tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8164554.post114246065838376908..comments2023-12-24T06:09:26.320-06:00Comments on The Friendly Confines: "The fault, Dear Brutus..."Righty Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13812457979191359866noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8164554.post-1142576507952352492006-03-17T00:21:00.000-06:002006-03-17T00:21:00.000-06:00And what could an aspiring lawyer/politican learn ...And what could an aspiring lawyer/politican learn from this tragedy/comedy?<BR/>Perhaps it is no matter how "unfortunate/suspicious" the timing might seem for the truth to emerge, it is the inevitibale handmaiden to the horrific egos that seem to forget that the truth can not be invented or shaped, it just "is" (the word William Jefferson Clinton had such a difficult time defining). <BR/>And it certainly loves to dress up like the fat lady, warming up to take the stage and signal the ending. <BR/>In your angst now, I think you are missing the great debate that will fill the quiet interludes between pitches of the Great American Pastime for years , even decades to come. Long after the visual images of these players are forgotten by many,we won't be talking in rapture about the skills of Bonds, McGuire, and the like, we will be debating if they should be in the Hall of Fame. <BR/><BR/>You can not blame the writers or the truth for that, only the character and values that these "heros" brought to your game, our game, America's greatest pastime.<BR/><BR/>It makes me feel ashamed that I consider myself too smug and sophisticated to have never bought a ticket to a WWF event or the Roller Derby. At least they don't pretend to feign integrity in hype. <BR/><BR/>It makes me feel sad that I can never take another young boy to the ballpark with the same promise my father took me, or yours took you. <BR/>Obsession with numbers and hype finally broke the golden chain. How are we to compare these players to those before? it won't be through numbers, it will be through character. <BR/><BR/>They all took a pure and simple game and turned it into the WWF. Shame on them all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com