OT: The Other Sports Thread (Titans, Vols, Dores, etc) - Part VIII

[Adz]

I bet a horse to show and to win, so I had 4 chances to earn money. My horse came in fourth. The very few times I have bet on horses, I can't remember winning anything. I swore it off several years ago.

I remembered the winning horse, Spend-A-Buck. It was 1985, not 1986. It was the first year that the infield price went from $10 to $20. I looked up the name and found the souvenir Mint Julep glass that my wife purchased. She took one sip, handed the glass to me and said "drink this". She is from upstate New York and didn't know it was straight Bourbon on ice with a sprig of mint. Me being from SW Ohio, I knew better. I also wore a floppy hat under that sun!

We JUST missed each other again.

When I went it was normal to bring tailgate party fare to the Derby. You'd lug in your coolers, and you could even have a small grill. So we brought hotdogs and hamburgers. All condiments were still in glass jars and we'd brought them new rather than putting into something plastic. Unfortunately, if you brought something in its original glass jar for a picnic in the infield, it was thrown away as you went through the gate "because of the possibility of injury due to broken glass" Made sense. So what was the first thing for sale when you went in? Mint juleps in souvenir glassware.

The first sip I had of a mint julep, I thought what is this hideous thing? Second sip...eh, it's kind of refreshing. Third sip = mmmm, minty! Next thing you know you've downed 5 of them and you're not even halfway through the afternoon races. They grow on you.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Cam Newton to the Pats. Wow, as a Pats fan, digesting it. More like wha?

 

[Predsanddead24]

So the MLS return to play tourney is supposed to start tomorrow with Nashville SC playing Chicago in one of the first games, but Nashville currently has 8 positive cases. Yesterday, Dallas withdrew from the tournament with ten positive cases. Not a great start for them but hopefully will provide an example for how not to implement the bubble idea.

 

[Armourboy]

So the MLS return to play tourney is supposed to start tomorrow with Nashville SC playing Chicago in one of the first games, but Nashville currently has 8 positive cases. Yesterday, Dallas withdrew from the tournament with ten positive cases. Not a great start for them but hopefully will provide an example for how not to implement the bubble idea.

I still suspect that most of these reopenings end up not making it to the end, NHL included.

 

[jumb0]

So the MLS return to play tourney is supposed to start tomorrow with Nashville SC playing Chicago in one of the first games, but Nashville currently has 8 positive cases. Yesterday, Dallas withdrew from the tournament with ten positive cases. Not a great start for them but hopefully will provide an example for how not to implement the bubble idea.

A lot of players have individually opted out as well. I would not be surprised if the whole thing is scraped

 

[jumb0]

And Nashville is officially out after 10 positive tests.

 

[Predsanddead24]

I wonder if the NHL will change some if its plans after all of this. I think once the teams get to Canada and get set up infection risk is low but with training camps being in their hometowns it seems likely this will happen to some NHL teams too. Bummer that Nashville is out even though they probably wouldn't have made it out of the group because I would've enjoyed watching them. Guess I'll have to pick a team to bandwagon. Atlanta maybe?

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I wonder if the NHL will change some if its plans after all of this. I think once the teams get to Canada and get set up infection risk is low but with training camps being in their hometowns it seems likely this will happen to some NHL teams too. Bummer that Nashville is out even though they probably wouldn't have made it out of the group because I would've enjoyed watching them. Guess I'll have to pick a team to bandwagon. Atlanta maybe?

Honestly, as a team owner I'd hold my training camp in a some isolated bubble-like environment, right from the beginning. Ideally within the bubble city already, or nearby. Canada has a lot of rinks. See if you can rent out the one in Red Deer, say, and open your training camp there.

 

[Gnashville]

So Nashville SC has officially only played 2 games in it’s history and has never won a game. At least the home attendance average is record breaking.

 

[BigFatCat999]

So the Blue Jays will play their games in Buffalo...LOL!

 

[Armourboy]

So the Blue Jays will play their games in Buffalo...LOL!

I get why they did it but sometimes it does make you scratch your head and laugh. Canadian government doesn't want them traveling back and forth but you'll bring 20+ NHL teams to Edmonton and Toronto lol.

 

[jumb0]

I get why they did it but sometimes it does make you scratch your head and laugh. Canadian government doesn't want them traveling back and forth but you'll bring 20+ NHL teams to Edmonton and Toronto lol.

Bringing every team in and them not leaving is much different from 32 teams traveling in and out.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Bringing every team in and them not leaving is much different from 32 teams traveling in and out.

What Jumbo said. In and out is great for some horizontal activities but not when you are trying to contain a virus.

 

[Armourboy]

Dunno I heard a good question raised today about whether thus bubble style is actually worse. The idea being that some NBA guys have already been busted sneaking out, so is it really safer having everyone right there together if that continues to happen?

Think there is some valid reasoning there.

 

[BigFatCat999]

OK Mookie to sign with LA for 13 years. Sawx fans are "WE DIDN'T WANT HIM ANYWAY!!!!!!!!" while dying inside.

 

[Predsanddead24]

I'm a Red Sox fan and myself and every other fan I know definitely wanted to keep Mookie and are pissed at the ownership for cheaping out and not re-signing him.

 

[Armourboy]

Not a baseball fan anymore so no real dog in the hunt, but I don't really blame an ownership group for not being willing to hand a guy a 13 year guaranteed contract. Seems like a good way to end up with a player going through the motions about year 5 or 6.

 

[Adz]

Not a baseball fan anymore so no real dog in the hunt, but I don't really blame an ownership group for not being willing to hand a guy a 13 year guaranteed contract. Seems like a good way to end up with a player going through the motions about year 5 or 6.

Not Mookie, though.
He went to my elementary school! Tusculum kids would never do that.

 

[triggrman]

I went to Tusculum 1-3rd

 

[Armourboy]

Not Mookie, though.
He went to my elementary school! Tusculum kids would never do that.

How many are making that kind of money whether they do a damn thing or not? Gonna guess that number is currently at 1.

 

[BigFatCat999]

and the Blue Jays have no home....Toronto, NO! Pittsburgh, NO! Looking at Baltimore.

Can they change the name to the COVID Nomads?

 

[Adz]

I went to Tusculum 1-3rd

I went from 3rd to 6th--was the really old building still there when you were? That was the 6th grade building when I was there--built in 1911! Doubtful any of your teachers were mine, but I just saw the other day that my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Hazelwood, passed. Was 95!

@Armourboy As long as Mookie is that particular one, my statement holds true. I've been hearing about him since he was playing Little League--ha! (Good bowler, too!)

 

[triggrman]

I think I had her!!!!

I was there when they covered the windows

 

[PredsV82]

Where the hell do MLB teams get this kind of money?? That's over a third of a BILLION dollars... for one player!!!

 

[BigFatCat999]

Where the hell do MLB teams get this kind of money?? That's over a third of a BILLION dollars... for one player!!!

Magic Johnson and his conglomerate...also it's about $35 million a year, invest the rest, hell, put it in short term bonds and sell then when it comes to pay.