As important as Buckhead's expert opinion turned out to be, look first at TankerKC's instant inkling that something about the form just wasn't right. It all snowballed from there.
Here's the best link I've found for the way it unfolded, kudos to kpp_kpp for the summary: Bloggers Run Rings Around The Partisan, Lazy Old Media
"And that's the way it was," Walter, on that day in history.
Ping to post #47.