From dmeadows@idirect.com Mon Nov 5 02:29:02 2001 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id fA5ASxn133276 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 02:28:59 -0800 Received: FROM mxu4.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Mon Nov 05 02:28:58 2001 -0800 Received: from ares.idirect.com (ares.idirect.com [207.136.80.180]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with ESMTP id fA5ASw914182 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 02:28:58 -0800 Received: from raoul.idirect.com (on-ham-a53-02-33.look.ca [216.154.51.225]) by ares.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA43030 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 06:08:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20011105051034.02a04ec0@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 05:30:59 -0500 To: classics@u.washington.edu From: David Meadows Subject: Re: Prometheus Unloosed In-Reply-To: <001101c1658f$3f5442e0$f5c2b6c7@pavilion> References: <200111042246.fA4MkGD15956@darwin.helios.nd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Not sure on its origins, but in non-classical parlance it tends to refer negatively to unforeseen consequences of some major change (I've seen it used this way in regards to technological change, e.g.). In regards to MLB, folks might want to read the article itself: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/03/SP40762.DTL Ray Ratto clearly is arguing that cutting two teams at a time when interest in baseball is suddenly surging, apparently solely with the owner-inspired financial goal to scare the players' association, is the sort of thing which should result in Selig getting chained to a rock in the Caucasus. i.e. it's not really a 'sporting context' per se and it probably isn't even referring to unforeseen consequences either ... dm At 04:17 PM 04/11/2001 -0800, you wrote: >I'm still curious about how the phrase originated, and just what it's >supposed to mean in a sporting context. > >GMO'Grady .