The World Series of the US
January 17th 2008 11:16
I'm off to the United States of America for a while.
And it gets me thinking - if sport is a metaphor for everything, then is it really so blindingly, effingly obvious that the US plays sports that others don't?
American Football - the eponymous nature of the name is reflected by our own Australian Rules
Basketball - for all its global appeal, still done biggest and best in the States
Baseball - apart from Korea, Japan and Cuba, there can't be many other countries that give the proverbial about this game.
Ice Hockey - Snowy countries are into this for understandable reasons, but it does raise an eyebrow or two when you see a team from Dallas in this competition.
Athletics - 'nuff said.
Yes, the World Series of any of these is guaranteed for success for the US, success they can't guarantee in other fields.
But who really gets pleasure from winning it all, when not all are involved?
I suspect the answer is, they are not aware others are not involved.
We'll see if it's that simple.
Stay tuned.
And it gets me thinking - if sport is a metaphor for everything, then is it really so blindingly, effingly obvious that the US plays sports that others don't?
American Football - the eponymous nature of the name is reflected by our own Australian Rules
Basketball - for all its global appeal, still done biggest and best in the States
Baseball - apart from Korea, Japan and Cuba, there can't be many other countries that give the proverbial about this game.
Ice Hockey - Snowy countries are into this for understandable reasons, but it does raise an eyebrow or two when you see a team from Dallas in this competition.
Yes, the World Series of any of these is guaranteed for success for the US, success they can't guarantee in other fields.
But who really gets pleasure from winning it all, when not all are involved?
I suspect the answer is, they are not aware others are not involved.
We'll see if it's that simple.
Stay tuned.
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