TU Tuesday

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Phone-foulup-leaves-Cards-on-World-Series-brink-2236042.php

baseball lore was made

Lore: history

but instead deflected off the reliever's bare hand

Deflected: to bounce off

Puzzled Cardinals fans Tuesday

Puzzled: confused

"That's faulty design, and I helped design it, so it's my fault," he said.

Faulty: not working

"Maybe I slurred it, whatever it is. It comes down to who has the responsibility when there's those kinds of miscommunications."

Slurred: slow garbled speech 

This article is about the problems with the bullpen phone in game five of the World Series. The words in the piece are used to show the confusion and mayhem that occurred during the game. When the writer said "baseball lore was made" he was describing how the event that took place will go down as a great mishap in World Series history and when the writer says " but instead deflected off the relievers bare hand" he was talking about how the ball bounced of the pitchers hand. 

The writer goes on to says ”Puzzled Cardinals fans Tuesday", "That's faulty design, and I helped design it, so it's my fault, “and "Maybe I slurred it, whatever it is. It comes down to who has the responsibility when there's those kinds of miscommunications." it all goes into the piece. By using words such as slurred, faulty, and puzzled the author really gives meaning to the confusion and mayhem that occurred in game five.