Matthew LeCroy, the Twins closest thing to a slugger. Still, I can't let him off the hook for what you're about to read. Consider it a game of Where's Waldo, only we'll call it "Find the Irony."

I cut and pasted this from Sunday's Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Click here for the whole story.

From LeCroy powers Twins to easy victory by Jim Souhan (published September 21, 2003). The link is http://www.startribune.com/stories/509/4109425.html

LeCroy knows he provides righthanded power for a team that craves that element in its lineup. Recently, sitting in the Twins' dugout, LeCroy called his playing-time predicament "ironic."

"Coming into this year, I really didn't know for sure if I was going to be the DH or not," LeCroy said. "Then I realized that I wasn't going to be that guy, and I had to change my goals and aspirations and figure out what my role was going to be.

"I just kept working. I think I can hit. I need to be given an opportunity, and fortunately for me, I stayed focused, and right now I have that opportunity.

"I need to take advantage of it."

Where's the irony? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?