So That's Why!

Because he hates to lose!

 One of the worst things about being a sports fan, besides having     saddled my kids with the ignominy of being Mets and Jets fans, is having to listen to the god-awful ramblings of sports announcers and commentators. The twaddle comes at you like an all out blitz and only occasionally does it registers just how stupid or downright pernicious some of their pat formulations can be. My new least favorite is, "He really hates to lose." Lately, I've heard this chestnut trotted out when they're talking about quarterbacks and trying to explain just why they're so dreamy and awesome. 


I first heard it in a Philip Rivers puff piece [a week later he went out and lost to the Raiders. At home. Rivers must have hated that!]. Then last night I had to listen to the Monday Night crew tell me how Brady hates to lose. As if that's why he's so great and not his height, arm, innate timing, talent, poise, hard work, the team around him or the [friggin] coach who put it together and schemes like Bobby Fisher. As if the rest of us who aren't elite quarterbacks or Yankee captains just love to lose; love, love, love it and that's why we lose more often than we win because we're weak. That's why we're poor, and that's why rich people are rich: because they wanted it more and deserve everything they get, so we should shut the fuck up and let them keep their god damn tax break.