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Old 01-04-2008, 11:00 AM
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It took me a long time to appreciate Hemingway... I didn't understand till years after i first read him that the beauty was in the simplicity of his words. Every line was pure and true.

That's kinda how I feel about Haskin.

He exudes a kind of passion and enthusiasm, but he never hits you over the head with it, never talks down to his audience. He tells you how he see it all, makes his points, backs them up and always stays within a certain style...

His piece after Barbaro died was short, but it was perfect. You could feel what he was feeling and like any art form, to me anyway, the point is to move people.

I had always enjoyed his work but that piece... that piece was beautiful.

His Triple Crown stuff? No problem here with the potential for 10 Secretariats. I'd rather read someone who is excited about the game than the sometimes-dry and generic writers elsewhere.

(Geez, I sound like I'm on his payroll or something).
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