Thursday, September 08, 2005

Net losses

Viewers who stayed up late last night were rewarded with a dramatic U.S. Open quarterfinal between Andre Agassi and James Blake.

Unless you happened to be a DirecTV subscriber on the West Coast. Or someone in the rest of the country who didn't realize it was time to flip the switch. Or someone who recorded it.

Note to overpaid TV execs: Tennis and baseball are two sports that can run late. Have a backup plan.

I remember when Agassi was a teen prodigy, and I thought, "Wow, it's really cool that someone my age can play like that." Today, I see his U.S. Open performance and think, "Wow, it's really cool that someone my age can play like that."

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