Thursday, July 12, 2007
WHY, INDEED?
Why does Jeanne Zelasko get to be snotty about Barry Bonds? But let me not be sexist; why do so many tedious unworthy men get to be snotty about Barry Bonds? Still, at times like that I find myself thinking: Why hasn’t feminism produced a woman paid by sports networks who’s worth listening to about baseball? Why hasn’t baseball?
—Baseball fan and San Franciscan Joan Walsh in Salon on the All Star Game
[FWIW, Joan *is* a woman who’s worth listening to about baseball; regrettably she doesn’t write about it that often these days.]
[I was heartened to learn that the Portwalk at AT&T Park was open, and free, during the festivities.]
Posted by Caryn at 01:18 AM
Excellent quote and excellent post. My wife cannot stand Zelasko even more than me and she asks the same question as to why there aren’t more decent women sportscasters out there.