Re: Pissed at Crist (569 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: November 17, 2005 01:54PM
Bit:
I appreciate your well reasoned response, and you make some of the same field size observations that SC does, all of which are valid. And I would never call into question SC's ability as a writer or his willingness to point his quill at some of the tough issues.
As to jockeys wanting shorter fields, I would hate to be flip with 2 recent fatalities among their ranks, but go into a jockeys room during a five horse race and ask the jocks who ARE NOT riding what they think of short fields.
This is not the first time I've made the PICK 6 comment, and I do it if anything to point out that Crist, handicapper/ columnist/ NYRA employee/publisher relishes most the role of Pick 6 guru/ maven (his book Betting on Myself is a fun read)and might have a slight conflict of interest when it comes to letting some smaller players into the pool.
Question for BOBPHILO (I'm assuming no relation to Philo Kvetch): Bit points out that there would be less carryovers with $1 Pick 6s; does it mean that the pools would be twice as large when there WAS a carryover?