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The Re-Hash
I was flipping channels the other evening and happened upon Cardinal manager Tony La Russa discussing that evening's game with reporters.
It's what Tony does after most -- if not all -- games, all 162 of them. This is something that is peculiar to sports. The re-hash.
"Tell me Tony, what we're you thinking when you had Molina steal third."
"Why did you do such and such Tony?"
"When do you think so and so will be back in the line up from his injury, Tony?"
Tony never looks particular excited about this Q & A. I'm not sure I would either especially when you happen to have made a bad decision -- at least as far as the media is concerned -- and they rake the manager over the coals of public opinion.
On those times, I would just like La Russa to spat to the side of the room and say "It happens. Next question." Where "It" is not "it," but a slightly longer and more profane expression.
Watching the Cardinal manager's press conference made me wonder how it would be like if other jobs had "press conferences" to re-hash their day on the job and not just coaches..
Bob the French fry guy at McDonalds: "My shift was pretty much the same until we opened the box of 10 pound box of frozen fries and there were only 9.5 pounds. That was something else."
Or Phyllis, a clerk at Rhodes: "We stayed busy. Busy is good. Some *** tried to drive off on pump 3, but I got the ******* plates. It was a good shift."
Or Brad, a community blogger: "I dunno what the heck I was thinking when I wrote that particular blog. I came home from working all day and had dinner with my wife. I then mowed the lawn and after I took a shower I watched a little TV with a Yuengling Black & Tan. Then I just started typing on the laptop. Words came out and I posted them online. It happens."
Of course, "It" is not "it," but a slightly longer and more profane expression.
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