Andy – Sorry if I sounded conspiratorial. Such was not my intent. I find these things interesting (‘m married to a speechwriter and I used to work for one). These things are often debated in the bullpen and my only point was that it was probably debated and it’d be interesting to know why they went the way they did.

Little things are often deliberate. For example, the “A.D.” at the end of the date for plaque US astronauts put on the moon was, if memory serves, hotly debated inside the Nixon White House so they could score a few points on the sly by getting in a permanent reference to God.