In truth (although really, what is truth?), "The Zone" is the unloved robot baseball-child of artist and former Grinnellian, Nathan T.A. Here he is in front of a photocopied enlargement of Mordecai's freshman year ID photo:
I saw Nate last night at his MFA Thesis exhibition (congratulations, Nate!), and asked him a few questions about Fantasy baseball. Here's the conversation:Jenni: So, let's talk about baseball.
Nate: (laughs) Okay.
Jenni: I hate to say it, but your team isn't doing very well.
Nate: Oh, I know....
Jenni: Really? Have you logged in since the season started?
Nate: Nope. It's a case of complete neglect.
Jenni: Well, I told Kei I would ask you about your team....
Nate: Hmm. I can say something about A-Rod. (laughs)
Jenni: Let me get out my notebook.
Nate: I'm very excited about A-Rod's return to the team and his future this year. He has a bright future and I'm totally unconcerned about his steroid use. It's not even an issue. I find him to be a very attractive young man and I think that the separation from his wife was the right thing. How's that?
Jenni: Good.
Nate: Feel free to embellish that in any way. (laughs)
Jenni: Oh, I will.
WHAT IS TRUTH?
I mean, here's Kei wearing a Cubs hat at a cross-dressing Harris party. Was Kei a Cubs fan? Is she now, secretly? Where stand the borders between Fantasy, Life and Lies?
To distort a quotation from another famous cultural critic, Theodor Adorno:
"It is self-evident that nothing concerning [Fantasy Baseball] is self-evident anymore. Not its inner life, not its relation to the world, not even its right to exist."
