Comments on: Say it ain’t so http://www.changeany1thing.com/livingnow/say-it-aint-so/ Seeking Progressive Social Change Sun, 01 May 2011 15:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eric http://www.changeany1thing.com/livingnow/say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Eric Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:07:49 +0000 http://www.changeany1thing.com/livingnow/say-it-aint-so/#comment-186 So THAT'S why they used to lose all those games. And I thought it was because I wasn't keeping up with my Double Whammies like my grandfather taught me. :> I hear you though, in all seriousness. Thanks for the comment! So THAT’S why they used to lose all those games. And I thought it was because I wasn’t keeping up with my Double Whammies like my grandfather taught me. :>

I hear you though, in all seriousness. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: elise http://www.changeany1thing.com/livingnow/say-it-aint-so/comment-page-1/#comment-185 elise Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:53:32 +0000 http://www.changeany1thing.com/livingnow/say-it-aint-so/#comment-185 As another obsessively passionate Met fan (why is it that Met fans are the way we are?), I totally hear you. I admit I used to listen to the FAN excessively. Fortunately this was before the advent of blogging, so there were limits to where I could go for my Met fixes. And fixes they were. Finally I realized the surrounding media circus was actually causing me personal stress, even when the team was winning. I had to cut it all off cold turkey for a while. Now I watch games, but not religiously like I used to (back when I secretly believed that they would lose if I wasn't watching ;). But I agree. The media circus is WAY over the top. The advertising and commodification are WAY over the top. You can barely see the game past all the billboards and corporate sponsorships. It batters the senses. And all the money involved. All over a GAME that people play for fun. If this kind of money were devoted to things that really matter in the world, like feeding people, clothing them and giving them good medical care. And if this kind of watchdog scrutiny and ceaseless attention were directed toward our corrupt leaders and their corporate partners . . . wow -- what a different world this would be. As another obsessively passionate Met fan (why is it that Met fans are the way we are?), I totally hear you. I admit I used to listen to the FAN excessively. Fortunately this was before the advent of blogging, so there were limits to where I could go for my Met fixes. And fixes they were. Finally I realized the surrounding media circus was actually causing me personal stress, even when the team was winning. I had to cut it all off cold turkey for a while. Now I watch games, but not religiously like I used to (back when I secretly believed that they would lose if I wasn’t watching ;) .

But I agree. The media circus is WAY over the top. The advertising and commodification are WAY over the top. You can barely see the game past all the billboards and corporate sponsorships. It batters the senses.

And all the money involved. All over a GAME that people play for fun. If this kind of money were devoted to things that really matter in the world, like feeding people, clothing them and giving them good medical care. And if this kind of watchdog scrutiny and ceaseless attention were directed toward our corrupt leaders and their corporate partners . . . wow — what a different world this would be.

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