You might have little truck with the Wall Street Journal’s op-ed page. But the rest of the newspaper has long been considered a relative bastion of solid, objective journalism.
Except now there’s this:
So to get inside the real Rodriguez, the Journal asked a handwriting expert to analyze the player’s writing in his apology letter and tell us what it all really means.
And the first thing that jumped out to Paula A. Sassi, a certified master graphologist in professional practice for 35 years?
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“In the second line, when he writes ‘mistakes,’ it’s interesting what occurs in that word, it has a cover on the ‘a,’ and it also happens in the fourth line, when he writes the word ‘situation,’ and both have to do with what happened,” Sassi said. “Which is being very protective of personal information.
“And when he writes ‘major league baseball,’ the ‘m’ has a higher hump on the third hump, which is an indication of someone who is very self-conscious,” she said.
Alas, there’s more. One of this expert's opinions: "He writes like a girl."
For the record, the British Psychological Society ranks graphology alongside astrology, and we might also include numerology, guardian angels, auras, tarot cards, astral projection, and titanium nipple rings that make you a better sports player.
I agree with everyone about Rodriguez’s apology: It almost certainly doesn’t help him. But it probably doesn't hurt him, either. Tuesday’s biggest loser was the Wall Street Journal, which bestowed its valuable imprimatur upon a load of unadulterated bullshit.
