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Classy vs. sassy: Comparing the Kentucky Derby and Preakness

The Kentucky Derby and the Preakness are like fraternal twins. Though forever linked, they couldn't be more different.

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May 13, 2008
 
"You never know whether the power is going to fail or whether you're going to find true love at the bottom of an inflatable pool that's filled with warm beer."

Truer words were never spoken.

Excellent, I am still laughing!
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#2
May 13, 2008
 
"Am I hallucinating, or did I really just see an undergrad take off her thong and use it to slingshot Jell-O shooters into some guy's mouth?"

priceless
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#3
May 13, 2008
 
Only on Preakness day can you see a drunken infield spectator stagger out onto the track and take a swing at a horse coming down the stretch.
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#4
May 13, 2008
 
hilarious. well done!
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#5
May 13, 2008
 
They don't call in the Freakness for nothing.
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#6
May 13, 2008
 
Don't forget Pat Sajak!
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May 13, 2008
 
Can't take your own beer into the grandstands this year...
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#8
May 13, 2008
 
Well written article. My favorite moment in the infield is about an hour before the Preakness when all you see is drunk, passed out, and sunburned people sprawled on the grass in the infield.
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#9
May 13, 2008
 
nudity and a nahdy boh. Ain't the beer cold baby!
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#10
May 13, 2008
 
Kevin-- phenomenal piece or writing. Your description of the infield is perfect. Although, I will argue that (I went to Friends), and in my days the collection of Gilman, Friends, McDonogh, etc...in the infield would probably qualify as a bunch of rich people who don't know much about horse racing. Lame celebs are always good though.
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#11
May 13, 2008
 
get er done
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#12
May 13, 2008
 
vomit-stained jean shorts...should be vomit-stained jorts
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#13
May 13, 2008
 
Yo Kev,

Don't mess with Maryland My Maryland!
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#14
May 13, 2008
 
you forgot about Boardwalk Fries, a local Maryland tradition, in the food section
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#15
May 13, 2008
 
you also forgot cooler stacking/diving and running the guantlet on top of the port-a-potties
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#16
May 13, 2008
 
Amazing article and spot on! I am still laughing!
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#17
May 13, 2008
 
So funny, thanks for the good laughs and the bad memories of days on the infield.
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#18
May 13, 2008
 
How negative can you be? Why don't you just leave this little crappy home town of the preakness now! I don't know how much research you really did for this piece, but I've been to Kentucy and it's much more of a racist, backwards state than Maryland is. Leave the Sun and take your poor excuse for a jornalism degree with you!!!!!
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#19
May 13, 2008
 
Sorry, vomiting and nudity aren't my idea of what makes for a great horse racing experience. And as for the possibiltiy of a Triple Crown? The drunks in the infield don't even know there's a horse race going on.
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#20
May 13, 2008
 
David Donahue wrote:
Well written article. My favorite moment in the infield is about an hour before the Preakness when all you see is drunk, passed out, and sunburned people sprawled on the grass in the infield.
Micky? Septic from Frostburg? Or another David Donahue?
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