Morning. By our rough count, this is the 1,727th 5-at-10.
Every weekday morning -- including holidays and vacations, much to the Mrs.'s chagrin -- we offer five topics. You regulars know the drill.
You also know that on the holidays and vacation days we do mini-versions of the 5-at-10, that transfer into a top 5 list.
July 4 is among the best holidays. (And kudos to Weeds for dropping a fun top-four July 4 sporting events in today's TFP. Fun read here.)
From the "Talks too much" satellite offices near a large lake in Alabama, let's roll this puppy.
Top five "4" in sports
1. Lou Gehrig wore No. 4 for the Yankees. He got that number because that's where he hit in the lineup. And when you hit cleanup in a lineup that features The Babe, well, that's good enough.
2. Brett Favre. Take all the retirement sideshow out and just remember the numbers.
3. Bobby Orr. Man the number 4 is well represented across multiple sports.
4. The four fingers raised to start the fourth quarter in a high school football game. C'mon admit it. You love it.
5. The Four Horseman, and how they help generate arguably the most famous opening paragraph in sports writing history from Grantland Rice, who wrote, "Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down on the bewildering panorama spread on the green plain below."
Enjoy the Fourth friends, and if you need a Rushmore, let's do a Rushmore of most patriotic songs.
Go.