Well, I just had one of the greatest weekends in my life. 

I attended this year's 134th running of the Kentucky Derby, and what a treat it was.  The fans and hospitality were great, and the scenery was simply breathtaking.  Never in my life have I seen so many beautiful 30 and 40 something year old women dressed to the nines and bombed out of their skulls on Mint Juleps.  Three seats down from me was an absolute knockout 42 year old woman who was passed out by the 4th race.  When her husband went to get another cocktail and wager on the 5th, she was left on the bleachers to lay down her weary head.  Keep in mind it was a VERY windy day in Louisville.  Every Tom, ####, and Harry in section 222 could tell you the number of polka dots on her backside by the time Hubby came back from the cocktail bar.  (By the way it was 132........or at least that is what my buddy told me.  He also indicated that the curtains and the carpet were a match.  Whatever the hell that means.)

Anyway, I got to thinking (which probably isn't a good thing since I only have about 4 brain cells left after that 3 day bender).  I got to thinking about some oddities that we have in our little world of sports.  I'll list some of the oddities, go ahead and add some of your own.

• Why is it when I order a Grand Slam at Denny's at 3:00 in the morning it really isn't a good thing.  But when my favorite player on my baseball team hits a Grand Slam I'm elated and actually still feel good about it 3 hours after it happens without having to pop 14 Rolaids.
• Who ever came up with the shape of a football?  Essentially it is a small basketball with two Madonna 'pointies' on each end.
• Why is kicking a Madonna basketball between two uprights in football called a Field Goal?  Shouldn't it be called an Air Goal?
• Why does a Fullback line up in front of a Halfback?  Or is the whole Quarterback, Halfback, Fullback thing about a preferential weighting system?
• Why do they call it the Bowl Championship Series when each team only plays 1 game?  Doesn't the word 'series' indicate that there is more than 1 'round' much less 1 game?
• Why does the NBA Playoffs take longer to complete than the gestation period of an elephant?
• How do we know that a 'batter' is a threat simply by the way he stands at the plate?
• Why is PETA outraged with Horse Racing?  Should they not be outraged with Boxing or MMA?  Or do #### sapiens rank lower on their scale in the 'animal' world?
• Why do all the great QB's lick their 3 predominant fingers on their throwing hand while exiting the huddle and heading towards the line of scrimmage?
• If a Center in football has an infatuation with Chicken Wings and Burritos, does it have an impact on his relationship with his Quarterback?
• Why is the 40 yard dash considered the 'it' factor when determing speed in football?  Wouldn't a 10 or 20 yard dash make more sense?
• Does anyone other than an MIT graduate truly understand the QB rating system?  Also, they tinker with the BCS formula every year, shouldn't they tinker with this rating system as well?
• Why is it that you either like Kobe or LeBron?  And on the flip side why do we have to 'hate' the other guy?  Can't we just enjoy the incredible talents of both?
• Why do we always root for the underdog?
• Why do negative stories about our beloved sports heroes grab headlines way before all the positive stories that our sports heroes perform?  We can all weave a tale about Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens sordid problems, but yet we have a hard time grasping the great things that many of our 'heroes' do through charities and time spent with our youth?  Do we expect them to be 'better' than us?  Or are we simply jealous?
• And lastly, why do we blog?  Much less blog about sports? 

On a lighter note, yours truly was a pony away from a $30K Superfecta in the Kentucky Derby.  I had Recapturetheglory in the 4 hole instead of Tale of Ekati.  Recapture finished 5th while Tale finished 4th.  A simple movement of Recapture into the 4 hole would have made a great weekend all that much better.  Such is the life of a degenerate horse racing gambler.

Next up.............. The Preakness.  Enjoy your weekend all, and a very Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful fillies in our blogosphere.