It is foolish and childish, on the face of it, to affiliate ourselves with anything so insignificant and patently contrived and commercially exploitive as a professional sports team, and the amused superiority and icy scorn that the non-fan directs at the sports nut (I know this look -- I know it by heart) is understandable and almost unanswerable. Almost. What is left out of this calculation, it seems to me, is the business of caring -- caring deeply and passionately, really caring -- which is a capacity or an emotion that has almost gone out of our lives. And so it seems possible that we have come to a time when it no longer matters so much what the caring is about, how frail or foolish is the object of that concern, as long as the feeling itself can be saved. Naivete -- the infantile and ignoble joy that sends a grown man or woman to dancing and shouting with joy in the middle of the night over the haphazardous flight of a distant ball -- seems a small price to pay for such a gift.
Great quote and a great point. It is really hard to defend paying so much attention, time and money towards sports, especially professional sports and their athletes, but at the same time it makes so much sense in a base level way. Anyhow, this quote says it much better than me.
Just a quick assorted random points:
Go Obama and please get out of the race Hillary. Its over.
I am very excited as I do feel like things are turning in our coming green revolution despite all the best efforts of the rich and powerful. Don't miss this - California sets all the trends of the world don't you know?
At the same time I think doing like some of the folks we saw on TV: eating only free food you find and whatnot, is going a little too far. A lot too far.
The Chi Bulls really suck. Dear lord. Then I also watched the Lakers (to watch them lose as I hate them as much as I like the Bulls) and they won. Not my day for watching pro sports. I take back that quote on second thought.
UPDATE: Also meant to say that you gotta watch the Wire any way you can. Great show and last night was perhaps the best ever.
Great quote and a great point. It is really hard to defend paying so much attention, time and money towards sports, especially professional sports and their athletes, but at the same time it makes so much sense in a base level way. Anyhow, this quote says it much better than me.
Just a quick assorted random points:
Go Obama and please get out of the race Hillary. Its over.
I am very excited as I do feel like things are turning in our coming green revolution despite all the best efforts of the rich and powerful. Don't miss this - California sets all the trends of the world don't you know?
At the same time I think doing like some of the folks we saw on TV: eating only free food you find and whatnot, is going a little too far. A lot too far.
The Chi Bulls really suck. Dear lord. Then I also watched the Lakers (to watch them lose as I hate them as much as I like the Bulls) and they won. Not my day for watching pro sports. I take back that quote on second thought.
UPDATE: Also meant to say that you gotta watch the Wire any way you can. Great show and last night was perhaps the best ever.
