Ugly Americans, my ass

I don’t know what’s worse–that the NYT prints this drivel, or that I have to read about it in Pressian.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on January 6, 2006 at 8:24 pm, filed under Completely Random Crap. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

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  1. Kimbob your flag
    Posted January 6, 2006 at 11:28 pm | Permalink

    It was a same question pertaining to LA Dodgers, Korean pitcher Seo Jae-woong. His arm is tired because last year he pitched very good, but he was coming off a serious injury previous year. He needed a rest to prepare for the coming season and so he was balking at competing for the international competition. But in the end pressure of nationalism won out and he gave in to pitch for Korea.

    I think this illustrates how difficult it is for sports stars from Korea, playing internationally abroad. The pressure is so great to succeed because basically they are representing Korea. That can’t have a positive effect on their performances that are under severe pressure and stress of an entire nation. If Korea would just let them perform without all this pressure and just enjoy sports for what it is, wouldn’t that make Korean athletes perform better?

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