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Originally Posted by eajinabi
I remember when I was a young kid me and my dad went to santa anita. My dad was a huge fan of Chris McCarron and on this particular day he yelled "happy birthday chris" as he was walking towards the jocks room just after he rode a race. Hearing this, ran to my father and thanked him and held a small conversation with him. He soon jetted fast to the jocks room to suit up for the next race.
I cant think of any other sport where an athlete would take time and thank a fan face to face instead of in front of a camera.
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Julien was the same way with me. Ran a smaller stakes race at AP on million day. Came back to the paddock afterward, and won due to a good ride (won due to a better jock ride). I said to him walking by "nice ride Julien!" (cashed a ticket on him).... came over and talked and thanked me for saying it. Nice guy and due to it I'd wish him nothing but the best. (meet a bunch of bigtime sports guys before and he was truly a good one).
Another one of the guy's you wouldn't think of maybe as a nice guy was Hershel Walker. Meet him, wanted to get his autograph... went up to him, said " Mr. Walker, nice to meet you." His reply.... " My name's Hershel... I'm just a normal guy like you. Nice to meet you!" It's good to see people react that way. Pat Day was that way, so was Gary Stevens.
08-04-2008, 11:47 PM
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