Less than the sum of his parts

What the hell is going on in NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's mind? For some reason he decided to take a pot shot at baseball in an article in SI this week by saying,

"Baseball is about as exciting as standing in line at the supermarket. Baseball doesn't test anything but your ability to withstand boredom."

That's really a quite ironic statement because that's exactly what his wife said about having sex with him. I guess perception is everything.