27th Aug 2002
So Much For Underdogs
A little update on an earlier blog note about underdogs: My Hungarian wife watched two weeks ago live on TV in Hungary when the Budapest team Zalaegerszeg beat the soccer legends Manchester United 1-0, and she reported with disgust that it was a terrible match and a joke that Hungary won. Thus, she seems to take some perverse pleasure in reporting to me now that that Hungary got its ass kicked in a revenge match today, 5-0. That’s Hungarians for you, the ultimate underdogs.
Meanwhile, in Harlem yesterday, the Harlem Little League All-Stars were greeted by 500 well-wishers celebrating the losing team’s sixth-place finish in the Little League World Series. After all, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. (All the Hungarians are rolling their eyes.)
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