Here is a series of questions to ponder (and you must answer for each). For each, they require you to put yourself in the shoes (or cleats) of any athlete, regardless of the level of play.
Would you rather...
get crossed up...
or dunked on?
Would you rather...
get juked by a running back...
or get burned by a wide receiver? (Forgive the salty language of the song used, but the NFL is pretty good about taking down game footage of original broadcasts)
Would you rather...
allow the game-winning home run...
or cause the error that brought in the winning run?
Clips tough to gather, but the most infamous and widely-accepted error (yet not the final play of the game) belongs to a borderline Hall of Famer.
Finally, back to football, but with no clips: Would you rather...
miss the open-field tackle...
or completely blow your route and watch the ball get intercepted?
Please feel free to add more embarrasing scenarios for the masses to ponder, just as long as you avoid discussing this:
Yeah, OUCH!
Perception is reality, the saying goes. Modern players can never transcend time, athletes only care about the money and the fan is never wrong. Yet, all you need to do is dig a little deeper to find the truth. As a freelance sportswriter, my job is to give the audience a story around what just happened. As a consumer, I expect that sports will always provide more than I bargained for. As a fan, my hopes are to be enlightened by more than points. Welcome to the mind of a sports scribe.
1 comment:
Getting crossed up and juked are similar - I'd prefer the alternatives to each. In both it's a failure of defense, and often fundamentals - going for flash/trying to anticipate, rather than just following the torso.
Pitching's harder and much more open to chance, so I'd rather allow the home run.
I'd not like to miss an open tackle.
I guess I prefer thinking of myself as a sound defensive player, so the choices don't seem so difficult for me.
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