Why bars shouldn't show that NESN "What If" series
It'll just confuse the customers, Dave Copeland reports:
... [I]t was just as "Boston Red Sox, 2003 American League Champions" was being flashed across the bottom of the screen. The team was celebrating on the field and shots of teary-eyed Yankee fans were mixed into the reel. Needless to say, it caused quite a bit of confusion in the bar, with the belligerent guy who was plainly into his fifth or sixth Mai Tai spitting "That shit ain't right....this is some sort of mistake." ...
The whole "what if" concept gets Dan Tobin pondering everything from the 2000 election to whether God really cares about us:
NESN likely didn't realize they were raising the issues of whether there's such a thing as fate or a grand plan for the universe. They just wanted to show Embree getting the last two outs of the 8th and Timlin getting Jeter to ground to third to nail down the 5-3 victory. Now you don't have to watch it ...
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Sounds Like an Old SNL Skit
Do you remember those old "what if...in history" skits they used to do on "Saturday Night Live"? You know--"What if Napoleon had had a B-52 at the Battle of Waterloo?" or "What if Eleanor Roosevelt could fly?"
Seems to me this whole NESN thing makes about as much sense, though it might possibly be funnier.