V.J. Stauffer's friday night race call !

[ateamstupid]

**** Jim Rome.

[jballscalls]

what is van smack??

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by jballscalls

what is van smack??

a nickname rome has picked up through the radio show.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

**** Jim Rome.

doesn't matter what anyone thinks of jim rome, he has added horse racing to his 15 hrs of radio a week. he is in little redfeather partnership with 2 horses and now he and his wife own a 2 y/o. the national day-time exposure sure can't hurt racing at this point.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

doesn't matter what anyone thinks of jim rome, he has added horse racing to his 15 hrs of radio a week. he is in little redfeather partnership with 2 horses and now he and his wife own a 2 y/o. the national day-time exposure sure can't hurt racing at this point.

That's cool, I just don't know anyone that watches/listens to him.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

That's cool, I just don't know anyone that watches/listens to him.

give it 1 week. i think You would like the show.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

give it 1 week. i think You would like the show.

I used to watch his TV show and I couldn't stand him. I don't like being talked down to by a guy with no discernable talent.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I used to watch his TV show and I couldn't stand him. I don't like being talked down to by a guy with no discernable talent.

the radio show is not like the tv show. the callers are the silliness between the his interviews, which are usually good.
i can get a laugh from the silliness and "i didn't know that" from the interviews.
VJS has to be a "clone" to make that race call friday night.

[golfer]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

give it 1 week. i think You would like the show.

I'm with you here. Wasn't the slightest bit interested during the "Chris Everett" days. Then a few years ago, moved to Jacksonville, away from Mike and the Mad Dog, and had no choice but to listen. It took a while, but I finally got it. He's actually changed alot and is definitely not what his reputation indicates. He covers many touching and heart-warming sports stories, and does it the right way. The "smack" stuff in only a part of what he's about, and even that grows on you after a while.

Originally Posted by ddthetide

give it 1 week. i think You would like the show.

I will.

He may have grown up.
He just seemed so full of himself.

The callers used to be horrible though.
Of course one can turn it off during that segment.

Get Sirius. The cost is equal to feeding a starving African kid.

[notyep59]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Get Sirius. The cost is equal to feeding a starving African kid.

hilarious once again! i would like to go on the 75 cents a day diet as well, it sure couldn't hurt.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by pgardn

I will.

He may have grown up.
He just seemed so full of himself.

The callers used to be horrible though.
Of course one can turn it off during that segment.

I think he has gotten a lot better. At the time that video was made, I don't think he was capable of having some empathy for others, and now he seems to(or atleast he has learned to act that way.) Some of the stuff he talks about though are really odd. I don't hear him on the radio anymore, but occasionally I see him on ESPN. The other day, he was talking about the new coach of UCLA Football. Rick Neuheisel was auctioning something off for charity,and it wasn't selling (or for not much.) He offered to allow the buyer to call the 1st offensive play against USC. I don't know why that's important to ROME to bring up. Does a national audience really care about that?

[theiman]

FYI

Vic had knee surgery today. I believe it was for a torn meniscus.
Hopefully he will be back on Wednesday.

Get well soon VJS

Oh wow the 10,000 Rome listeners get to hear about horse racing. Get those idiots in the pools.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Oh wow the 10,000 Rome listeners get to hear about horse racing. Get those idiots in the pools.

i think you would be surprised at the calls he get about racing now. he's on over 200 stations nationally.

[DogsUp]

I cannot stand Jim Rome. I never have liked him. But it is good to have him in horse racing.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DogsUp

I cannot stand Jim Rome. I never have liked him. But it is good to have him in horse racing.

i can't either. he always sounds like such a smart ass-and the whole world just bothers him somehow. huge ego, with a mouth and an attitude to match.