An update on some of the changes around this place

Just trying to keep things light and social. : )

that’ll wait until I am wrapped up with finals this weekend.

I’ll keep y’all on ice until then.
Even if its apparently “girly” according to Sidnnancy

and yeah, finals is why I’m posting so much this week, since I’m always near a computer. Very healthy.

Congrats to everyone on their new roles! These are definitely some modifications in moderation that make sense.
One thing I really enjoy about this site is the fact that not EVERYTHING has to concentrate on baseball. The SIS are an awesome part of RR’s repertoire.

What about compiling a list of all time Reds players? I think it was Bleed Cubbie Blue (I know, I know…) that did something like this. Seems like a decent off season project. After a list is agreed upon people can take up players to write brief essays on. The top would be filled with the usual suspects, but it would be fun to read about how Ron Oester is the 78th greatest Red.

Weather it is JD who built the site, or Slyde who keeps it going, or the other guys who help out. I think this blog is special. It is funny, R-rated, and intelligent. It is kinda like a cyber-college experience without the STD’s, and getting belligerently drunk with you guys on a regular bases.

Sites like Bleed Cubbie Blue, or Lets go Tribe have too many rules, I like just like typing “Fuck” from time to time, it keeps the edge off. I also like that we have non-baseball related discussions such as the recent election, and A it is allowed and B it doesn’t degenerate into a flame war.

And Slyde, thanks for taking on the full-load officially, though you’ve really been handling it the past 6 months. Here’s hoping that when this team finally gets decent again we’ll see boobs, FVA, JD, and others like Zach and Ash return in some capacity (though I believe Zach told me to fuck off after I posted my first comment here about 1.5 years ago). I agree with what justin said just above me, there are really no flame wars here even though it is a PG-13 or R-rated blog a lot of the time. The 4 admins seem like really solid guys, so I hope that we can hold onto ‘em for awhile. We’ve burned through 3 in the past year.

I think it’d be cool to have different posters preview an NL team before the season starts. I remember we did that a couple years ago when I was still active. It was fun to delve into a different team, and it’s a useful service for Reds fans anyway, since we want to know who we’re up against.

If RR still does this, then don’t mind me.

and congrats to those elevated.

also, I hate it when a fanpost gets promoted to the front page. it’s a pain because it shows up in two places. i use tabbed browsing to view the site and i just click on everything that says it has new comments when i first log on. i always wind up opening the same thread twice. it would be really neat if we could have threads only be in one place

Thank the guys then blog on about the Reds.
E.G. thanks Slyde, BK, Charlie, Brendan and Brendan’s Mom.

then – EdE is quiet and withdrawn – what does than mean;
1. He ain’t the brightest bulb in the chandelier
2. He is passive aggressive and is afraid to fail – therefore paralyzed & can’t run out of the batter’s box
3. He is confused about his sexuality and can’t bunt
4. He displays submissive hostile behavior in the face of authority or conflict, doesn’t respond well to sMarty which means:
5. He is therefore un-clutch
6. He secretly wants to be a network engineer
7. He is prone to wearing women’s undergarments while pleasuring the cat
8. He is a latent serial killer
9. He’s secretly in love with Ash but can’t communicate his feelings in English
10. He’s just an average MLB player doing the best he can

This is the kind of sabremetrically driven commentary that you should be engaging in instead of strange highly personal revelations about burning your sister up on the family sofa. The cat is out of the bag. so lets take this opportunity to concentrate on baseball and the 2009 Reds.

I found this old picture of your sister and her cat…..at least I think that’s your sister…

i’ve been lurking more the past couple of months than posting, but i do appreciate all the contributions everyone makes during the down times.

I thoroughly enjoy it here, even if you goobers can’t see the value in Corey Patterson, Mike Stanton or Rheal Cormier the way that real Reds fans do.

Here’s one. In December and January, weekly or perhaps bi-weekly features on the top performers in the low minors…AA on down. This could include interviews, analysis, forecasting, biographies, etc. I think this would be a good use of time in a natural lull following the winter meetings, and would help RR readers stay informed om players who might be in AAA or the majors in two or three years.

thanks everyone for the congratulations and support (except for ‘tHan. you can go climb a tree for all i care). we’ve got such a vibrant and intelligent community here and im really excited to be a (more official) part of it.

You guys (and I use that term loosely, you girl-drink drinkers) wouldn’t know real baseball if it bit you in the ass.

I’m always amazed that (with one or 2 obvious exceptions) the posters here can disagree, even vociferously (nice, huh?), without even the hint of a flame war. Makes for enjoyable reading and debate.

At some point, I’d like to get off my fat ass and do a little more analytical writing. Almost all of the data is freely available now, it’s just a matter of using it. If/when that day comes, watch out bitches!

this site reminds me a lot of Jeff Keppinger.

Not the biggest and not the strongest, but RR covers the gap with pure heart and hustle.

Can the site include a countdown clock to opening day and/or pitcher’s and catcher’s report? I think this site has had it in the past.