Artistic License?

A tale of two reporters. First, from ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick:

Baseball's general managers began their 2006 meetings by donning Hawaiian shirts and taking a field trip to a local bowling alley, where San Diego's Kevin Towers and the White Sox's Kenny Williams showed them how it's done.

Towers rolled an impressive 163 in his first game before slumping to a 110. "We all did better before the beers starting kicking in," said a National League GM.

And one from the hoplessly biased Chicago Tribune's Dr. Phil:

As an icebreaker the 30 general managers went bowling Monday. They were broken into five-man teams. The winning team included the Sox's Ken Williams and the Cubs' Jim Hendry, with Williams' 155 the highest score of the one-game event

Conclusions? I'm no mind-reader, so I can't say for sure. But I humbly offer three possibilities:

1. One of these guys can't be bothered to check simple facts before rushing to print.

2. Jerry Crasnick has a vested interest in making Kevin Towers look good.

3. Dr. Phil has a vested interest in making Kenny Williams look good.

Feel free to discuss among yourselves...