RedsFest!

by Brendanukkah on Nov 7, 2008 5:21 PM EST Comment 58 comments

Tickets go on sale Monday for Redsfest, which will be Friday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 13. It's only $20 for a two day pass, which is an even bigger bargain considering that a one day pass is $15.

C. Trent has the details:

Current and former Reds players expected to attend Redsfest XI include Gold Glove second baseman Brandon Phillips, first baseman Joey Votto, outfielder Jay Bruce and Reds Hall of Fame outfielder Eric Davis.

The first 10,000 fans attending Redsfest each day will receive a free drawstring backpack and a Reds winter ski cap, courtesy of Kahn’s.

The Redsfest Main Stage will feature popular activities such as kids-only press conferences involving Reds players, a Reds Idol karaoke contest, a Hooters wing eating contest and the Reds Hot Stove Report with general manager Walt Jocketty and manager Dusty Baker. Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo will perform in concert on Friday night.

A celebrity Wiffleball home run contest will be held on Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. featuring local media personalities as well as former Reds players, upcoming prospects and local celebrities. The home run contest will kick off the weekend of programming on the 10,000 square foot Gorilla Glue Field of Dreams, that will also include the Chipotle Wiffleball Tournament.

There's also a Texas Hold Em tournament, and if you knock out a Reds player, you get the jersey off their back. I've never been to a Redsfest (been to a RenFest though), and I'm not likely to make it to this one, but damn! It looks like a good time.

No word of a trivia competition, after Slyde provided such a dominating performance. What will he dominate in this time?

Poll

Adventure, excitement: a Red Reporter administrator craves not these things. Still, what event will Slyde dominate, Sebulba style?

Reds Idol karaoke contest ("Since U Been Gone," dedicated to Corey Patterson)

4 votes

Hooters wing eating contest (eating Cheetos in mom's basement is basically same thing)

4 votes

Poker tournament (sees Dick Pole's jersey, raises him a Coutlangus jersey)

1 votes

Guitar Hero: World Tour duel with Bronson (Slyde wants smooth. He wants Steely Dan. 97% on "Do It Again." You Rock!)

2 votes

Shuffleboard at Buffalo Wild Wings (convinces Votto that it's "basically like curling," but Joey is helpless without brooms)

3 votes

boobs

12 votes

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The jersey off their backs?

Do they strip it off right there?

Somebody take pictures!

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by BubbaFan on Nov 7, 2008 5:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Pervert!

Redsfest is a great time, I’ll have to figure out a way to go. My bay-bay is dues on the 12th, so we’ll see. :)

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 7, 2008 5:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

hey, that baby isn't going to interfere with the 18th is it?

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 7, 2008 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

hahahaha

She actually told me she wants me to go since I don’t get to see the Ville very often. That’s why she’s a keeper. :)

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 7, 2008 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

awesome!

except she should belittle you for being a cardinals fan

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 7, 2008 7:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Texas Hold 'Em?

I could totally destroy them… Same with the karaoke contest… it would basically be pwnage…

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Nov 7, 2008 6:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Redsfest.....

the best time of the offseason every year. Can’t wait!

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Nov 7, 2008 6:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Our last wiffle ball outing was a dud.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 7, 2008 7:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think we have

a volunteer to head that up next year.. Mads? Is that you?

"Patterson, Keppinger, Bako.... Cream of the Suck" -Slyde

by snohio on Nov 10, 2008 9:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Not I said Mads...I thought YOU ere the Supreme Whiffle Ball Guy

Although I would be happy to be your Vice-Supreme Whiffle Ball Guy…at your service

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 10, 2008 6:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

God, i miss Coutlangus jokes

by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 7, 2008 7:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Has it got you down?

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Nov 7, 2008 8:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think things are licking up

What a picture of domestic tranquility... Hemlock on the hearth and my wife feeding the piranha.

by Man Mountain on Nov 8, 2008 12:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

definitely making the trip this year

maybe a RR meet-up?

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by xjjeep90 on Nov 8, 2008 10:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

there will be an RR meetup

the question is who will attend. We love meeting new people. Still waiting to find the true weirdo of the bunch. Madville in person was much too normal.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Nov 8, 2008 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

THANKS YOU SLYDE FOR THAT GENEROUS INTRODUCTION

This been a year of transitions:
To SB nation, From the benign yet laissez fair JD to the Supreme Ruler Slyde, From Bush to Barack and from Adam to Bruce. Thusly (as the great #15 would oft pronounce) it is time for a big-time RR get together at Redsfest. It doesn’t appear that not too many Reds are going to be there, sooooo…if we ALL show up maybe we could hold a rally, carry placards, do something to get BP over SS, a decent Manager, more indecent cheerleaders, Red Menace as field manager, MM as hitting instructor and Scrabbles as couch coach…Together we can make a difference – YES WE CAN…

I’ll bring the beer.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 8, 2008 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Last year

Me and ’tHan watched the UK-IU game while waiting for the chronically late to show their faces. :)

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 8, 2008 12:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and as i recall you got lucky that night...

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 8, 2008 4:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Did I?

Oh noes, what happened? I honestly don’t remember. :)

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 8, 2008 4:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

oooohhhhh yeah

Me, you, a couch ot obc’s……it was ON!

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 8, 2008 4:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

like donkey kong

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 8, 2008 5:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yup

you two, sukr sleeping with a bat behind the couch….im just an innocent bystander.

by obc2 on Nov 8, 2008 10:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

my fear is you have your house filled with cameras

and upload the footage to www.redreportersgonewild.com

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 9, 2008 9:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That must have been what brought that site down.

by Brian B on Nov 9, 2008 6:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

screw you

Yes We Did!

by Daedalus on Nov 9, 2008 10:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ha

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 9, 2008 11:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Suggestion

Could maybe next year they replace the buffalo wings with a celebrity shotgun eating contest featuring members of the local media?

What a picture of domestic tranquility... Hemlock on the hearth and my wife feeding the piranha.

by Man Mountain on Nov 8, 2008 12:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

It would come down to Brantley vs. C. Trent, and I'd be rooting for Brantley

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Nov 8, 2008 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't count out P-Doc ...although he'd manage just toshoot himself in the foot.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 8, 2008 8:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The Rice baseball media guide is out

And Paul Janish rated a photo this year. (He didn’t last year.)

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by BubbaFan on Nov 9, 2008 10:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

he even LOOKS like a utility infielder

by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 9, 2008 11:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And maybe a little scrappy.

"Patterson, Keppinger, Bako.... Cream of the Suck" -Slyde

by snohio on Nov 10, 2008 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Did Bubba get a mention in the Transitions section?

by Brendanukkah on Nov 10, 2008 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bubba, like Janish

was mentioned in the “Rice History and Records” section. Bubba still holds a lot of Rice hitting records (along with Lance Berkman).

The names underneath the names are their residential colleges. Like at Harvard. Or Hogwarts. ;-)

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Nov 10, 2008 12:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That's a picture of him in the Sorting Cap, eh?

by Brendanukkah on Nov 10, 2008 12:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man, can we change the draft ceremony?

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Nov 10, 2008 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

I think they use a computer, not a magic hat.

Though I get the impression that Will Rice is where all the cool kids end up. Not sure how, when assignments are supposed to be random.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Nov 10, 2008 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Weiss is where all the kids with speech impediments end up

Yanish was a natural fit

What a picture of domestic tranquility... Hemlock on the hearth and my wife feeding the piranha.

by Man Mountain on Nov 10, 2008 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And all the kids with spelling impediments

end up at Sewanee.

by Brendanukkah on Nov 10, 2008 3:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

is that Justin's dorm or something?

because otherwise i dont get that joke.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 10, 2008 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I went to Sewanee

and I spelled “Wiess” as “Weiss.”

Brendan’s all over me like right on weiss

What a picture of domestic tranquility... Hemlock on the hearth and my wife feeding the piranha.

by Man Mountain on Nov 10, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

that's racist

screw me

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 10, 2008 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

screw you

Yes We Did!

by Daedalus on Nov 10, 2008 4:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

oohhhhh yeah!!!!

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 10, 2008 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Oh shit, I got you good, you fucker!

by Brendanukkah on Nov 10, 2008 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

you want to Sewanee, the School of the South?

Is it true that there’s a cheer that goes:

Sewanee, Sewanee
leave ’em in a lurch
down with the heathens
and up with the church!
GOOOOO SEWANEE!

because if that’s true, thats awesome.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Nov 10, 2008 5:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The "University" of the South

though they don’t use that title anymore because an expensive PR firm in New York told them that if they got rid of it, teenage sophisticates from the Pacific northwest wouldn’t realize they were stuck on a mountain in Tennessee until after the first check cleared.

That is the cheer, though it usually begins with “Tigers, Tigers” and ends with “Yea, Sewanee’s right” rather than “go Sewanee.” It was a mocking and knowingly childish taunt that referred to the school’s stance on some dull schism between high and low anglicanism in the long ago.

What a picture of domestic tranquility... Hemlock on the hearth and my wife feeding the piranha.

by Man Mountain on Nov 10, 2008 5:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

..his left eye looks a little funny, too

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Nov 10, 2008 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Like it was in a fiery car crash in Central America?

by Brendanukkah on Nov 10, 2008 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

she belonged to all of us

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Nov 10, 2008 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

what's wrong with his eye?

Yes We Did!

by Daedalus on Nov 10, 2008 11:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think there's anything wrong with his eye

He’s just one of those people who has one eye that opens more than the other. He looked a bit cockeyed in several of the photos I took of him when the Bats came to play the SWB Yankees.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Nov 10, 2008 12:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

"I don't think there's anything wrong with his eye"

Sadly, I don’t think baseball scouts would ever express a similar sentiment

What a picture of domestic tranquility... Hemlock on the hearth and my wife feeding the piranha.

by Man Mountain on Nov 10, 2008 2:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He visage is that of a troubled and remote personage

He appears more prepared for the stage and screen than the batting cage.
He may not be a great baseball player buy I bet he gets more than his share of the young ladies (or possibly he’s a gay Jesus devotee).

Kinda reminds me of Mick…but not as a player