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Many positives about the track and the racing and finally, towards the end of the article, he comes down HARD on Grunder. One could only hope that management would take note and make a change. This guy is the worst, closely followed by Battaglia and Terry Wallace.

Nobody is as bad as Battaglia.:wf

And it is not even close...

Paul

Ok, each to his own, but if you want conformation just watch and listen to his call in last year's Tampa Bay Derby featuring the ill fated O-dee-suss. Someone that knows how should be able to post it here.

What does a horses build have to do with anything?

The man is an INSTITUTION in Tampa, although if one only listened to his calls without watching the race, said person would probably need to be institutionalized after trying to figure out who actually won and where the winner came from, but that's beside the point:zz:

:tro::eek:


oh, and how can anyone not named Mike Battaglia think that he isnt far and away the worst track announcer going? (Battaglia that is)

I mean, really, is it me?;)

Nice avatar, btw. Funny sh*t

I think Sheets should take that photo every year. It could be his own personalized Grunder Growth Chart.

I just spoke to him about that. We'll get an updated photo Saturday, provided you are willing to once again be the photographer.

I :{>::{>::{>::{>: Grunder.

That's my goal on Saturday. If only we could get The Waz in it too, that would be greatest picture of all time!

I second the motion.

Grunder is Tom Durkin compared to Terry Wallace. He might mis-pronounce names all the time but at least he gives you a good general idea what's going on. Wallace is absolutely dreadful. He botches names, calls the wrong horses, has giant pauses in his calls, it's just embarassing at times.

The promo for Ferdinand on HRTV this Sunday night included a little snippet from his owner where she discusses how the announcer didn't even call him until the eighth pole. Who was on the mike that afternoon? Battaglia...

This poor kid is doomed.

Absolutely nothing! Thanks for catching my typo.

:)

It took a while for Battaglia to recover after Rampage got shut off.

I like Grunder

If I didnt already have a tee time Saturday I'd so be there!

Tee times can be cancelled:)

Long live Grunder !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone who has heard so much as one of his calls knows that Grunder is a terrible race caller - and I guess track announcers make a whole lot more money than I always assumed they made - but still... running smack talk on someone like that in a column?

Beyer might be a force to be reckoned with if he ever makes up a login and takes up message board posting.

:tro:

Beyer is turning into the Pat Robertson of Horse Racing.


He simply can't make a point anymore without some incendiary comment out of left field that has little basis in fact.



Grunder is a bad ass, plain and simple. Admittedly,he's no Colmus or Durkin, but far from the worst.


I'd take him and his enthusiasm over about 50% of the dreck calling races in the US today. (present company excluded, of course ;) )

And good ol Vic Stauffer comes to Grunder's defense on Blinker's Off on TVG and trashes Beyer. Nice Vic. Once again we see that Stauffer doesn't know when to keep his big mouth shut. Taking personal shots at Beyer was probably the wrong way to go about it. Nice job Vic. Your career at TVG will be shorter than your stint as Tyler Baze's agent.

TVG won't get rid of Vic. They have a track record of keeping bad talent.

I suddenly fell asleep.

Wow - Blinkers Off went from Watchmaker to Vic?

I was going to make a line on who would next replace Watchmaker in that thread Tector started... but got distracted and never got back to it.

I DVR'd it .... among other things, Vic accused Beyer of "getting the Horse of the Year vote wrong" ....

Ok, here's a post Vic made here after the BC Classic ...



Besides accusing Beyer of getting a vote wrong for which he was of the same exact opinion ... Vic said "Beyer should stick to playing 10cents Supers that cost $480 and losing" Basically, Vic kicked his own ass with the Horse of the Year remark ... and kicked his own ass again by basically doing the same thing he accused Beyer of doing with his $480 10-cent Super remark.

Vic was in fine form throughout the first 15 minutes of the show - he claimed to have never heard of Trappe Shot (2nd place finisher at about 5/2 odds in the Haskell) or Succesful Dan (DQ'd from a win over Giant Oak in the Clark)

My TV cried tears whenever Watchmaker's tranny mug was on... but after 15 minutes - I was already starting to get nostalgic for him.

wow..

Maybe Vic and Clyde (Morty) are the same person??

Here you guys go again getting your panties in a bunch. It's television kids. It's entertainment. Chillax:)

And on this note .... I will have an annoucement to make in the Esoteric Thread in a few moments.

Beyer left out one thing - if their avg daily handle is $4mm+, why do their purses continue to SUCK???

If they go higher, the complexion of who races there changes... it becomes more competitive, at which point, field size and other factors start to come into play. They've found an excellent balance with their racing program.

Exactly. Someone's getting rich. Must be Grunder.

Who could not know how bad these purses are opt65k going for 22k?

HUH?

Welcome back we missed the town drunk. Nobody was entertained including your co host who in all likelihood was apalled by your ridiculous comments.
You picked on Beyer why? because he wrote a positive article on TB? or because he accurately suggested the races need to be timed correctly? maybe it was his comments on the race caller who in all fairness screws up so much it is embarassing.