Today's list of horrible race calls

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by basement bob

i don't mind grunder's calling, theres a whole lot worse (bataglia)

I'll defend Grunder anytime. His enthusiasm for his job and unabashed love for all that is Tampa Bay Downs overcome his occasional () error of mispronouncing names of horses. He is woven into the fabric of Tampa Bay Downs and will be sorely missed by me when he departs.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

I'll defend Grunder anytime. His enthusiasm for his job and unabashed love for all that is Tampa Bay Downs overcome his occasional () error of mispronouncing names of horses. He is woven into the fabric of Tampa Bay Downs and will be sorely missed by me when he departs.

There isn't a soul in the world I would rather have calling TBD than Grunder.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

How about that call in the John Campbell @ Laurel.....race caller had the leader 20 lengths ahead at the top of the stretch, only to get caught late by Nite Light.

[Star of the North]

Today in the fifth at Oaklawn Terry Wallace notes the big outside move from Just a Nibble and calls him the winner on the wire.

Except it wasn't Just a Nibble. It was Badger Barry.

You could tell Terry was a little rattled after that race. In the eighth race call, he had some five second gaps while he double checked who was making a run on the backstretch.

In Terry's defense, (and every racecaller for that matter) it was raining and hazy at Oaklawn today. Folks watching the race on television should remember that the view the announcer has might not be anywhere near as good as the view afforded the pan shot camera. If you are in the pressbox behind glass and rain is falling directly on to the pane, your binoculars are useless.

DMM