Its been a good, bad and ugly kind of week for me.
I hit the trifecta at Pimlico–thats good.
My Little League kids went 0-3 with Coach Reavy in attendance–thats bad.
And Wednesday night, upon hearing of the reality demise of my dawg, Elliot Yamin, I was both sad to hear the news and disappointed in the realization that I had just watched 12 straight episodes of American Idol, spanning two months–thats…well, you get the point.
Fortunately for me, however, the sports world is never without its good, bad and ugly moments also.
Here are the high (and low)lights of the week thats passed.
The Good:
Barry Bonds 714th homerun ball–for Tyler Snyder, the guy who caught it. Surely the eBay–er, Bay Area– faithful are proud of their slugger, and might even open up their checkbooks to make a bid for the historic blast. But, to me, nothing tells the story more beautifully than these four words uttered by Tyler, the soon-to-be rich Athletics fan (thanks to Bonds), after the game: I hate that guy.
The NBA playoffs. While the highlight of my basketball season is admittedly the NBA draft, I cant...