Sports Illustrated has a Pop Culture Grid every week in which they ask a group of professional athletes a number of questions to see how plugged in they are. It is clearly filler fluff but sometimes amusing. I usually read it at some point.
I've noticed a disturbing trend about baseball players though. A common question is what book they want to read or alternately, a recent book they enjoyed. THE MOST COMMON RESPONSE???:??? "I don't read books." I don't think I've seen any other athlete respond like that. And to be fair not all of the ball players do. BUT - please at least pretend to read. It makes us wonder about illiterate millionaires who do little but play playstation, inject performance enhancing drugs and diddle groupies (unless the aforementioned drugs have caused "shrinkage.)" That may be reality but its not a picture I expect you want us to have. Even Dr Suess's Go Dog Go would be a better response.
And its not limited to reading. Asked this weekwhich musician he'd like to be, Jason Marquis responded Billy Joel. Billy f.......n Joel?!?!! Maybe Barry Bonds wants to be Barry Manilow. Mark McGuire - Vanilla Ice??? C'mon please. Ian Kinsler, the Texas rookie, responded Justin Timberlake. Justin f.....n Timberlake?!?>! Ian - buddy - he's not a musician. He is one step up from Milli Vanilli in the musical food chain.
The Commissioners office should intervene and either screen responses or appoint responders. This has got to stop!
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