(PhatzRadio / SI) —- All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another when an 11-horse field lines up for the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. A victory, and I’ll Have Another will have a chance to become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years if he [...]
Preakness 2012: I’ll Have Another, Bodemeister to duel again
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — BALTIMORE – The only certainty entering the 137th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course is that it won’t look anything like the Kentucky Derby. I’ll Have Another enjoyed the luxury of sitting comfortably off the pace in the early going while Bodemeister set scorching fractions in the Run [...]
Phil Naessens Show May 17th 2012 Mostly NBA Night
On tonight’s show Ben Parker, Jameyan Smith and I begin by highlighting Manchester City and their amazing comeback victory that earned them the English Premier Leagues title which led to a discussion about why soccer isn’t very popular in the United States followed by a mini rant about really bad hotel lounge piano players followed [...]
Track Talk: Bodemeister installed as 8-5 Preakness favorite
BALTIMORE (AP) — Just like in the Kentucky Derby, Bodemeister is the favorite in the Preakness. This time, Bob Baffert intends to justify the odds. Despite finishing second in the Derby, Bodemeister was installed as the 8-5 favorite for Saturday’s second leg of the Triple Crown. The colt, trained by Bob Baffert, set the pace [...]
The Phil Naessens Show May 16 2012 The All Baseball Show (Sort of)
On tonight’s Phil Naessens Show our topics are; Segment One: I answer a listeners question about surprises thus far in the American League. Segment Two: Mr. Eric Stephen joins me to discuss the LA Dodgers. Segment Three: My friend Gabriel Valazquez Jr. joins me to talk about his beloved Dodgers and LA Lakers. To listen [...]
The Phil Naessens Show May 16 2012 The All Baseball Show (Sort of)
On tonight’s Phil Naessens Show our topics are; Segment One: I answer a listeners question about surprises thus far in the American League. Segment Two: Mr. Eric Stephen joins me to discuss the LA Dodgers. Segment Three: My friend Gabriel Valazquez Jr. joins me to talk about his beloved Dodgers and LA Lakers. To listen [...]
The Phil Naessens Show May 16 2012 The All Baseball Show (Sort of)
On tonight’s Phil Naessens Show our topics are; Segment One: I answer a listeners question about surprises thus far in the American League. Segment Two: Mr. Eric Stephen joins me to discuss the LA Dodgers. Segment Three: My friend Gabriel Valazquez Jr. joins me to talk about his beloved Dodgers and LA Lakers. To listen [...]
The Phil Naessens Show May 16 2012 The All Baseball Show (Sort of)
On tonight’s Phil Naessens Show our topics are; Segment One: I answer a listeners question about surprises thus far in the American League. Segment Two: Mr. Eric Stephen joins me to discuss the LA Dodgers. Segment Three: My friend Gabriel Valazquez Jr. joins me to talk about his beloved Dodgers and LA Lakers. To listen [...]
Track Talk: Peter Fuller, owner of Dancer’s Image, dies at 89
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Peter Fuller, owner of the thoroughbred Dancer’s Image that won the 1968 Kentucky Derby but was disqualified days later, has died of cancer in Portsmouth, N.H. He was 89. Fuller died Monday at a skilled-care facility, according to one of his daughters, Miranda Bocko of Rye, N.H. Fuller was a second-generation [...]
Track Talk: Bob Baffert says Bodemeister will go on to Preakness
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Bob Baffert, trainer of Kentucky Derby runnerup Bodemeister, told USA TODAY Sports that his highly-regarded colt will go on to the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course. “He looks healthy. He looks happy,” Baffert said when reached by phone on Monday morning at Churchill Downs, where Bodemeister [...]








