there is no hero
more important than the goat
triumph and defeat
Adapted from the paragraph:
Yet the heart of the gig is straightforward. “It’s storytelling,” Esocoff says. “My job is to make the audio and the video match as closely as I can.” He clings to pillars of classic narrative: cause and effect, triumph and defeat. “If the QB hits the receiver for 75 yards up the seam, it’s probably because he had plenty of time to throw. So we’re going to find a shot that shows you the pass protection. You want to show both sides of an event. I always say, the hero on a play is no more important than the goat.
From the article, Behind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show On TV by Jody Rosen, in the New York Times on Dec. 2. 2023.
The most spectacular show is Sunday Night Football for those too young to remember Monday Night Football or the College game of the week when only ONE game was on.
But the rule stays the same.
For every winner, there is a loser.
Despite the little league participation trophy, some one goes home unhappy.
Sometimes I think this might be a better place if this was held to a little more often of late.
Sure sure Bobby Thompson hit the home run that led to the famous radio call, ‘the GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT – THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT.’
But it was Ralph Branca who through the pitch that led to the home run and took the Brooklyn Dodgers out of the World Series.
I am reminded of a story that I cannot find, that Bill Veeck always wanted to have an old timers game and arrange for Bobby Thompson to face Ralph Branca one more time.
Veeck said he wanted to do it just to see if Branca would bean Thompson.
Talk about must see TV.
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