Watercooler Chat: Filly finishes First, Clemens on the mound again, Cavs need some caffeine
Sopranos
Admit it, how many of you Soprano fans thought your TV had broken last night when the series unceremoniously ended with the screen going black. Yeah, yeah, I get it. It was a metaphor for what Tony’s world is like; at any moment anyone, anywhere is a potential threat. I felt gypped though. Watching the Sopranos was never about pondering the meaning of life, it was about pure, fun entertainment and with that said, I wanted an entertaining ending. Anyway, on to sports.
Horse Racing
It only took 102 years, but this weekend at the Belmont, a Filly named Rags to Riches won the last leg of the Triple Crown. The Belmont is a mile and a half race which makes it the longest track that any of these horses will ever run. There really wasn’t that much excitement heading into the race because there was no Triple Crown contender (a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and the Belmont). But, low and behold, this unassuming Filly trained by Todd Pletcher took everyone by surprise and made history. What makes this race even more of a fairytale was that Pletcher had previously never fared well in Triple Crown races, even though he is one of the top trainers in the sport.
NBA Finals
The San Antonio Spurs are up 2-0 over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Even though the Cavs looked pretty horrible over the weekend, the next game (Tues night) will be on their home court, so things might start to look more interesting. Look for a more inspired performance by LeBron James.
Baseball
The legendary Roger Clemens came out of retirement and pitched for the Yankees Saturday night. 44 year old Clemens’ debut was solid but just as importantly a great motivation for the team which seems to be breathing some new life.
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i thought my tivo broke and then i turn on the spurs/cav game and that was boring! what a sunday dissapointment!
Everyone keeps saying the Cavs have no chance, but I think they'll come back and at least make this more of a showdown.
I dont know Betsy, Lebron James is supposed to be the 4th best in the league and the top three players are on the Spurs. We will see.....hope so!
Did you see that car crash in the F1 race! That kid is lucky he just walked away.
For all of you Female Fans out there who happen to like the Soprano's this interpretation might make you feel better!
Tony Soprano is dead....
in fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or are just a fan of well developed, well thought out plots that all tie together and have the memory of a champ to remember it all the ending was simple, he got killed, but let me tell ya why and explain in detail... There were 3 people in the room total who had a reason to kill tony.....
the two black guys, they were paid before to kill tony but he was only shot in the ear, this was in one of the earlier seasons
also in the earlier seasons, the trucker who was sitting at the bar
stool, who the camera kept focusing in on, is Nikki Leotardo, Phil
Leotardos nephew. he was in one of the early season episodes where Phil and Tony have a sit down....
heres where the genius comes in....
when Tonys walking in the diner, you see the camera focus on him, then it switches to his perspective, It's the reason you don't hear, or see shit when he died.... it was from his perspective.... and everything went black, then the credits rolled.
Ok, so I was wrong about the Cavs...they couldn't even pull out one win let alone the championship. This is the Spurs 4th title in only 9 years...pretty cool!
The Cavs tanked. Spurs are leaving everyone in the dust!