tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post114107538551798369..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Board WatchingAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1141151635154807692006-02-28T13:33:00.000-05:002006-02-28T13:33:00.000-05:00Gary Siebel was/is an excellent color man on Harne...Gary Siebel was/is an excellent color man on Harness Racing productions of the past.He now is going through some kind of mid-life crisis on camera at TVG.His comments are of distain for something, he goes off on tangents and attempts at some kind of very wierd inside irony humor schtick.He is as hard to listen to as the insufferable Ken Rudolph.Just image what it would be like to do 3 hours side by side with a hangover that Lyons frequently has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1141097049596282882006-02-27T22:24:00.000-05:002006-02-27T22:24:00.000-05:001 I don't have a set rule, but I look for somethi...1 I don't have a set rule, but I look for something that really sticks out. You'll see a horse getting bet at say, 5-2, but his amount in the show pool is significatly less than the 3-1 and 7-2 horses and more like the ones that are 8 or 10-1. When I'm home I use the 'percentages' tab on Super Tote and that makes it really easy. I look before it gets too close to post time, when the pools sometimes evened out by bargain hunters. (This all applies to the bigger tracks in which the betting with eight minutes to go is meaningful.)<BR/><BR/>2. OK, you got me. There is currently no Japanese cinema retrospective at Lincoln Center; consider it artistic license. But as luck would have it, there actually is one <A HREF="http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=62" REL="nofollow">at the Brooklyn Academy of Music</A>. It includes Woman In The Dunes (1964), definitely worth seeing.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1141092135463004622006-02-27T21:02:00.000-05:002006-02-27T21:02:00.000-05:00Yeah, I too can watch racing for hours on end with...Yeah, I too can watch racing for hours on end without needing to place a bet. Unless I'm at the track, that is. I usuall want a little action, and am willing to throw a few bucks away on most live races and a few imports to have cheering interest. Even when I lose every race, it's cheaper than going to a Niners or Giant's game.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329697943812963362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1141086009291055932006-02-27T19:20:00.000-05:002006-02-27T19:20:00.000-05:00Great post.2 questions-1. How disproportionate sho...Great post.<BR/><BR/>2 questions-<BR/><BR/>1. How disproportionate should the win pool be vs. the show pool to indicate a horse being bet on the nose?<BR/><BR/>2. Some of us may be interested in the latest retrospective of mid-20th century Japanese cinema screening at Lincoln Center. What might we be able to catch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com