from our old pal Finley

#1 12-07-2006, 06:42 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ill&id=2690152

Hickory Hill Hoff · #2 12-07-2006, 07:00 PM

I'll bet none of his eight mention will win it either.

#3 12-07-2006, 07:08 PM

Ah the poison pen, I'd rather reread war and peace than anything he writes.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #4 12-07-2006, 07:12 PM

I heard he and Bill Heller are good friends...LOL

blackthroatedwind · #5 12-07-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

I heard he and Bill Heller are good friends...LOL

The BEST of friends.

Scav · #6 12-07-2006, 07:27 PM

Bill Heller?

Danzig · #7 12-07-2006, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

Ah the poison pen, I'd rather reread war and peace than anything he writes.

i'd read it again, gladly. it's a good book.

blackthroatedwind · #8 12-07-2006, 07:55 PM

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i'd read it again, gladly. it's a good book.

Yeah, I thought it was an odd comparative choice myself.

#9 12-07-2006, 08:14 PM

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Yeah, I thought it was an odd comparative choice myself.

I suppose that any book that you are forced to read by a professor or teacher is never as much fun as those you choose to read on your own.
I was forced to read it. I really should read it again sometime.
Bill Finley spews more venom than a King Cobra. I've never been able to figure out why someone with so much obvious negativity towards something chose to make a career by writing about it. This has never made sense to me.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #10 12-07-2006, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

I suppose that any book that you are forced to read by a professor or teacher is never as much fun as those you choose to read on your own.
I was forced to read it. I really should read it again sometime.
Bill Finley spews more venom than a King Cobra. I've never been able to figure out why someone with so much obvious negativity towards something chose to make a career by writing about it. This has never made sense to me.

Yeah, he's a good one to promote OUR sport! LOL

Cannon Shell · #11 12-07-2006, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

I suppose that any book that you are forced to read by a professor or teacher is never as much fun as those you choose to read on your own.
I was forced to read it. I really should read it again sometime.
Bill Finley spews more venom than a King Cobra. I've never been able to figure out why someone with so much obvious negativity towards something chose to make a career by writing about it. This has never made sense to me.

How is No biz slower than Tiz Wonderful?

Hickory Hill Hoff · #12 12-07-2006, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The BEST of friends.

I missed the day those two almost came to blows in the press box,
that marked the end of the Saturday pool up there.
I also recalled he (Finlay) bitched because the press box didn't have the NFL ticket on closing weekend a few years back.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #13 12-07-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav

Bill Heller?

Noted author and handicapping ace from a capital district newspaper (Albany N.Y.area)

Cannon Shell · #14 12-07-2006, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

I missed the day those two almost came to blows in the press box,
that marked the end of the Saturday pool up there.
I also recalled he (Finlay) bitched because the press box didn't have the NFL ticket on closing weekend a few years back.

Imagine Woody Allen duking it out with Micheal J. Fox.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #15 12-07-2006, 09:13 PM

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Imagine Woody Allen duking it out with Micheal J. Fox.

That's a good one!

Linny · #16 12-08-2006, 08:41 AM

I missed that one but caught the ra-cap in Indian Charlie. Apparently it was one for the ages.

I sometimes think Finley is a mole, planted by PETA to destroy racing from within.

Danzig · #17 12-08-2006, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by oracle80

I suppose that any book that you are forced to read by a professor or teacher is never as much fun as those you choose to read on your own.
I was forced to read it. I really should read it again sometime.
Bill Finley spews more venom than a King Cobra. I've never been able to figure out why someone with so much obvious negativity towards something chose to make a career by writing about it. This has never made sense to me.

i was supposed to read grapes of wrath in school. ugh. never finished. recently i got east of eden and it was fantastic. so i bought grapes of wrath and gave it another go. was very good.
enjoyed war and peace, much better than anna karenina. but i prefer dostoevsky. his brothers karamazov is great.