Evan Longoria: telling the truth?

Today we studied an article in the St Petersburg Times which examined a controversial YouTube video showing Rays star third baseman catching an errant baseball bare handed while being interviewed. We watched the video to see if we agreed with the paper's PolitiFact team. The article by Aaron Sharockman argued that the catch was faked. I wanted the students to see a different form of writing....a hybrid, part persuasive essay, part news report. I also explained that PolitiFact usually investigated the truth telling of our elected officials. Here's the link, see for yourself.