Super Bowl XLVI 打完，New York Giants 球員的英雄事蹟被 New York 及其他地方的媒體廣泛討論自然不在話下，而Boston 的媒體檢討他們自己球隊的失敗是再拿手不過的事情了 (thanks to the Red Sox teams before 2004)。在這一堆討論裡，WSJ 有這樣一篇文章出來：
WSJ, 2/9/2012, "Gisele's Super-Sized Super Gaffe" BY JASON GAY.
Gisele Bundchen 是 Victoria Secret 出身的 super model，現在應該已經沒有約了。她曾經幾次成為全世界收入最高的 model，我記得曾經在 Forbes 上看到過有一年她跟 Milla Jovovich 並列第一名的時候收入大約是 $10mn 左右。她的老公在職業運動界名氣可能更大，New England Patriots 的 QB Tom Brady。Brady 進入名人堂是絕對沒有問題的。大家討論的是他在歷史上的定位，跟 Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, John Elway, Troy Aikman 這些人比較時的順序。
這次的事情是這樣的，在 Patriots 輸球以後，有個 Giants 球迷在退場時看到了 Gisele Bundchen，對她吼說 "Eli owns your husband!" Eli Manning 是 Giants 的 QB。2008 年的 Super Bowl 也是這兩隊對決，那一年 Patriots 以全勝戰績挺進 Super Bowl，Giants 是以 wild card 身分進入季後賽，結果在最後一分鐘 Giants 反敗為勝，第一次打進 Super Bowl 的 Eli 成為 MVP，手上已有三枚冠軍戒指的 Tom Brady 空手回家。這次是兩隊在 2008 年後首度進入 Super Bowl。雖然 Patriots 不像 2008 年那樣所向無敵，他們今年的 defense team 問題不少，是他們的教練 Belichick 努力拼湊起來的，但是也仍然有 13-3 的戰績。反觀 Giants，他們一整季受到球員受傷和球隊低潮影響，最後勉強以 9-7 的戰績『溜』進季後賽。他們季後賽每一場的對手戰績都比他們好，連 wild card 球隊都有比他們更好的戰績。如果說這兩次 Giants 都是 underdog 應該大部分的人會贊成（這一次會有一些不同聲音，不過贊成的應該還是多不少）。最後的結果跟四年前一樣，Giants 在最後一分鐘反敗為勝，Eli Manning 成為 MVP。
Gisele Bundchen 對於粗魯的紐約球迷的回應是
My husband cannot fucking throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times.足球的 "brotherhood" 可能比起其他球類來講要強，這話出來不管在哪一種運動都是大不諱，足球更不在話下。Tom Brady 自己就不會犯這種錯，不過 Gisele Bundchen 顯然沒有這種認知。她其實說得沒有錯，但是終究是說了不該說的話。
在這篇 WSJ 報導的 comments 裡面有幾個人的留言相當精彩。如果要幽默一點，Gisele 可以說 "No, Eli Manning does not own my husband, I do." 我想每個人都曾經經歷過一些讓自己相當情緒化的場面，絕大多數靠嘴皮子謀生的人都不見得能夠在那當下想出這麼好的回答，因此我們最好的回應大概是如另外一則留言裡面引述的 Abraham Lincoln 的話（這句話其實有很多出處，包括 George Eliot, Mark Twain，不過文字稍有不同）：
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
11 comments:
我覺得Gisele這次也是倒楣，她那句不當發言(雖然說Pat那天真的漏了很多關鍵球沒錯...)也是私下跟朋友抱怨被側錄下來罷了。整件事這樣鬧下來，我想最鬱悶＋尷尬的莫過於Tom Brady本人了吧
這樣說固然沒錯，不過除非真正發生什麼非常不幸的事情，否則我是絕對不會同情 Tom Brady 的。XD
You knew this was going to happen...here is the come-backer from Brandon Jacobs during the Giants' ticker tape parade in NYC:
"She(Gisele) just needs to continue to be cute and shut up."
Hope he didn't say the same thing to his wife/girlfriend....
BTW, the Giants are so yesterday's news. Linsanity is the latest rage in professional sports these days. Is Jeremy Lin now the Tim Tebow of NBA? And you know you are hot when TMZ "reporters" start following you around.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/09/ny-knicks-sensation-jeremy-lin-my-couch-sleeping-days-are-over/#.TzQ3mk7y_AI
Well, I'm a baseball-football kind of guy. There is nothing between Super Bowl and pitchers/catchers reporting to camp to me.
I was a Knicks fan 10 years ago, and I quit being a fan when Jeff Van Gundy quit. It's not that I'm a big fan of Van Gundy, it's that lousy team just gave up. I was so sorry that I was one of those fans booed Ewing out of New York. He was old and cannot contribute anymore, no doubt about that. However, he seemed to take the team's spirit with him. I don't mind my team losing, but I don't care about them if they don't.
I never watched another NBA game since that December in 2001. In fact, I start losing interest around the time Camby hit Van Gundy on the face.
It seems Lin has the brain and the skill. We'll see if he has the stamina to last the whole season or the rest of it. If Knicks get back to the Finals, I might start watching some NBA games again.
>>We'll see if he has the stamina to last the whole season or the rest of it<<
Right on. I will be very surprised if Lin's body holds up for the entire NBA season.
Regarding the Knicks, it was/is all about the management. Isiah Thomas was a poor general manager, and he didn't built a "built-to-last" organization.
I had a discussion with a friend a few years on the topic of the baseball record that will most likely never be broken. We finally agreed on the same thing. I know you are a serious baseball aficionado, CCLu, what's your view on this?
To Ben,
Lin had a great game yesterday against Lakers, but I still don't have any interest watching an NBA game. I hope he can change that, but I will not cross my fingers and hold my breath.
Unbreakable baseball record? It got to be some pitching records in the dead ball era. Most people will go for the career win record of Cy Young (511 wins), but I'll opt for his losing record (316 losses) instead.
Although it is unlikely that a genius can win 25 games or more every season for more than 20 years, no one would stop him if such a guy shows up. There is no way a modern day GM or manager will let his player lose 15 games or more for 20 years. Even if we go back to the four-man rotation, that's about 40 starts and 30-32 decisions each season, 15 losses or more still don't constitute a good winning record. With only 34 starts and 25-27 decisions every year, losing 15 games is simply unbearable.
This Linsanity fever is spreading fast, especially after last night's 38 point performance against the Lakers. Even NPR did a segment on him this morning.
I think I need to rephrase my baseball question. Cy Young has many records (i.e. complete games) that will probably never be broken, but that was also a very different era in baseball. Which modern day baseball record will likely never be broken? And I consider modern day baseball generally the era after spitball is outlawed(but never forgotten:) in 1920 and after the black sox scandal in 1919.
In that case, I'll go for Nolan Ryan's career strike out record. Current day pitchers don't last that long and do not pitch that many innings each season. Not to mention it is hard to keep a 9.5 SO/9 for the whole career.
Ricky Henderson's career SB record is another one I'll pick. Modern baseball does not encourage runners to steal as often as in the past. If you must rank, Ryan is number one, Henderson is number 2.
I don't think we'll ever see Joe D's record being broken, nor shall we see someone's more durable than Ripken Jr., but all these will take is a freak of nature. The system does not work against these things. I put Charlie Hustle's career hit record in this category too.
Interesting. Nolan was an idol of mine when I was in high school, and I had watched him pitch in person many times. For someone played as long as he did, it is too bad that he didn't have more wins.
Our conclusion was Joltin Joe's 56-game hitting streak, for the simple fact that it was such a statistical anomaly. We considered all the records that you mentioned, but thought longevity played an important and perhaps over-emphasizing role. Regarding Pete Rose's record, If Ichiro had played his entire career here in the U.S., he might have a decent chance of breaking the all-time hit record.
Ted William was the last man to hit .400 in baseball, and I am surprised that nobody has been able to do it again since, even though Tony Gwynn came close.
To Ben,
I know that record of the Yankee Clipper is a statistical anomaly, but what it takes is a freak of nature to accomplish that deal. Strike that, it might just take a very very lucky sob. I pick something with a freak of nature and he has to overcome the current system as well.
It requires another Ichiro who starts his career in the U.S. and out of high school to surpass Charlie Hustle's record. I don't think I'll see this record being broken in my life either, but I believe it is more likely than seeing another Ryan.
Seriously, we are debating something happened only once and we are probably not going to live long enough to see them happening again. No one can be the judge for this. Whatever probability we attach to these events, it is hard to prove or disprove them.
>>Seriously, we are debating something happened only once and we are probably not going to live long enough to see them happening again. No one can be the judge for this. Whatever probability we attach to these events, it is hard to prove or disprove them.<<
Speak for yourself, CCLu, I plan to live for another 100 years:))
In all seriousness, I couldn't agree with you more here, and that's why they call baseball the thinking man's game.
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