Tony Gwynn was trying to explain the other day why so few African-Americans play baseball anymore. Well, he said, baseball is perceived as boring. Tony Gwynn himself is the greatest hitter of our time. Plus, he's a gentleman of the first order. He took a breath.
Nobody wants to see such a boring genius.
Can't box, but promoters were lined up to vie for his next fight as soon as Iron Mike got out of jail the other day. TV networks can't get enough wrestling. Neither is Shaquille O'Neal boring. All season long, NBC showed Shaq's Lakers team to the exclusion of all others. But free throws are boring.