Thank you for that example! Garagiola is perfect not only in demonstrating that none of this stuff hurts you as long as you're on the same side as the bosses, but also that you can always performatively point at your own lack of brains as a preemptive defense.
(A peek behind the curtain: Buttondown will actually tell you when you're about to go over Google's 100 KB limit and get your email truncated, so you stop at some point. I was going to include a bit about how there are Black and Latine ballplayers who are also famously redasses, but for me it's often a different flavor.)
If I touch on this topic again I might go after performative Christian athletes. Right now, though, because I'm petty and a curmudgeon, I'm aiming more at lefty fans who recoil from religiosity, but want to maintain a soft spot for patriotism.
Thank you for that example! Garagiola is perfect not only in demonstrating that none of this stuff hurts you as long as you're on the same side as the bosses, but also that you can always performatively point at your own lack of brains as a preemptive defense.
(A peek behind the curtain: Buttondown will actually tell you when you're about to go over Google's 100 KB limit and get your email truncated, so you stop at some point. I was going to include a bit about how there are Black and Latine ballplayers who are also famously redasses, but for me it's often a different flavor.)
If I touch on this topic again I might go after performative Christian athletes. Right now, though, because I'm petty and a curmudgeon, I'm aiming more at lefty fans who recoil from religiosity, but want to maintain a soft spot for patriotism.