Enter Sidney Ponson with the game of the year. An 10-1 six hitter with five whiffs, one walk, and EIGHTEEN infield ground-outs! That has to be some kind of record. Josh Hamilton had a 3 for 5 night as his numbers continue to scream Triple Crown. The fastest man to reach 51 ribbies ever!
At about 9:45 pm CST Monday night there was silence, sadness, and a moment of remembrance amidst applause as a season would end in Dallas. Against the odds, and contrary to what most people expected from a hockey team, The Dallas Stars partook in a memorable playoff ride where one jinx was shattered.
Four times I have had run-ins with Pete Incaviglia. Twice at work and twice at Stars games. Very approachable and very affable. Quite the athlete back in his day. Sunday night I got to watch him up close and personal as the new skipper for the brand-spanking new Grand Prairie Air Hogs AA team.
Since Affirmed in 1978 there have been eleven horses who have won the first two legs of racings Triple Crown. None of the eleven were able to capture the final leg of that triangle-The Belmont. Big Brown will now get to enjoy three weeks of hype speculation, adulation, and wonderment as the pundits of the four legged creature espouse rhetoric about how good Big Brown is. Today he won the Preakness going away, reminding many of the victory Secretariat had in 1973 by 31 lengths. Before Affirmed you had Seattle Slew doing the deed in 1977.
Texas has now won 14 of 20 after a disastrous 7-16 start. Ron Washington now has an 11-4 record in the month of May. Once Millwood, Jennings, and Blalock return from injury, there is just no telling. I will tell you that attending Ranger games is fun again. Even Coach Dave has found little to be angry about.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 10:37PM