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Old 02-01-2012, 06:34 AM
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I know that it will come as no shock, but I have spent many an hour in the Ocala Fronton. Alas, the Tampa Jai Alai Fronton is now a shiny Home Depot (closed in '94).

There is most certainly Jai Alai simulcasting from So. FL. if you get the urge Math.
WTF is the point of subjecting yourself to Jai Alai if you can't watch it live?
i'd rather hang out with gpk and buy scratch offs at the local 7-11 for 2 hours

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Old 02-01-2012, 06:52 AM
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WTF is the point of subjecting yourself to Jai Alai if you can't watch it live?
i'd rather hang out with gpk and buy scratch offs at the local 7-11 for 2 hours

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You mean that's not the itinerary for Tuesday night?
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:08 AM
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They sell scratch offs at the simulcast - see, everybody wins
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:11 AM
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WTF is the point of subjecting yourself to Jai Alai if you can't watch it live?
i'd rather hang out with gpk and buy scratch offs at the local 7-11 for 2 hours

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It is brutal on TV. You can't see the pelota.

It is for the true degenerates, so from the looks of some of gpk and herky's recent threads, I'm guessing they will dive right in.
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:12 AM
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It is brutal on TV. You can't see the pelota.

It is for the true degenerates, so from the looks of some of gpk and herky's recent threads, I'm guessing they will dive right in.
Stop it.
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:22 AM
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Stop it.
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:55 AM
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It is brutal on TV. You can't see the pelota.

It is for the true degenerates, so from the looks of some of gpk and herky's recent threads, I'm guessing they will dive right in.
Jai-Alai + bunch of degenerates = COMEDY GOLD!
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Old 02-01-2012, 08:26 AM
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Not really. It's a huge freaking court with about ten people spread out through it.

In the 90's when I spent my entire summer in Florida most years -- and my entire Christmas vacation from school there most years -- Miami had two Jai-Li frontons, three dog tracks, three thoroughbred tracks, and at least one harness track.

Now that HIA has made a comeback -- I guess you still have three horse tracks, plus Pompano is still an active harness track, not sure if Miami and Dania are still going and how the dog situation is with Hollywood, Flagler, and Biscayne.
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