The Sport the Moonshine Nurtured

You can forget about the BP on ACK today (that's the beautiful people on Nantucket) who think that we all get excited that they race their toys to the open bar and back. It was fun when it first started and when it meant something to the folks at Baxter's, but now it's just a joke. Forget Tom & Tom, the "juice guys" at Nantucket Nectars. They cashed out. In their stead, it's Dumb & Dumb, the "juiced guys." Yawn.

And I'll bet that all the sports bars will pack 'em in today for the race that was nurtured in running moonshine through the Appalachians. Yes, today IS the one hundredth gunning of the engines before a live turnout of nearly half a million people, who have all gathered to await the next explosion. Only guessing, but there might even be some local bars that will have a "special" today: $3 pint of cold milk! They'll pretend to be in the tradition of the milk-guzzling winners, but still out to shake down the BP with a jacked-up price. These folks would never drink a cheaper milk. Plus, they will demand a slice of citrus in it. Wake me when it's over.

Meanwhile, I'd like to see just one bar step up and promote a "Buy A Round for Joplin" Night. Or OK City. Or Tuscaloosa. Or Wounded Warriors. But that will never happen.

So, who you pickin' in today's race?

And, oh yeah, the Sox are in first place! And it isn't even yet June! Haven't we seen this movie before? Let's see how they do at the All Star Break.