Lord of the Rings strikeout for New York Times

Taken from the New York Times: the only newspaper correction you'll ever care about.

Bada-bing bada-boom.

Even though the NYT might need to brush up on their Tolkien, the Met's knuckleball pitcher R.A. Dickey's certainly doesn't. Apparently something of a bookworm he named his other bat Hrunting, the sword used to slay Grendal's mammy in Beowulf. Altogether now: "What. a. dude."

If you're not with the programme, get with it.

Orcrist - Thorin's weapon,
by Audrey Corman

Sting - Bilbo's and subsequently
Frodo's weapon, by John Howe

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