SinceThe70s

When your day is long And the night The night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough Of this life Well hang on Don't let yourself go 'Cause everybody cries And everybody hurts sometimes

I have no clue how horse racing works. Was the review initiated by Mott's team or is it something that happens automatically for every race?

Hopefully a flaming table slam.

Probably won't make a difference but top 14 I would've sent Vargas, Thor or DeGrom (in that order) to the plate instead of Nido as a PH.

Kraft continues to draw attention to his indiscretion through his legal maneuvers. This could have gone away much quicker. He has every right to defend himself but he may be doing more damage to his rep by keeping it in the headlines instead of taking his lumps and moving on.

That's an age old argument - should the rules apply less when the stakes are larger - bigger game or closer to the end of a game. I never fully bought into that line of reasoning. For the record, I'm not taking sides - I don't have a horse in this race - and I'm in no way qualified to offer an objective or subjective opinion. But the fact that this overturn was unprecedented suggests to me that it 'didn't influence the outcome' may be debatable.

Totally agree with the bane comment. But I heard one of the owners say that if it was a regular race and not the Kentucky Derby the disqualification would have been routine. KD called it early. I watch about 6 minutes of horse racing per year so I have no clue whether the reversal was legit, but what gives the call legs to me is how long it took to reverse it (they didn't want to) and the fact that it was the first in history (not an easy call to make).

I said the same exact thing to the fam'. I wonder if Maximum Security will run the next two. Not sure the hows and whys, but I know that horses sometimes drop out when the Triple Crown is out of reach.

Strong call.

The other day I flipped over to Barney Miller and my 13 year old looked up from his video game long enough to tell me the theme song was really cool, so for TV I'l go with that. The Bond theme song is perfection. And for hybrid TV/Movie I'll go with J@ckass....only because I just recently came across the original recording and had to google to figure out where I'd heard it before.

I never tried heating taco shells in the microwave. How well does that work? I did make the mistake of putting them in the toaster oven once. The warning on the box that I overlooked was correct - they caught fire.

In honor of Cinco de Mayo: Whenever we'd heat up taco shells the one at the front of the line would fold down from the heat so you couldn't get stuff enough taco fixings in it and/or it would break when you tried to add too much. Now we put a balled up wad of aluminum foil in the lead taco so it holds it's shape.

So someone who is a fan of college basketball but not the NBA could potentially not be a fan of basketball. That makes no sense to me.

Are you limiting your comments to the NHL? Do you watch European hockey leagues? The comments you and others have made seem short-sighted and self-serving to me. I am not a fan of basketball. There are people (in the USA and perhaps elsewhere, who cares?) that like NCAA (college) basketball. There are people (in the USA and perhaps elsewhere, who cares?) that like NBA (professional) basketball. There are people (in Europe and perhaps elsewhere, who cares?) that like European basketball leagues (I'm vaguely aware that these exist). In your opinion, what would qualify to be a basketball 'fan'?

This distinction between being a fan of hockey and a fan of a hockey team that you and others have made is either short-sighted or self-serving. I don't understand how I could be a fan of a hockey team but not a fan of the sport to begin with. I also can't think of a team that I'm a fan of that plays a sport I don't consider myself a fan of. Someone else made the point that if you weren't interested in the NHL playoffs beyond your own team then you weren't a 'hockey' fan. Would that apply outside of North America? Is it within the realm of possibility that there are huge fans of hockey outside of N.A. that have never seen or have access to NHL playoff games?

Interesting move by the Mets today. Demoted Dom Smith in favor of Adeiny Hechevaria. As per Mets site (link below) , AH could have become a free agent next Wednesday if the Mets didn't bring him up by then. I can't see him getting much playing time unless somethings going on with Rosario. Anyone heard anything about Lowrie? https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/dominic-smith-optioned-to-triple-a

Nothing against any of the bands you mentioned - and Fall To Pieces is a great addition to the thread - and I know you were comparing grunge bands - but if Rage Against the Machine is allowed to enter the ring, everyone else is coming out on stretchers.

Stay with us bro, we're still over .500 This isn't the time of year where you'll see meaningful trades, every team is feeling things out. Players that are available in trade are problem for problem ( i.e - Harvey for Mesoraco) The fact that Keuchel and Kimbrel haven't hooked up with a team yet is as surprising to me as the fact they never signed before the season. If I had to guess Keuchel is asking for too much money on a one year deal and Kimbrel is asking for too many years. They are both looking to hit pay dirt on a contending team that suffers a big injury and perfectly happy to sit back and wait for that to happen.

I've been down, but not like this before Can't be 'round this kind of show no more All, all that you dream Comes to shine in silver lining And clouds, clouds change the scene Rain starts washing all these cautions Right into your life, make you realize Just what is true, what else can I do Just follow the rule Keep your eyes on the road that's ahead of you I've been down, but not like this before

Kind of like the Marlins in baseball.

Funny '94 Devils/Rangers story. Foreshadowing: My best man is a huge Rangers fan with a short fuse and a potty mouth when the fuse burns brightest. Setup: Back in the day a friend who is a Giants fan would watch games at home with his Dad on Sundays so he could concentrate on the game. Meanwhile the rest of us (Jets, Giants, Cowboys and a Bills fan) would hunker down somewhere, drink heavily and watch football all day. One day the Giants gave up a big TD and we called to give him sh!t and he answered the phone and was pissed at us. From that point forward he never picked up the phone during a game and it became a thing to call his parents number and let it ring once anytime something went notably wrong for the Giants. Back to Devils/Rangers, shortly after Zelepukin ties it with 8 seconds left, my best mans phone rings and assuming it's one of us (probably me) he picks up and launches a verbal fusillade of f-bombs at the caller. Who turns out to be his sister calling for some innocuous reason. Good times.

Too funny. I was at my sisters rehearsal dinner.

Since the playoffs started I figured the Isles would have a game (or more) where their lack of offense would be exposed. Assumed it would be Penguins or Caps on the other side. They've been resilient all year, but 3 behind with a little over a period left is not looking good. Fun fact: last time the Isles lost 3 straight was in November and haven't lost 4 straight....yet. That and a tee time will get you on the golf course.

The Islander fan that just flipped to the Mets game asks whether you mean 8-0 at home and also notes the game isn't over yet. LOL

You seem intent on optimizing one aspect of life. Admirable focus in the era of social media and short attention spans. Good on ya!