If you are asking me whether I have information or belief that MD was moving Da Hoss up, the answer is no to both. And yeah, Michael had his moments, although he was one major pain in the butt to work with.

But look, Friedman comes across as unfunny on the board, and he used to be funny on occasion too, in a Bob and Ray (reference) kind of way.

Some years ago, Len and I used to play in a regular 2 on 2 basketball game after the track, against Andy Berg (who went on to make the sheets for trotters), and an Asian kid who hadn't played much ball. The first few times we killed them, then the games got closer.

Len: The Chinese kid is getting better.

Andy: He's Japanese.

Len: See?

Short and sweet, 3 syllables short of a haiku. Now, before anybody calls the PC police, no one was ever less a racist than Friedman-- he put his ass on the line in the South in the sixties.

It's a JOKE.



TGJB