Very pleased about Cards' win in World Series.
Friend from Netherlands points out novel explanation for otherwise hard to understand collapse by Los Tigres.
This is hard to say, but the Tigers suffered from....well, from ISMU, right at the top.
As you probably know, if you have watched those ads on TV, ISMU stands for "Inconsistent Sports Metaphor Usage," and it can be heartbreaking. Sports figures lose control of their metaphors, and sometimes it takes several large towels to clean up.
Here is what happened: Regarding Kenny Rogers' 'it's only a wad of dirt on my hand' incident, Tigers manager Jim Leyland had this reaction:
...Leyland declined to get involved in the debate, saying, "I'm not going to chew yesterday's breakfast."
And then, as we learn in the same article, Tiger first coach Andy Van Slyke, trying to follow suit with his boss Leyland and disregard the controversy as irrelevant, gives up his own breakfast metaphor, but ends up messing things up, badly:
"...I'm not accusing Kenny of cheating, that's not what I'm saying. To me, it's like yesterday's breakfast. I want to throw it back up."
Poor Tigers never had a chance after that. ISMU at the very top of the organization, a rot that must be cut out and cleaned.
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