https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1987/12/21/by-the-numbers

Good article, do not recall if our host aka The Wayward Son is mentioned.

Edit -- sorry thought link was to entire article. If you can find, a good read

TGJB: Richieâ€" that fanboy piece came out the same night my then girlfriend broke up with me on my answering machine. Big vodka night.

Rich Curtis: \"that fanboy piece came out the same night my then girlfriend broke up with me on my answering machine.\"

 I hate it when they do that. Anyway, here is a different article. If the link does not work, Google \"Jerry Kirshenbaum Len Ragozin\" and it should be on top.

https://vault.si.com/vault/1978/05/01/rags-says-his-system-figures-to-bring-riches-whats-a-nice-harvard-boy-doing-in-a-cramped-greenwich-village-office-with-all-that-info-on-the-horses

Boscar Obarra: serious question, was it over ticket construction?