I have stage fright.
Now that I have a blog, where I could actually put my thoughts before a worldwide audience, I find that I have stopped thinking.
Not that I would actually have a worldwide audience, of course, but I could.
So...how 'bout that World Baseball Classic? Somehow, all the sports announcers find it astonishing that the U.S. team is failing to thrive; but really, how surprising is this? The U.S., as a country, isn't (or at least wasn't) taking it seriously, whereas Cuba, Korea, the DR, et al. definitely are. Last night the announcer on ESPN2 was marvelling that the Korean team was positioning its outfielders as different US batters came up; he left implicit the remark "Wow, they've actually prepared for this!"
Yes, yes they have. South Korea 7, USA 3 is the totally unsurprising result.
Not that I would actually have a worldwide audience, of course, but I could.
So...how 'bout that World Baseball Classic? Somehow, all the sports announcers find it astonishing that the U.S. team is failing to thrive; but really, how surprising is this? The U.S., as a country, isn't (or at least wasn't) taking it seriously, whereas Cuba, Korea, the DR, et al. definitely are. Last night the announcer on ESPN2 was marvelling that the Korean team was positioning its outfielders as different US batters came up; he left implicit the remark "Wow, they've actually prepared for this!"
Yes, yes they have. South Korea 7, USA 3 is the totally unsurprising result.
Posted by sealionii on
Tuesday March 14, 2006 at 11:15am