chatting w/ adam about sports
10:23 AM me: so
biggest sports bust in the last 2 years
10:24 AM i.e. overhyped
Tacologic: barry bonds
he epitomizes most things that are wrong with baseball/sports
10:25 AM me: i was thinking michelle wei
Tacologic: golf is never super hyped
me: it is if you read a lot of golf
and i think it is, you just have no interest in it
Tacologic: well anything is hyped if you read about it all the time, but compared to other sports in america, no
10:26 AM me: see i think you are wrong
you say barry bonds
10:27 AM and you reason that he epitomizes most things that are wrong with baseball/sports
while that is not incorrect
Tacologic: he's over hyped, and not even very good
me: he still has the records
Tacologic: he cheated
and he can't find a team
me: where michelle wie
everyone says she's insane
and she's flopped every time
10:28 AM being a cheater and being overhyped are 2 different things
and i'm pretty sure it's tough to call a veteran overhyped
dead man walking, sure
past his prime
Tacologic: when he was nearing the record, it was everywhere
sports news, regular news... everywhere
me: and then he got the record
10:29 AM Tacologic: yup
me: how is that overhyped
Tacologic: if you don't think the record is newsworthy or even a big deal it is
me: this is good i'm going to LJ it
Tacologic: cool
10:30 AM me: so you don't think the home run record is newsworthy?
Tacologic: maybe slightly
10:31 AM but not nearly close to as much as it was hyped
me: so what do you consider newsworthy?
Tacologic: and especially not because he cheated
i think that's a good reason to underhype it
me: well now you're adding speculation
Tacologic: oh come on
me: not that i disagree at all
10:32 AM but at the time it was still considered only speculation
and
you're also viewing it in the rear view
which means you're not being objective
Tacologic: if you say a question is "in the past two years" it's all going to be rear view
10:33 AM me: thats just time frame
not a retrospective
10:34 AM Tacologic: i see
me: and also, everyone knows barry bonds is shit and was only playing to get the record because it was an inevitability
so saying barry bonds is overhyped i think doesn't fit completely here
but i see ti
Tacologic: nods
10:35 AM me: like
a-rod
saying he's overhyped
would be more understandable
or
steve nash
or tiger woods
i fucking hate roger federer
Tacologic: lol
i know
terrell owens
10:36 AM me: olympics
SPEED SWIMMING
wtf
but barry bonds?
i disagree
10:37 AM Tacologic: right i got that ;)
me: TO is kinda, right?
10:38 AM Tacologic: kinda huh?
me: i thought romo was
TO is overhyped?
what's the diff of overhyped to overrated here?
almost none, right?
Tacologic: i'm thinking about his last season with the eagles specifically
where he held out, and complained
and was eventually released
it went on and on and on and on
10:39 AM me: i always find it strange
when you have these people
who basically have a VORP of 0
10:40 AM and become insane at what they do
just because of the opportunity warranted
Tacologic: yeah...
10:41 AM me: like romo
10:42 AM Tacologic: i didn't think he was overhyped other than the girl he was dating in the playoffs
10:46 AM me: i used to think brady was
now i just want to be him
Tacologic: lol