Eliminate BYOB at your own risk

People in Maryland apparently don’t take too kindly to being asked to pay a premium for their beer.

In what became one of the running subplots of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, the Maryland Jockey Club had announced that patrons to the Pimlico Infield would no longer be allowed to bring in their own beer as they had been allowed to do in previous years. As these (very much non-HD) comparison photos demonstrate, no booze apparently means no people.

2008 Infield with BYOB

2009 Infield without BYOB

The official attendance at the event was down 35,000 from last year.  Apparently the ZZ Top concert they put on during the races wasn’t enough to bring these guys back this year. Shocking, isn’t it?

May 18

1943 - Superfly Jimmy Snuka is born and thus, the world would never view coconuts the same.

1988 - A’s pitcher Dave Stewart sets a Major League record with his 12th balk of the season. Yes, he balked 12 times in the first seven weeks of play. Stewart finished the year with 16. Only a pitching coach the caliber of Dave Duncan could coach such a fantastic feat.

1990 - Cubs’ second baseman Ryan Sandberg’s error-less game streak comes to an end after 123 games and 584 chances. Joe Morgan had held the previous record of 91 games. Interestingly, Morgan said he could not comment on the record because he didn’t watch most of Ryne Sandberg’s games.###MORE###

Rule #212 of the Headlining Bible:

Headlines are 75% more enjoyable when they reference horrible Magic Johnson television vehicles…

… when asked to investigate Bruce Smith’s DUI?

“Our Hall of Fame defensive end evaded the breath test .. but still got sacked.”

YEEEEOOOWWWW!

Patrick Imig sends out a memo to the sports world, which includes messages for Carson Palmer, Juan Pierre and the Bills player who fondles himself on windows.