Mmmm.. Slyde's mom made CUPCAKES!

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 20, 2008 1:02 PM EDT

Post your birthday wishes for our birthday boy!

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No way,

Funny its my birthday too, though I have the sneaking suspicion that I”m a little younger than the Slyder.

by DisplacedFan on May 20, 2008 8:47 AM EDT 0 recs

I'm only 32.

It’s also Austin Kearns’s birthday. And Cher.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 9:16 AM EDT up 0 recs

If I could turn back time.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 20, 2008 9:52 AM EDT up 0 recs

Happy B-day Slyde!

Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

by Zach K on May 20, 2008 9:25 AM EDT 0 recs

I'm only 26

So you’ve got 6 on me.

by DisplacedFan on May 20, 2008 9:25 AM EDT 0 recs

Whoops

That was supposed to reply to Slyde.

by DisplacedFan on May 20, 2008 9:25 AM EDT up 0 recs

I'm only 19 so you got 7 on me!

Age contest!!!

Seriously Slyde is so wise though he seems like he is Yoda’s age

Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

by Zach K on May 20, 2008 9:27 AM EDT up 0 recs

Even if 900 years old you become

Post as good, you will not. Happy birthday, Slyde.

by Brendanukkah on May 20, 2008 10:11 AM EDT up 0 recs

turn 17 Friday...

I win.

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

by crolfer on May 20, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up 0 recs

Damn

I was 17 when I made my first post on this site…brings a tear to my eye

Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

by Zach K on May 21, 2008 8:06 AM EDT up 0 recs

That's the pepper spray.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 21, 2008 8:51 AM EDT up 0 recs

Happy Birthday

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

by BubbaFan on May 20, 2008 9:30 AM EDT 0 recs

As I mentally limp back down the long corridor of time…My oldest daughter was the same exact age as my granddaughter is now…point being ENJOY this day and all of the wonderful and challenging days and events that lie ahead. H-B-DAY

BUBUBUBUBUBUBUB

by Madville on May 20, 2008 9:51 AM EDT 0 recs

Are you channeling Buck?

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 20, 2008 10:02 AM EDT up 0 recs

Full blogger disclosure.

The tasty looking Reds cupcakes didn’t really come from the kitchen above Slyde’s basement studio apartment.

They came from this pretty fantastic looking custom cupcakery. I figure if this gal can make up some Red Velvet wishbone “C” cupcakes, we owe her a lil’ bit of web traffic. Check her out. Need some customized cupcakes? Her website claims, “Pretty much, anything goes.”

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 20, 2008 10:00 AM EDT 0 recs

I think it should be a

cupbakery.

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

by andromache on May 20, 2008 10:07 AM EDT up 0 recs

Makes me think of flowerpot bread

by Brendanukkah on May 20, 2008 10:13 AM EDT up 0 recs

That looks like a diseased brain in a pot

Happy Birthday Slyde

Jeff, we hardly knew ye...

by chesirecat on May 20, 2008 10:16 AM EDT up 0 recs

Vive la difference.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 20, 2008 10:17 AM EDT up 0 recs

Rhianna?

So close…

Lessee, baseball themed… baseball themed…

“You can sign Bobby Estalella… ella… ella. ‘Ey, ‘ey, ‘ey.”

by Brendanukkah on May 20, 2008 10:15 AM EDT up 0 recs

Where is Keppinger's injury?

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 20, 2008 10:19 AM EDT up 1 recs

under his patella..ella..ella

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 10:22 AM EDT up 1 recs

Thanks for the well-wishes everyone

My gift to you is this little nugget…

We all know Dunn has an RBI in 8-straight games, right? Well, if you didn’t, you do now. In those 8 games, he has 7 total hits. Even better is that 4 of those 7 hits have come in the last 2 games. It’s the little things, people. The little things.

Oh, and it’s the big things too. His Slugging Percentage went up over .500 for the first time this season yesterday. And his OPS is now up to .880, which believe it or not is still just 3rd on the team!

So, with that in mind, I will now give some props to Brandon Phillips. (Please start your tape recorders for historical record) He currently leads the team with an .896 OPS, which is 3rd in the Majors for 2B behind Dan Uggla and Chase Utley. He’s also 2nd in the Majors for RZR (Revised Zone Rating) for 2B – so he’s playing some damn fine defense too. So, keep kicking some ass, BP!

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 10:22 AM EDT 0 recs

His OBP is also up to a respectable .352

No Cure!

Curse and drat, he's outmaneuvered us.

by Man Mountain on May 20, 2008 10:27 AM EDT up 0 recs

My concern (and there always is one)

is that he’s being buoyed by a .336 BABIP right now, which is about 25 points too high. In other words, I think .280/.330/.500 is still his natural level. It’s good, but I sure wish his OBP would stay in the .350s even when his batting average dropped to .280.

FWIW, Dunn’s BABIP is only .230, or about 50 points below what we’d expect. Hopefully this means that it’s just the beginning of the turn around.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 10:46 AM EDT up 0 recs

Your concern ought to be

Those damn kids who are STILL ON YOUR LAWN!

by Brendanukkah on May 20, 2008 10:50 AM EDT up 0 recs

(his mom's lawn)

Curse and drat, he's outmaneuvered us.

by Man Mountain on May 20, 2008 10:51 AM EDT up 0 recs

if there's grass on the field...

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on May 20, 2008 12:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Feliz Cumpli, Slyde

but I sure wish his OBP would stay in the .350s even when his batting average dropped to .280.

You can’t say your birthday wish out loud , Slyde! Now you have to do it again!

Don Philipe does look a lot better at the plate these days. I loved how he tossed his bat like he hit a long one after his RBI single on Sunday. Maybe that means he has started taking satisfaction in what he is good at- htting the ball low and hard, and stopped swinging for the river with every pitch. It seems he is taking more pitches too (just an observation, no stats to back that up).

In sum, the Reds with offensive are more fun to watch than the Reds without offense (just an observation, no stats to back that up).

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on May 20, 2008 11:32 AM EDT up 0 recs

I haven't looked at his P/PA recently

but from all the at bats I’ve seen over the last week or so, his swing is still huge and he’s still swinging at balls out of the zone. In his K last night, he swung and missed two pitches that were never strikes.

That’s just me eyeballing it (and I missed some at bats this weekend). Anyone else have any observations?

Curse and drat, he's outmaneuvered us.

by Man Mountain on May 20, 2008 11:49 AM EDT up 0 recs

Oh, typos.

But, I don’t retract the statement: the offensive Reds are fun to watch too.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on May 20, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

Our team-leading OPS

is only good for third among second basemen? Impressive.

by Gray on May 20, 2008 10:34 AM EDT up 0 recs

Ugglas has a 1.076 OPS and Utley has a 1.023 OPS. And they both lead their respective teams too. They say this is the golden age of second basemen whose names start with “U”.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 10:37 AM EDT up 0 recs

Dunn

if he homers tonight will break the Reds team record for consecutive games with a home run. If he drives in a run in any manner he will tie that team record.
It is a season of streaks and right now he is on a huge upswing. Hopefully he can stay on it for awhile and the rest of the Reds can feed off it.

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 20, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up 0 recs

Is there a chart

for the birthday boy? I was looking for a Pie Chart Birthday Cake and the best I could do was this:

Happy Freakin’ Birthday, the both of you..

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on May 20, 2008 10:35 AM EDT 0 recs

How about this?

by Gray on May 20, 2008 10:38 AM EDT up 0 recs

that looks delicious!

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 10:39 AM EDT up 0 recs

happy birthday

do you get kicked out at 35?

Seriously though what do you really do?

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 20, 2008 11:18 AM EDT 0 recs

I work at Norcom

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

Happy Birthday

I got you some cake
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Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy

by The Crushinator on May 20, 2008 11:44 AM EDT 0 recs

that's my favorite kind of cake

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up 0 recs

Happy Birthday Dude

It warms my heart to know that you’re older than me if only by seven months. :)

"Got a bump on the ole noggin, but otherwise god. And I get a new vehicle probably, w00t!"

by jch24 on May 20, 2008 11:51 AM EDT 0 recs

Wow.

No one sent me cupcakes for my birthday. And 32 was many, many brain cells ago.

Have a great one Slyde!

Often wrong, never uncertain.

by sidnancy on May 20, 2008 12:28 PM EDT 0 recs

if it makes you feel any better

they are just pictures of cupcakes, which really is a taunt more than a gift.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 12:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

happy birthday boss

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on May 20, 2008 12:48 PM EDT 0 recs

The party was awesome

In line for Indiana Jones

by Red Menace on May 20, 2008 1:55 PM EDT 0 recs

I forgot to thank you for the new Krivsky sweater

I loves it.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up 0 recs

Happy birthday, Slyde!

I hope you get to spend your day exactly the way you want!

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 20, 2008 2:53 PM EDT 0 recs

Happy Birthday Slyde!

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 20, 2008 2:55 PM EDT 0 recs

Happy Birthday All

For my wish Adam Dunn MVP lol and that is Slyde’s wish too

"When we played softball, I would steal second and then feel guilty and go back" woody allen

by dunnateher on May 20, 2008 3:21 PM EDT 0 recs

Hey Slyde, aren't you one of those pesky stats guys?

Sure, you’re 32, but what’s your park adjusted age? And does being a year older change your value over a replacement poster?

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on May 20, 2008 4:25 PM EDT 0 recs

Happy Birthday

I hope you are OK with the strippers we all got you.

"As it says over the door to the Famous Writers' School in Connecticut: A Sullen Drunk Packing A Gat Is Not The Best Company For An Artist Finicky About His Style."

by Pops Daniels on May 20, 2008 4:33 PM EDT 0 recs

Happy Birthday, Slyde

let’s celebrate it properly with a W tonight, eh?

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on May 20, 2008 5:25 PM EDT 0 recs

Really?

"Got a bump on the ole noggin, but otherwise god. And I get a new vehicle probably, w00t!"

by jch24 on May 20, 2008 5:49 PM EDT up 0 recs

Pssht, everyone knows the win stat is overrated.

Slyde celebrates his birthday by Matt Belisle having a high game score, Adam Dunn improving his OPS+, and Soft J improving the Revised Zone Rating for the shortstop position tonight.

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

by BK on May 20, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up 1 recs

100100010010

(Happy Birthday, Slyde).

Are you sure you're OK? Have you had an MRI?

by Paul Householder on May 20, 2008 5:41 PM EDT 0 recs

Happy B-Day to (one of our) Fearless Leader(s).

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

by crolfer on May 20, 2008 5:55 PM EDT 0 recs

Once again

Thanks to everybody! In case I forget, Happy Birthday to You on the date of your next birthday! (Imagine that I also posted a witty image that is relevant to your personality or particular idiosyncrasy.)

Thanks! Have a drink of your choice on me!

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 20, 2008 6:43 PM EDT 0 recs