Comments on: Is there a such thing as “too good”?

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Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:31:34 +0000

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By: Duane

Duane — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:36:08 +0000

Apparently, I must have been right )

By: memer

memer — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:38:26 +0000

p.s. didja *have* to throw in the Liberalism bit? Sheesh, you guys never miss a trick, eh?

By: memer

memer — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:35:40 +0000

Bill has a small point. It WOULD be good for Tiger’s image for him to win a few majors coming from behind. Can’t hurt, anyway. But he’s wrong about him never having to sweat a win. Did he forget already how Tiger nearly messed up his win at the Master’s this year? Tiger bogeyed the last two holes and had to earn his win in a playoff. Lots of sweating there no matter who says different. So it’s happened. I guess Bill’s concern is now that Tiger’s back in the, erm, swing of things again, he’ll start winning majors again like he used to, playing catch me if you can.

I should speak for myself, but I suspect Black people are more interested in a crushing victory than White folk. Did we want Liston to win on points? Jackie Robinson to hit .250 lifetime? Nope. We want the trailblazer to burn em up. Only certain White people want “competiton.” Me, I’ll take a win any way he gets em, but when it’s a strong, clear victory, I do a fist pump with him.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:13:07 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how the media portrays Tiger. Whether he wins or loses he’s being scrutinized. When he wins he’s boring and when he loses (even when he comes in a close 2nd or 3rd consistently) he’s in a slump and the they’re all over him.

Of course the obvious question here is whether or not he would be treated by the media the same way if he was of a lighter hue.

By: James

James — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:10:42 +0000

Women’s tennis was said to be boring a few years ago when the Williams sisters were winning a overwhelming majority of the tournaments.

By: Keith Harris

Keith Harris — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:54:01 +0000

It is obvious that this guy has never picked up a club in his life. If he had he would know the difficulty of accomplising what Tiger has done over these years. Anyone who knows anything about the tour knows that to win you have to outwork everyone else, Tiger has consistently outworked the competition. If he has been watching Tiger for the last two years he would know that he has been in somewhat of a slump since his partting of ways with his coach (Butch Harmon).