For What Its Worth
By Mitch Berg
JB Doubtless writes about Bob Costas:
Bob Costas Is A Pompous, Effete, East Coast WASPGoes without saying right?
Well, maybe and maybe not.
I mean, I’m not sure that a sportscaster’s Christian denomination has been much of an issue at least since 1971, when Pete “The Papist” Pike – unsuccessful play-by-play announcer for the ABA’s Pittsburgh Condors on KDKA Radio – was accused of getting his color commentary directly from Rome.
“WASP?” I don’t think I’ve seen someone described as a “WASP” outside of a MAD magazine or some neurotic Jewish comic or another’s routine since the 1970’s.
But for what it’s worth, Costas was raised Catholic, the child of Greek-Irish parents.
So I guess he’d be a “Pompous Effete East Coast WIGC”?
June 18th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Oh, Bob just likes the big words. Now if this was about Bryant Gumble…..I can see why people get worked up about that jackass. To bad Greg wasnt an only child. But Costas is ok once you get used to him. After all, maybe someone out in radio land want to know who the backup shortstop was for the 1919 red sox.
June 18th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
JB’s pretentious regular guyness is tiresome. We get it, JB. You don’t like people with the fancy book larnin’. Why don’t you go take a dip in the ce-ment pond and stop annoying the rest of the world?
June 18th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I hate to point out a mistake, Mitch. But that was Pete “The Kike” Pike.
June 19th, 2007 at 8:34 am
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Dominic Papam.