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Messages - James Witherite

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Harness Racing: Harrah's Philly announcer plays sweet music
« on: April 12, 2013, 05:28:06 AM »
Thanks, all.  Been quite busy lately, between calling races at two tracks, the organ trio, and writing, and juggling a personal life in there somewhere too, but all's good.

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Nickname help needed.
« on: January 25, 2013, 08:08:01 PM »
I've called Tetrick The InTIMidator at PHL.  You're more than welcome to use it.  Gary Guy calls Jody The Green Machine.

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Who was that idiot on the net that said GOOGOOGAGAA had no chance today ?
« on: August 21, 2012, 08:45:55 AM »
Fair enough, Elgin. :)  Listen too to European races, how the English names stand out.

Will be interesting to see how the rest of the year pans out, for sure.

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Who was that idiot on the net that said GOOGOOGAGAA had no chance today ?
« on: August 21, 2012, 07:16:42 AM »
Shtick-driven?  Agreed that the effort toward pronouncing names correctly in harness racing has proven polarising, but likely because it's not something widely done in harness racing in this country.  You'll never hear a hockey commentator say Martin Brodeur's first name the same way the "I have a dream . . ." guy's first name was said.

I'd like to think my race calls are EXTREMELY content-driven (how much information do others CRAM into the final quarter!), but please, let's revert back to the topic at hand, a GUTSY mile by Googoo Gaagaa to beat Market Share.  The best horse won IMO.  When Goo is right, he's proven himself unbeatable.

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Who was that idiot on the net that said GOOGOOGAGAA had no chance today ?
« on: August 21, 2012, 06:32:34 AM »
Quote from: Danville on August 20, 2012, 10:36:37 AM
Two comments along with congratulations to a game winner.

1- Anyone who would name a colt GGGG should be sweeping floors at Dicky Douchebags white elephant in Arlington Heights.

2- Who is the abrasively voiced announcer? Hard to listen to him and his rant.

Rant?

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Four Winners For David Miller
« on: August 19, 2012, 08:26:11 PM »
For some reason I remember looking down on my desk pad, and seeing a purple 1, 2, and 7, scribbling a "13" down next to them, and saying "a grand slam for the Buckeye" or something to that effect.  Great day for him, great day for Yannick, great day for Jimmy Takter (/'j?mi 'takt?r/, roughly).

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Hi. :)
« on: April 20, 2012, 05:55:17 AM »
Never so much as been to Minnesota.  My esteemed acquaintance and colleague Peter Galassi, long-time co-voice of Chicagoland harness racing, is at Aces.

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Hi. :)
« on: April 19, 2012, 06:25:53 AM »
Thanks JJ, but if I'm not doing enough, I hope you'll let me know!

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Hi. :)
« on: April 13, 2012, 06:26:56 PM »
Hi. :)  That's all.

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Did You See The Antics Of The Jock Who Won The World Cup Dubai
« on: April 13, 2012, 05:44:27 PM »
Good to be back, boys.  (And girls!)

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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Did You See The Antics Of The Jock Who Won The World Cup Dubai
« on: April 12, 2012, 06:03:43 AM »
If I recall, the synthetic tracks on this continent right now are:

Tapeta - GG, PID
Polytrack - Dmr, Kee, WO, AP, TP
Cushion Track - Hol

SA reverted to dirt a couple years ago, methinks.

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