So I'm perusing thru some websites as I'm apt to do after lunch, and the headline on Yahoo! reads: "Alex Rodriguez delivers heroic performance"
here's the link: http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=jp-arod090507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
WHAT???
It's a sprained ankle, people. Believe me, had he played for the Red Sox and this crap came out, I can only hope I'd say the same thing. When is a sprained ankle heroic? It's time we stop using this word for things that aren't heroic at all. Same with the words brave and courage. Enough already.
You know who is brave, courageous, and heroic? Police officers, Firemen, and people in our military. They literally don't know what could happen from minute to minute.
The last athlete I saw do anything remotely heroic was Derek Fisher. To keep his mind in a playoff game knowing his 11 month old daughter was struggling with cancer, that, I assume, would be tough. A sprained ankle, please. I played thru most of my jr. year of high school with them. Tape 'em up and go play. Do I get to be labeled a hero? Not freakin' likely. Because I did nothing heroic, not even in my own mind. I played....and it wasn't even my job.
That's all this is for A-Rod, it's a job, it's how he earns a living.
Please, I'm damn near begging the media on this one, stop yourself from using those words, it's cheapening them for those that truly deserve it.
1 comment:
To do something heroic, I would think you would have to risk your life to help another living creature! So for 6 years, when I had a sprained ankle and STILL did gymnastics, I was actually a hero?
See, I hate Arod! I ran into a house that was on fire once to make sure everyone got out, and I still dont' think that was heroic! Arod is a pussy!
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