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12-03-2014, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cj
All announcers make mistakes. It is hardly a big deal. I make bad figures sometimes. I don't care if I get called on it. In fact, I like to hear about it. I learn from my mistakes, and get better in the tough spots too.
Last word I'll ever say on the Grunder subject. Mistakes are one thing, and not liking an announcers "style" is another, but constantly mispronouncing names just comes across as a lack of preparation to me. I can't imagine having a job like his and not doing the simple things like learning correct pronunciations.
But then again, after listening to Bayern's name get butchered all year long and hearing how Trevor pronounced Kaigun this past weekend, maybe I shouldn't be so hard on him. I guess it is tougher than I realize.
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Don't NOT be hard on him because of Trevor mispronouncing a word. Trevor mispronounced "tebowing" which was a popular culture situation that he wasn't aware of. Also, to not have ever heard of Tim Tebow is pretty amazing, he might have been the only person in America to not know who Tim Tebow is (for better or worse).
He's also had numerous popular culture situations where he botched names of incredibly famous people, so to count on Trevor to pronounce a person who has 20 million followers on twitter is a lot to ask.
As far as Grunder and preparation, maybe the guy is just old and can't see as well as he used to anymore. Maybe he's trying hard, but he's like a baseball player who can't see the ball and is batting .200, so it might be some part preparation and other part that he's just not an eagle eye anymore.
Only he would be able to clear this up, Tampa isn't a year round track, so, not sure why he's not here clearing it up....he's certainly heard of this place, same with Denman, he could come here and interact and if he was a regular poster here, no doubt we would be less 'hard' on him.
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12-03-2014, 10:30 PM
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#722
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Originally Posted by jballscalls
I was gonna object to a few points in this post but then I realize I do the same thing you do but on twitter. Every time you post something really off base or just flat out wrong I tweet about it, so really i'm no better than you are.
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SRU has made 60 posts in the past two days....he knows nothing about horse racing, but tweeting about his mistakes is a full-time job. I'd spend my time reading a good book or taking a stroll by the ocean instead.
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12-03-2014, 11:51 PM
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#723
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Originally Posted by castaway01
SRU has made 60 posts in the past two days....he knows nothing about horse racing, but tweeting about his mistakes is a full-time job. I'd spend my time reading a good book or taking a stroll by the ocean instead.
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Or write another one, Southbound was excellent!
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12-04-2014, 01:53 AM
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SRU...ever take the highroad? Look it up.
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12-04-2014, 01:56 AM
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#725
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Originally Posted by Valento
SRU...ever take the highroad? Look it up.
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What are you talking about.
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12-04-2014, 08:41 PM
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#726
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Originally Posted by cj
Or write another one, Southbound was excellent!
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That's a good point. For all the crap I've given Grunder on this thread, I'm going to buy a copy of Southbound for my Kindle. Gotta support the young authors/announcers out there.
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12-05-2014, 01:49 PM
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#727
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Originally Posted by cj
Or write another one, Southbound was excellent!
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I keep meaning to pick this up...thanks for reminding me...
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12-05-2014, 03:24 PM
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#728
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I keep meaning to pick this up...thanks for reminding me...
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Finally something good came out of this thread. I looked up "Southbound" on Amazon and was able to load it on my Kindle for free!!!
Will get back later with what I am sure will be a great review!
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12-05-2014, 05:24 PM
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Read "Southbound" paid a couple bucks for it....it was good.
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12-05-2014, 05:46 PM
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suddenly I like seeing this thread bumped 
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12-05-2014, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jballscalls
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Well played. Hope it sells like crazy.
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12-10-2014, 12:44 PM
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#732
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12/10
Who's calling today? That wasn't Grounder calling the 1st
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12-10-2014, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by upthecreek
Who's calling today? That wasn't Grounder calling the 1st
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\I've heard that guy before, not sure who it is.
Maybe its the guy who was calling the races at the artist previously known as Calder?
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12-10-2014, 01:29 PM
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Pete Aiello is calling the races today. He called the GPW meet and Hialeah.
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12-10-2014, 01:37 PM
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#735
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Originally Posted by upthecreek
Who's calling today? That wasn't Grounder calling the 1st
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Before I get criticized here for spelling his name wrong,it was spell check that did it before I could catch the error!
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