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Old 11-23-2007, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
My best Hialeah memory is standing in the announcers booth at Yakima Meadows and getting a call from as guy named Bob Savage. Bob was the director of marketing at Hialeah and he offered me the announcers job. I drove 3712 miles in the next five days to arrive in time to begin the meet. Seemed like it took half a day. I'd have walked If I had to.
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After Longacres closed, me and my dad used to go over to Yakima Meadows all the time. We'd go for the saturday and sunday cards, go to Miners for burgers each time, and go to Sun Kings games when they were in town. Lots of fun.
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