Why I Love Sports Metaphors

Hillary Clinton's pick in the Kentucky Derby, the filly Eight Belles, came in second, breaking two ankles in the process, and had to be euthanised.

I see Slate is in on the game: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/05/05/the-limits-of-the-eight-belles-metaphor.aspx