Re: The Triple Crown needs Restructuring (918 Views)
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TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: May 20, 2006 07:38PM
Don't know if I ever told this story here before or not...
Back in 90 (?) my brother needed a heart transplant, and was lying in a hospital waiting for "next available heart". They had him wired so the nurse's station could monitor what was going on with him from there. Anyway, he turns on the BC telecast, and Go For Wand goes down. The nurses were in the room with sedatives within 30 seconds-- that's how much the needle jumped on the meter.
To anticipate the next question, he's fine. Bikes all over the place, won a golf tourney for heart transplantees (!).
Meanwhile, in the black humor department, what's the over/under on how many drinks Bill Nader (head of marketing at NYRA) has had in the last hour? They're not only going to lose those that come for the TC-- they're going to lose all but the hardcore fans for this Belmont.
Bad day for the game.