Belmont Competitor: 'We Want California Chrome To Win If We Don't'
While everyone wants to win, deep down most wouldn't be too upset finally seeing a Triple Crown winner.
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While everyone wants to win, deep down most wouldn't be too upset finally seeing a Triple Crown winner.
The last 1 1/2 miles of the Triple Crown trail are littered with misses and heartbreak. California Chrome will try to dodge it all.
"I'm real confident," Sherman told Francesa. "I am. Just the way he's been training on this track. Obviously he hasn't run on it, but he's been training great over it."
Newly-released documents show that President Bill Clinton's administration was watching how the Yankees handled troubled slugger Darryl Strawberry back in the 1990s.
"The issue that the Mets have is that after 2006 and 2007, when we all were there ... they stuck their hopes in a guy that, let's be honest, had no clue what was going on," Lo Duca told Joe & Evan.
Horse racing fever has hit the Tri-State Area, and everyone seems to be catching the spark.
At 6:52 p.m. on Saturday, California Chrome will attempt to win the Triple Crown. For many of the thousands of people at Belmont Park, it will all come down to the little ticket in their hands.
Buster Posey hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants won for the eighth time in 10 games by beating the New York Mets 4-2 on Friday night
Chase Whitley pitched seven innings for his first career win, Brian McCann drove in three runs with a timely double and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Friday night.
Three horse races make up the Triple Crown. Three strikes and your out. Good things in sports come in 3s.
"I don't think it's a stretch to say that The 7 Line Army is the largest traveling group in all of baseball," Darren Meenan told CBSNewYork.com. "I've never heard of anything like this, ever."
It's been 36 years since we've had a Triple Crown winner and with the Belmont Stakes approaching, here are the 8 real reasons why California Chrome will take it home this Saturday.
Yeah, Calvin Pryor will fit right in with this bunch. The Jets' first round pick in last month's draft served up a couple of priceless quotes on Friday.
Good weather — 82 degrees and sunny, according to the National Weather Service — could push the crowd into record territory on Saturday.
While it would be a wonderful story if California Chrome and his connections were to win the Triple Crown, I'm simply not sure that it would be the best thing for the industry.
