I’m not really sure what the problem is, but the coverage of the
Olympics here in Afghanistan has been really shoddy. For real. Every day I go
to the DFAC and I just hope that they’ll be showing some great Olympic
event. Any event? Go ahead and ruin it and tell me who wins the gold! A commercial? And everyday I’m greeted by all three
TV’s playing baseball. Which I'm not even sure counts as a sport.
Proof That It Is Not: In one of my classes we were reading
the Great Gatsby and it references the 1919 World Series. Being the super great
teacher, I did some research to see if anyone really had tried to cheat and
rig the series just as Fitzgerald was claiming. Someone did so I got really
excited. And there I am, knee deep in my explanation of how indeed, this really
did happen—zomg! So cool, huh?!—when a student interrupts. “The World Series of
Poker has been around for that long?”
See? Baseball doesn’t even exist in Vegas. Thus it is not a sport--play me some
Olympics! After all, they're pretty much the entire reason we invented TV in the
first place.
Moment to Brag: Pretty sure my fantasy baseball team is
winning. I can’t log into ESPN to check however, so I can neither prove nor
disprove said statement.
Apology: I really do love baseball. It’s America’s pastime.
I just think if you’re going to skip the world’s greatest athletes competing
for the title of “Best Eva (for the next four years)” then you need to play an “on
TV” exciting sport in lieu of said amazingness.
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| Yea, they invented TV so we can all watch the Olympics. Trust me. I've been there. |
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