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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: dinkadoo on May 12, 2025, 07:15:34 PM
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Have no idea why I’m watching the 2nd
But was the announce pinched in the mouth and have a fat lip ?
I can’t understand half what he is saying.
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Have no idea why I’m watching the 2nd
But was the announce pinched in the mouth and have a fat lip ?
I can’t understand half what he is saying.
Yeah that's the guy that called the $500,000 Borgata final last Friday.. some on here call him Elmer Fudd. I'd rather have senile Roger Huston calling a race and that's saying something.
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Yeah that's the guy that called the $500,000 Borgata final last Friday.. some on here call him Elmer Fudd. I'd rather have senile Roger Huston calling a race and that's saying something.
okay -it wasnt me tmbz1
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He keeps smacking his lips too....now this pic makes sense. ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
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My God does he have a tongue piercing? They can start a new series this fall, name it the Borgata Dickinmymouth Pacing Series. ngc3
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I wasn't sure if it was Mr or Mrs Fudd until I heard it talk. May be a great person but please Yonkers, find him a different job. The excellent announcers of years passed must be rolling in their graves knowing that this man is calling races at Yonkers Raceway.
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I wasn't sure if it was Mr or Mrs Fudd until I heard it talk. May be a great person but please Yonkers, find him a different job. The excellent announcers of years passed must be rolling in their graves knowing that this man is calling races at Yonkers Raceway.
I looked over at the track feed and was like who's that woman and I unmuted it for a sec and was dying laughing saying omg that's Fudd 🤣🤣🤣 my friend said that's a guy lmao 🤣 😂 yikes
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If I don't like a particular announcer, or broadcaster on TV, I just mute the sound. I have eyes and can see for myself what's going on. Too many announcers feel the need to talk all the time like they're paid by the word, sometimes, silence is golden.
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If I don't like a particular announcer, or broadcaster on TV, I just mute the sound. I have eyes and can see for myself what's going on. Too many announcers feel the need to talk all the time like they're paid by the word, sometimes, silence is golden.
I mute Roger Huston for obvious reasons
I mute Warkentin because he is wildly inaccurate and is completely full of himself(Greenshoe Drawing Clear)
on the tbred side--i mute Chris Griifin at Aqueduct--his mid race predictions are almost always wrong
I mute Jessica Paquette at Parx because she mumbles her calls
all other announcers I leave the sound on--even the guy from Bangor
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I can't stand those announcers either. As for Jessica Paquette, she only got the job because she's a woman and a cheap hire. I think she's a terrible announcer, but some people are afraid to criticize her because she's a woman. Trevor Denman who recently retired had the knack to pick up a horse when he was about to make his move. Warkentin's favorite thing to say is, such and such is locked in with pace, assuming they have pace, but the majority of them wind up having no pace when they get out.
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I can't stand those announcers either. As for Jessica Paquette, she only got the job because she's a woman and a cheap hire. I think she's a terrible announcer, but some people are afraid to criticize her because she's a woman. Trevor Denman who recently retired had the knack to pick up a horse when he was about to make his move. Warkentin's favorite thing to say is, such and such is locked in with pace, assuming they have pace, but the majority of them wind up having no pace when they get out.
Jessica is a great person and her calls have improved--but she adds nothing to the race and mumbles-so she gets muted
Warkentin is brutally inaccurate and his voice inflections are not called for--but he sounds "nice" and M1 still has a decent following so they think he is is good for some unknown reason--he sucks
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How he ever made it into the Hall of Fame is totally political because everyone from Meadowlands seems to get in. He tries to be funny sometimes with his calls too, but he's not funny. Jessica may be a great person but her announcing is nothing to write home about. Not sure if you're familiar with former Philadelphia Flyers announcer Gene Hart. He was an excellent hockey announcer but as a race caller at Brandywine Raceway was terrible.
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How he ever made it into the Hall of Fame is totally political because everyone from Meadowlands seems to get in. He tries to be funny sometimes with his calls too, but he's not funny. Jessica may be a great person but her announcing is nothing to write home about. Not sure if you're familiar with former Philadelphia Flyers announcer Gene Hart. He was an excellent hockey announcer but as a race caller at Brandywine Raceway was terrible.
Yes--Hart is a HOF hockey announcer and was brilliant in hockey-as a race caller--i agree he was terrible despite being a student of Roy Schudt
Keith Jones was a disciple of Gene Hart and I always thought Keith sucked-afraid to call a photo for 25 years
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Keith Jones was actually the announcer when Garden State had harness racing and was also announcing at Philly Park then too and chose to stay at Philly Park which turned out to be the right move. Track announcers are usually right on the finish line even though they may be high up, so not going out on a limb on a tight photo shouldn't happen. If you're wrong, so what. I'm excellent at calling tight finishes because I know what tracks have inside or outside advantages at the finish line. Harrah's Philly has one of the biggest outside advantages on photos around.
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Keith Jones was actually the announcer when Garden State had harness racing and was also announcing at Philly Park then too and chose to stay at Philly Park which turned out to be the right move. Track announcers are usually right on the finish line even though they may be high up, so not going out on a limb on a tight photo shouldn't happen. If you're wrong, so what. I'm excellent at calling tight finishes because I know what tracks have inside or outside advantages at the finish line. Harrah's Philly has one of the biggest outside advantages on photos around.
Larry Lederman did 99% of Garden St harness calls--Keith did only a handful of nights
Larry was always one of my favorites--but I am from NJ and understand why he is so disliked by many
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Larry lived a long time with his brain tumor before he finally passed away. As for his announcing, he was a good announcer that tried too hard to be funny and needed fresh material. When people are betting and losing their money the last thing they want is for the track announcer to make jokes during the race. He didn't bother me but did need new material. When you're a good announcer you really don't need to be a comedian too.
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Larry lived a long time with his brain tumor before he finally passed away. As for his announcing, he was a good announcer that tried too hard to be funny and needed fresh material. When people are betting and losing their money the last thing they want is for the track announcer to make jokes during the race. He didn't bother me but did need new material. When you're a good announcer you really don't need to be a comedian too.
I can agree to some point--but Larry came up as a comedian and opened up for Robin Williams back in the late 70s.....so being a comedian is who he was and he brought that to his race calls and many didn't like it
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My God does he have a tongue piercing? They can start a new series this fall, name it the Borgata Dickinmymouth Pacing Series. ngc3
Unlike your lazy ass at least he has a job!! ngc3 ngc3
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Are you familiar with track announcer Frank Mirahmadi who's the track announcer at Santa Anita and Saratogo T-breds? He was the announcer at several other tracks before getting the job at Santa Anita and used to do impressions of celebrities during the race calling part of the race and was very good at it. Once he got the Santa Anita job he was advised to cut them out because he was an excellent announcer without them so he did. Larry did some unique things during the race like giving baseball scores during the race at Freehold or his famous call at Garden State, "it's not a battle, it's a war".
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My favorite caller on the harness side is the late Jack E Lee.
My favorite caller on the T bred side was Marshall Cassidy.
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My favorite caller on the harness side is the late Jack E Lee.
My favorite caller on the T bred side was Marshall Cassidy.
They're about as opposite as you can get. Cassidy was totally serious, and Jack E Lee was a clown with all his nicknames.
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Unlike your lazy ass at least he has a job!! ngc3 ngc3
Yeah, taking money from the welfare industry called harness racing. Calling races nobody watches. Bravoooooooo
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Are you familiar with track announcer Frank Mirahmadi who's the track announcer at Santa Anita and Saratogo T-breds? He was the announcer at several other tracks before getting the job at Santa Anita and used to do impressions of celebrities during the race calling part of the race and was very good at it. Once he got the Santa Anita job he was advised to cut them out because he was an excellent announcer without them so he did. Larry did some unique things during the race like giving baseball scores during the race at Freehold or his famous call at Garden State, "it's not a battle, it's a war".
I think Frank is great and I still have his email address from when we discussed mules
I have Frank just behind Durkin and Collmus as greats--almost never wrong when calling photos and picks up moves very quickly. I am happy he is at Saratoga.
yes I recall the imitations--they were funny
I believe he started at Louisiana Downs
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You and I disagree on Collmus, I think he's good but not as good as he thinks he is, and demanded a larger salary from NYRA who ended up moving on from him. Even though he's the voice of The Triple Crown and Breeder's Cup I think both Travis Stone at Churchill and Dave Rodman at Pimlico are better announcers than him.
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They're about as opposite as you can get. Cassidy was totally serious, and Jack E Lee was a clown with all his nicknames.
Cassidy clowned around as well, remember HOLY MAKEREL?
And Quick Quack Quick to name 2.
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I almost forgot Dave Johnson on the t bred side.
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What I remember about him most was, he looked like a nerd. I remember his call when Easy Goer won the Belmont because I had a good bet on him. I just think Jack E Lee made it too much about himself.
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What I remember about him most was, he looked like a nerd. I remember his call when Easy Goer won the Belmont because I had a good bet on him. I just think Jack E Lee made it too much about himself.
Maybe Cassidy looked like that because before he was an announcer, he was a male model.
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I mute Roger Huston for obvious reasons
I mute Warkentin because he is wildly inaccurate and is completely full of himself(Greenshoe Drawing Clear)
on the tbred side--i mute Chris Griifin at Aqueduct--his mid race predictions are almost always wrong
I mute Jessica Paquette at Parx because she mumbles her calls
all other announcers I leave the sound on--even the guy from Bangor
Papillon- I was watching Bangor last week. While I am not crazy about the announcer, he is acceptable. But I had to laugh when the teletimer malfunctioned and, in a totally serious tone, he called the quarter as the 24.2 that was posted, and the half in something like 52.4. That cost him a few credibility points, no?
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You and I disagree on Collmus, I think he's good but not as good as he thinks he is, and demanded a larger salary from NYRA who ended up moving on from him. Even though he's the voice of The Triple Crown and Breeder's Cup I think both Travis Stone at Churchill and Dave Rodman at Pimlico are better announcers than him.
I will agree the last decade Collmus has turned into a screamer and not what he once was
he did command a high salary and NYRA said no thanks
Collmus gets the Triple Crown for NBC and I am sure Fanduel pays him well
I still consider him a great based on body of work before 2015
for me-placing importance on calling photos is key--Durkin, Collmus and Frank almost always make the call--too many just say "too close to call"--horses would win by a neck at Parx and Jones would say "its a photo"--for 25 years
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I think some announcers don't like calling tight photos because they're afraid of being wrong, but when you won't call a photo on an obvious short head, you're just gutless. Even Warkentin is afraid to go out on a limb on a photo when sometimes it's obvious who won.
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I always found it amazing most think Warkentin is good
just because his voice is familiar and sounds "nice" doesn't mean he gets a free pass for being inaccurate and his mid race assumptions are usually wrong
"Greenshoe drawing clear" will forever go down in history
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He'll never live down the Greenshoe drawing clear call, although it looked like it might happen, but Forbidden Trade dug in. I still wonder if Sears was too overconfident. When Sam McKee was still alive, I hated them having to share the announcing duties when McKee was so much better. After he died, Warkentin stole some of Sam's material like such and such is bump drafting, and so and so is charging hard.
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While you never know who you will hear on any given night at Yonkers, some of the announcers there are actually very good. it's tough sometimes to make half mile race calls entertaining. George Anthony is a character and does an excellent job. There's a guy Rich who fills in that does a very good job. The other day a guy who was doing Freehold announced and does a very good job. All 3 are better than many regulars I hear.
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The problem I have with George Anthony is, he thinks he's the second coming of Jack E Lee.
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Edison Hatter is average at best-much better handicapper than race caller
John Hernan I never liked--very dull and doesn't pick up moves from the backfield(when there is one)
Piassek's calls are not very good, nothing to do with the speech impediment
The "King" is better than the above mentioned
M1 and Yonkers , or any other harness track--are just looking to pay a cheap daily rate and they don't care about the announcers performance
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The problem I have with George Anthony is, he thinks he's the second coming of Jack E Lee.
We need another Jack E. Lee!
George is very distinct and entertaining.
Listen to the guy Rich at Yonkers. He's very good and keeps it interesting. The Freehold guy (don't know his name) who fills in is good and seems to know his stuff.
Edison is sharp and very knowledgable.
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George Anthony is one of the most arrogant people I know.
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George Anthony is one of the most arrogant people I know.
"The less you bet, the more you lose when you win"
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George Anthony is one of the most arrogant people I know.
Arrogant about what? I never met him.
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We need another Jack E. Lee!
George is very distinct and entertaining.
Listen to the guy Rich at Yonkers. He's very good and keeps it interesting. The Freehold guy (don't know his name) who fills in is good and seems to know his stuff.
Edison is sharp and very knowledgable.
Hasn't Freehold been closed forever since 6 months ago?
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Arrogant about what? I never met him.
Years ago he and a woman did pre-race analysis at Pocono. He never let her get a word in edge wise and always cut her off. They eventually fired him and he claims he was unjustly terminated. He has a huge ego and is a real jerk. Yonkers may be going with multiple announcers so they don't have to pay them fulltime benefits, because it makes no sense not to have just one regular announcer.
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Years ago he and a woman did pre-race analysis at Pocono. He never let her get a word in edge wise and always cut her off. They eventually fired him and he claims he was unjustly terminated. He has a huge ego and is a real jerk. Yonkers may be going with multiple announcers so they don't have to pay them fulltime benefits, because it makes no sense not to have just one regular announcer.
Gotcha...well it does make sense as you probably pinpointed the reason! Lol
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Years ago he and a woman did pre-race analysis at Pocono. He never let her get a word in edge wise and always cut her off. They eventually fired him and he claims he was unjustly terminated. He has a huge ego and is a real jerk. Yonkers may be going with multiple announcers so they don't have to pay them fulltime benefits, because it makes no sense not to have just one regular announcer.
I enjoy listening to him but have no idea what he is like in real life. That's sad to hear!
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I enjoy listening to him but have no idea what he is like in real life. That's sad to hear!
The last time I saw him in person was in the late 90's. He was hanging out on the track apron at YR with Hugo Iodice and Mike Sorrentino sr in an arm cast.
Sorretino jr was driving in the race and in the stretch Sorentino jr opened up a few lengths as Andrew Santeramo moved into 2nd, then Sorentino sr said loudly to Iodice and Anthony " Get the wheelbarrow ".
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Hasn't Freehold been closed forever since 6 months ago?
Sorry...meant I remember hearing him at Freehold last year
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The last time I saw him in person was in the late 90's. He was hanging out on the track apron at YR with Hugo Iodice and Mike Sorrentino sr in an arm cast.
Sorretino jr was driving in the race and in the stretch Sorentino jr opened up a few lengths as Andrew Santeramo moved into 2nd, then Sorentino sr said loudly to Iodice and Anthony " Get the wheelbarrow ".
Hilarious!
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Who is announcing tonight? He has has a roger houston call, then a secratariat call and a gabe prewitt mixed in there. Anything original and who is this clown?
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Who is announcing tonight? He has has a roger houston call, then a secratariat call and a gabe prewitt mixed in there. Anything original and who is this clown?
I believe that was Anthony Verusso ..not sure of the spelling lol. The amateur driver. He occasionally is on the mic there and at Rosecroft. Think he even called one in Canada. Elmer Fudd is better lol ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
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I believe that was Anthony Verusso ..not sure of the spelling lol. The amateur driver. He occasionally is on the mic there and at Rosecroft. Think he even called one in Canada. Elmer Fudd is better lol ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
I think it was the kid who does the paddock interviews at Meadowlands.
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Arrogant about what? I never met him.
I am not sure what Anthony looks like now but back then he was a boisterous, poorly dressed (baggy dirty looking sweatpants type), and of course the shoe polish black hair dye.
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Some people may not remember but George used to be a trainer and was also the announcer at Ocean Downs for alot of years. In recent years he got into T-bred training but hasn't done very well. He was also the leading trainer at Yonkers a long ago and had some success at Meadowlands too.
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Some people may not remember but George used to be a trainer and was also the announcer at Ocean Downs for alot of years. In recent years he got into T-bred training but hasn't done very well. He was also the leading trainer at Yonkers a long ago and had some success at Meadowlands too.
You are absolutely right. I remember when he trained and filled in as announcer for Bullet Bob Meyer at YR. At that time, he was the full-time race announcer at Ocean Downs in Maryland during their racing seasons.
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I liked when George was at Ocean Downs. Livened it up a little, and everyone had a nickname. ngc3
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He gets the nicknames from Jack E Lee who he idolized and is trying to reincarnate with his calls.The former Yonkers announcer has been calling at Ocean Downs the past few years and isn't exactly Mr. Excitement.
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“The King”.
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He gets the nicknames from Jack E Lee who he idolized and is trying to reincarnate with his calls.The former Yonkers announcer has been calling at Ocean Downs the past few years and isn't exactly Mr. Excitement.
The guy in charge of the Harness Racing Hall of fame in Goshen once told me that he used to play in private poker games with Anthony and Jack E Lee.
Some of you older folks will remember the story when JEL was the announcer at Freehold he and George didn't get along and JEL once mailed a package of dog doo doo to George's house.
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I'm sure alot of people aren't aware that Jack E Lee was also the announcer at Roosevelt Raceway for a long time.
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I'm sure alot of people aren't aware that Jack E Lee was also the announcer at Roosevelt Raceway for a long time.
He was the announcer of RR a long time, then Parr meadows 1/4 horse track in long island for about a year and then Freehold. Eventually he retired to Florida.
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I was at Roosevelt the night Foreman and Ali fought in their famous Rumble in the Jungle.
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I'm sure alot of people aren't aware that Jack E Lee was also the announcer at Roosevelt Raceway for a long time.
I would be shocked if this crowd didn't know he was Roosevelts announcer
this is an elderly audience here
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I guess that I am a dinosaur because I go back to Fred Capposela at NYRA. Now back to Wynn Elliot.
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I guess that I am a dinosaur because I go back to Fred Capposela at NYRA. Now back to Wynn Elliot.
I was a toddler when it was Chic Anderson then Marshall Cassidy
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I would be shocked if this crowd didn't know he was Roosevelts announcer
this is an elderly audience here
I haven't checked birth certificates recently and don't know what area most of you are from.
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I watch and wager every night at Yonkers. The past few nights were awful. One guy, Larry Fox?, is a wannabe George Anthony and adds his own brand of bad handicapping to the broadcast. Last night was this John fella from the Meadowlands who tries to sound like Dave Little. If you catch TVG/FanDuel on a Saturday night, you’ll know what I mean.
Edison Hatter and George Anthony, I can tolerate. George has always been a tool, but at this point I kind of enjoy him. Anthony Stabile called the races last Saturday night and did a good job.
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Considering Edison hasn't been announcing very long I think he does a decent job. If I'm watching Yonkers and George Anthony is announcing, I have to mute it because I can't stand him trying to reincarnate Jack E Lee.