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

FTFY!:)

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.

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.

Do fries come with that?:{>:

Maybe a 4 inch weiner does. :)

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

Durkin is a classic, Denman a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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.

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:

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."

Lederman, very entertaining calls--I agree