Reds Caravan - Eyewitness Muncie & Indy

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The Muncie event was fantastic.  The local ESPN radio crew (1340AM) was there broadcasting a half hour Q&A session with the fans before autographs started.

Someone asked about Bedard.  Krivsky turned around and looked at someone behind him, and several members of the "crew" laughed.  Marty said they had 5 bucks on whether there would be a Bedard question or not.  He said, of course, that it's not happening.  Baltimore wants a King's Ransom.

Marty talked for awhile and told a couple of stories about Joe Nuxhall, though he said most of their off-air conversations were "not fit for a mixed crowd".

They gave away lots of swag, and people from cincinnatiUSA.com seemed to like snapping pictures of my son.  They took 4 of them throughout the day, and handed me a card with a web address to download them later.

BP signing my boy's hat

Gapper irritating the heck out of him

Phillips and Browning took the bulk of the questions.  When asked about locker room comedians, Phillips said the person who cracks him up the most is David Weathers.  He said he's always pulling pranks, and most people don't like them, but they crack him up.  Also "gotta give props to Dunner".  Browning said that aside from himself, Rijo and Luis Quinones were the clowns of his time.

Some lady from Chicago won the opening day tickets.

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The Indy event wasn't good.  Champps was at capacity, and too many people were there just trying to have a meal.  There was no Q&A, and very little opportunity for photos.  

Of course the only reason I went was to pull this off:

Browning was the most amused.  "Can't get enough, huh?" he says.