Mostly OT Re: Mariners and Brats (was Re: [Sca-cooks] regional potluck)

[Philip W. Troy & Susan Troy]

XvLoverCrimvX at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hmmmm, lets look at the facts why I don't know who Pete Rose is:
>
> 1. I'm 16 which means I know very little about things before 1985.
> 2. I don't care for much about baseball especially old time baseball. I would
> rather pay more attention to academics and figuring out formulas and stuff
> than watching a boring 4 or how many hour game of baseball.
> 3. Who cares about a disgraced baseball player?

To paraphrase Robert B. Parker ["Who???"], those people so improperly
raised as to have no interest at all in sports are more to be pitied
than censured, as it is their parents' and guardians' fault, not theirs.

Also, there's an unfortunate tendency (and note that I'm _not_ accusing
you of this; I know you're smarter than this) on the part of many with
attitudes such as you've expressed, to assume that those who are
interested in such comparative trivialities are at the full extent of
their intellects, and couldn't possibly have much interest in academic
material, formulae, etc. Baseball is generally more complex than a lot
of computer programming, for example.

The history of sports is part of our history, part of what makes us
tick, etc. In its way, Rose's disgrace is perhaps as socially important
to our faith in our icons, such as they are, as those of, say, Clinton
or Nixon.

FWIW, my reason for mentioning him was because he also had a reputation
as a Hot Dog, or one who would make an easy play look ten times as
difficult as it needed to be. In addition to the various other
nicknames, such as the generally unnecessary Mr. Hustle. Boy, did he
hustle to recover from slipping on that banana peel that he carefully
placed ten feet away five minutes previous, to make that otherwise
unremarkable catch...

Adamantius
--
Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com

"It was so blatant that Roger threw at him.  Clemens gets away with
things that get other people thrown out of games.  As long as they
let him get away with it, it's going  to continue." -- Joe Torre, 9/98