The Sports Bar

[Darth Marius 0]

Cause what's his name rushed the mound with Ryan up there he grab him put him in a headlock then punched his head with his pitching arm the trainers were going nuts.

[Mara 29]

March Madness! Woohoo!!!

I'm so sad I work during the prime viewing times.

But, I made up four different brackets, hehe.

[Princess 35]

Wow. Not only did the Avs get SWEPT by the Wings, but to lose 8-2, that's just pitiful

[Mara 29]

Damn.

Oh, well, I'm rooting for the Penguins. For my sister.

And I'm just happy the Tigers seem to be back to normalcy.

[Mara 29]

DERBY DAY!!!!

*passes out mint julips*

[Radioactive Isotope 29]

yay! after today the craziness dies down some.

[Bad furday 57]

*has seen the derby*

*Spolier*

Too bad about Eight Belles...she was a pretty horse. :(

[Ender 8]

Yeah, that was tragic. My dad used to be a horse trainer, and he's said for a long time that horses should not be raced before they're 5, to let them develop. But, it's a money-making business, so that's never gonna happen...

[Radioactive Isotope 29]

that was so sad. poor girl ran her heart out. hopefully with what happened to Eight Belles and Barbaro, racing officials will take a closer look at their sport, but from what i've been reading, no one's really sure how Eight Belles got hurt. with both front ankles broken, i doubt there would have been anything they could have done to save her. they tried with Barbaro and ended up having to put him down anyway.

[Vergere 1]

Barbaro was an extraordinary case... Eight Belles is the more typical response for an injured horse - especially a racehorse. And only the really great racehorses are usually lucky enough to live out their lives - most of the others go to the slaughterhouse when their racing days are over. It's horrible. I wish there was better stuff to do for them...

[Radioactive Isotope 29]

the only reason, IMO, that they even tried to save Barbaro was because he won the Derby. horses are so fragile and often they get raced too young before their skeletons have a chance to fully develop. you see many similar problems with human atheletes, but we heal much better than the horses do. hopefully this will lead to some changes, but i kinda doubt it.

[Vergere 1]

Yeah. I'd say Barbaro was lucky, but poor thing was probably miserable the whole time.

As for athletes, I can completely attest to that. My skeletal system has been damaged and changed and rearranged from sports to the point that it hurts to walk, and I'm only 22. My knees give out on me, my back locks up and is always in pain, &c &c &c. I still play sports, but then I'm wearing ACE wraps on every freakin' joint and downing the meds to not curl up in a ball and die from pain.

I wish that racers gave more attention to their horses though. It does no one any good to do that to a young horse.

[Radioactive Isotope 29]

i danced through most of my childhood, so i definitely understand sports injuries. i swear i have arthritis in my left knee and my back has been screwed up royally.

[Mara 29]

Yeah... It was really bittersweet. And she had gotten second and everything.

I'm just pissed at the SPCA for wanting to suspend her jockey. I'm sorry, I'm pretty sure 99.9% of jockeys would slow their horse at the first sign of anything wrong.

The interesting part is that Eight Belles is supposed related to Barbaro in some way. Maybe it's genetic... 'specially since there can be some inbreeding with thoroughbreds, just to get more speed. But it can also bring faults.

You'd think in modern times horses would do a lot better. I mean, some of the Derby horses have only about 5 starts before they go in it. Back decades ago, horses raced a lot more often.

I think the only reason they tried with Barbaro in the beginning was because it was only one foot, wasn't it?, at the beginning and not of worse as a break. But when he was getting better, he reinjured it too badly to repair.

And Eight Belles broke both front ankles at once.

[Radioactive Isotope 29]

it's PETA that wants the jockey suspended, and quite frankly, they can just STFU. nobody cares about a thing they say.

[Mara 29]

Really? I heard on the news it was the SPCA. Because he was being "cruel". :roll:

[Radioactive Isotope 29]

there was an article on Fark saying PETA wants the jockey suspended. who knows, SPCA may be in on it too. they're both idiots if they think it was the jockey's fault.

[Mara 29]

Yeah. I know.

Hopefully once the investigation is done, the truth will come out.

[Mara 29]

Millen is gone!!

*throws a party*

[Princess 35]

Rangers prospect dies in game in Russia

[Chickenman 9]

*Slumps into a booth with a tall glass of Whyren's Reserve* :(

[Uncle Du 22]

Rangers prospect dies in game in Russia

Whoa, that's crazy. And to think that the Russian hockey league thinks it's going to be rivaling the NHL in the next couple years. Gimme a break. They don't even have f-in defibrilators at the rink. Welcome to the 21st century morons!

Too bad such a young talent had to go because of negligence.

[Princess 35]

Yeah, think of all the rules the NHL has about safety. Every rink has to have a defibrillator AND paramedics have to be at ice level during the game

[Uncle Du 22]

You would think everyone would learn by what happens around the NHL. I mean, look at what happened to Zednik last year. Thanks to quick reaction by everyone involved, he's out again this year playing the game.

[Chickenman 9]

Holy crap, I'm convinced Jesus bats cleanup for the Red Sox.

Facing elimination, and down 7-0 in the bottom of the 7th, they rallied to score 8 runs in a row, the biggest postseason comeback since 1929. I love these games. Holy s*** that was close. Better than what I imagine sex is like.

*Sets off fireworks*

:alcho: