Republicans Buy Sneakers, Too
NEW SOFTBALL RECAP from Pete B. is up for your enjoyment.
I bought my first-ever pair of Air Jordans while I was in Germany. Tried 'em out on Saturday playing hoops. The sneakers felt great -- probably one of the top basketball shoes of all time according to my highly scientific estimation. However, I am old as fuck, fat as hell and I am now the most unathletic I've been in my adult life. That's OK, you could probably say the same thing about Michael Jordan himself. Eerie how our lives continue to run parallel to each other.
Besides, I am now in the "crafty" stage of my athletic career.
To me, that might be the most convincing evidence that Jordan was the best ever. If you look at the original, pre-retirement Jordan of 1984-93, you might go, "Damn, that dude was the best of his era, by a long ways." Then, when he came back in 1995-1998, he had lost some of his athleticism. A lot of it, actually. He had become "crafty" -- which is a word sportwriters use to describe athletes who aren't as good as they used to be. I remember Jordan himself embracing the concept. He would say things like, "I'm a better player now than I was 5 years ago because my mental game has improved so much. I don't need to do all the high-flying stuff." Sure, he added some moves, honed his post-up game, and never lost his competitive edge. But he wasn't better. Not at all. He was worse. He shot a lower percentage, his assists were down, his defense was off a little. I would guess that the second edition Jordan was only 85% as effective as the first.
And he was still WAY better than everyone else.
I can't think of another athlete you could say that about. Maybe Larry Krystowiak. Maybe.
So I guess what I'm saying is, That Michael Jordan -- he sure was good at basketball.
As a person I pretty much dislike him all the way, though. About as genuine as A-Rod, although nobody ever seemed to care.
Blogging's been light lately because life's been heavy. I am waiting to emerge from some bullshit and when I do, life should improve, although I can't predict what impact that improvement will have on blogging. Nor do you care.
BA, suaerbraten was a good guess but Ma Bungle says she didn't have any of that while we were over there.
We are looking for a new verbungle.com tagline to replace "The information you need from the names you trust." 5 points for each decent suggestion, 2 suggestions max per person.
I bought my first-ever pair of Air Jordans while I was in Germany. Tried 'em out on Saturday playing hoops. The sneakers felt great -- probably one of the top basketball shoes of all time according to my highly scientific estimation. However, I am old as fuck, fat as hell and I am now the most unathletic I've been in my adult life. That's OK, you could probably say the same thing about Michael Jordan himself. Eerie how our lives continue to run parallel to each other.
Besides, I am now in the "crafty" stage of my athletic career.
To me, that might be the most convincing evidence that Jordan was the best ever. If you look at the original, pre-retirement Jordan of 1984-93, you might go, "Damn, that dude was the best of his era, by a long ways." Then, when he came back in 1995-1998, he had lost some of his athleticism. A lot of it, actually. He had become "crafty" -- which is a word sportwriters use to describe athletes who aren't as good as they used to be. I remember Jordan himself embracing the concept. He would say things like, "I'm a better player now than I was 5 years ago because my mental game has improved so much. I don't need to do all the high-flying stuff." Sure, he added some moves, honed his post-up game, and never lost his competitive edge. But he wasn't better. Not at all. He was worse. He shot a lower percentage, his assists were down, his defense was off a little. I would guess that the second edition Jordan was only 85% as effective as the first.
And he was still WAY better than everyone else.
I can't think of another athlete you could say that about. Maybe Larry Krystowiak. Maybe.
So I guess what I'm saying is, That Michael Jordan -- he sure was good at basketball.
As a person I pretty much dislike him all the way, though. About as genuine as A-Rod, although nobody ever seemed to care.
Blogging's been light lately because life's been heavy. I am waiting to emerge from some bullshit and when I do, life should improve, although I can't predict what impact that improvement will have on blogging. Nor do you care.
BA, suaerbraten was a good guess but Ma Bungle says she didn't have any of that while we were over there.
We are looking for a new verbungle.com tagline to replace "The information you need from the names you trust." 5 points for each decent suggestion, 2 suggestions max per person.
posted by hans q. bungle at 03:14
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