Here’s an excerpt from my latest TribLive.com column:
Most carnivals have a booth where you can win a prize by shooting a basket. Seems easy.
But those baskets are a foot higher than regulation, further away than three-point range, the rim is imperceptibly smaller, the ball is over-inflated and the backboard is oddly angled.
In short, it’s fixed.
It’s one thing to try without realizing that.
It’s another to know, but keep paying and shooting.
With the Pirates, you know. How could you not? Don’t pay. Don’t shoot.
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Did you ever see the carnival game I’m talking about? Steph Curry or Caitlin Clark couldn’t beat it.
Over-inflated ball + slightly smaller hoop = nearly perfect shots rattling out. A swish takes pinpoint accuracy + luck.
It’s almost impossible to win that big stuffed bear.
The Pirates should have big stuffed bear night. Then not deliver. Nobody gets one. “We don’t even got corn dogs!”
What’s one more broken promise made to those dumb enough to keep paying and shooting?