March 24, 2014
Fabiola Santiago
The Miami Herald
3511 NW 91st Avenue
Miami, FL 33172

RE: Play Ball! – Some follow up on the unfairness of it all particularly when it comes to chicks playing ball games.

Ms. Santiago,

My note of 3/22/14 to you would normally prove to be a deuced difficult lily to gild. Not impossible.

I begin by saying that I am a big fan of lady basketball. I like it for the differences, not the stretched similarities.

The ladies are not athletic ubermenschen. They do not fly, Icarus-like, pursuing an Alley-Oop slam dunk. They must, by virtue of their physical limitations, paly a more controlled, a more disciplined, a smarter game. Having played and coached long before the 3 point shot and the 35 second shot clock it is a game with which I am more familiar and comfortable,

Surely the superior coaching skills of Pat Summit and Geno Auriemma are self-evident. Still, I can’t help but wonder is he has ever been tossed into a shower by his Husky bitches.

Which brings us full circle to a tough issue.

Women reporters have full, unfettered access to all NFL and NBA locker rooms.

Are there any guys sniffing out the tension and friction present in a losing locker room, particularly if there is no need for a urinal?

I watched DePaul play, I think, Oklahoma, at Cameron Arena at Duke University. A lot of fans were disguised as empty seats. When was the last time anyone saw an empty seat when the boys are playing there?

There was a tennis match 40 years ago between Billie Jean King, reigning tennis champion, and Bobby Riggs who was about to start his second decade on Medicare.






In the drive for equality how about a Nadal or a Federer going up against a most steatyagynous Billie Jean? Although Riggs lost I think he won 5 sets in a 2 out of 3 match. Assuming that BJK could get her ax handle and a half wide ass on to a court I would give long odds that she would not score a point. Longer still for her to be able to return a serve.

Speaking of ladies playing tennis, could tell me why they all sound like they are auditioning for a C- skin flick when they serve?

Next up…distaff bare back bronco bull riding.




Kevin Smith