Opening Day Game Thread: Reds vs. Diamondbacks
Arizona @ Cincinnati
It's Opening Day once again. Somehow the grass is greener. The temperature is warmer. Aaron Harang is a little less ugly. Isn't it glorious?
This game is the start and continuation of a new era for the Reds. I think we can all see some positive direction for the organization, even if things aren't going precisely as we'd like them. Here's hoping this season gets started off on a positive note!
And I'll give the SBN guys some credit. They've added some neat little features for the game threads. Not sure if they'll all work properly today, but I'm looking forward to seeing them in action. Hopefully they'll add to the pleasure of being drunk on boobs's couch, if anything truly can add to that experience.
Webb photo courtesy of AP, taken by Nam Y. Huh
Harang photo courtesy of AP, taken by Al Behrman
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"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Mar 31, 2008 10:02 AM EDT 0 recs
The first first AND a POST button?
Woo hoo!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 10:02 AM EDT
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Since it's Opening Day (yay!), I won't bother pointing out that's racist
But perhaps the "What Makes the Red Man Red?" song from Peter Pan might have been more appropriate for the occasion.
by Brendanukkah on
Mar 31, 2008 10:43 AM EDT
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hallelujah!
welcome to the 2008 baseball season, come whatever may...
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
by Ash on Mar 31, 2008 10:15 AM EDT 0 recs
Walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone
Come on, you Reds!
by Brendanukkah on Mar 31, 2008 10:18 AM EDT 0 recs
I hate snakes!

Do we have to drink on every Diamondbacks reference by tHom today?
Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on Mar 31, 2008 10:24 AM EDT 0 recs
If you're not at work
Yes.
And if you are at work... yes.
by Brendanukkah on
Mar 31, 2008 10:27 AM EDT
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What if you are at a bar, pretending to do work?
Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on
Mar 31, 2008 10:30 AM EDT
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then you were my bartender
on Saturday night.
Plus ca change...
by Man Mountain on
Mar 31, 2008 11:10 AM EDT
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I hate Webb
Mostly because spiders and pigs think he's 
by Brendanukkah on
Mar 31, 2008 1:11 PM EDT
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Why is Stanton listed on the 25 man roster
but Cueto isn't. I checked at Reds.com, it is strange. I guess the Reds have yet to officailly do all the roster moves.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Mar 31, 2008 10:27 AM EDT 0 recs
By the way
boobs says the number in parentheses after the pitcher's name above is his weight in stones. And since boobs is the sitting chairman on the RR Official Weights and Measures board, I'm obligated to accept his explanation.
Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on Mar 31, 2008 10:30 AM EDT 0 recs
A stone is equal to 14 lbs.
Therefore, each pitcher weighs over a ton.
Ray King's weight is measured in boulders.
by Brendanukkah on
Mar 31, 2008 10:38 AM EDT
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Happy Opening Day
I'm going down for the game, but I had to come in for a half day of work. Enjoy it guys. Let's hope for a repeat of 05, the last opening day I attended.
Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser?BOOSE BONZER?
by Lakeman on Mar 31, 2008 10:39 AM EDT 0 recs
PDT?
My settings are for Eastern time and yet this page helpfully tells me the game is on at 11:10am PDT.
Curses on ESPN for not showing the game and curses on MLB for not making the Reds the first game of the year anymore.
by MirrorLakeJump on Mar 31, 2008 10:57 AM EDT 0 recs
a County Commissioner
I would have been happier with one of the local "Survivor" contestants...or JD, rumor is he still exists. (Not that i have proof....)
by obc2 on
Mar 31, 2008 11:16 AM EDT
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JD is probably more qualified
to throw out the first pitch than this guy.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 11:18 AM EDT
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This guy has a debilitating disease and has to use a walker.
He was a fine high school athlete and a track star at Kenyon. Todd Portune, ladies and gentlemen, even if you don't like his politics, he is a genuinely nice and good guy.
Change is so exciting. I never know what the hell is going on. I love Chaos,
by Madville on
Mar 31, 2008 12:36 PM EDT
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I honestly don't know much about the guy.
But I do think there are plenty of people more deserving than a county commissioner to throw out the first pitch at one of the greatest traditions in sports. It's arguably the most heralded sporting event in the city every year, and the first pitch people usually are pretty high-profile guys.
Personally, I think it would have been fitting for Kim Nuxhall to get the honor, but I digress.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 12:52 PM EDT
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True that it is an honor deserving someone of a higher post, but at least Mr. Mallory isn't back on the mound.
Change is so exciting. I never know what the hell is going on. I love Chaos,
by Madville on
Mar 31, 2008 1:36 PM EDT
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we should make that happen
RedReporter night @ GABP!! JD throws out the first pitch, OBC, Ash and Sukr throw down the first beers, Officer Dibble throws out the first drunk (provided it is not OBC, Ash, or Sukr)
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on
Mar 31, 2008 1:52 PM EDT
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I still exist, baby on the way and swamped with work... but I have a sweet LCD TV in my office now so I'm pretty excited about being able to watch the Reds while working.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. --Oscar Wilde
by JD Arney on
Mar 31, 2008 11:29 AM EDT
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are watching the Reds on a sweet TV while working.
Thanks for rubbing it in.
Although my boss just left for the day. Absolutely no work will be done.
by Brendanukkah on
Mar 31, 2008 11:38 AM EDT
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good day for baseball!
"Never perfect but perfectly forgiven." -Petra
by shortstopv2 on Mar 31, 2008 11:41 AM EDT 0 recs
ahhhhh opening day
lets hear your best memories....
mine- watch ken griffey jrs first AB in cincinnati. (he stuck out)
"Never perfect but perfectly forgiven." -Petra
by shortstopv2 on Mar 31, 2008 11:43 AM EDT 0 recs
stuck out?
like this?

Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on
Mar 31, 2008 11:47 AM EDT
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Ice cream from the bottom of a comet?
Color me curious.
by Brendanukkah on
Mar 31, 2008 11:51 AM EDT
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That's at least 1/2 a kilometer.
or ~0.8 miles.
Color me impressed.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on
Mar 31, 2008 11:53 AM EDT
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ouch.
i get miles and km confused.
This is why i'm leaving engineering.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on
Mar 31, 2008 12:14 PM EDT
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My friends always said I had long tongue and I could make some money with it one day
Indeed.
Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on
Mar 31, 2008 11:55 AM EDT
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Slyde... what new features should we be looking for?
Will they show up automatically on this page?
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
by TheC on Mar 31, 2008 11:49 AM EDT 0 recs
yes, hopefully
Lineups should pop up automatically under the pictures once they get posted to the system, though it wasn't working right for the game last night. Also, I believe the grey box at the top of the post should turn into a linescore. I think eventually a live boxscore should be available through the site as well, but I'm not sure on that one. I think there should be a bare bones gameday type feature as well.
At least, that's sort of what I've heard.
Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on
Mar 31, 2008 11:52 AM EDT
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there will be a regularly updating linescore
at the top of this thread and at the top of the blog
it's not real-time, but probably updates every few minutes or so
the lineups will not automatically appear...although we're working on that for later down the road
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by clockwerks on
Mar 31, 2008 1:12 PM EDT
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I embedded the lineup widget already
Will it automatically update when the lineups are posted? I think it is still embedded there.
Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on
Mar 31, 2008 1:18 PM EDT
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it does not automatically update
also, disregard what I said above about the linescore in the gamethread - we took it out this morning because it's up top where no one can see it and it's an unnecessary load on the server since it refreshes so often
I'm one of the guys that built the new SB Nation
by clockwerks on
Mar 31, 2008 2:04 PM EDT
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Cool, I've actually added the boxscore widget at the top as well
So, it's there for us, and it's not repeated.
I think I've figured out the bug on new items being marked as read when they appear above the item you are reading. It looks like using z (instead of C-X) marks everything above where you are as read. Does this make sense?
I'm switching to C-X instead of just Z.
Don't talk back to Darth Vader or he'll getcha!
by Slyde on
Mar 31, 2008 2:10 PM EDT
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Thank god.
Especially since basketball has become no longer interesting to me.
MLB.tv is bought and my laptop is attached to the lab projector.
I've got a restoration ecology paper to write, a constitutional law class to attend and about 20 samples worth of COD to process. Then it's go time.
Also have to convince my boyfriend to bring me homebrew while i'm at school.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Mar 31, 2008 11:52 AM EDT 0 recs
just sayin....

"Never perfect but perfectly forgiven." -Petra
by shortstopv2 on Mar 31, 2008 12:00 PM EDT 0 recs
HOOK 'EM!
It's a Horns' world. Even Aggies play hoops with a burnt orange ball.
by Speedway on
Mar 31, 2008 1:38 PM EDT
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who here has been to opening day?
I went to opening day 1999. Brett Tomko started, the Reds lost to the Giants. I was sitting under the jumbotron. Some drunk guy next to me kept shouting "BONDS YOU SUCK, YOUR DAD SUCKED, YOU MOM SUCKED, YOUR KIDS SUCK!"
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Mar 31, 2008 12:00 PM EDT 0 recs
Ah. Opening day in the queen city.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on
Mar 31, 2008 12:03 PM EDT
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I went to nearly every opening day from 1985 through 2001
when I was writing. The press box was a great place to be for most of them, just like it would be today.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on
Mar 31, 2008 1:03 PM EDT
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My wife and I went from about 1979 until 1992
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on
Mar 31, 2008 1:54 PM EDT
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I wonder if Brandon Webb gets called "Brendan" all the time.
Does it work that way too?
by Brendanukkah on Mar 31, 2008 12:04 PM EDT 0 recs
I wonder anyone has every called him "Bronson"
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on
Mar 31, 2008 12:05 PM EDT
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* wipes tear *
I would have loved to hear a certain someone call him Bronson
by nlt-andrew68 on
Mar 31, 2008 12:43 PM EDT
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T-minus 2 hours
It's finally here!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Mar 31, 2008 12:09 PM EDT 0 recs
I'm hoping for an hour rain delay
i have class from 1-3 this afternoon. Then I can use MLB audio, another fucking way baseball sucks us dry, because god fucking forbid i listen to a game on the internet for free. Or god fucking forbid the Lima Reds affilate be decernable in Ada.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on
Mar 31, 2008 12:33 PM EDT
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Yeah
I've got the GameDay Audio thing too. I think it's a pretty good deal, especially for spring training games and afternoon games. Not bad for 15 bucks.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 12:37 PM EDT
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Speaking of Gameday audio...
Can any of you get it to work right now? Its 1:15 and I can't get the Tigers-Royals game to work. I'm testing it for later.
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
by TheC on
Mar 31, 2008 1:15 PM EDT
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Nevermind
I have the Yankees broadcast streaming now, so it must have been something specific about the Tigers feed.
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
by TheC on
Mar 31, 2008 1:17 PM EDT
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Sounds like you're getting your wish.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 2:23 PM EDT
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I updated George Grande's wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grande
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Mar 31, 2008 12:40 PM EDT 0 recs
Let me guess.
The lobotomy bit?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 12:45 PM EDT
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useful!
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on
Mar 31, 2008 12:46 PM EDT
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If it's on Wikipedia, it must be true.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 1:25 PM EDT
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12:49 PM and the rain comes down harder
Does anyone know if its supposed to stop soon. Fortunately the rain will not affect George Grande, his partial lobotomy acts a filter against anything remotely confrontational or negative.
Change is so exciting. I never know what the hell is going on. I love Chaos,
by Madville on Mar 31, 2008 12:47 PM EDT 0 recs
i'll point you in the right direction
Or ask Johnny Benches former lover on FOX 19.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on
Mar 31, 2008 12:49 PM EDT
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Former? Maybe John's w/Steve Norris from Channel 9
Change is so exciting. I never know what the hell is going on. I love Chaos,
by Madville on
Mar 31, 2008 1:37 PM EDT
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Anyone else listen to Centerfield today
maybe repeatively?
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Mar 31, 2008 12:47 PM EDT 0 recs
That is a damn catchy nickname
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Mar 31, 2008 12:49 PM EDT
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Ya'll are gonna think this is realllllly corny.
I spent a summer in Minneapolis right after college. Met a lovely gal. She introduced me to this song. I liked it. Quite a bit. I guess I even liked it a little bit more than I ever liked her. But she was good to me. She let me listen to Twins games on the radio any time I wanted. Herb Carneal and John Gordon taught me things about "the game within the game" that I knew nothing about. I fell in love. With baseball.
I never felt magic crazy as this
I never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea
I never held emotion in the palm of my hand
Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree
But now you're here
Brighten my northern sky.
by Fat Vegas Alan on
Mar 31, 2008 1:06 PM EDT
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I was introduced to Nick Drake
by a Cabrio commerical. Not quite the same.
Although...

VOLQSWAGON!
by Brendanukkah on
Mar 31, 2008 1:10 PM EDT
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I had a baseball playlist going
Play Ball - that Blessid Union GABP song
Cheap Seats - Alabama
Talking Baseball - Terry Cashman
Six months out of every year from Damn Yankees
I could have added some baseball-metaphor songs like Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, but eh...
by Red Menace on
Mar 31, 2008 10:09 PM EDT
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heh
I never held emotion in the palm of my hand
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
by boobs on Mar 31, 2008 1:11 PM EDT 0 recs
I'll be one pissed off cracker
if I can't see this game in its entirety because of a delay.
by Blue on Mar 31, 2008 1:21 PM EDT 0 recs
Let's go Reds!!
What's up people. Stlil getting used to all this new SB Nation stuff...Here's to the first steps to another Wire to Wire season.
by satyanaas on Mar 31, 2008 1:22 PM EDT 0 recs
No more Coutlangus jokes
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
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