Things We Learned.......From the Week-end

Beaten.....and outrun........by a girl......


Yes, it happened in Baltimore........at the Preakness Stakes.......at the Pimlico Racetrack. This is the second leg of the three biggest races of thorough bred horse racing in the calender year.

A filly..........a female........a three year old.......dominated her male counter parts. She led from virtually start to finish........holding off Kentucky Derby winner, "Mind that Bird" by a half length.

Her name? Fittingly......"Rachel Alexandra"........

And on this day..........this female.......this filly........the only girl.....out ran........out performed.......out classed....every horse in the field.

In the past........I have been quite critical of Women's sports........particularly basketball....I am not a fan of female announcers........nor do I like women who want to play Men's sports.

That said..........these ........are horses....

They all have 4 legs.......they all look basically the same......."Rachel Alexandra"........just happened to be born........a female.

From the Baltimore Sun: Female fans cheer for Rachel Alexandra

I love it..........the new face of feminist........everywhere........

A horse!


What's happened..........to these "Dawgs"?

It seemed like only yesterday........we were bragging on the University of Georgia's men's baseball team.......affectionately known as the "Diamond Dawgs".....A month ago, Georgia was ranked number one in the nation..........and in first place in the SEC.

Now........after getting swept.......in South Carolina this week-end, (3 losses to the Gamecocks), these Dawgs have now lost 13 of their last 14 conference games.

After getting off to a stellar start........these guys........can't hit......field.....or pitch.

Baseball is a funny game. I played it........as did my brothers.......It is the only sport in which you can fail........7 out of 10 times at the plate.....and still have an above average......batting average of .300...

You can hit the ball.......square on the button.....and hit a line drive ...out.......right at someone.....or.....you can just get a piece of it.....and slice it in no man's land.....for a double.

This is what UGA is going through........time to regroup.....throw away all those headlines......get ready for the post-season....and play some ball.

Monday.......short shorts.....

Happy trails.....Tony Kornheiser....


Gruden to replace Kornheiser on MNF


Kornheiser has quit his gig as a commentator on ESPN's Monday Night Football....Our take? Good riddance....It's about the
game.....not talking heads..






Major League Baseball.......finally gets it...

Earlier start times for postseason baseball on Fox

It's about time.......Fox Sports and MLB have figured out....we folks that live on the east coast..would like to be able to watch a World Series game.....So they have moved up the starts.......45 minutes.......it's a start.

It is May.......isn't it?

In this southern college town.......last night.....the temperature was 47 degrees..........hardly welcomed.....in the deep south. I even turned on the heat....in my car? Global warming?

When?

Have a great Monday........

Wayman...........We Hardly knew You

From the Kansas City Star newspaper.......

Former Sooners basketball star Tisdale dies at 44

He stood..........6' 9" and weighed 240 pounds.

A scoring machine..........Tisdale, remains the all-time leading scorer at the University of Oklahoma........and had a stellar career.....with 12 seasons in the NBA.

From Wikipedia..........

Tisdale was born in Fort Worth, Texas^[1]. His father, Louis Tisdale, was a well-known pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma serving for 28 years as senior pastor of Friendship Church; after his death in 1997, the former Osage Expressway in Tulsa was named L. L. Tisdale Parkway in his honor.^[2] Wayman's older brother Weldon has been pastor of the church since 1997.^[3]

Growing up, Tisdale was not interested in basketball; when Weldon and another older brother, William, played pickup games in their yard, he usually quit before they finished, retreating to the family's sandbox. However, Tisdale began taking to the sport in the eighth grade when he first learned to dunk.

He met his future wife Regina in April 1981 at church. At the time, they were juniors at different Tulsa high schools, and she did not know he was one of the most heavily-recruited basketball players in the country.

Tisdale called music his "first love". He was a self-taught musician; he never took any lessons, never knew what key any of the pieces he played is written in, or even the names of the notes. Throughout his youth, continuing through his college basketball career, he played bass guitar at his father's church. Music and church were so important to Tisdale that after recruiting him to the University of Oklahoma, Sooners head coach Billy Tubbs changed the team's practice schedule to accommodate Tisdale, moving the team's Sunday practice from the morning to the evening to allow him to play in the Sooners' band and at morning services in his father's church in Tulsa.

Back in the day........Wayman Tisdale........was a "baller".

May he rest in peace.

We're Baaaacccckkkk!

Yes........we are.....5 on Five.......

After taking a couple of weeks off..........we.....are back!

Since our last post, we have had my daughter, Madison (pictured) graduate from the University of Georgia........here in this southern college town.

We have celebrated all of our "Moms".....on Mother's Day.....

We mourned at the funeral of a dear friend of the family........

We saw our beloved Atlanta Hawks......go on vacation.....by losing 4 straight to Cleveland....

The Republicans........are still "hatin'" Obama........

Nancy Pelosi is in deep doo-doo........

Manny Ramirez.......has been suspended.......

The L A Lakers will play a game seven.....as will the Boston Celtics......

Waymon Tisdale (former Oklahoma and NBA star) passed away..........at age 44!

So much........"stuff" ...........going on........

Stay tuned....

Happy Trails........April

My my.............

The calender says.....May.

May..............as in, "May Day"..........."May Flowers".

What the hell happened to April?

April brought us "showers"...........April brought us the "15th"............as is "taxes"........

April brought us ....."April fool's day"

April brought us...........well........May........

For ...without an April.......there would be no....May.........

April.......when I planted seed......and cut the first grass of the season........

April.......when my daughter was born.

April...........when the northern winds....were not so cold........

April..........April...........where have you gone?

30 days?

And you're gone?

April...........we hardly knew you.