Shit! I forgot to add that I did the same thing for an exceptionally BAD pass – the pass in Horan’s column was the one that led to the goal. Arrgh! I’ll go make that correction. Thanks for the catch.

The tomato can thing of from boxing. Here’s the Wiki explanation of where the expression comes from:

“The phrase originates in the childhood pastime of kicking a can down the street—a boxer is advancing his career with minimal effort by defeating a “tomato can” and notching a win. “Tomato” refers to blood: “knock a tomato can over, and red stuff spills out.”

In the everlasting words of WOPR: “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”