I guess there's a first time for
everything.
Later today I'm gonna do something I've
never done before. I'm gonna do something I've never even
considering doing, nor have had the actual ability to do. And yet,
I'm gonna do it. What is that “it”, you ask? Well, I answer...
I'm going on a sports talk show because
I'm an “expert”.
Let me guess—you just did a spit take
with your morning coffee, right? I know I would. But it's true.
Little old me, the person who knows mostly nothing about sports, will
be a guest on our little brother ESPN U.P. talking about, of all
things, the Bundesliga.
And here you thought my trips to
Germany were a waste.
As I wrote last Friday the Bundesliga
starts playing this Saturday. Their games are shown in the US, and
will probably be watched by more people than usual because, aside
from Korean baseball, there's nothing else available, live
sports-wise, in the US. So Tanner, who hosts “The Sportspen”
every day, figured he'd try to educate the audience on the teams and
personalities in the Bundesliga and figured that because I went to
see a game in person last year I'm that expert.
Jim Koski, Sports Expert. Guess I'm
gonna need new business cards now.
I still can't stop laughing; as most
everyone who's ever met me knows, I'm not a big sports guy. There
are the Colts, the Tour de France, and, now, the Bundesliga. That's
it. If you stuck me on “The Sportspen” and asked me to talk
about anything they normally discuss I'd spent the entire segment
going “Ahhhh..” and “I have no idea”. But I know enough—just
enough—to do an interview and sound like I know what I'm talking
about. I mean, I'll know I'm no expert and you'll know I'm no expert
but hopefully, the listeners won't.
We'll see how that turns out.
In the past we've met Radio Jim, and TV
Jim, and History Jim, and even, twice a year, Finish Line Jim. And
later today, for perhaps the only time in recorded human history,
we'll also meet Sports Jim.
Who knew?
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