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Arizona Diamondbacks
@ Cincinnati Reds

Monday, Mar 31, 2008, 1:10 PM CDT
Great American Ball Park
Brandon Webb vs Aaron Harang

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AP Photo by Nam Y. Huh        AP Photo by Al Behrman

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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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

then you were my bartender

on Saturday night.

Plus ca change...

by Man Mountain on Mar 31, 2008 11:10 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I hate Webb

Mostly because spiders and pigs think he's

by Brendanukkah on Mar 31, 2008 1:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Metric police

Isn't 1/2 a km more like 0.3 miles?

by ken on Mar 31, 2008 12:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   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 to parent up   0 recs

* 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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

useful!

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

by andromache on Mar 31, 2008 12:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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

www.weather.com

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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