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Old 04-13-2019, 02:46 PM   #16
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Vic Stauffer used to do something I like on close photos- he'd say "maybe". That's much better.
I agree. Phil Georgeff used to say "maybe" in a real tight photo.

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Old 04-17-2019, 02:23 PM   #17
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I'm not a huge fan of the Euro style of race calling where they speak in the past tense. They also use the pronoun 'it' a lot instead of 'he' or 'she'.

"Bobby Fischer went to the front, Taxicab went with It... "

how about the American style? "And Bobby Fischer is taking the lead! Taxicab surges!" ?

or what about Vic's "Bob-beeeeee FISCHERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111 TAX-I-CAB at the wi-re... !!!! ..." ?


I guess the Euro style is 'classier'...


Doesn't really matter to me. As long as the announcer is calling the race and has the field's names in recall.

I usually have the announcer on live, and then the first go-round of a replay viewing(where I usually mute the sound once I know who's who). Very few announcers have to be muted on live.
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Old 04-17-2019, 08:21 PM   #18
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I missed this- I was out of the country when the race went off- but Frank M. confidently said "Catapult! Perfectly timed by Drayden Van Dyke" was the winner of the Kilroe Mile.
I thought he got up also, but that one was super tight.

If I was a track announcer I'd probably err on the side "much too close to call" just to not disappoint fans that thought they had won because of my judgement, but it was a bold call, albeit wrong.
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