Friday, June 12, 2009

Another ridiculous Celebration

I watched what I thought at the time was a scandalous bit of celebrating by a professional, and I say Professional with loose lips! I was watching a WSB motorcycle race ,American Ben Spies last lap leading by 2 seconds over his nearest rival, 2nd to last turn he slows down and is passed and loses the race, turns out he ran out of gas and a sure win down the tubes. The eventual winner some italian meatball on a Ducati starts celebrating like he had really beaten somebody with skills and cunning maneuvers, No jackass the real winner ran out of gas and by his misfortune you were deemed the winner. The celebration that followed was an epic display of childish ranting and raving. Meanwhile Ben Spies quietly walked to his pits and readied himself for the second race of the day! Move to today, watching a Yankee game on TV and there are 2 outs and 2 on base, Alex Rodriguez at the plate 3-1 count ,down 8-7, closer KRods next pitch is popped up to the second basemen, ARod slams his bat down in disgust as the final out is all but made, the second basemen for some unknown reason drops the ball both runners running o 2 outs and both runners score to win the game for the Yankees. The celebration that followed was as ridiculous as the one descibed in the motorcycle race, they jumped and acted as if they had won game 7 of the World Series, high fives, and danced a jig as if he accomplished something. The hijinks were not fitting of the accomplishment created by the miscue of another player. Point being, if you accomplish something on your own merits, wonderful, celebrate a little and move on to the next task at hand but for Crissakes don't rant and rave at the expense of somebody elses' misfortune it's not only poor sportmanship but show little or no class. Some athletes are gifted with so much talent and sometimes are ripped off in the class and common sense dept.

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