Letter to LA Times from Gary Stevens...

mark2061mn · #1 02-02-2007, 04:45 PM

anyone who's ever lived in the LA area (the cesspool of america imo) and follows sports knows who TJ simers is. his sole purpose in writing anything is to be controversial, and anyone who takes him seriously is wasting their time.

the la times received more hatemail over tj simers than any other journalist on their payroll.

timmgirvan · #2 02-02-2007, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

anyone who's ever lived in the LA area (the cesspool of america imo) and follows sports knows who TJ simers is. his sole purpose in writing anything is to be controversial, and anyone who takes him seriously is wasting their time.

the la times received more hatemail over tj simers than any other journalist on their payroll.

Well deserved mail at that! Don't know what your requisites are for the "cesspool" remark are, but we're not flooding,freezing,getting snowed in or having tornadoes,or suffering the hurricanes like most folks are,or sinking into the Gulf as New Orleans is. I hate ending a sentence with a preposition, but don't want to appear wordy!

mark2061mn · #3 02-02-2007, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Well deserved mail at that! Don't know what your requisites are for the "cesspool" remark are, but we're not flooding,freezing,getting snowed in or having tornadoes,or suffering the hurricanes like most folks are,or sinking into the Gulf as New Orleans is. I hate ending a sentence with a preposition, but don't want to appear wordy!

i lived there most of my life. it has it's advantages, true.
it also has insufferable traffic. 2-3 hours to go 10-15 miles sometimes. you can keep that.
overpopulation
pollution
rude people (second to maybe nyc only!) that are completely unfriendly and distrustful. i was warned people in new england were worse, but i've found that people here in maine and new hampshire are very friendly and go out of their way to be helpful.
overpriced living expenses. what i paid for my house and 2 acres here in southern maine, i couldn't have bought half of my ex gf's closet in her condo.

when i fly into LAX, as i pass over the greater LA, which now sprawls in every direction (minus the ocean), i feel like i'm flying into a borg planet. all metal and concrete everywhere, with not a hint of green to be seen from the air. except, of course, one of the thousands of high school football fields.

timmgirvan · #4 02-02-2007, 07:51 PM

IC: Most of your post has its good points...but,man,what freeway are you talking about, the 710,405? And the people...I've never walked into any place and felt uncomfortable...I look into their eyes and it's all good! Now, the freeways are another story, I will admit. And forget about buying a house or condo under half a mill..and that's in the bad parts! But you can't beat the weather, unless you're in Hawaii!

#5 02-02-2007, 09:09 PM

Here is something about Simers you may not know. T.J. is a minority owner in the most expensive quarter-horse purchased by Ed Allred in last year's yearling sales at Los Al. All of the profits T.J. makes on this horse(and it is obviously going to be eligible for every million dollar race at the track) will be going to the Mattel Children's foundation which helps pay for treatment for children with cancer.

T.J. is a dichotmony. His articles can be reprehensible at times, but he donates more time and money for children with cancer than any other columnist in Southern California. I am not defending the column on Barbaro, but there is another side to him that not too many people know about.

AeWingnut · #6 02-03-2007, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Fuofa

Here is something about Simers you may not know. T.J. is a minority owner in the most expensive quarter-horse purchased by Ed Allred in last year's yearling sales at Los Al. All of the profits T.J. makes on this horse(and it is obviously going to be eligible for every million dollar race at the track) will be going to the Mattel Children's foundation which helps pay for treatment for children with cancer.

T.J. is a dichotmony. His articles can be reprehensible at times, but he donates more time and money for children with cancer than any other columnist in Southern California. I am not defending the column on Barbaro, but there is another side to him that not too many people know about.

So.. maybe he's an ass so all the good people will rise up ?
no
he's just in it for the attention
if you can't be really good
be really bad

#7 02-02-2007, 09:09 PM

Simers is the same guy that had a thing with Jeff Mullins.

He quoted Mullins as saying if you lose at the track everyday, and continue to come back, then you are either an idiot or an addict.

Big thing over it. Fans were heckling Mullins at SA for weeks. One of Mullins big owners Robert Bones ( owned Choctaw Nation), was caught flashing the bird at the hecklers and the story lived again.

Simers Plays......he got into with Mullins over a Pik6 Ticket he lost on, and Mullins hadn't told him that one of his horse's had recent surgery and wasn't fit.

big hub-aboo for two weeks.

Simers getting another 15 minutes here.

Danzig · #8 02-02-2007, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Heynow

Simers is the same guy that had a thing with Jeff Mullins.

He quoted Mullins as saying if you lose at the track everyday, and continue to come back, then you are either an idiot or an addict.

Big thing over it. Fans were heckling Mullins at SA for weeks. One of Mullins big owners Robert Bones ( owned Choctaw Nation), was caught flashing the bird at the hecklers and the story lived again.

Simers Plays......he got into with Mullins over a Pik6 Ticket he lost on, and Mullins hadn't told him that one of his horse's had recent surgery and wasn't fit.

big hub-aboo for two weeks.

Simers getting another 15 minutes here.

ah...
see, i knew i had heard the name before. so he's the mullins reporter.

Sightseek · #9 02-02-2007, 09:49 PM

"Thou he be little, he is fierce"

Danzig · #10 02-04-2007, 10:20 AM

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...ck=1&cset=true

simers is upset now because he got hate mail--wonder if he's surprised, as his original column that brought the letters his way that he finds so offensive wasn't exactly a love-fest.

docvegas. · #11 02-02-2007, 09:20 PM

I have sincerely always liked Gary. I like him even more now. Barbaro is still with all of us!!!!!

Thunder Gulch · #12 02-03-2007, 08:32 AM

Bravo for Gary.

2Hot4TV · #13 02-04-2007, 09:56 AM

T.J. Simmers, Barbaro fans are not nuts for caring about a Champion or the well being of any other animal in distress.

The reason you get all the hate mail is because nobody cares for your work and there isn't much to like about what you present of yourself.