C'mon take off your angry cap for a minute and tell me what you thought of the Smarty Jones.
I respect your opinion and I'm very pumped about the start of Derby Season.
One thing I'm sure we can all agree upon is the call was SUPERB!
Here's a very VERY SCARY thought.
You and I were VERY close to being co-workers and dare I say colleagues!
After Tom left I applied for the NYRA announcers job.
I was sure I had it. At least it certainly seemed that way after excellent conversations with both Dan Silver and Marty Panza.
I "think" not positive, I was their guy.
Then I didn't get it.
I was told by a reliable source that Chris Kay had never heard of me. It was not long after Larry had done the Housewife's call and he wanted a bigger name. He got the gig. Heard that Bobby Flay had something to do with the decision as well.
But that's racetrack rumor so who knows for sure?
The part about Martin and Dan isn't rumor.
Imagine how great it would have been to work together? The #1 handicapping opinion in the country and you there to keep me sharp.
That would have been a blast.
Best part is I'm sure that we'd have become fast friends and all this vitriol would never have happened.
You'd have found out that everything JP told you about me was nonsense. You would have been able to draw your own conclusions about whether I was a good guy or not.
Who knows maybe someday?
We did start out strongly. I'll always remember how classy and gracious you were when I asked you to help me with a harness racing shift I had to do on TVG.
Where did it all go wrong?
