Obviously the writer of this article is also a TT Warehouse forum troll.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3084859&name=tennis
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3084859&name=tennis
The article was obviously tongue-in-cheek and made use of various cliches that are floating around tennis these days (like how weak the competition is), but I have to say that I'm sometimes disappointed by Peter Bodo. I think he should slow down, write a little less, and focus on quality. Sometimes he does great stuff, but that was pointless, humorless fluff.
Err.. why is the writer a troll?
From what I read, he is pointing out what "Federer haters" are saying to discredit Federer. He is not making any of those claims himself....(at least from what is written in that article)
maybe he's ironical ?... that's more probable... but even in this case, the poor guy isn't even so funny.Man, you'd think Roger kicked that guy's dog or something.....
Clinching #1 in Basel over Neiminen has nothing to do with winning three of the four slams and a handful of Master's series events.....
I think it's good that clinching came in Basel.....more satisfaction that it was solidified on his home turf.
(BTW - I'm not as much of a Federer lover as some people here, but that blog entry is a bit venomous)
It may just be that the reading comprehension of the average uhm..."reader" is so poor these days that they are unable to identify humor in print. Bodo, at the VERY BEGINNING of the article, indicated that this was tongue-in-cheek, but apparently, several people posting in this thread so far missed that.GOD, the man is just being sarcastic.. Peter Bodo has written lots of articles in praise of Fed.. Why is it that a sense of humor is rare nowadays?
It may just be that the reading comprehension of the average uhm..."reader" is so poor these days that they are unable to identify humor in print. Bodo, at the VERY BEGINNING of the article, indicated that this was tongue-in-cheek, but apparently, several people posting in this thread so far missed that.