Great Day!
Just got the latest SI, and P.J. O'Rourke has a column that it just a stitch. It concerns sports players wanting to go into politics. Some of my favorite snippets:
* Nor are jocks easy prey to libidinous temptations with aides or interns. Monica Lewinsky may have looked like Catherine Zeta Jones to a lard-butt who played saxaphone in the school band. To even a relief pitcher on the Norfolk Tides, Monica would look like Elsie, the Borden's cow.
* If legislative acumen , coherent global strategy, and communication skills were what got you into the Majors, Jimmy Carter would have been cut from his T Ball team.
*Sportswriters are better than political writers. Is this the New Republic you have in your hands? Compare a David Broder column with a column by my colleague Rick Reilly. Rick knows what he's talking about. Nobody knows what Broder is talking about. Plus people actually read Rick Reilly.
Get it if you get a chance! Fun to read, plus it features a short article on Paul Hourning! (The Golden Boy!)
Then there's Milwaukee, and the All Star Game that never was. All last week people from the local media were all talking about how this game would showcase Milwaukee, and get rid of that image of Laverne and Shirley, that seems to have plagued our city of gathering waters, for years. (Did you noticed that FOX played the Laverne and Shirley theme song while doing a "fan spot" last night during the game? Aaaaggghhhhh...)
Now we'll be remembered for this debacle of a game. Be careful what you wish for... it may come true!