Saturday, October 28, 2006
an open letter to joey chestnut.
dear joey,
I just watched the the 3rd annual krystal square off on espn2. an 8 minute race to see who can eat the most krystal burgers? how awesome is that?
I think you're great for the sport of competitive eating. you are the first competitor to get kobayashi going -- we haven't seen him get psyched up for competition in years and these days he's really bringing his A game. if it weren't for you he would not have eclipsed his previous world record like he did today. (ps- spoiler alert. oops, too late. sorry mike.)
but you really have to do something about your attitude. you are coming off as a really, really, really, really ungracious loser. it's not even in a cool antagonistic way, your post-game comments are almost always "I'm still young, I haven't been doing this for very long, one day I'll beat kobayashi." before the contest you got this cocky game face on, and when it's over it's this bitter grimace. fucking congratulate a guy who is hands down the top competitive eater in the world, will ya? you could barely keep down the last few hamburgers while kobayashi was still knocking those things back with a smile. ever see footages of muhammad ali prancing around the ring while his opponent would be wheezing and on his last legs? it's like that. the gap between you and kobayashi is still huge, and you need to accept that.
the american fans aren't going to root for you just because you're american -- as evidenced by the entire room cheering "kobe! kobe!" while you were struggling to prevent a "reversal of fortune." accept defeat from a world champion, learn from it, and train for the next event.
don't be a sour puss. you're making it hard for the audience to cheer for you.
sincerely,
-aj naito
i really do love krystals. invented in chattanooga, tennessee nonetheless!
yup, the contest was in chattanooga too!
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I just watched the the 3rd annual krystal square off on espn2. an 8 minute race to see who can eat the most krystal burgers? how awesome is that?
I think you're great for the sport of competitive eating. you are the first competitor to get kobayashi going -- we haven't seen him get psyched up for competition in years and these days he's really bringing his A game. if it weren't for you he would not have eclipsed his previous world record like he did today. (ps- spoiler alert. oops, too late. sorry mike.)
but you really have to do something about your attitude. you are coming off as a really, really, really, really ungracious loser. it's not even in a cool antagonistic way, your post-game comments are almost always "I'm still young, I haven't been doing this for very long, one day I'll beat kobayashi." before the contest you got this cocky game face on, and when it's over it's this bitter grimace. fucking congratulate a guy who is hands down the top competitive eater in the world, will ya? you could barely keep down the last few hamburgers while kobayashi was still knocking those things back with a smile. ever see footages of muhammad ali prancing around the ring while his opponent would be wheezing and on his last legs? it's like that. the gap between you and kobayashi is still huge, and you need to accept that.
the american fans aren't going to root for you just because you're american -- as evidenced by the entire room cheering "kobe! kobe!" while you were struggling to prevent a "reversal of fortune." accept defeat from a world champion, learn from it, and train for the next event.
don't be a sour puss. you're making it hard for the audience to cheer for you.
sincerely,
-aj naito
i really do love krystals. invented in chattanooga, tennessee nonetheless!
yup, the contest was in chattanooga too!
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