Why do the brojos insist on adding a half dozen parentheses to every quote of the day? Do they think the readers are too stupid to figure out what the person is trying to say. Take today's quote for example:
“Early on the race I was feeling horrible and I nudged her (Shalane Flanagan) and said, ‘I might drop out. There’s a good chance I’m going to drop out today. If you need something… let me know.’ … (I thought) Well I should probably help Molly reconnect to (the leaders). And then I looked back and I was in third (place) and I thought ‘We’ll I probably shouldn’t drop out (now).’ Honestly I felt miserable, but sometimes when you pick it up and forget about how you’re feeling and just engage for a little bit you can turn everything around.”
Aside from the first one (Shalane Flanagan), none of those quotes are necessary. They are just distracting. I have never seen another news site/publication that does this. What's the deal?