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CSC 11-10-2010 11:17 AM

Every post on derbytrail should be read with sarcasm, it's the modest operandi of many that post here.

Princess Doreen 11-10-2010 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by CSC (Post 721500)
Every post on derbytrail should be read with sarcasm, it's the MODUS operandi of many that post here.

FTFY!:)

tector 11-10-2010 11:18 AM

Dude, three people in a row assumed that you were that big of an ass.

Like I said, it is your legacy--too late to run from it. You've earned it.

PS: I don't play with emoticons. I have a dick and I am older than 12.

Dahoss 11-10-2010 11:20 AM

Let's compare them. Durkin's Belmont

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Z49x11smk


Denman's Classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Et15M6wsPo


IMO one of them sounds like amateur hour.

Princess Doreen 11-10-2010 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by tector (Post 721504)
PS: I don't play with emoticons. I have a dick and I am older than 12.

Do fries come with that?:{>:

CSC 11-10-2010 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Princess Doreen (Post 721506)
Do fries come with that?:{>:

Maybe a 4 inch weiner does. :)

Duvalier 11-10-2010 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Dahoss (Post 721505)
Let's compare them. Durkin's Belmont

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Z49x11smk


Denman's Classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Et15M6wsPo


IMO one of them sounds like amateur hour.

How about the one where he says ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

NTamm1215 11-10-2010 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Duvalier (Post 721508)
How about the one where he says ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

You mean the one where he shows some personality? I guess it's too bad he likes his job.

Duvalier 11-10-2010 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by NTamm1215 (Post 721509)
You mean the one where he shows some personality? I guess it's too bad he likes his job.

Yeah it was so cute. Before you get all up in arms I think Tom Durkin is an excellent track announcer

Princess Doreen 11-10-2010 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by CSC (Post 721507)
Maybe a 4 inch weiner does. :)

SHARP!:D Mean that sincerely.

Back on topic - I find absolutely nothing wrong with Tom Durkin's call of the 2004 Belmont. Nothing! Then, I find nothing wrong with Denman's call of this year's Classic. I just don't like his nasal tone - it's so un SA.

NTamm1215 11-10-2010 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Duvalier (Post 721511)
Yeah it was so cute

I really don't understand why it was a big deal. Would it have been better if he said, "They would need to sprout wings to catch ARRRRRRRRRR!" or "It looks like ARRRRRRRRRRRR just joined in at the 1/4 pole" or "Circular Quay, oh wait ARRRRRRRRRRRR!"

Denman is a robot with the same five lines over and over.

Duvalier 11-10-2010 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by NTamm1215 (Post 721514)
I really don't understand why it was a big deal. Would it have been better if he said, "They would need to sprout wings to catch ARRRRRRRRRR!" or "It looks like ARRRRRRRRRRRR just joined in at the 1/4 pole" or "Circular Quay, oh wait ARRRRRRRRRRRR!"

Denman is a robot with the same five lines over and over.

I edited the response...and it wasn't a big deal. I just think it's funny how everyone rips on the announcers. Who cares...if you don't like it turn the volume down and just watch.

tector 11-10-2010 11:34 AM

My grandmother used to say, "you lie down with dogs, you get fleas." And so it is.

CSC 11-10-2010 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Princess Doreen (Post 721512)
SHARP!:D Mean that sincerely.

Back on topic - I find absolutely nothing wrong with Tom Durkin's call of the 2004 Belmont. Nothing! Then, I find nothing wrong with Denman's call of this year's Classic. I just don't like his nasal tone - it's so un SA.

I don't either, he called it great, hey everyone (Especially the fairweather fans that watched it nationally) wanted Smarty Jones to win the TC, and when Birdstone crossed the wire, you can hear it in his voice. And Birdstone wins the Belmont Stakes...now to me that didn't sound like a call had Smarty Jones won. He captured the moment succinctly, just as Denman did.

Dahoss 11-10-2010 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Duvalier (Post 721508)
How about the one where he says ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I know people hated that, but I actually thought it was kind of funny....the first time. Not so much the second time. I'm biased because I grew up listening to Durkin and think he is the best. He's lost a step...or two recently, but we all do as we get older.

I read something on another board and I thought it was a pretty smart observation. It was something along the lines of announcers like Durkin are part of the race. Denman is a guy talking in the backround.

MISTERGEE 11-10-2010 11:37 AM

Durkin is a classic, Denman a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Duvalier 11-10-2010 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by NTamm1215 (Post 721509)
You mean the one where he shows some personality? I guess it's too bad he likes his job.

By the way my favorite track announcer was Larry Lederman when he called the races at Garden State and Atlantic City but I don't get into Freehold. I do enjoy when an announcer shows some personality...not robotic calls.

Princess Doreen 11-10-2010 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by tector (Post 721517)
My grandmother used to say, "you lie down with dogs, you get fleas." And so it is.

Maybe in your grandmother's day they didn't have a flea remedy. They do now. Just sayin'....

All in all, I think you're a pretty sharp poster. I really like your description of Zenyatta's racing style. :tro:

NTamm1215 11-10-2010 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Duvalier (Post 721525)
By the way my favorite track announcer was Larry Lederman when he called the races at Garden State and Atlantic City but I don't get into Freehold. I do enjoy when an announcer shows some personality...not robotic calls.

Lederman is great, I always enjoyed his calls.

Trevor just sounds to me like this is a job for him and he goes in and puts in his 5 hrs or whatever it may be then goes home. You're never going to get Trevor allowing people to go to his booth to raise money for charity. There's never going to be anything remarkable about one of his calls. Hell, he recycled his own call when Sidney's Candy won the SA Derby this year. Durkin would get lambasted if he used a cheesy line like "Eskendereya carrying the hopes of New York all the way to the Kentucky Derby."

MISTERGEE 11-10-2010 11:55 AM

Lederman, very entertaining calls--I agree


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