Easy Mac
01-30-2004, 06:59 PM
Speaking of the Eagles and painful defeats, why do TV announcers always add insult to injury by casually dropping lines like, "How many Eagles fans are wondering, 'It's happening again?' " ... As a fan, I can't describe how horrendous it feels to hear something like that. The announcers pulled the same crap when the Sox were playing the Yankees last October. It was like they were getting royalties everytime they said "Nine outs away!" or brought up the thing that rhymes with Schmurse. Here's the best way I can describe it: Imagine being at a bar in college, and you're on one of those stupid hiatuses with your girlfriend. You know it's bad. You know it's probably not ending well. But when you see her hanging all over another guy, that's when you realize it's probably over. And man, does it hurt. Yeah, there's a chance she could have a change of heart and make one more run with you that night ... but probably not. Deep down, you know it.
Well, don't you get that same pit-in-the-stomach feeling as you would watching your team blow the NFC Championship Game for the third straight year? And if it is the same feeling, would you want some commentator standing next to you and saying in all seriousness, "Wow, she's doing another lemon-drop shot with that scumbag ... and right now, you're feeling a very familiar pain in your heart. It's the pain of betrayal. Hey, I'm going to the bathroom. I'll be back after this."
Seriously, wouldn't you punch him right in the face? No questions asked, right?
So why do guys do that when they're announcing games? Why not take even a token consideration into the feelings of the fans from the team with the crummy history?
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Well, don't you get that same pit-in-the-stomach feeling as you would watching your team blow the NFC Championship Game for the third straight year? And if it is the same feeling, would you want some commentator standing next to you and saying in all seriousness, "Wow, she's doing another lemon-drop shot with that scumbag ... and right now, you're feeling a very familiar pain in your heart. It's the pain of betrayal. Hey, I'm going to the bathroom. I'll be back after this."
Seriously, wouldn't you punch him right in the face? No questions asked, right?
So why do guys do that when they're announcing games? Why not take even a token consideration into the feelings of the fans from the team with the crummy history?
True