Belmont coverage - Page 2

Merlinsky · #21 06-05-2010, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by booner

They just cut off "Empire State of Mind" to go to commercial.......

Which ranks as a highlight for ABC I think. Put it on the reel. Whatever the criticism of racing coverage on tv, they didn't force us to listen to this in its entirety.

Cannon Shell · #22 06-05-2010, 05:55 PM

It is always nice when they show the start of the race from ground level, leaving he viewer with absolutely no idea what is happening. Please tell me that this is "because we need to attract the casual fan and they love to have no idea of what is going on"...

If you are going to show the horses from the satillite view, do a better job of identifing them.

Or better yet just show the pan shot, you know the one where people can actually tell what is happening. You know like they do in every other sport....

ateamstupid · #23 06-05-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Which ranks as a highlight for ABC I think. Put it on the reel. Whatever the criticism of racing coverage on tv, they didn't force us to listen to this in its entirety.

OMG, let it go. New Yorkers under 80 loved it.

hoovesupsideyourhead · #24 06-05-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by booner

They just cut off "Empire State of Mind" to go to commercial.......

no shiet..wtf

Merlinsky · #25 06-05-2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

OMG, let it go. New Yorkers under 80 loved it.

Under an IQ of 80, maybe.

ateamstupid · #26 06-05-2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Under the IQ of 80, maybe.

Yeah you're really in touch.

Left Bank · #27 06-05-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It is always nice when they show the start of the race from ground level, leaving he viewer with absolutely no idea what is happening. Please tell me that this is "because we need to attract the casual fan and they love to have no idea of what is going on"...

If you are going to show the horses from the satillite view, do a better job of identifing them.

Or better yet just show the pan shot, you know the one where people can actually tell what is happening. You know like they do in every other sport....

I liked the one where the gates opened,horses were running down the track,and ABC was showing the guys standing behind the starting gate

Merlinsky · #28 06-05-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Yeah you're really in touch.

Did you even look at the faces of the crowd? Many of them had a look of "wtf?" I actually started laughing, it was so comical.

If this is what you think of as being in touch, thank God you're not running any racing organizations. We'd be in even worse shape. And no, I don't hate the song, I just know what constitutes an idiotic decision by a caricature of a governor.

ddthetide · #29 06-05-2010, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by booner

They just cut off "Empire State of Mind" to go to commercial.......

glad they did, it couldn't SUCK enough!

jms62 · #30 06-05-2010, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It is always nice when they show the start of the race from ground level, leaving he viewer with absolutely no idea what is happening. Please tell me that this is "because we need to attract the casual fan and they love to have no idea of what is going on"...

If you are going to show the horses from the satillite view, do a better job of identifing them.

Or better yet just show the pan shot, you know the one where people can actually tell what is happening. You know like they do in every other sport....

And for the Preakness and the Belmont they don't show the race prior to the big one.

ateamstupid · #31 06-05-2010, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Did you even look at the faces of the crowd? Many of them had a look of "wtf?" I actually started laughing, it was so comical.

If this is what you think of as being in touch, thank God you're not running any racing organizations. We'd be in even worse shape. And no, I don't hate the song, I just know what constitutes an idiotic decision by a caricature of a governor.

there was a big ovation for the song. Either way, it's a goddamn song. If you think the song they play before the Belmont has one iota to do with the "shape" "we're" in, then just wow. You need more important things to worry about.

Merlinsky · #32 06-05-2010, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

there was a big ovation for the song. Either way, it's a goddamn song. If you think the song they play before the Belmont has one iota to do with the "shape" "we're" in, then just wow. You need more important things to worry about.

I guess it would be easier to prove there was an ovation if ABC hadn't gone to commercial during the song.

And I didn't say this song caused the problems of racing, it's just one more piece of evidence that decisions made by certain individuals in NY seem to be done while high. You're the one who seems awfully defensive about a pop song, but yeah, I'm the one wasting my time.

ARyan · #33 06-05-2010, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

no shiet..wtf

Thank god they did...that was HORRIBLE!!!

Who picked that song anyway? What a bad idea...

ateamstupid · #34 06-05-2010, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I guess it would be easier to prove there was an ovation if ABC hadn't gone to commercial during the song.

And I didn't say this song caused the problems of racing, it's just one more piece of evidence that decisions made by certain individuals in NY seem to be done while high. You're the one who seems awfully defensive about a pop song, but yeah, I'm the one wasting my time.

You posted in three different threads about how awful it was. I told you to let it go, and you think I'm the obsessed one. I've never seen someone take something so insignificant and extrapolate it to make it represent some sort of statewide incompetence or something. I'm not even sure who exactly you're blaming anymore for this unspeakable embarrassment foisted upon the good ol' racing fans of Amurrica.

ateamstupid · #35 06-05-2010, 06:57 PM

The thing I love the most is how the people who are complaining about what New York song should be played at Belmont are from Alabama, South Carolina, etc.

ARyan · #36 06-05-2010, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

The thing I love the most is how the people who are complaining about what New York song should be played at Belmont are from Alabama, South Carolina, etc.

I live just outside of Saratoga...

A song less than a year old should not be played as the song for the Belmont. Not to mention the rendition was horrid. Oh, and the fact there is much more to the "Empire State" than the "concrete jungle."

I always loved "New York, New York." I mean, when you are trying to somewhat replicate what "My Old Kentucky Home" is for the Derby, with what this song is to the Belmont the last thing that comes to my mind is a Jay-Z song.

Thank god ABC cut away, we were seconds away of switching the channel and waiting for the Capital OTB replay.

Rupert Pupkin · #37 06-05-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It is always nice when they show the start of the race from ground level, leaving he viewer with absolutely no idea what is happening. Please tell me that this is "because we need to attract the casual fan and they love to have no idea of what is going on"...

If you are going to show the horses from the satillite view, do a better job of identifing them.

Or better yet just show the pan shot, you know the one where people can actually tell what is happening. You know like they do in every other sport....

These morons are so incompetent it's unbelievable. It is so frustrating that is almost maddening. I'm trying to watch the race and they won't show an angle where I can see what's going on.

At least they were smart enough to show the pan shot for the final 1/8th of a mile. LOL.

Bigsmc · #38 06-05-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

You posted in three different threads about how awful it was. I told you to let it go, and you think I'm the obsessed one. I've never seen someone take something so insignificant and extrapolate it to make it represent some sort of statewide incompetence or something. I'm not even sure who exactly you're blaming anymore for this unspeakable embarrassment foisted upon the good ol' racing fans of Amurrica.

Any post that utilizes the word "foisted" deserves a

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OldDog · #39 06-05-2010, 07:06 PM

Why didn't they show the Manhattan???

ateamstupid · #40 06-05-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ARyan

I live just outside of Saratoga...

A song less than a year old should not be played as the song for the Belmont. Not to mention the rendition was horrid. Oh, and the fact there is much more to the "Empire State" than the "concrete jungle."

I always loved "New York, New York." I mean, when you are trying to somewhat replicate what "My Old Kentucky Home" is for the Derby, with what this song is to the Belmont the last thing that comes to my mind is a Jay-Z song.

Thank god ABC cut away, we were seconds away of switching the channel and waiting for the Capital OTB replay.

Yes, thank god. I'm sure your head would have exploded and then caught on fire if they had stayed for one more second.

News flash: No song at any racetrack in the history of anywhere ever will approach the place "My Old Kentucky Home" holds. "New York, New York" is a cheesy song that's been beaten to death at Yankee Stadium over the past 15 years, and god forbid anybody tries to introduce anything youthful into the fusty American racing landscape. Once again, if you weren't in the city, you don't know just how big that song was last year and like it or not, Jay is one of NY's most recognizable citizens, so marginalizing him just makes you look silly.