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Old 02-10-2011, 05:45 PM
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I think Sheets should take that photo every year. It could be his own personalized Grunder Growth Chart.
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Old 02-10-2011, 05:48 PM
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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.
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Old 02-11-2011, 07:24 AM
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I just spoke to him about that. We'll get an updated photo Saturday, provided you are willing to once again be the photographer.
If I didnt already have a tee time Saturday I'd so be there!
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Old 02-11-2011, 07:28 AM
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If I didnt already have a tee time Saturday I'd so be there!
Tee times can be cancelled

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Old 02-11-2011, 08:04 AM
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Long live Grunder !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:32 AM
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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.
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Old 02-10-2011, 05:49 PM
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I Grunder.
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Old 02-10-2011, 05:57 PM
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I second the motion.
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Old 02-10-2011, 06:05 PM
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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...
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Old 02-10-2011, 07:35 PM
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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...
It took a while for Battaglia to recover after Rampage got shut off.
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Old 02-10-2011, 08:51 PM
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:50 AM
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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...
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:15 AM
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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 )
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:26 AM
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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.
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Old 02-10-2011, 05:52 PM
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I think Sheets should take that photo every year. It could be his own personalized Grunder Growth Chart.
That's my goal on Saturday. If only we could get The Waz in it too, that would be greatest picture of all time!
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Old 02-10-2011, 06:30 PM
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That's my goal on Saturday. If only we could get The Waz in it too, that would be greatest picture of all time!
This poor kid is doomed.
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Old 02-15-2011, 08:25 PM
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