Walker Buehler, you’re heading to The Mayor’s Office

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty ImagesWhen Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran uttered a homophobic slur to an innocent tennis enthusiast last August, many were appalled. None more, it seemed, than Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. Wu, it was reported, requested a meeting with Duran to discuss the incident. Of course, this turned out to be completely false. But a prominent Red Sox beat reporter incorrectly reporting that the Mayor of Boston requested a disciplinary meeting with a Red Sox player is self-evidently hilarious. And, today, the phrase “Mayor Wu has requested a meeting with X” lives on in Red Sox online lore.

Last summer’s iconic misreport has inspired a new weekly piece here on…