A few days ago The Sean Sullivan decided it was time to make good on our blog crossfire promise. The topic of choice My Rafa (the tennis player not the puppy...there is no other side of the Rafa Puppy debate). As a courtesy, I was sent an advance copy of the proposed post. I will quickly recap it here since TSS fails to appreciate the beauty of word economy. He posits that Rafa is good maybe great but he is missing the oh so important X factor. He takes his stance further than our typical wine and whiskey fueled Rafa vs. Federererer debate. He comments not so much against his abilities as a tennis player but his abilities as a sports hero for the generations. He conspicuously makes no mention at all of his simian good looks...I guess some things are just untouchable. In short, my counter to his argument is a resounding: BOOOOOOO.
Four years ago, I was living with my family in NJ (yes this is a recurring theme of my 20s) and happened upon a 19 year old Rafa playing an early round match at the French Open. At the time, I was neither a tennis player nor fan. It just happened to be on TV. I was transfixed. The clam-digger wearing Spaniard had me totally spell bound. Not just with his tan body, awe-inspiring arms, and out of this world fashion sense...but with his game! He was into it! He was scrambling cross court hunting down every single ball. Corner to corner, if it was returned, he was going to chase it. Good shots elicited ferocious fist pumps and guttural yells of VAMOS!!! His desire to win was palpable.
It was incredibly compelling and addictive. And that my friends, is how a tennis fan was formed. I watched the rest of that French open where he won his first slam title and rolled victoriously in the red clay of Roland Garros. Don't you tell me, Sean Sullivan, that he is no star!All this before I learned of his compelling backstory. Never left Mallorca unlike so many young tennis stars who leave their families to go train. His uncle is his coach. The kid is NOT EVEN LEFT HANDED yet plays geniuously!! His game and his humble and honest sportsmanship has caused me to watch almost every slam match he has been in since 2005. I subscribed to the Tennis Channel and got DVR to watch this guy play!!
Let's, for a moment, consider one of the "Stars" you present as a counter to My Rafa. Tiger Woods??? Agreed, he is a great golfer...probably the best ever. But is is a TOTAL freaking snooze-fest. I mean talk about boring. I have never seen him throw a club, yell, curse and he certainly does not enter the course with anything resembling blood-lust for Mickelson. Much like my Rafa, he goes out there and plays his best game hoping to win... not hoping to destroy and embarrass his opponents. I for one, really appreciate and enjoy the fact that My Rafa seems to lack the affect that besieges so many professional athletes. He seems absolutely genuine in his desire to win and his gratitude and humility when he does.
He is also wayyyy more attractive than any of those other fools you mentions.
Advantage: Nadal.
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I would like to point out that I have seen tiger throw a club. I also disagree that tiger does not want to destroy his opponents. Everytime Tiger plays he wants to destroy his opponents by 15 and curses like crazy when he hits bad shots. Both rafi and federer act like coming in 2nd place was a great tourney. Tiger openly states that it was a complete disapointment and a failure!!
Rafi sux!! I got your back Sean!!
Sooo you got me...I don't watch a lot of golf. But as for the coming in second place is ok business well that's just not true. Federererer after wimbledon: "Probably my hardest loss, by far; I mean it’s not much harder than this right now...I’m disappointed, and I’m crushed...This is a disaster. Paris was nothing in comparison". And, well, Rafa hasn't really lost anything big in a while...
Sully, keep your goons out of my comment section. No further Rafa bashing will be tolerated. Consider yourselves warned.
Steve, thanks for having my back.
Carly, this is an open forum. The readers are expressing themselves. Let it be known in no way did I tell someone to post a comment on your blog.
TSS 1
Carly Pumpkin 0
My rebuttal - see TSS blog.
http://theseansullivan.blogspot.com/2009/06/round-1-rebuttal.html
Sorry CB, I'm going to have to back up the boys on the Tiger issue. The man played with a torn ACL!!! He persevered through the pain of tearing your ACL (which I unfortunately have experienced very recently)Every time hit he winced and by god I think he won that tourney. Every time he loses he gets pissed and makes no excuses. Tiger is shall we say...a ruthless competitor. Give golf a whirl. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how vicious it can get. Mind games galore. These guys travel with shrinks because they are so tormented.
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