Comments on: Thin Line Between Love and Buckner: Lawrence Tynes, Jerome Bettis, Bill Russell & the Absurdity of Scapegoatism

By: teapots

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By: Bugs & Cranks » Rounding The Bases: Who’s The Real Mr. Big Shot?

Bugs & Cranks » Rounding The Bases: Who’s The Real Mr. Big Shot? — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:51:05 +0000

[...] Lawrence Tynes and his shaky leg might get you thinking about Bill Buckner, Donnie Moore and Byung-Hyun Kim. [Cosellout] [...]

By: Temple3

Temple3 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:11:39 +0000

Nice job Modi. Thought provoking stuff…I didn’t know about Russell’s pass hitting the wire.

By: MODI

MODI — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:51:08 +0000

Okori, correct away!!! …I’m not so sure about the Bartman thing…

awb, the Troy Palamalu call is the worst football call that I have seen in my lifetime considering that it was OVERTURNED and pivotal point in a playoff game…

By: awb

awb — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:41:24 +0000

What was really bad about the Colts/Steelers game was the overturning of Troy Palamalu’s obvious interception(that the ref’s later apologized for). Game should have been over right there. Instead, they had to rely on a frikkin’ miracle from Ben Rothlilthlislthlisberger.

By: Okori

Okori — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:39:26 +0000

first: and i hate to be Chris Correction here but it’s Doug Brien, not Doug O’Brien.

Secondly: As a Chisox fan did I have a little laugh when that happened with Bartman? Yeah. But I think Cubs fans realize now that Bartman didn’t really have anything to do with what happened.

By: MODI

MODI — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:49:35 +0000

SML, yeah, I thought of O’Brien too. I always liked Herm as a coach for the first 58 minutes of the game… But also Gary Anderson during the Randy moss’s rookie year the Vikes were 15-1. His only miss keeps the Vikes out of the Super Bowl. Tough one.

I guess people need a human face for all their frustration. My problem with Buckner as scapegoat is that it was really media-driven. The media could have educated the public on the error but never chose to do that. It was shocking how many people that I have talked too through the years who had no idea that Boston could have still easily lost had Buckner made the play…

Oh and about Bartman… that is bullshit… EVERY single fan around him was reaching for that same ball…. EVERY SINGLE ONE… that should tell us that it has something to do with human nature… as much as I would like to say that I would have been a better fan than Bartman, I could only guess that i would have instinctively acted the same way…

By: stopmikelupica

stopmikelupica — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:34:48 +0000

Great post on a great topic. I feel like there is more on this subject that could be mined, but… yeah, I absolutely agree with you. Especially on the rooting for Tynes part; I dislike the Giants, but watching that game… I think back to Doug O’Brien a few years back (right before Big Ben’s tackle, perhaps?) for the Jets “blowing” two field goals that could have won the game. But in my mind, the biggest mistake in that situation was Coach Edwards not trying to get closer in both situations, and settling for a pair of 40+ yard field goals from a kicker whose % drops quickly at that distance.

And I’m sure there are lots of other examples both ways – people who could have been legendary goats, and people who shouldn’t have been (Bartman? Please, he was one play in a 7-run inning!) as badly as they were.

By: Football » Lawrence Tynes, Bill Buckner, & The Absurdity of Sports Scapegoatism

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:08:54 +0000

[...] MODI wrote a fantastic post today on “Lawrence Tynes, Bill Buckner, & The Absurdity of Sports Scapegoatism”Here’s ONLY a quick extractAll game this New York Jets fan had been rooting for the Green Bay Packersâ€¦ rooting for Brett Favreâ€™s career story book endingâ€¦ and rooting for â€œThe Unforgivenâ€ script where the old veteran gunslinger takes on one more duel with the … [...]