Re: Is a tie in a major event a good thing or a bad thing?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ubiquitous Bob) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Nicklaus makes gentleman's decision
> by MIKE GREEN, Associated Press 
> Jack Nicklaus made a decision Sunday that will add to the luster of
> his legend.
> ...
> So why is a draw a good and noble thing in golf, but bad in a baseball
> All Star game?

If I wanted to talk football, I could have located a different group
than this. :)

So let me rephrpase, and see whether I can tease out some discussion
on the point I thought was central: why is MLB's PR so poor that a tie
in an All Star exhibition game draws a snap reaction of "see?!? here
is why baseball is dying, lazy ballplayers, incompetent commissioner,
yadda yadda" from the opinion shapers in the media, while a tie in an
important golf tournament adds luster in the eyes of at least this one
writer?  (I haven't kept up with further golfing reports to see
whether there has emerged an anti-Nicklaus backlash by now.)

The easy answer is to say that it's not the same individuals who
bashed baseball and lauded golf for their respective ties, so there's
no direct double standard; but does it go no deeper than that?


"Can't say I'm surprised to see YOU here, Ubiquitous Bob."