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Delusions of grandeur in preseason

By Gregg Easterbrook
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Have you ever walked onto the sand at South Miami Beach, or at Venice, Calif., or Nice, France, or some similar locale and allowed yourself to think, based on the private preferences that only you can know, "Any one of these hot bikini babes/ripped ultra hunks might go out with me?" Well, they might go out with you. A lot of things might happen. You can keep believing they might throw themselves at your feet until you ask, and dreary reality knocks you cold. Better, perhaps, to wander the beach, ...

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