Saturday, July 23, 2005
Rare Sports Posting
The Rockies won yesterday, Oh my God! on the road against the vaunted Pirates so they officially are not the worst team in the entire Major League, that's Tampa Bay. They do pretty much suck though.
We all like Lance Armstrong, admire him and wish him well, and we especially like it that he beats Europe's best in a sport they seem to like, riding bicycles. And that he does it in France is a kind of in your face bonus. But the secret of his success (other than his efficient blood pumping system and his ability to crank it up hill) is that he doesn't do the Tour of Italy, Tour of Croatia, Tour of Spain, etc. (assuming those bike riding events are not just a figment of my imagination). He just does the Tour of France. Everyone else does all the other tours and are pretty worn out by Bastille Day. It's no small thing doing 7 in a row, but because of the exclusive concentration, it's not exactly walking on water either.
We all like Lance Armstrong, admire him and wish him well, and we especially like it that he beats Europe's best in a sport they seem to like, riding bicycles. And that he does it in France is a kind of in your face bonus. But the secret of his success (other than his efficient blood pumping system and his ability to crank it up hill) is that he doesn't do the Tour of Italy, Tour of Croatia, Tour of Spain, etc. (assuming those bike riding events are not just a figment of my imagination). He just does the Tour of France. Everyone else does all the other tours and are pretty worn out by Bastille Day. It's no small thing doing 7 in a row, but because of the exclusive concentration, it's not exactly walking on water either.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 9:02 AM 
