Tuesday Sniping: Another Stunning RvP Volley Edition

Perfect Vision

Done and dusted as they say in that part of the world. Glory, glory Man Utd.! Twenty titles now, the most recent wrapped up yesterday at Old Trafford, and it was a fitting coronation for Sir Alex and the rest of his Red Devilsz. Leading the charge was the North London Quisling, one Mistah Robin van Persie, who had his hat-trick inside the first half-hour of play. Eight months earlier, Sir Alex demanded the Bros. Glazer deposit all of £24M into the well-guarded, tightly controlled exchequer of the stingy, miserly, pence-pinching Arsenal F.C., and Good Knight Ferguson promptly rescued the damsel (damn sell!) in distress v. Persie from the Dickensian, Micawberian misery of Life at The Emirates. By now, Piers Morgan must be ready to hang himself, or else throw himself in front of one of those double-decker buses, the kind all done up in Arsenal Bright-Red. Now, what’s all this talk about the NFL draft?

Goodness, these guysz have been going on and on and on about the 2013 NFL Draft since the final pistol went off at the SuperSize Bowl. The way it has been discussed so frequently and excitedly over the last 90 days or so, you would easily be fooled into thinking 90 percent of the American Population was of the male gender, approaching age 30, and living presently in their parents’ basement without once having kissed a girl on the mouth. Mel Kiper Jr., Dave Mayock, these guys, they get whipped into a frenzy over things that will likely never happen! Yet the mopesz tune in incessantly as though it were the Inchon Peninsula ready to blow itself up! Really? Is it that important? IT IS THAT IMPORTANT! There’s a lot of Coors Light to be sold!

Yet tonight and tomorrow evening on the Continent, the First Leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal ties will be contested. The Red Star of Heieneken Brouwerijen tastefully shines over Real Madrid, F.C. Barçelona, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munchen. This is stuff that is really going on, action taking place on the pitch. It is a little different from overblown frothiness and hyperbolic machinations being thrown at whose name Commissioner Rozelle will be speaking at 10-minute intervals. And more than a few of those names will be superimposed on a mugshot and wind up in jail nevertheless! See the difference? Forza Barça! Catalunya!

Finger
Race 5: #10 Zip Zone
Race 6: #6 Showmeyourlove
Race 7: #1 Outriders Posse
Bonkers Box (Race 5): #10 Zip Zone – #6 Melvindale

Fairmount
Race 3: #3 Rajulie
Race 5: #9 Solo Mio
Race 6: #2 Sunday Saint
Bonkers Box (Race 3): #3 Rajulie – #5 Lizas Diamond
Bonkers Box II (Race 6): #2 Sunday Saint – #3 Palachee

Indiana
Race 1: #11 Jacobs Shadow
Race 2: #10 Son of the Sublime
Race 4: #10 Pass the Crown
Race 5: #9 Killenaule Greene
Race 8: #5 Misty Jo
Race 10: #5 Sold Out
Bonkers Box (Race 4): #10 Pass the Crown – #9 Pico Suave
Bonkers Box II (Race 8): #5 Misty Jo – #6 Greys Indy Princes

SunRay
Race 9: #5 Valid Bull

The WRD
Race 4: #2 First Act
Race 7: #5 Ribbon of Darkness
Race 8: #5 Fast Resource

Thank you. Best wishes. As always, we save the Mountain for later, as applicable. Until then or until tomorrow when we bring you the first “First Post” post of your new racing week, it’s goodbye. Take care now.