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September 22, 2002
mark thomas I'm listening to Rachmaninoff and watching the Bengals/Falcons game on ESPN. Richter playing Op. 32 # 10, Bengals playing Atlanta in a game that looks like it is never going to end. 30-3 with more than 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter. Warrick Dunn is on the Falcons this year. He was a great runner for the Bucs 2 seasons ago. He and Shaun King hooked up for just about the greatest play I've ever seen on Monday Night Football, in that game against the Rams. "That game." I was really gung-ho for the Buccaneers a couple of seasons ago, and I listened to the playback of the radio broadcast of that Buccaneers game. I think I listened to it a dozen times, but now the game is expired. So sad. I sent an e-mail to the NFL asking if they could restore the audio of that game. But I used to work at a big content web site and I know exactly what happens to e-mails from customers making these types of requests. So I expect no response. I wish the baseball players had gone on strike. I was getting tired of following the Yankees, and tired of the commitment of tuning in to WCBS for 3 hours almost every single day. And the game itself was getting boring to me. Baseball is a game of failure. In what other sport, and where else in life would a .300 average be considered good? I do not know. I was not always a Buccaneers fan. Back in grade school there was a lot of excitement about the Bucs, especially when Doug Williams was the quarterback. We used to stand in front of the school on Mondays and recount every single play of the previous day's football game But then it was years and years of mediocrity. It seemed like no one ever talked about the Buccaneers, except to mention their longest-ever losing streak, or to quote one of John McKay's witticisms. When the Bucs rose again several years ago it was fun to get excited about the team again, just like in grade school. There is a pub near my apartment where I sometimes go to see Bucs games on TV. I don't know the analytics of football very well, but many of the people at this pub do, and I am utterly unable to carry on a conversation with them. I don't usually stay for the whole game. People getting drunk and screaming at 1:00 in the afternoon doesn't do it for me. « The Telephone • sorabji.com • Ice Cube Trays »
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