Norts Spews

Last year I posted about Duh Sawx while they were steamrolling their way to the MLB championship. I reflected on the whole concept of fan loyalty and the seemingly irrational but culturally universal way that people live vicariously through their sports heroes. This year, mysteriously, despite bringing back pretty much the same team that flattened the competition last year, they are an abomination. I mean totally unwatchable. Can ' t hit, can ' t pitch, they stand around in the outfield watching balls bounce over the fence, they ' re listless and boneheaded.There is a lot of psychology in sports. You ' ll notice that the most expert commentators, people who have played the game, but a lot of stock in teams ' emotional state, their interpersonal chemistry (which can be all business, they don ' t have to like each other off the field), who is fired up for revenge on whom. It ' s tough to repeat, that ' s all there is to it. Winning a championship is often bad news for next year.Turning now to Tiger Woods, yes what he has done is incredible. He destroyed his family because he let fame and fortune go to his head in all the wrong ways, and he overstressed his body till it gave out on him. Three years ago he was addicted to painkillers and he couldn ' t walk. Throughout it all -- ten years of struggle during which he could not compete -- he kept insisting that he was going to come back. And quite a lot of people, including me, though we had our doubts, thought he would probably do ...
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