FARK.com: (7171321) Secretariat, cheated of the Preakness Stakes record 39 years ago by a timing snafu, now credited with a faster time than he actually ran. Next up: awarding Hank Aaron 8 retroactive homers

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		Secretariat, cheated of the Preakness Stakes record 39 years ago by a timing snafu, now credited with a faster time than he actually ran. Next up: awarding Hank Aaron 8 retroactive homers (deadspin.com)		5
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Mr. Potatoass		2012-06-19 10:01:45 PM

3 votes:

In before the neighsayers.

King Something		2012-06-20 12:27:40 AM

1 votes:

Huck And Molly Ziegler: Good for Secretariat! Does this automatically increase by a couple of thousand dollars the individual values of all his blood descendants??

/wonder how many there are ...

There's at least one:
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UCJJ		2012-06-19 11:06:40 PM

1 votes:

I say we just take away 250 or so from Bonds and another 200 from Sosa. That'll fix everything.

NakedReporta		2012-06-19 11:05:45 PM

1 votes:

Your Average Witty Fark User: Subby DRTFA, and doesn't know WTF they're talking about.

No, he was credited with the time he actually ran, as hand timed, not the time on the farking scoreboard- scoreboard times are never official, dipshiat.

Subby did RTFA, YAWFU, and nothing in the article explains how they got to 1:53 flat. Neither did the CNN article I read. He was hand-timed at 1:53 2/5, and this unofficial time has been the accepted one for 39 years. Somehow, they not only managed to find a way to give Secretariat a share of the record most racing fans had conceded to him for years, they gave him the whole thing outright.

The whole thing smacks of major revisionism in a dying sport that is hanging onto the memory of its dead legends in any way it can. That's my read on it. Read it how you will.

So STFU, YAWFU. TTYL!

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