On Monday, I noted the launch of the Wall Street Journal's New York-centric daily sports coverage and wished long-time Newsday scribe Jim Baumbach well there.

Happily, it turned out he had had a change of heart late last week and came back to Newsday.

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On Monday, I noted the launch of the Wall Street Journal's New York-centric daily sports coverage and wished long-time Newsday scribe Jim Baumbach well there.

Happily, it turned out he had had a change of heart late last week and came back to Newsday.

So . . . welcome home!