Infield Fun at the Preakness

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Blog-O-Rama: Port-A-Potty Run At The Preakness
Published 5/19/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• FRIENDS OF THE PROGRAM knows that nothing personifies the pageantry of the Preakness like running across port-a-potties while dodging beers . ...

The Sky Was Filled With Beer
Published 5/19/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... the horse racing, I'm here to get drunk and see some pretty ladies," added Raymond Crouse of Baltimore. And, as an admitted vegetarian and someone probably not well-suited to an objective look at animal-rights causes, I found these "too drunk to care" chaps a lot more acceptable than the "that's just racing" crowd in the grandstand, who deemed the current level of horse-death a sad-but-inevitable part of the "Sport of Kings." If I could editorialize for one second: Barf. Anyhow, see video of Port-a-Racing here , and see ...

My Trip to the Preakness
Published 5/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Sean) at Sean's Ramblings
... of those on the infield came on bus ride back to the Baltimore metro. We almost got into a fight (it wasn’t actually that close) with obnoxious drunks who cut in front of the bus line and then yelled and talked non-stop during the ride. Actually, I do have one odd question/observation. Did the Los Angeles Dodgers sell their old seats to Pimlico? All of the seats in our section had "LA" on the side. Anyway, if you want to see video of the infield madness, check out Friends of the Program and more pictures are at Deadspin. I’m way too old to every go ...