Comments on: Russell Branyan is Doing Nothing to Enhance the Image of Baseball Players as Tough Guys

By: Ketel Slightly Dirty Martini with Bleu Cheese Stuffed Olives Girl

Ketel Slightly Dirty Martini with Bleu Cheese Stuffed Olives Girl — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:01:09 +0000

And now, running for Pepperidge Farms……Don.

By: Duder678

Duder678 — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:56:34 +0000

still pissed about the indians trading branyan when he was on pace for single season strikeout record

By: YYSA

YYSA — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:54:34 +0000

And not all horses are good at running
equestrian

Chawhee.

/5yr old me

By: payaso

payaso — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:53:33 +0000

And not all horses are good at running. Some enormous ones, are good at pulling enormous weights. Some horses just sit around and get fat eating grain. But some horses are athletes, even amongst horses.

D. Wayne Lukas in the house!

By: irishmafia

irishmafia — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:51:36 +0000

And not all horses are good at running

equestrian

By: Gaseous Clay

Gaseous Clay — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:49:19 +0000

Horses aren’t athletes, they’re horses. Running is something they have been very good at for a very long time.

I love an oversimplification as much as the next guy, but race horses are really, really fast. And when you train them, they get even faster.
And not all horses are good at running. Some enormous ones, are good at pulling enormous weights. Some horses just sit around and get fat eating grain. But some horses are athletes, even amongst horses.

By: TheSportsHernia

TheSportsHernia — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:45:40 +0000

Don > Seattle Slew > Secretariat

By: St. Bear

St. Bear — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:44:27 +0000

Man O’ War > Seattle Slew > Spectacular Bid > Secretariat > Hillary Swank > Sarah Jessica Parker

By: GvilleBrave

GvilleBrave — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:44:17 +0000

Horses aren't athletes, they're horses. Running is something they have been very good at for a very long time.

By: payaso

payaso — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:43:03 +0000

Man O’ War > Seattle Slew > Spectacular Bid > Secretariat > Sarah Jessica Parker

By: St. Bear

St. Bear — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:40:49 +0000

Greatest athletic performance in history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua3M1O-WQrM&feature=related

/for spencer

By: Gaseous Clay

Gaseous Clay — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:39:20 +0000

try and make Sham the “enemy”

I’m familiar with the idea, having met the great and terrible War Admiral in Seabiscuit.

By: Jay V Of Considerable Influence

Jay V Of Considerable Influence — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:34:57 +0000

5 horses in the Belmont, including Sham, who finished second (and the only horse in the picture) in the Derby.

Dirt, here’s a good review from my fav racing scribe, Steve Haskin: he notes that they try and make Sham the “enemy”…when he was really anything but.

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2010/09/19/big-red-on-the-big-screen.aspx

By: ButtersBC

ButtersBC — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:34:47 +0000

You sayin’ that Secretariat beat the shit out of far inferior competition? Maybe even patsies? Sounds more like college football to me.

The Belmont $take$

By: Gaseous Clay

Gaseous Clay — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:34:36 +0000

You sayin’ that Secretariat beat the shit out of far inferior competition? Maybe even patsies? Sounds more like college football to me.

i ended up being wrong, having talked out of my ass.

By: Gaseous Clay

Gaseous Clay — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:34:03 +0000

Man: Faster than giraffe, slower than zebra

on that same show, 41 midgets working in unison were more powerful than an elephant

By: spencer096 blues explosion

spencer096 blues explosion — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:33:38 +0000

seattle’s best > Seattle Slew > Secretariat

By: cleet

cleet — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:33:10 +0000

It’s Secretariat on the cover of Time with the caption “Super Horse”

I thought it was an advertisement for Covert Affairs.

/I kid, I kid

By: younglefty

younglefty — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:33:02 +0000

love the horse, love the race, and love you tube for having the race. But I think only 6 horses ran in the race, and all of the other pretty good horses took a pass on the race rather than get pounded.
But 31 lengths is 31 lengths.

You sayin’ that Secretariat beat the shit out of far inferior competition? Maybe even patsies? Sounds more like college football to me.

By: Geeezeus

Geeezeus — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:32:45 +0000

In he last 90′s, Ben Johnson raced against a horse and a car. He came third.