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Today's an off-day, and I thought it'd be a good time to resurrect one of my favorite open threads from back in the day: Meet your fellow Red Reporters. This one from a couple years ago was my real introduction to a lot of you folks, and I know that I was a lot more uncomfortable and awkward around here back then. Also, I don't think more than a dozen or so folks from back then are still around, so it's a totally different community. Semi-formal introductions might be in order.

You certainly don't have to participate, but the more the merrier. If you don't find it too creepy to indulge some information about yourself, answer a few of these questions:

1. Real first name?
2. Where do you live?
3. Where did you grow up?
4. How many times have you been divorced?
5. What's your line?
6. How did you find Red Reporter?
7. Favorite players?
8. Anything else interesting about you?

Also, if anyone would be so bold as to post their favorite pictures of their kids, that certainly fits within the rules.

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Real first name?
Rick

Where do you live?
Louisville, KY

Where did you grow up?
New Albany, IN, just across the river

How many times have you been divorced?
Still looking for my first ex-wife

What’s your line?
Sports copy editor at The Courier-Journal

How did you find Red Reporter?
Google, apparently, but I don’t remember exactly.

Favorite players?
Adam Dunn, Edwin Encarnacion, Josh Hamilton, Edinson Volquez, Jay Bruce, Joey Votto, Johnny Cueto, Cherry Hudson Jr.

Anything else interesting about you?
I’ve recently started working in the extensive garden at the house I rent. If anyone has suggestions, throw em my way.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 12:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Plant some native flowers.

Like purple coneflower. Or black eyed susans.

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

by andromache on Jul 24, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

both of those events have already occurred

impressive. would you have guessed lavender too?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

weeds taught me that you only plant lavender when you are growing pot

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That show is pretty good.

I just finished the 2nd season last night. Ridiculous cliffhanger, and I’m pissed that Netflix takes 3 days.

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

by BK on Jul 25, 2008 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm actually caught up to where the show is now...

season two’s cliffhanger.

That the one where they are in the grow house with u-turn?

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

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

by BK on Jul 25, 2008 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait til you see what happens in season four it's crazy

also, the end of season two changes the dynamic of the show

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hear Brett Myers has plenty of the latter

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 25, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should have numbered them so I wouldn't have to copy all that text.

I guess I was actually working the last time we had a thread like this. Huh.

1) Gray

2) I commute between Greensboro, NC and Montreal, QC, Canadia. Sort of.

3) Moved around quite a bit…within central and eastern NC.

4) Like boobs, I am still looking for the lucky lady who will give me my first divorce.

5) I suspect my lines aren’t as good as boobs’s…though given how well he did the other night, they may be.

6) I believe I stumbled over from dailykos back when kos mentioned it once, years ago.

7) Oh, let’s see. Dunn, Volquez, EdE, Votto, Bruce. I grew up a Pete Rose fan for no particular reason, which is how I ended up a Reds fan despite having no connections to the greater Cincinnati area whatsoever. I was a huge Larkin fan back when he was playing, of course—Larkin and Rijo. Those were the days.

8) I could theoretically obtain a PhD in the next several years, if I can stop slacking off long enough to write the damn dissertation.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 12:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

numbers

duly noted.

I saw in the previous thread that quite a few people heard about rr through kos. ... What could DailyKos have possibly said about Red Reporter?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I found myself behind his car once in Thomas Circle

Prius. License plate: “DLY KOS.” Is that close enough for an RR connection? I guess his site (or server) is affiliated with SBNation.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't remember how he was actually involved

but Markos is a big sports fan, and the original idea seemed to be to use the dkos blogging framework to build SBNation, which was actually intended to make money. He pimped it a few times early on, but has made no mention that I know of since.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the SBNetwork is the connection

Kos was one of the people behind the startup of all these sites I believe. He advertised the network one day on the front page. That’s how I found my way over too.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Jul 24, 2008 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Behind this mask there is a man, but that is not who I am

Real first name?
Brendan

Where do you live?
Fairfax, VA, on the fringes of the Washington, DC metro area.

Where did you grow up?
I was born in Rochester, NY, but I almost immediately moved to the Gem City, Dayton, OH.

How many times have you been divorced?
In some Indian cultures, a woman could divorce a man just by putting his belongings outside the door to their dwelling. Since I can’t even get women into my house in the first place, divorce thankfully doesn’t factor into anything.

What’s your line?
‘Nukkah (-3) at THE WORLD

How did you find Red Reporter?
A friend of mine pointed it out to me, although to my knowledge he’s never been a poster here. And then it turned out I had a lot of spare time at internships and jobs.

Favorite players?
Growing up, it was Barry Larkin. He’s the all-time favorite. Lots of love for Josh Hamilton. On the current team, I’d say Cherry Hudson, Jr.

Anything else interesting about you?
I think I have the third most posts on this site. That frightens me.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 12:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

1) Ken

2) Philly

3) Cincy. For a while, anyways. Mostly in Mt. Lookout.

4) I’ve been told that I’m divorced from reality. I guess that counts as just one.

5) Bill S. Preston, Esq.

6) Google?

7) All the toolsy ones. Davis, Larkin, BP, among others. Hamilton still warms the cockles of my heart.

8) I like to hang out on the internet and root for a mediocre baseball team. Also, I run a lot.

Extra innings:

9) Other rooting interests: Blazers and Packers. Phillies are a distant second in baseball. I’ve grown into a quasi-fan of cycling since Lance started his run.

10) Best album I’ve heard this year: probably the new Portishead.

by ken on Jul 24, 2008 12:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BK

Real first name?
Brandon

Where do you live?
Lebanon, OH, the most boring place on earth.

Where did you grow up?
All over the tri-state area, but I’m the pride of Southeastern Indiana. (Lawrenceburg to be exact. We have casinos.)

How many times have you been divorced?
Zero, as with those above me (which I’m beginning to see a trend… yikes).

What’s your line?
cos (x). Seriously, Software engineer, fresh out of undergrad.

How did you find Red Reporter?
I think I saw it linked from Redleg Nation a few summers ago when I was busy not working at an internship I had. I started lurking here for a long time, and the rest is history.

Favorite players?
Dunn, Bruce, EdE, Griff, Hudson Jr., Volquez, Harang, Herrera, Cordero

Anything else interesting about you?
Fun BK Fact: Despite the handle, I actually worked at McDonalds for 3 years in HS through my first year of college.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 12:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I believe the link in the main post

contains your very first comment here ever. Aww!

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it was, actually.

I think we’ll see lots more lurkers coming out of the woodwork today, hopefully.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i didnt explicitly state it

but I was hoping that we could lure out lurkers with this thread. Every lurker that posts gets a free RR T-shirt!

T-shirt promotion subject to submitted paperwork 1040RR.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lebanon

My dad taught some night classes at the prison way back in the day. It sounds like the most boring prison on earth, which I guess was a good thing.

by ken on Jul 24, 2008 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yo

Real first name?
Justin

Where do you live?
Norwood

Where did you grow up?
Loveland

How many times have you been divorced?
Zero so far, but only because i’ve never been married. Marriage is a fine institution, but who wants to be in an institution?

What’s your line?
You pregnant? You wanna be?

How did you find Red Reporter?
Google

Favorite players?
Joe Oliver, Joey Votto

Anything else interesting about you?
I chose the Sonics last year to follow as my NBA franchise because they took Durant and thought they’d be fun to watch. Until last year I had just rooted against the Cavs. Not sure if I should become and OKC fan since I have no ties to Seattle.

Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?

by Lakeman on Jul 24, 2008 1:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

nice line

how’s that one working out for you?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Norwood, eh?

Wouldn’t by chance be a Xavierite, would you?

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah

I went to Miami, but i’m in the working world now.

Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?

by Lakeman on Jul 24, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Miami, as well.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good deal.

You still there? I graduated in 07.

Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?

by Lakeman on Jul 24, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I graduated in '05.

My two younger brothers went there, too. One graduated in ‘06 the other this year. So we all just missed you.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh

obc, obviously, stands for OhioBobcat

by obc2 on Jul 24, 2008 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

obviously

this is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell out of here.

Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?

by Lakeman on Jul 25, 2008 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have been to montys

a time or two though

Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?

by Lakeman on Jul 24, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good stuff.

If you get a chance, go out to Dana Gardens, on the corner of Montgomery and Dana. You can throw darts with Xavier basketball players there, and the place is an absolute madhouse on weekends during the year.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah i've been down there a couple times

I was down there for the xavier midseason game when there were about 150 last second 3 pointers and the place was going nuts. Does this sound familiar? It was probably on a thursday night.

Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?

by Lakeman on Jul 24, 2008 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have always wanted to see one of these. great idea for an off-day.

Real first name?

Kris

Where do you live?

Cap City, Columbus, Ohio

Where did you grow up?

near Marietta, Ohio

How many times have you been divorced?

just married for the first (and last) time 10 months ago

What’s your line?

textbook manager at DeVry University bookstore and adjunct faculty at Franklin University

How did you find Red Reporter?

SI used to do a weekly blog roundup for each team. Red Reporter was featured there a few times.

Favorite players?

Larkin is the one. Jr is also right up there. others on the current team are Votto, BP, EdE, Dunn, Bruce, Cueto, EV, Harang, and basically everyone who does well. Dusty Baker is not one of them. dudes who arent/werent Reds are Greg Maddux, Craig Biggio, and Edgar Martinez

Anything else interesting about you?

im the kinda guy that eats the same lunch everyday (peanut butter samich and a banana). so no.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 1:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

pic of the lil' one

now that im home from work, i have access to the pics. this is the real Charlie Scrabbles. he’s gonna grow up to be a congressman.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok so its not working

sucks for you guys.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no hot, out of our league woman?

then who cares?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the pic is of my cat

but my wife – yeah, she is hot. and she’s totally in my league. im not bragging, im just hot too. i once won a contest.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1. Real first name?
- David

2. Where do you live?
- Oxford

3. Where did you grow up?
- Hamilton

4. How many times have you been divorced?
- 0

5. What’s your line?
- About 45 minutes long. I’m a Miami student who works at Kings Island.

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
- I stumbled across it at some point.

7. Favorite players?
- In my childhood it was Barry Larkin, Dante Bichette, Larry Walker, and the incomparable Andres Galarraga. These days I’m all about Dunner and Edwin, and my heart goes aflutter when I hear Josh Hamilton’s name.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
- I love lamp?

by Geki on Jul 24, 2008 1:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I did the Kings Island thing in 2005

I worked on the Adventure Express.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

King's Island

I guess that explains why you haven’t been around as much this year. I’ve missed you, Geki!

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

holy cow

you worked at kings island this year??? i worked security this year….which department did you work? funny i may have met you and didnt even know it

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on Jul 24, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm in rides.

Xtreme Skyflyer and whatnot.

by Geki on Jul 24, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I so want you two to have been friends all along.

Or at least to have been sitting at the same table in the break room, helping each other with the daily Soduku.

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 24, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok

I am Justin

I live and grew up in Hamilton! OH and go to school in the bustling metropolis of Ada, OH.

I have yet to have a candidate for divorce

I am a history major at Ohio Northern University, hopefully one day I’ll be professor Justin.

I was starved for news on the Reds in spring of 2007 and kept googling the Reds, and came accrossed Redreporter wiki when I did a search on George Grande.

My favorite Red is Pete Shoureck. The first year I really followed baseball was 1995, and he was a BAMF that year. I am also a fan of Paul Wilson, I like the crafty pitchers who have no stuff, but sometimes don’t suck, but mostly do.

I have been to Havana Cuba, and I saw team USA, under Manager Davie Johnson, beat Team Cuba to win the Pan-American baseball tournament in fall 2006.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 1:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm a total geek

I saw BAMF and thought instead of

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

holla atcha history major!

I feel like I’ve been through this with you before. But between that and Schoreck, well, nice to meet you, bright eyes. I’ll get down to mine in a bit. give me time.

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

by Cy Schourek on Jul 24, 2008 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll play, even though this time I'm not first!

1. Real first name?
Jonathan

2. Where do you live?
Florence, KY

3. Where did you grow up?
Lexington, KY

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Zero actuals, countless threats

5. What’s your line?
I don’t get it

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
John Clay’s (Sportswriter for Lexington Heral Leader) blog

7. Favorite players?
Used to be Larkin, then he had that boring HoF induction speech. I like Dunn, Harang, and Hamilton. Also, I’ll always like Sean Casey.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
Not really. Ask anyone who knows me. Although I am undefeated in bets with JCH.

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Also, I just started a new job on Colerain Avenue

and Colerain Avenue kinda sucks.

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn your bets and damn the Wright Brothers

Colerain’s out my way, where you working?

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 24, 2008 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah.

What kind of deals can I get now?

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

vw lincoln or mercury

odd combination

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahh you're there..

Who’s dealership is that? Eon’s are nice. and I am on the Z plan so maybe a Town Car.. (Kidding.. my Mom drives one.)

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

town cars are great

if you’re 100

come buy an Eon…i’m going to take one as a demo

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and i'ts Eos :-)

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. My bad..

Have you borrowed one yet? They look a a lot nicer than the Cabrio ever did..

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i drove one yesterday.

i like it a lot better with the top up.

that sunroof is awesome

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll come up

and we can spend a day test driving.. :)

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok.

i’ll get the grand marquis ready for you!

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite Red of all time is Joe Nuxhall...

I don’t know why that was excluded from my initial list.

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm only doing this for the free t-shirt

Derek

Currently living in Toledo for the next 4 days, then it’s back to the Dayton area, which is where I was born and raised. Then off to Virginia to start up with the JAG Corps

Sadly, no divorces yet, but I’m sure I’ll get there someday.

“Hi, I’m Derek, can I buy you a…” /girl walks away

I think I first saw RR linked from baseball musings, but I’m not sure

Obviously Larkin. When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds. I’m still holding out hope (I can flat out hustle, too!)

Interesting stuff about me – hmmmm…..I spend most of my free time punching babies and shooting black tar heroin, so just the usual nomal stuff, I guess.

by D-Rock on Jul 24, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

My turn

1. Pete.
2 & 3. Carey, OH (though I did spend 12 years in Detroit).
4. Oddly, women aren’t attracted to fat, bald, ugly 45 year olds. Of course, I wasn’t always this way – I used to only be 44.
5. Car sales. New Hondas. No, you don’t get a discount – I charge my friends extra because they’re always a bigger pain in the ass.
6. From John Sickles’ site.
7. I’m old. Rose was my first favorite (wore his number in LL) along with Concepcion, then Larkin until he became a whiny bitch. Bruce and EdE are now, only because they traded away Hamilton.
8, See #2, 4, and 5 above. No.

Often wrong, never uncertain.

by sidnancy on Jul 24, 2008 1:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Fever to Tell: Man Mountain

1. Real first name?

Seth

2. Where do you live?

Chapel Hill, NoC

3. Where did you grow up?

Minden, Louisiana

4. How many times have you been divorced?

Cero

5. What’s your line?

English lit TF, perpetually working toward my playa hatin’ degree

6. How did you find Red Reporter?

In the Fall of ‘05, I think I literally googled “Reds blog.” I didn’t become a full-time lurker until the Spring of ‘06. Made my first few comments in the summer of 06, then started annoying you in earnest last ST.

7. Favorite players?

Like most Reds fans my age, Barry Larkin is the sauce for me. I have fond spots for most of that team, though, like Sabo, Rijo, Charlton, Dibbs, Morris, Benzinger. My small sample size love is probably for Joe Oliver and Glenn Braggs. On the current team, my favs are easily Dunn and Edwin; misplaced love for the Love Machine.

8. Anything else interesting about you?

I decided to go to UNC for grad school because it was in Chapel Hill. Not the other way around. Some guys I played music with in college were in Asheville, and I thought it would be a great way for me to pursue music while telling my parents that I was preparing for a real career. Well, about, 4 months after I got to North Carolina, one of my friends got engaged and moved back to take up his family business (slum lording) and the other decided he wanted to travel the Earf. So I became a serious grad student reluctantly.

I’ve recently been trying to reboot the music thing by myself, however. I recorded an album in the Fall of ‘06 that’s still lost on a “friend’s” mixing board. I play out in Chapel Hill semi-regularly by myself (not fun). Out of nowhere, 3 months ago, I was approached by a women who’d heard a demo I’d done a few years ago and asked to play a 90 minute set with a friend on the main stage at the Kentuck Festival in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

To get myself back into practice, I’ve spent the last few weeks writing and recording a rough-shod 16-track demo in my apartment. You can listen to some of the results at my myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers. I warn you, though, that the tracks are only barely mixed and not mastered, so myspace’s primitive data compression engine has played merry hell with the dynamics, especially on the high end of the “knee” like vocals and harmonica. The result is quite sibilant.

I agreed to a promotion contract, so that’s why I’m inundating yall with this thing in sig lines and the like. Sorry, old horse!

But if you find yourself in Tuscaloosa, AL October 18th, you can listen to me caterwaul for unsuspecting families on blankets.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Love Chapel Hill..

My parents lived in Raleigh for 10 years and I always would go to Chapel Hill and hang out for a day and night. One of my favorite bands from that area was Johnny Quest and some of those guys started Hobex.. Awesome music town CH is..

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

An October Saturday in Tuscaloosa?

Listening to your Farrarisms has got to be the most pleasant thing to do, but you might have some competition. Roll Tide!

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck, I thought that was the weekend at Tennessee

an off date in October makes the fourth weekend in October the “third weekend in October.”

Damn you, Slive! Damn you!

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey MM

If you wanted to send me the multitrack of your fave song you recorded, I could try to whip it into shape, pro bono.

"Glory is upon us, Reds fans! Glory!" ~ F.V. Alan

by Young Lefty on Jul 24, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

see there

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks, brother

send me an email?

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty impressive, man.

I just got done recording an EP with a band I’m no longer affiliated with. Enjoy the outdoor show, those are the best.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

RR Concert

Are we going to have to have a RR Concert after a game on the first base pavilion?

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't have a band anymore.

And I’m a drummer by trade. Not really pleasant for a solo act.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i love Ashville

it is such a beautiful city.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a bit of a lurker, but here goes...

1. Real first name?
Nathan

2. Where do you live?
Columbus. Dublin, more specifically

3. Where did you grow up?
A booming metropolis of 1,000 people in Rockford, OH, near Celina and Van Wert. Nothing still? 30 miles west of Lima

4. How many times have you been divorced?
I’m a divorce court virgin

5. What’s your line?
Finance at Cardinal Health, Monofilament

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
Googs, not Tom Gugliotta, but rather Google in an attempt to procrastinate at work

7. Favorite players?
Jay Hova, Thomas Alva Volquez (close enough), Dunn, Eric the Red, Bip Roberts (seriously, I had a button as a kid, yeah, like a “Vote for X” button with his face on it. I think I’ve grown out of that phase though)

8. Anything else interesting about you?
I lived in Wrigleyville for two years and grew to hate the Cubs even more. I didn’t think it was possible.
One time I walked past Joe Rogan on Clark Street in Chicago and I was going to say “hey, you’re Joe Rogan” but I didn’t because he’s not really a star and I would have been embarrassed for recognizing him

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

'your last name is Garelli?'

You don’t have to recognize Joe Rogan for anything other than NewsRadio, and there’s certainly no shame in that – he’d be honored. Totally could have asked him what the deal is with Andy Dick – there’s an icebreaker for ya.

by DevilsAdvocate on Jul 24, 2008 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

no, he doesn't

of anyone I know, he does not…

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"I try really hard, actually."

Thanks though. That’s probably the best thing said about me in… well, a long time.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I lived north of Wrigley near Clark & Foster for a while

Andersonville? Edgewater? Not sure, but lots of lesbians in the neighborhood.

Used to hit Wrigleyville all the time. Gingerman for pool and occasionally the Smart Bar.

Good times.

by bengalred on Jul 24, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I lived right at Waveland and Fremont.

Basically 200 feet away from centerfield and the slobs at Murphy’s.

I love the smaller Wrigleyville Bars. Mullen’s, Merkle’s, Redmond’s especially.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, sorry I didn't live there anymore to be of more assistance when you visited.

Did any of my suggestions help, though? That was a while back, I barely remember what I told you to check out.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mentioned some places, but I don't think I went to any of them

But I think I asked you where I could watch the Reds. And instead I ended up meeting up with a friend of mine (the one who introduced me to RR!), and we scalped tickets to see the Cubs take on the Brewers. Then we went drinking at various bars. I don’t remember the names besides Harry Caray’s, but we spent a lot of time at one next to the Metro.

I kinda hate to say it, but that was the most fun I’ve had at – and after – a baseball game this year. Chicago’s a pretty fun town when Cubs fans aren’t douching it up.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed. I loved Wrigleyville, just not Cubs fans. I was just back there this past weekend.

Not much has changed.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to work at Cardinal Health

but I don’t anymore. Good story, I know.

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 24, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Back when it operated out of your mom's basement, right?

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bob Walter has a utility belt?

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 24, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, he traded it for the rights to Cardinal Health

He got the billion dollar company. I got the ability to tell people how many times David Ross has bunted with a runner on second. Seems like a fair trade.

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 24, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how many?

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

8

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 24, 2008 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

this year or ever?

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

e'er

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 24, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks i wanted to know that!

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And May no more shall e’er restore
To me those bats again,
There’s no relief but urging grief,
For Weathers wakens pain.

To think how he, so dear to me,
Had us’d to join the play;
And O so dear such pleasures were,
He gloried in the day.

But now, sad scene, he’s left the green,
And Bako here to mourn:
Then flowers may spring, and birds may sing,
And May-day may return;

But never more can they restore
Their rural sports to me -
No, no, adieu! with him they flew,
For he was all to me.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

These are really exceptional lyrics...I can't wait to hear the music

I still play a lot…if’n you’d need an electric Bassoon on any of your works.

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's John Clare, the Northampton Peasant Poet

c. 1820, but I suppose now it’s eminent domain, so it’s really everybody’s

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

even mine?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

its in the boobs domain.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh...it's.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The boobs domain

f( o ) = ( o )

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

if it's in the eminent domain

i think it belongs to the government.

I am Bill S. Preston, Esquire.

by Dubman on Jul 25, 2008 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, sorry

I meant public domain.

There’s been a huge eminent domain kerfuffle in Chapel Hill/Orange County in recent weeks that’s been omnipresent.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 25, 2008 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holla!

1. Real first name?
Zack

2. Where do you live?
New York City, home of David Wright!

3. Where did you grow up?
Anderson Township / Mt. Washington

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Well, I’ve been with the same chick for 5+ years, so it seems likely that we’ll be married and divorced sometime in the forseeable future.

5. What’s your line?
Recording engineer for Sony BMG… working hard to make lots of the music you hate!

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
Perhaps the most fateful Googling of my life

7. Favorite players?
Baby Mike Tyson

8. Anything else interesting about you?
Can rip a telephone book in half with my bare hands (Youtube that shit! Be the life of the party!)

"Glory is upon us, Reds fans! Glory!" ~ F.V. Alan

by Young Lefty on Jul 24, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Recording engineer?

I have a friend named Man who’s trying to mix some of his mountain music. Maybe you two should talk.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Snohio

1. Mike
2. Cincinnati (Madeira)
3. Cincinnati (Milford – ‘91)
4. None and will probably stay that way. 2 kids and don’t ever want to split time with them.
5. Sys. Admin. Some weeks have ha 30 hours free and some weeks I work 60 hours.
6. I don’t remember. Either Google or Redleg Nation. Here’s the first comment.
7. Reds: Lark, Casey, LaRue, Davis, D. Sanders.
Royals: Saberhagen, Brett, Jackson
8. Not particularly. Love the family, both mine and the RR family. See YOU at the picnic.

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 1:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Doug

1. Real first name? Doug Gray
2. Where do you live?Cincinnati (Colerain)
3. Where did you grow up?Cincinnati (Colerain)
4. How many times have you been divorced?Never been Married
5. What’s your line? I work from home, doing baseball related stuff most of the time
6. How did you find Red Reporter?I think through Google, but it may have been through Redszone
7. Favorite players?Griffey, Bruce, Harang, Cueto, Volquez, Bailey, Encarnacion and Votto as far as Reds players go. Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Ted Kluszewski, Dave Parker, Barry Larkin, Wily Mo, ED, Edgar Martinez for guys in the all time category. Griffey will always be on top of the list
8. Anything else interesting about you? I ride a BMX bike even though I am 24, but I really enjoy it and thats what matters in life, right? Below is one of my favorite pictures of me pretty much ever on a bike (no one else posted pictures of anyting, slackers)

http://www.redsminorleagues.com and http://www.RedsPitchFX.com

by dougdirt on Jul 24, 2008 1:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Now that's a REAL BMX, sukr.

Well, almost anyway.. Minus the pegs and such.. :) I raced for a number of years before finally hanging it up after the broken arm. Ever see Matt Pohlkamp out there any more? I’ve got one of his old Schwinns.

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pohlkamp

Never raced in my life. More of a trails/ramps guy until I blew my knee out twice. Now I basically just take it pretty easy on the ramps. I have ridden with Pohlkamp a few different times at different places. Super nice guy. He tried qualifying for the Olympics this year but didn’t make the cut.

http://www.redsminorleagues.com and http://www.RedsPitchFX.com

by dougdirt on Jul 24, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've never

seen anyone ride as smooth as him.. He’d run through trails so clean it never looked like he left the earth.. Really good guy.. Let’s go ride sometime.. :)

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Smooth....

The only person I ever saw ride trails that smooth was Adam Volk. That was another guy I wish still rode. I miss the days when Cincinnati had good trails. It seems like my generation grew up and didn’t want to dig really.

http://www.redsminorleagues.com and http://www.RedsPitchFX.com

by dougdirt on Jul 24, 2008 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Beard

Does Matt still have his? I know he is on the East Side and all, but The Beard always had the best trails.

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

by snohio on Jul 25, 2008 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah he does

He actually runs his own company now. Check them out.
www.failurebikes.com

I haven’t seen Matt in a while, I don’t get out nearly as much as I used to with the bike.

http://www.redsminorleagues.com and http://www.RedsPitchFX.com

by dougdirt on Jul 25, 2008 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right on

1. Real first name?
Keith

2. Where do you live?
Columbus, OH

3. Where did you grow up?
Marion, OH, roughly 45 min north of Columbus. Teen pregnancy capital of the state!

4. How many times have you been divorced?
None, but since my first marriage is now nine (nine!) years in, if it happens, it only happens once.

5. What’s your line?
“Convicted? No. Never convicted.”

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
found it through SB nation via cincyjungle

7. Favorite players?
As a wee lad, my favorite was Eddie Milner. Others include Eric Davis, Larkin, the Nasty Boys, Joe Oliver, Sean Casey and Dunn

8. Anything else interesting about you?
I was the media coordinator for several of Steve Fossett’s attempts (2001-02) to fly solo around the world in a hot air balloon. It was basically living in a gold mining town in the Australian outback for six weeks sitting around and drinking beer. Now that I think about it, those were probably the best six years of my life….

by bengalred on Jul 24, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll play too

1. Real first name?
Matt

2. Where do you live?
Huntington, WV

3. Where did you grow up?
Charleston, WV

4. How many times have you been divorced?
My 1st wife is still putting up with me. ;)

5. What’s your line?
Media/Arts (video editing/ website design/ graphic layout) for LMBC

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
...probably from a random link from a poster at reds.com (couldn’t be happier to be out of that place!)

7. Favorite players?
Larkin for all-time. Currently, Griffey, Hamilton, Volquez and Bruce

8. Anything else interesting about you?
As of yesterday, the Reds are 15-0 lifetime when I’m there. (even at other ball parks) :D

by iamwallaman on Jul 24, 2008 1:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll be driving through

this weekend.. I’ll wave from the highway.

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

by snohio on Jul 24, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

15-0! That's astonishing.

I live in Proctorville and work in Barboursville. We’ll have to get together sometime.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 24, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't been so good for Cordero though...

Last year, he blew the save for the Brewers (1 run in the ninth to tie and Javy singled in the winning run in the 10th)

Earlier this year he blew the save against the Marlins (the 9th inning, 6-run meltdown that we won on Janish’s walk off)

On Wednesday, he sure seemed to want to give it up…

by iamwallaman on Jul 25, 2008 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

replace Proctorville with Huntington and that's me as well

Where abouts in Barboursville are you?

You can email me if you’d prefer.

by iamwallaman on Jul 25, 2008 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't mean to bust your bubble or anything

but Hamilton isn’t a Red at this current time.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?!

What happened?! Where’d he go?!

Now I’m going to have to toss my Hamilton shirt I got last year…

;)

by iamwallaman on Jul 25, 2008 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As a side gig (when I was a musician) I played in a blues band called Virgil Willis and The Nighthawks

1. Mike
2. Madisonville (The Ghetto) Cincinnati
3. On a farm near St. Paris, Ohio
4. Although I’ve been married to the same woman for 32 years, she has mentally divorced me 42,319 times.
5. When I was single – “Christ on a Hubcap nice tits, bitch…worked everytime!
6. I was looking to find out about blogging. I tried political blogs, social blogs and music blogs, however none of the ones I looked at were remotely interesting. So I tried sports and found the RR blog. It was full of witty, intelligent and interesting persons. I was thrown off countless times (As a side gig, when I was a musician, I played in a blues band called Virgil Willis and The Nighthawks hence my 1st handle Virgil Nighthawk). until I eventually figured out the terrain Now I’m mostly tolerated.
7. Frank Robinson, Jerry Lynch, Jim Merrit, Jack Billingham, George Foster, Pete. Joe Morgan, Tony, Eric the Red, and Adam Dunn – Dunn’s appearance on the Reds scene actually pulled me back into being a Red’s fan…I also lik e Hobbs and Bailey.
8. I have 3 grown daughters (28, 25, and 20, and a son 24) 3 Grandkids ( 10 yr. old grandson, 1 and 1/3 yr. old grandaughter, and a 3 month old grandson).
I spent 6-7 years on the road playing in rock n’ roll bands from 1968 to 1974, retired for 10 months then continued playing semi professionally until 1988 ( Guitar and electric Bassoon ). I owned a music store for years, worked in the Interior Design and upper end Antiques and furniture industry for over 20 years. (RR’s can still get their furniture through me at cost plus shipping and 20%!) I am known for my incisive and carefully crafted responses at RR and as a bowler who is only mediocre because of heavy alcohol abuse. I enjoy reading,floral arranging, barely legal porn, long walks in the woods and I have become a fan of sabremetrics. My life’s dream is to be the Red’s next manager and hire all RRs as the coaching staff (except Danica gets the 3rd base job)
Nest January , if I make it, I’ll turn 60…so I think I’m the oldest RR posting.

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

barely legal?

who wants to look at the legal stuff?

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

rec'd !

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're the man, Madville

"Glory is upon us, Reds fans! Glory!" ~ F.V. Alan

by Young Lefty on Jul 24, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And it goes a little sumpin like this.....hit it!

1. Real first name? – Jeremy

2. Where do you live? – Bridgetown/Cheviot area, west side of Cincinnati

3. Where did you grow up? Mason, KY (Grant County, middle of nowhere)

4. How many times have you been divorced? Once, went final last December. I don’t recommend it, it’s bad on the wallet.

5. What’s your line? – Systems/Network Admin at some rather well-known radio stations.

6. How did you find Red Reporter? chandrathan, obc, and slyde visited me in a vision one night. Actually I think I stumbled across it via Google while living in my friend’s basement last June.

7. Favorite players? Nolan Ryan, Darryl Strawberry and Junior growing up. Now I still love Junior in his Willie-Mays-with-the-Mets phase, and I’m big on Edwin, Dunn, & Volquez.

8. Anything else interesting about you? I’m a diamond in the rough. No really. With a little polish and a lot of love, I think I would really shine. There are pics here.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 24, 2008 2:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

1. Tim. I couldn’t run fast as a kid - still can’t - so kids nicknamed me Timmy the Turtle. I went to Marshall, home of the Thundering Herd, thus the handle Thundering Turtle.
2. Proctorville, Ohio. 3 hours up river from Cincinnati, right across from Huntington, W.Va.
3. Proctorville. Fairland High. Turtles don’t wander far from home.
4. No divorces. One wife. 15 years in September. The charity of women never ceases to amaze me.
5. Area director with Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
6. Stumbled across it poking around the Internet.
7. Starting eight of the Big Red Machine. Josh Hamilton. Eddie Taubensee.
8. We adopted five kids 12 years ago. I used to be a sports writer who covered the Reds, Marshall, a Cubs rookie league affiliate and a number of other things. I was a Heisman Trophy voter.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 24, 2008 2:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The guy I voted for usually won.

In 1997, though, my top three were Moss, Manning and Woodson and the final vote came out Woodson, Manning, Leaf.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 24, 2008 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Manning should've won

moss seems like a homer vote :-)

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn't have argued with Manning winning.

The tie-breaker for me was that I was fortunate enough to get to see Randy every day in practice, so I knew how good he was. He did things on the football field that didn’t appear human. He’s still the greatest athlete I’ve ever seen.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 24, 2008 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll share

1. Real first name?
Chuck

2. Where do you live?
Sparta, Michigan

3. Where did you grow up?
Ravenna, Michigan

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Once, a very long time ago, now happily married with lots of kids and collies.

5. What’s your line?
Your beautiful when your angry. My wife replies, shaddup, go away and listen to some baseball.

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
Looking for information about the Cincinnati Reds and after visiting the site I was happy to see a lot of nice ppl here unlike some blogs that are like a war zone.

7. Favorite players? In no particular order.
Hideki Matsui, Jimmy Edmonds, Ken Griffey, Jr., Albert Pujols, Jay Bruce, The first player that impressed me was when I was 6 years old, his name was Mickey Mantle. My uncles all followed the Yankees. Willie Mays was another early favorite.

8. Anything else interesting about you? I have 8 collies and love baseball. Even though I live in Michigan I hate the Detroit Tigers for many reasons. Am searching to finally find a favorite NL team. I’ve watched on Tv and listened on the radio to the Reds, the Cards and the Cubs for years. I’ve decided to choose one as a favorite this year as I finally have time to follow one instead of changing diapers and babysit. My kids are all teens now, they don’t hang around with dad anymore. So, its me and my collies listening to the games. The picture is of me with the collie who was my best friend for years. Now she is just a memory.

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 2:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

okay, pic didn't work......

but on profile pic those are some of my collies. She was the one in the center.

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

is sparta anywhere near troy, mi?

do you ever declare war on them?

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

by andromache on Jul 24, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, we go over every week or two

and use Trebuchets to lob huge rocks over their walls. We do it just for fun because the girls there are ugly and their beer stinks so we make war on them just because we can! LOL

Seriously, I wish it wasn’t on the other side of the state for it would make a great high school football rivalry. Believe it or not we’re only about a hour away from Hell, Michigan. Now thats a town I would love to live in!!! :)

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

are they floating arm trebuchets?

I’d love to build one.

I made a fixed one to hurl pumpkins for a class in high school.

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

by andromache on Jul 24, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

now that sounds like it was fun!!!!! How far did it fly?

I seen something on TV where ppl built their own and had a competition throwing pumkins at a junk car. It was a lot of fun to watch! Especially after several brews!

On the lighter side;
We take both types of Trebuchets over to Troy and they really don’t like it when we fling dead cows over the walls. :P

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd

Speaking of slumlords…

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

I think they are cousins

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 24, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW

GreginATL is Greg Gajus, who helps out on the weekly Erardi columns with Justin and me.

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 24, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

All right godamnit where are the rest of you RRs....

Ash
Daedulus
Red Menace
Paul householder
Blue
Crolfer
AND MANY MORE….

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 2:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Working?

We gotta have some respectable fans, after all.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1. Real first name?
Kenny

2. Where do you live?
Clifton ! Go Bearcats

3. Where did you grow up?
Mt. Washington/Anderson Twsp area.

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Not divorced yet

5. What’s your line?
Full time party-er aka student and high school basketball coach

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
Google seaching while being bored.

7. Favorite players?
KEN GRIFFEY JR. Barry Larkin Sean Casey Johnny Cueto

8. Anything else interesting about you?
St. Xavier grad in ‘05, go Bombers.
Basketball is my first love but I fancy myself as a baseball enthusiast. I will one day be a head basketball coach at the college level, I promise.

I hate Ohio State

by kennythered on Jul 24, 2008 2:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Carson?

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

I love Carson even more now.

by kennythered on Jul 24, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

me too

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me

1. Real first name? Kyle
2. Where do you live? Terre Haute, IN
3. Where did you grow up? Terre Haute, IN
4. How many times have you been divorced? 0
5. What’s your line? General Manager of Vending Company thru the day, Full Time Night Disc Jockey at Night. Yeah, I work too damn much.
6. How did you find Red Reporter? Thru Stampede Blue, The Colt’s Blog on SB Nation
7. Favorite players? Adam Dunn.
8. Anything else interesting about you? I own a Reds weekend season ticket package, I make a 3 hour drive to Cincy about 10 times a year. I am also our radio station’s version of a radio beat writer for the Colts. I cover all the home games in Indy and training camp in Terre Haute. I got to cover the team and attend Superbowl 41 in the pressbox.

Find me on MySpace- http://www.myspace.com/mixfmkyle

by MixFMKyle on Jul 24, 2008 2:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Does Terra Haute still smell insanely horrible?

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

by crolfer on Jul 24, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It did smell real bad

But, it is a lot better now. The paper mill that gave off most of the smell closed. So its a lot better now.

Find me on MySpace- http://www.myspace.com/mixfmkyle

by MixFMKyle on Jul 24, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks man

It was a pretty sweet deal. Its definitely something I won’t ever forget.

Find me on MySpace- http://www.myspace.com/mixfmkyle

by MixFMKyle on Jul 24, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quick answers

I’m in Ann Arbor today checking on the housing market and spending an enormous amount of time in meetings, but rather than do other work, I’ll do this…

1. Real first name?
Slyde M. Slyde (aka Joel)

2. Where do you live?
Cincinnati, but I’m moving to somewhere else in Cincinnati.

3. Where did you grow up?
Loveland

4. How many times have you been divorced?
My mom won’t let me leave the house.

5. What’s your line?
Basement repair, mom’s house. Cheese sandwich eater. Data manager.

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
I started it, didn’t I? Sure seems like I did. Actually I was blogging at The Great American Reds Blog when JD started RR. I didn’t really join in on the fun until after I started writing at Reds & Blues while it was still part of MVN. When I quit there I started spending all of my time here and now look at how happy and well-balanced I am.

7. Favorite players?
I celebrate the entire organization. Except for Brandon Phillips. I’m currently trying to find out if I can be inseminated with EdE’s seed.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
There hasn’t been anything interesting about me yet. Why start now?

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 24, 2008 2:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

here we go

1. Real first name? Joshua

2. Where do you live? Greensburg, Indiana

3. Where did you grow up? Greensburg, Indiana

4. How many times have you been divorced? none

5. What’s your line? General Manager for Papa John’s Pizza

6. How did you find Red Reporter? Was looking for a better alternative for the cincinnati.com reds forum, so i googled and came here.

7. Favorite players? Kepp, Orel Hershiser

8. Anything else interesting about you? just had a boy 3 months ago for our first child. i grew up and live in the same place, but have lived in Tucson, AZ (mom), Columbia, MO (dad and crofer), and Hamilton, OH. Huge IU Hossiers fan and also enjoy Nascar.

by joshuar9476 on Jul 24, 2008 2:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

im an IU grad

go hoosiers. except for the basketball team.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep the basketball team can suck it

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I rather like them.

They gave Xavier one of their recruits and a transfer this year. I think they’re nice.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"jordan's better"

uk fans might remember

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

tom crean?

congratulations!

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

there is actually a team named "Cutters" now

named after the movie team. It’s not a townie team, though—the Little 5 is a student-only race.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

...

1. Real first name? Andrew

2. Where do you live? Columbia, Missouri

3. Where did you grow up? CoMo

4. How many times have you been divorced? Not a lot of 17 year olds get divorces…

5. What’s your line? ...

6. How did you find Red Reporter? I honestly can’t remember

7. Favorite players? Bruce, Hamilton, Volquez, All-time= Larkin

8. Anything else interesting about you?

Planning to study entomology. I do a lot of entomological photography. Play some baseball. Basic nerdy 17-year old.

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

by crolfer on Jul 24, 2008 3:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

more interesting facts, cuz I'm super-interesting:

Go to Hickman, home of the Kewpies where I played baseball as a freshman, was cut as a sophomore, had mono during tryouts as a junior, and hope to somehow make the team my senior year.

I have two shelties. One is insanely smart by the name of Percy, and the other is named Bailey. He was promising at first, but has turned out to be a real bust… seriously though, Bailey is a total klutz.

Parents getting divorced, hoping to get out of Missouri for college, although chances of that are pretty slim…

Listen to a ton of music, sing tenor, play trombone.

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

by crolfer on Jul 24, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rambling Autobiography

1. Real first name? Jeremy

2. Where do you live? Bowling Green, Ohio for at least another month.

3. Where did you grow up? Born and raised in Lima, Ohio where by the age of 12 I developed an overwhelming desire to leave and never return to that retched hellhole. From there I spent five and some change of my rather formative undergraduate years at Miami University, regularly blowing off genuinely terrific opportunities for intellectual development and long-lasting fulfillment to drink on my roof, chain smoke cowboy killers, and pull ridiculously juvenile stunts on other pretentious upper middle class fratards. These are really just places I grew older at, growing up is overrated anyways.

4. How many times have you been divorced? Divorce is an archaic counting stat, the batting average or rbi of relationship statistics if you will. I’ve long felt DVPB (domestic violence charges plus bastard children sired) or the committed relationship index (CRI calculated by total months of committed relationships status minus total of one night stands) were much more accurate measures of a relationship success and predictor of future relationship prowess. By any measure I’m still Corey Patterson…

5. What’s your line? "By any measure I’m still Corey Patterson…" is pretty hard for me to top right now.

6. How did you find Red Reporter? A lurking Dunner fanboy

7. Favorite players? Larkin, Davis, Sabo, Chris Stynes (aka Keppinger 1.0), and all of Old Leatherpants reclamation pitcher’s of the month (particularly Harnisch and Schourek). Today I love the entire team, warts and all. From Dunn’s strikeouts and rally killing tendencies, BP’s DP’s, Keppinger playing SS like he has been nailed to the ground, or Junior aging worse than that case of Icehouse I left in my trunk for two weeks, I enjoy them all. I’m sick like that. I find watching something like Stormy working up the courage to try to fool Derek Lee one more time with his 85 mph 2-seamer enthralling.

8. Anything else interesting about you? I’m a burgeoning member of academia in multiple (although admittedly related) fields. So I contribute nothing to society twice over. I’m also ashamed to say I actually like Fistbands. Wow, that was cathartic!

by Bill Doran on Jul 24, 2008 3:43 PM EDT reply actions   2 recs

as a student at Ohio Northern

i don’t blame you for leaving Lima one bit. God that place is kind of a piece of shit.

My favorite part about Lima is… When I was at freshman orienation somebody asked one of the students “what do you do for fun here?” and she responded will Lima is only 20 miles up the road.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1. Real first name? Matthew
2. Where do you live? Newport (1.7 miles from GABP)
3. Where did you grow up? Among Cincinnati’s intellectual elite on the Westside, Chicago, and Atlanta.
4. How many times have you been divorced? Zero, although my wife could change her mind at any time.
5. What’s your line? I’m sorry for whatever you are mad about, honey.
6. How did you find Red Reporter? BBTF
7. Favorite players? Wayne Krenchicki, Rolando Roomes, Alex Trevino, and all others who were the mediocre core of my youth.
8. Anything else interesting about you? I’m a stay-at-home dad and fiction writer. Nothing pisses me off like answering the question: “so what do you write about?” My wife is 6’3” and blonde and way out of my league, and my kids are both boys (Jasper and Gus). Pictures of family here.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 4:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hey

Since your wife is 6’3 and like I said I plan on coaching college basketball, can I start recruiting your kids?

by kennythered on Jul 24, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My uncle is a coach at Walnut Hills High

and he asked the same thing. My wife played at Bellermine in Louisville when they went to DII Final Four, so they might want to play basketball but I won’t even drive them to the gym if they don’t play baseball in the spring, summer and fall.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

bellarmine women in the final four

was that ‘94?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

She's from Pee-Wee Valley In Oldham Co.

she said it was a hoot to hear her name announced as: “and the 6’5” center from Pee-Wee Valley” (you know because they always lie about height in basketball)

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cute enough

I cringe at posting my kids’ blog here because it’s aim is to entertain my mono-syllabic family members and not worldly humor mongers such as this RR lot.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, at least you made the effort to have a site

I just trow zip files up on an FTP site and send the URL in an email. :)

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 24, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You guys both have me beat

I’ve just gotten very good at fending off angry calls from my mother about how I don’t email her enough pictures of the kids.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Jul 24, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pops - what genre are you writing in? Are you a short story guy or a novelist

Have you ever been published in “Barely Legal” or any other quality literary format?

Great looking family BTW

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

First novel in mid-first draft now.

I have written many short-stories but I need time to stretch my legs in my work. I’m not good enough to write short stories- good ones tend to be more precise and economical than I am currently able.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

you are correct

she is out of your league

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 25, 2008 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No shit

I hope she doesn’t notice now that my seeds have outlived their usefulness.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Real first name: Chris
Where do you live: West Hartford, CT (I know… you’re all jealous, aren’t you?)
Where did you grow up: Several places around the country, but lived in Montgomery for 8 years
How many times divorced: Zero… which is amazing really
What’s your line: Run a cancer research lab at UConn
How did you find RR: Thru DailyKos a couple years ago
Favorite players: Growing up it was Gary Redus and Eric the Red and Mario Soto. Now its Griffey and Johnny Cueto.
Anything else: Though I’ve already thrilled you all with my heroic story of striking out Griffey Jr. in high school, I had one more brush with fame when I got to take a leak next to John Cusack at a bar in Chicago during my Northwestern days.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Jul 24, 2008 4:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I would have given you a dollar

if you’d held up a little Walkman playing “In Your Eyes” while Cusack was using a urinal.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you ever wonder if he hates that song these days?

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Jul 24, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Funny

I used to read Magnet religiously. I even have that Sleater Kinney covered one in his hand.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That book

and movie were like gut punches to me.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was loyal to Alternative Press for some stupid reason

I think because I could get it in North Louisiana and they had a cover story on Will Oldham in the summer of ‘96. Seems silly now.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I gave you one of those unhip rec's

You know… the kind where you actually click on the “action” tab. Not the cool kind where you just reply with a post that says “rec” but don’t actually rec it.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Jul 24, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

loser.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Go Cats.

If you played against Griffey in HS, you’re probably a bit older, but when did you graduate?

Class of ‘97 myself. I once drove Pat Fitzgerald from a bar on Rush to the impound lot after his car was towed.

by bengalred on Jul 24, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

All right! Another NU RR'r.

There used to be a few of us that were around here, but I haven’t seen the others in a while. I graduated in ‘92. But you belong to that group of NU alums of which I am insanely jealous. My senior year was Francis Peay’s last year as head coach. I went to every home football game and I think I got to see three wins in my four years.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Jul 24, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My timing was pretty good.

My first two years there they were garbage, but one of my roommates was from South Bend, so we went to the ND game as juniors during the Rose Bowl year. Who would have guessed? The three of us and about 43 other NU fans. Man those Irish fans were pissed!

Wound up going to every game, home and away, except Minnesota. Winning at Michigan was sweet and the Rose Bowl was a blast, except for damn Keyshawn. I went back for a game a few years ago, but it was kinda lame. They got rid of all the student tailgating for VIPs, donors, etc.

Now that I’ve got the Big Ten Network, though, it’s NU every week!

by bengalred on Jul 24, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just for future refernce

is there any way to delete on of your own comments?

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on Jul 24, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Don't you wish

Nope. They’re there for posterity. Sort of like your friendster account.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And your herpes

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1. Real first name?
Eric

2. Where do you live?
Shorewood, Wisconsin. Rich northern suburb of Milwaukee where only white people are allowed to live. There is some talk afoot to allow the Japanese, but no one has developed a workable system to tell them apart from the Hmong.

3. Where did you grow up?
Whitefish Bay, which is two miles further north and affectionately known as “White Folks’ Bay”. I’ve also lived in Minneapolis and DC.

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Once. She left me for Jesus (I suspect Johnnypronto may have been behind it).

5. What’s your line?
“If I were an enzyme, I’d be DNA helicase so I could unzip your jeans.”

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
The Great 2006 Brew Crew Ball Invasion

7. Favorite players?
Whoever Carlos Zambrano is currently fighting.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
I’m nerd about anything beginning with the letter “B”. Baseball, beer, and biology are my three queens.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Heh

You were rooting against Jeff Suppan in that game. Oh, how the worm has turned.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jeff 'supbrendanpan

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Am I the only one who gets your helicase joke here?

Not that it would work on me, mind you.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Jul 24, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i got it and think it's pretty funny

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reminds me of

“I wish I were a derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves.” For this and other stunningly effective pick up lines, go here.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

I wanna be your Krakatoa, Let my lava flow all over you

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should try:

I wanna be your Tambora—deafen you with my blast, eject historic quantities of sulphur into the atmosphere, and ruin your summer.

Upon further review, I guess that works better for farts…

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome
“Bisect my angle!” she postulated each time she reached her local maximum.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

we're indivisible

it’s our… math camp u squared?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reminds me of an old Onion headline:

“Standard deviation not enough for perverted mathematician”

by ken on Jul 24, 2008 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Everyone will get this joke

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's try that again, apparently it's two images

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

the first one made perfect sense

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They spelled "k"orey wrong

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wisconsin: you’re among Hmong friends.

by ken on Jul 24, 2008 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

does jesus treat her better than you did?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He smacks her around a bit, but he does have a nice ride

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 24, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1. Real first name? Matt

2. Where do you live? Indianapolis, IN

3. Where did you grow up?
Brownsburg, IN (essentially Indianapolis)

4. How many times have you been divorced?
None yet, but I’m so looking forward to getting married so I can get divorced

5. What’s your line? Civil Engineer for the State DOT.

6. How did you find Red Reporter? I think through Redleg Nation, which I assume I found through Google.

7. Favorite players?
Adam Dunn.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
I once drank 64 beers on a cross-country flight.

"Just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it." - George Costanza

by beasleymachine on Jul 24, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

64 $5 beers?

Sounds expensive.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

64 x 5

yep that’s 1.2 million dollars!

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 24, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You left off a somewhat pertinent question

Age?

I am an extremely immature 31 years old myself.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 24, 2008 5:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm old enough to know better......

but too stupid to stop myself.

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmm, nothing wrong with divulging pertinent information about myself on the internet.

1. Real first name? Not Cy, I’ll tell you that much.
2. Where do you live? Currently in the DC burbs where I go to school (History major at Univ. of Maryland)
3. Where did you grow up? Born in Indiana, moved to Chicago, then my folks moved to Cleveland after I went to college. So I have an Ohio lisence that I don’t even know the address to.
4. How many times have you been divorced? You mean, how many times did I have to disappear in order to avoid alimony? Too many…too many…
5. What’s your line? History major looking at either doing the Law School Shuffle or dicking around all over the globe for the next few years. Anyone know any ins to do the latter (preferably in West/Central Asia), let me know.
6. How did you find Red Reporter? Deadspin used to have this “best blogs of various teams” feature that RR made. I’ve been lurking for a while before standing up and speaking up this summer.
7. Favorite players? Reggie Sanders was my first baseball jersey. I always loved 2nd basement, from Bret Boone to Pokey Reese. Even had a Quilvio Veras crush for a bit, between the whole New Team + 2nd Baseman thing. Currently, it would be Adam Dunn. I think he’s one of the most fascinating athletes of his generation for so many reasons. Not to drag on, but Jacob Brumfield was my favorite player for a while, and I have more respect for Aaron Harang than anyone else in the game.
8. Anything else interesting about you? I have never met another Reds fan and everyone I have met is always disappointed that I come from Indiana.

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

by Cy Schourek on Jul 24, 2008 6:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ew, law school.

don’t do it, man!

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

seriously

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on Jul 24, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, do it.

The force is strong with this one.

by ken on Jul 24, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

don't sell out

stay with the discipline and get a Ph.D and profess. That is my plan anyway. I recomand the Universatiro de la Habana. Ask to speak to Dr. Dailio Cuoress, he is the campus histoian, on Fidel’s and Ruel’s speed dial, and spent time in the Golloge.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

selling out

is worth alot of bones. aint nothin’ wrong with that.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not selling out.

It’s buying in.

(Obscure bonus points available)

by ken on Jul 24, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This thing you've got going on with your hair

Some kind of tribute to Native Americans, I don’t really understand it.

SLC Punk?

by Brendanukkah on Jul 25, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

THe Crushinator

1. Real first name?- Its Jack

2. Where do you live?- I live In NYC
3. Where did you grow up?- I grew up in Boston and New Jersey
4. How many times have you been divorced?- Not yet, but i look forward to getting my complimentary Bachelor TV and Telephone wire spool to put my beers on.
5. What’s your line?- I work(ed) at a rehersal studio, where I also “live”(they let me sleep on the couch and work for pizza and smokes when Im in town) in Manhattan and I am currently on tour playin music
6. How did you find Red Reporter?- googled it
7. Favorite players?- Jeff Keppinger, I am a fairly new reds fan
8. Anything else interesting about you- Although being born in Boston and living in spitting distance from NY I am a reds fan, My CD player broke during that push a couple years ago before the all star break while I was delivering pizza in Cinci, I got hooked to Bases bags for the first time in about a decade.

Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy

by The Crushinator on Jul 24, 2008 6:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Where are your on tour? Who're playin' with ?

What do you play – Man Mountain masy need a band if his record deal gets off the ground

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate offdays.

I’m two beers in, with no game coming.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 6:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You could always take a cross-country flight

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just me and 62 beers.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

MLS All-Star game

See the stars of MLS take on West Ham. You may or may not be impressed by the level of the soccer.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 24, 2008 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

On which side?

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How many luminaries of political communism

can guess the nickname for West Ham United?

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by Man Mountain on Jul 24, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Ham Fighters?

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The West Ham Fisted?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The West Ham Bone?

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Jul 24, 2008 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm

i had to check wikipedia. i always knew them as the Hammers, but i figured that was a just a play on West Ham. turns out they arent as imaginative as i gave them credit for. leave it to the English to disappoint.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

but not the westerbergs, eh?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shouldn't be hard to do

if this story is true.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I saw one game at Crew Stadium

biggest waste of time in my spectating life. That story probably is true

I got 99 problems but a job ain't one.

by chesirecat on Jul 24, 2008 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's getting better, from what I've been told.

And a lot of it depends on what section you sit in, as well.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I missed the last one of these...

So I guess I better get myself on record here.

1. Real first name?
Brian

2. Where do you live?
Charlottesville, VA

3. Where did you grow up?
In the suburbs of Dayton (I’m a Lumberjack, and I’m OK!). Went to college at the University of Toledo, moved back to Dayton for a year, then out to D.C. for 2.5 years before moving to C-ville last November.

4. How many times have you been divorced?
0.5. I got the married part.

5. What’s your line?
I’m a construction engineer. My go-to pickup line is: “Was your dad a thief? My TV’s gone.”

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
Reds’ board on ESPN.com

7. Favorite players?
The numbers at the back of my name are an homage to Jim Abbott, my favorite athlete all-time in any sport. As far as the Reds, I was a big Kal Daniels fan back in they day because 1) Everybody was a Barry Larkin fan, and 2) Eric Davis was out, because my brother’s name was Eric. Currently, Adam Dunn is my boy.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
I’ve been told 8 separate times by people I’d never met that I look like Stiffler.
I met Screech once. He was an asshole.
I was in a terrible high school band called Afterbirth. We did not play death metal.
My avatar is my fat bulldog. His name is Chester, after former Rocket and current Minnesota Viking Chester Taylor. He weighs 70 pounds.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Jul 24, 2008 6:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

afterbirth

what a great name for a shitty high school band

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My shitty high school band was called "What the Funk."

We played three Beastie Boys covers (the best being “Girls”), two UTFO covers, a wild and set-free-from-the garage version of Prince’s “Kiss,” and one very Paul Revere-esque original (which I wrote):

We’re What the Funk
A fresh jam sensation
You don’t know about us?
Well here’s an explanation…

We were horrid. Fantastically horrid. But we had break dancers, a human beat box and we looked county-wide for someone who knew how to scratch on a turntable but instead settled on two kids from my AP classes zipping and unzipping their backpacks into a live mic. It was 1988.

When Blood Sugar Sex Magik came out two years later, I swore those bitches stole our sound.

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 24, 2008 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i was in a "band" in college

called The Vinyls. we never did anything, we never even had instruments, but when we went to parties my best friend and i would talk about our next gig. i think we intially started it as a way to impress girls, but it quickly devolved into making up the wildest stories about our fictional drummer “Skeeter” to try to get the other guy’s beer to come out his nose.

i was a virgin until i met my wife.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in four bands simultaneously in high school

One of them, I actually was serious about, but the lead singer had a Dave Matthews complex and kicked everyone out of the band. Two of them were Blink 182/Green Day/New Found Glory cover bands, called “Punjabi” and “Pants Optional”. I still think the latter is a great name for a band.

The last one was a “joke band” called “the Purple and Pink Monkey Bill Cosby Jello Birthday Cake Spank Experience”. I played a toy keyboard that I bought at Wal-Mart for 10 bucks that we rigged with a jack so we could hook it up to an amp. Naturally, it was the most fun.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

woah freaky dude

the inspiration for our “band” was seeing the flaming lips at newport music hall in ‘03 on the Yoshimi tour. they rigged up a toy keyboard to an amp. it played animal sounds. we look at each and said “if they can do this, we can fake do this!”

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Loved that tour

I was at the one at Bogart’s in Cincy and was there for the Soft Bulletin show as well, come to think of it. That Soft Bulletin show they handed out radios and headphones that you could tune to an FM frequency that they were broadcasting directly from the sound mixer. The frequency was the same as Warm98 in Cincy but the Lips’ signal overrode it somehow in the building. Novel Idea, but I ended up just listening to the show the old fashioned way…..with a blown fucking mind.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

blown fucking mind

the coolest part: it happened to be my one friend’s birthday that day (it was April 29, 2003 to be exact) and my other friend and i bought his ticket for him. the Lips actually played “happy birthday”. that whole tour was supposed to be like a big birthday party so they released all this confetti and had big rubber balls bouncing around the audience. i was half-stoned from the contact high but i swear thats how it happened. to this day its the coolest thing ive ever witnessed.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not to burst your bubble

but they’ve been doing the Happy Birthday bit for a long time. Every show in fact, because it’s inevitably someone’s birthday. When asked what song did he wish he would have written Wayne replies “Happy Birthday.”

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah i knew that

but i didnt know it then. and knowing now doesnt make that moment any less special.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

you’re right. That post sounded a little snotty. Sorry.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

no no

i didnt take it that way. no worries pal.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ahhh i cant believe i forgot the best part!!

we actually spent a Sunday afternoon drawing self-portraits of the “band” in Paint. and we werent drunk or high or nothin’. shit, that was fun times…

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in a few:

1)Hwy.
2) Superfluff Explosion (John Spencer fucked that one up for us)
3) Whiskey Dick and The Hymans
4)The All-Star DJ’s--(my favorite, our only goal was to get gigs that opened for semi-known DJ’s and behave so badly and irritate the headliner as to get kicked out of our own show. We succeeded twice out of three times by singing George Jones tunes over heavy Drum-N-Bass beats. People fucking hated us. The Frogs were our heroes.)

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My old college roomate came up with the best band name for Guitar Hero

“Priapism.” It’s that condition the ED ads warn you about, when you get an erection for over four hours.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 25, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

celebrity look-alikes

ive been told by numerous people that i look like John Lennon. not early Beatles Lennon with the pumpkin pie haircut, but the social radical Lennon with the sideburns and ethnic wife. unfortunately, this got me exactly zero booty in college.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chester Taylor was one of my favorite

opponents when I covered Marshall. Heck of a back with a lot of heart. The Rockets and Herd had some great games.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 25, 2008 6:10 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Ancient Mariner....

Real first name?
Bill

Where do you live?
Independence, KY (think Florence Freedom area)

Where did you grow up?
Loveland, OH (think Kings Island area)

How many times have you been divorced?
Happily divorced earlier this year.

What’s your line?
Big time Banker Guy at a large regional financial institution

How did you find Red Reporter?
no idea. probably an intoxicated Reds google.

Favorite players?
Tim Raines, Eric Davis, Rolando Roomes, Bronson Arroyo, JOE NUXHALL #1.

Anything else interesting about you?
Two words. Family restroom.
Four words. Blue Man Church Group.

Plus I was Goofy at Walt Disney World for summers and winters during college.

by obc2 on Jul 24, 2008 6:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

so

I hear you’re a good cat, and live nearby, we’ve gotta get smashed sometime. (If the wife says Ok)

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1. Name – Craig

2. Where do you live? Lima, Ohio

3. Where did you grow up?Same as above Lost In Middle America!!

4. How many times have you been divorced? no wifey yet

5. What’s your line?just graduated from BGSU and now looking into this fantastic job market

6. How did you find Red Reporter? when i was going through Reds withdrawl earlier this year cant remember how though

7. Favorite players? Chris Sabo, Pokey Reese, Brandon Phililps, Harangatang, Johnny C, Edinson, Griffey Jr, EEE, ok i like about everyone on the team except for dusty’s boys and i dont consider cherry hudson one of his boys.

8. Anything else interesting about you? um I hate Ohio State, love golf and basketball and i am addicted to the farm reports! love the youngsters

by cmoredlegs on Jul 24, 2008 7:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not that anyone cares...but

Name
Chet or Chester

Grew up in
Columbus, Ohio (campus of OSU)

Currently live in
Depends on the day right now. My family lives in Asheville, NC, I got to school at Davidson College, and I’m in a different county every day with my job right now

Divorces
well… I’ve only been in one really long ongoing relationship in my entire life. If it ends, I’m fucked

Line
“Are you registered to vote at your current address?”

Found redreporter through?
Boy, I dunno. That SI thing Scrabbles mentioned mighta been it

Favorite Reds
I have a terrible habit of having Reds-laden fantasy baseball teams. As Slyde can attest, I drafted Keff Keppinger with the 3rd or 4th pick in my keeper league. I guess I have shortstopaphilia. Barry’s my alltime favorite. I liked Pokey Reese too (got to see him have a memorable opening day with 3 errors as I recall, about 10 yearsago against the Rockies)

Fun Facts

I’m an Islamic history major at Davidson who used to be a runner before inciting a riot by throwing a punch in my final race. Actually, I remember Slyde referring to Davidson at some point as “Davidson University, that school that always makes it to the tournament only to be crushed by insert BCS school here.” Well know, after that basketball season I don’t think we’ll be a punchline like that anymore.

As I’ve alluded to before, I work as a campaign staffer for an unnamed Presidential Candidate (wouldn’t want to have half the state hating me) down here in NC and am taking off the semester. RR is my crack cocaine to get me through the long nights of politicking.

Finally, the Reds are far and away my passion as a fan. This site does wonders to help me get through the long, arduous journey of Reds fandom.

I got 99 problems but a job ain't one.

by chesirecat on Jul 24, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ever done any travel in the mideast?

I went to Yemen in 2005 to do some Arabic study. I had never had any experience with it at all but still went. I think I am still wanting to pursue it as a career. Just not sure in which direction.

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 24, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sadly, I've been out of OH/NC only 3 or 4 times

but I have taught myself a fair deal of Arabic and Chinese. I’m going to take some of the money I make on the campaign to travel after this is all over.

I got 99 problems but a job ain't one.

by chesirecat on Jul 24, 2008 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I need to learn Arabic...

Stole my sister’s Rosetta Stone this summer, plan to do a lot of it over the school year. Plan to, at least. I figure if I can get Arabic to match my Hebrew and go with my Turkish, I’m golden from Marrakech to Almaty.

What’s your concentration in Islamic History? If you have any interest in the Abbasid Empire, Ottomans, or Great Game sort of stuff, we ought to chat one of these days.

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

by Cy Schourek on Jul 24, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love Ottoman history

I want to bring back the laws of Fractricide. Don’t know how to apply them to Democracy though.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't forget the great progressive Islamic thinker- Ibn Khaldoun

Look him up if you don’t believe me.

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

With any luck

you’ve got the grail already.

I’m just lost in my own museum.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 25, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

does anyone here speak english?

or perhaps ancient Greek?

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 25, 2008 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1. Real first name?
Taylor

2. Where do you live?
Louisville, KY

3. Where did you grow up?
Louisville, KY

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Zero.

5. What’s your line?
.312/.388/.478 OPS+ 112

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
Google Search or other Reds blogs

7. Favorite players?
Brandon Phillips. Ever since I met the guy two years ago at the Reds Caravan stop at the Louisville Slugger Museum, I’ve loved the guy. Also, just about any Red that has played for the Louisville Bats which would include Votto, Dunn, EdE, Bruce, Homer, etc. Gotta love Voltron as well. Favorite player of all-time would have to be Eric Davis and probably Larkin. I want to do some sort of study of Frank Robinson’s career with the Reds since he doesn’t seem to get much love (as a Red). Seems like he gets forgotten since he wasn’t on any of the Big Red Machine teams.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
Die hard University of Louisville fan, graduated from Indiana (Started in Bloomington, finished in New Albany (IU-Southeast)), became a SABR member last year and trying to figure the whole statistics thing out. My favorite part of baseball is watching a pitcher dominate a game. Watching one person shut down and dominate 9 other guys is awesome.

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 24, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

um, we went to 2 of the same schools and live int he same city

what year did you graduate?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

2005...or around there

It was one big convoluted mess with my classes and taking summer sessions and what not.

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 24, 2008 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok, we're right there

i graduated from new albany in 2001, went to arizona state for a year, then spent a year at IUS, then finished it off with three in Bloomington. Did we cross paths at all? What was your major?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was political science

I also had an English writing minor. i had dr sweigart, dr. wyandotte for most of my writing classes. had dr staten and the rest of the poli sci crew for the rest of my classes.

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 24, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i took 2 lit classed at IU

and at IUS it was all math. so i guess it wasnt meant to be. nice to know someone followed the same academic path I did, though.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 24, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Um...

1. Real first name?
Waldo, which isn’t my given name but what everyone’s called me since high school. That and “Newbomb Turk”, which dates me.

2. Where do you live?
Lovely, exotic Hamilton! Ohio

3. Where did you grow up?
Fairfield, when it was barely a frontier outpost north of Cin’ti. St. X, UC, UK, Lexington, KY.

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Do restraining orders count?

5. What’s your line?
One neverending little dissertation away from a Ph.D in Philosophy, so… landscaping/carpentry. Did 15 years in various bands in and around Lexington and, via a not-so-trusty Econoline, all around the southeastern US, sleeping on floors, living on free tap beer, questionable tail, and room temperature Taco Bell.

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
John Clay’s “Sidelines”

7. Favorite players?
I’m still bent out of shape over Howsam trading Doggie to the freaking Expos and that Tony Perez isn’t in the Hall.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
I’ve gigged as a Johnny Cash impersonator. As a bassist/singer, I’ve opened for the Flaming Lips, Afghan Whigs, Clutch, Southern Culture On the Skids, Love Tractor, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Tad, Skin Yard, and Nirvana before “Nevermind” but never got much love as a headliner.

- Seriously, once, but only if the break-up of a common-law arrangement counts.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Jul 24, 2008 9:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Johnny Cash and Nirvana! LOL...

Also like Mudhoney and the Original Carter Family. Drives my wife nuts, she doesn’t know if it will be old country or grunge or whatever coming out of the cd player next. I just like a lot of different styles of music.

Those must’ve been some interesting times opening for some of those bands.

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I'm about to make your day

Tony Perez got elected to the Hall of Fame in 2000.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtml

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Jul 24, 2008 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love the handle BTW

“Confederacy of Dunces” is one of my all-time favorites. Tell me you have a girl named Myrna.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

im with ya on this

ive never laughed as hard as when i was reading the scene of him starting the Red Revolution in the factory. and to think, the author offed himself because no one liked him…

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No shit

my mom never would have shopped that book around for me. Even if she was one of the people who drove him to it, she done good sharing it with all of us.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Props to Walker Percy

a great southern author in his own right for actually reading the unsolicited Toole manuscript and, then, doing something about it.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Jul 25, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Waldo"

I was hoping for a Van Halen name drop. Or at least listing David Lee Ross as a favorite player.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 25, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"I'm nervous and my socks are too loose."

It was actually pre- “Hot for Teacher”. Think old school professional wrestling, Waldo Von Erick(sp?).

And I don’t feel tardy.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Jul 25, 2008 9:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The tremendous and tragic Von Erich Family?

The Kennedys of the Wrestling World?

patriarch Fritz Von Erich wrestled tag team with his “brother” Waldo Von Erich. Waldo was not, in fact, Fritz’s brother, but was, I believe, Canadian.

Of Fritz von Erich’s six sons, he outlived all but one of them, the Golden Warrior Kevin von Erich.

The body count:

-His oldest son Jack was accidentally electrocuted and drowned in a puddle at age 7

-His third son David, the Yellow Rose of Texas, died the night before he was to carry (supposedly) the NWA World Championship title away from Ric Flair. The official cause of death was acute enteritis, but Flair says everyone knows that he OD’d

-Fourth son, the most beloved Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich, had his foot amputated in a near fatal motorcycle accident, but continued to wrestle. He struggled with drug addiction, however, and shot himself in the chest in 1993.

-The Oft-injured and brow-beaten Mike Von Erich intentionally overdosed on tranquilizer in 1987.

-The little known Chris Von Erich, the youngest of the Von Erich brothers, committed suicide in 1991

The travails of the Von Erich family have been great fodder for Wrestling autobiographies. Both Rowdy Roddy Piper and Ric Flair have spent a lot of time talking about the Von Erich’s and their relationship to the problems inherent in pro wrestling, but have come to different conclusions.

If you’d like to learn more about the Von Erich’s and other famous families of professional wrestling, visit your local library and ask about these and related titles…

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 25, 2008 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

for a more slanted history of the von erich's

check out WWE’s Triumph and Tragedy History of World Class Championship Wrestling DVD

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't seen it, but a old childhood friend of mine is rip shit about it

He’s written several lengthy and astonishingly interesting pieces on late 80s/early 90s wrestling. He wrote, or at least heavily contributed to, the wikipedia piece on the von erich’s that i cribbed from and should probably link to now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Erich_Family

This same guy started mapping out a biography of Marty Jannetty called Dirty Women. Dirty Needles: The Marty Jannetty Story.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 25, 2008 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

plagiarist.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 25, 2008 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

who is this guy

have i read any of his stuff?

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Personally

I was more a fan of Abdullah the Butcher, Bobo Brazil, Haystacks Calhoun, and, later, the One Man Gang. I met Kerry Von Erich when I Iived in Dallas briefly. He seemed miffed that I didn’t want his autograph.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Jul 25, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he was probably just miffed that you didn't offer him some blow

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I was in high school

we took a trip to LSU our senior year and spent an afternoon calling every George Grey in the Baton Rouge phone book, asking whoever picked up if this was the “Man Gang” residence and if One were available to the phone.

Never got him, but he did/does live in Baton Rouge.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th. Details at http://www.myspace.com/sinfulsavagetigers

by Man Mountain on Jul 25, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should have asked to speak to Akeem

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 26, 2008 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who Is This Is!?

1) Kurt….Pudge…Tank…Big Daddy
2) Indianapolis suburbs
3) Findlay, Ohio
4) Zero…and counting
5) Web nerd for a variety of web sites
6) Google or Deadspin…been lurking for a couple of years
7) My 1982 baseball card says Mario Soto, but always like Paul O’Neill, Eric Davis, Adam Dunn, among others
8) Enjoy import and micro brews…have made the pilgrimage to Cinci fewer times each season because 4th place or worse annually gets kinda old when you need to drive from Indy…think trading Adam Dunn would be dumb (loved the guy since I saw him knock two out of the AAA All Star game—including completely out of Victory Field in Indianapolis)

NLCS...Red Boxes...Right above Glenn Bragg...Priceless!

by avgwhiteman on Jul 24, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I like micro brews too

Especially Stouts and Porters. Bell’s, Founder’s, Dark Horse and O’Fallon’s are some of my favorite micro breweries.

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hooked on 3 Floyds

Gumballhead is fantastic…also like Stone Brewing, Bells’s and if we go to Europe, anything Belgian and Harviestoun’s (Old Engine Oil is fantastic)

NLCS...Red Boxes...Right above Glenn Bragg...Priceless!

by avgwhiteman on Jul 24, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

From one beer snob to another.

Welcome. Next time you’re in town, pick up some Two-Hearted Ale. It has a fish on the bottle, it’s tremendous.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Very familiar

Love the Oberon, Hopslam, Cherry and Java Stouts…the midwest has some great micros and micro-fests!

NLCS...Red Boxes...Right above Glenn Bragg...Priceless!

by avgwhiteman on Jul 24, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love me some microbrews

I’m an IPA guy myself. Of those named, Bell’s makes a couple of nice ones (the Amber Ale was always my favorite), Stone IPA is in my top 5 of that variety, I’ve heard great things about Three Floyds though I haven’t had the opportunity to try one yet.

Dogfish Head. That’s the stuff. They have a fantastic Chicory Stout if that’s the way you want to go. I’ll take a 90 Minute Imperial IPA. That’s the beer that restored my faith in America.

"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey

by BLee2525 on Jul 24, 2008 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seconded the Dogfish Head 90 Minute.

Terrific.

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

by BK on Jul 24, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sorry fellas

i gotta disagree with y’all on the IPA. call me a teatotaller if you will, but it tastes like death. Vienna-style lager is where its at.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

goose island ipa

goose island IPA from Chicago is the best IPA i’ve ever had. and is worth trying even if you hate IPA’s

by iheartchrissabo on Jul 24, 2008 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Goose Island 312

is the platonic ideal of beers that all other beers aspire to be. Ok, its probably a little light for you Real Beer Drinkers (its a wheat beer) but man, its good stuff.

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

by Cy Schourek on Jul 25, 2008 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love 312.

Not quite as big a fan of 847 which is brewed at Mickey Finn’s in beautfil Libertyville, Illinois. I didn’t think the area code for Waukegan and most of northern Illinois deserved a beer.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 25, 2008 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dogfish Head Chicory Stout is excellent!!!!

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here we go

1. Real first name? Don

2. Where do you live? Westerville, OH

3. Where did you grow up? Bellefontaine, OH (if you’ve never heard of it, your not alone, or worse off)

4. How many times have you been divorced? Zero, its only been 6 months!

5. What’s your line? Overworked, underpaid. Anyone got a job for a guy with a dual bachelors in Econ and Poli Sci I can have?

6. How did you find Red Reporter? Unicorns showed me the way

7. Favorite players? Eric Davis, the true #44. (Dunner’s good too).

8. Anything else interesting about you? Like the Buckeyes, Bulls, and Ravens in addition to my Reds obsession.

by thedecline19 on Jul 24, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you live in Westerville? i graduated Otterbein in '05

i live just south, at 161 and Sharon Woods. of course, im moving to Hilliard next month, so i wont be the slums much longer.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey, I know of a good 1.5 year econ MA program

with which you could get a job that pays well…but maybe the missus wouldn’t be up for that.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good old Bellefountaine near all the action - Indian Lake

Not too far from Russel’s Point
Not too far from De Graff – My great uncle lived there, Mom was born there
Hop and skip from Sidney
Right near St. Marys – Mom lives there
Lots of American Indian lore – Blue Jacket – Chief Logan
The western writer Zane Grey – was from the area hence Zanesfield (not to be confused with Zanesville0
My Dad was born in Zanesfield – went to HS in Bellefountaine – Graduated in 1929

Good midwestern Roots you’ve got there Don.

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i know a guy from Bellfoutine

he is a huge dick though So I am going to think you are also a dick.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 24, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anne Drum a Key

1. Real first name?
Tara
2. Where do you live?
Uh, South Royalton, VT, I suppose.
3. Where did you grow up?
Lexington, KY
4. How many times have you been divorced?
0.
5. What’s your line?
Law student as of August ‘08. Also, since I’m mostly into nerdy boys, something along the lines of, “Hey, is that Isaac Asimov you’re reading?”
6. How did you find Red Reporter?
Likely google. I hardly rememer.
7. Favorite players?
Adam Dunn, Johnny Bench. I have a major thing for knuckleballers.
8. Anything else interesting about you?
I’m way more of a nerd than my baseball bloggery and j! appearance would even begin to suggest. For instance, I’ve spent four years as a dedicated member of my college’s quiz bowl team, though I have never been very good at all. Also, I’m starting to get really into steampunk – have recently acquired my first pair of vintage aviator goggles and pocket watch – a top hat is coming for my birthday.

I like IPAs, belgians, and hefes. Also, attempting to become something of a bourbon fanatic.

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

by andromache on Jul 24, 2008 10:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Have never tried a Belgian yet,

But I’ve heard lots of raves about them. Favorite Belgian?

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ah... adding it to my must try list. :) Thanks!

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

not blue moon!

If you’re going for a belgian white, go for hoegaarden. Good stuff—especially with a bit of orange. Mmmm.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 25, 2008 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I kinda semi-disagree on the orange bit.

It overruns a lot of the other flavors. So you should definitely have it with an orange, but also have one without.

And yeah, blue moon can’t really classify as a belgian, can it?

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

by andromache on Jul 25, 2008 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ew, no

Blue Moon is brewed by Coors. I believe they call it “Belgian-style”. I’m not big into the whole cult-of-authenticity like many hipsters, but Blue Moon is a very crappy Belgian White. Also it’s a total chick beer.

Hoegaarden is pretty easy to find and it’s a good example. Harder to find are Früli or Brugs. Anything that says witbier should be good.

by Red Menace on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i'm fond of duvel.

And my sister’s fiancee homebrews a belgian that is absolutely lethal.

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

by andromache on Jul 24, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

nothing better than a baseball blog where you can add to the list

of must try brews! Yes, baseball has been very, very good to me!

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 24, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

May I passionately recommend

my 2 favorite bourbons in the world.
1) Blantons-- smooth, round, like sex with your best friend.
2) Pappy Van Winkle—- bold, long, stirring, like dirty, satisfying sex with someone you may never see again but you hope you do.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Doubt it

but if it was, I bet Paul Daughterty has fucking cases and cases of the shit.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Brown Water

is the closest I’m getting to gettin’ any until I get snipped.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

damn

thats cold-blooded man.

please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I need to do that myself

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 24, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm getting a few Dr. names

I’ll give you a shout about who has the coldest hands, deftest touch, etc.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 24, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Knob Creek & Woodford Reserve.

Does anyone remember back when the Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg dumped like a half a million gallons of bourbon into the Kentucky River and killed fish for miles downstream?

Whiskey marinated catfish…Good times.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Jul 25, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

south royalton, eh?

been to montreal much? I highly recommend it.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

I read this site all the time, I never comment anymore. I used to, back before the site design change and all that, not really frequently enough or anything to make this a worthwhile read…but anyway…

Real first name?
David

Where do you live?
Columbus, Ohio

Where did you grow up?
Oh I haven’t haha

How many times have you been divorced?
my longest relationship has been a year…divorce is far out of the question for me as of now

What’s your line?
General Manager at Noodles & Company “restaurant”

How did you find Red Reporter?
my friend used to write for the Indians on MVN, he linked to Joel/Doc Scott’s page, they linked here. easily found.

Favorite players?
Dunn, Votto, Harang, Hatteberg (ohh he was a great man)

Anything else interesting about you?
my parents counted the number of free beers i drank when i bought diamond club seats and they could watch from home. the total was 13. it was really hot that day.

by iheartchrissabo on Jul 24, 2008 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

well..when you do..

let me know so i can try and beat your number and HAVE a reason for drinking

by iheartchrissabo on Jul 24, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which noodles?

I live right by the one in Grandview.

by Red Menace on Jul 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wowsa

i didn’t expect there to be multiples! i guess it is really not that unlikey that people from columbus live in the same area doyyy. if you are ever in the parking lot, ive got the cincinnati reds license plates on my car…i have never seen anyone else with those anywhere.

im also the big scruffy guy that stands around a lot in the restaurant, can’t miss me… mention the reds and you’ll probably get a discount, it always happens

by iheartchrissabo on Jul 25, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm down there quite a bit, I'll hold you to that.

"I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand. We're living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!"

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jul 25, 2008 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just got back from the Dragons

There was a brawl for the ages… im talkin up there with Ron Artest…

it will be national news!!!

Brent Jonathan Beck

by Brent Beck on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

look at dayton daily news website

and turn all this into a fanpost thing please. it was all unreal. what happened?

by kennythered on Jul 24, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Link with video

HERE.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 24, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love a good brawl.

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 24, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

holy crap
Following an out, Brandon Waring then hit a slow roller toward second that Castillo tried to field. Guzman ran up behind him and fell over Castillo, breaking his leg. He had to be removed by stretcher.

FTH?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 24, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also

this strike me as stupid:

Within 45 minutes after the ejections were announced, they were reversed after the Class A Midwest League office heard what happened from the umpires.

The ejections were reversed because the teams did not want pitchers to play the outfield positions, which would have occurred had the ejections stuck.

Walt Jocketty, general manager for the Reds, the parent club of the Dragons, and Terry Reynolds, director of player development for the Chiefs, whose parent club is the Chicago Cubs, made that feeling known to league President George Spelius by phone.

Jocketty and Reynolds happened to be at the game.

Who cares if pitchers have to play outfield? Seems like the ejections were pretty justified. Either forfeit the game or play with the players you have.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 25, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

weird

that one.
smallll world

by iheartchrissabo on Jul 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You should come have a beer in my statcave and catch a game

I’ll go now. Like Al Oliver I hail from the mean streets of Portsmouth. I’m one of the NU Red Reporters. I found the site when I was living in LA in ‘05. Since then I’ve bounced from Columbus to Cincy and back.

For everyone who’s in Columbus the beautiful Ohio Theatre is showing the best movie ever Friday night. I’ll be there sporting a fedora.

by Red Menace on Jul 25, 2008 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Portsmouth, huh?

You a Trojan?

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 25, 2008 6:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Indeed

Men of Troy will destroy!

/pep rally

by Red Menace on Jul 25, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a Dragon, as in Fairland.

We had some great baseball and basketball games with Portsmouth back in the day. Football, not so much.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 27, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dibs dishes

1. Real first name? Jake

2. Where do you live? Columbus…Clintonville, to be precise…until I can escape to the ‘burbs (the schools I grew up with are not the schools they have here today. Yeesh.)

3. Where did you grow up? Columbus, though I am fond of saying that the town I grew up in no longer exists. People who have lived here for a long time will understand that.

4. How many times have you been divorced? Interesting question. Once. But while it was painful, it led me to a new wife and a beautiful baby boy, so it can’t be all bad.

5. What’s your line? Hell, I dunno. I graduated from OSU when the earth was still roamed by dinosaurs with a degree in Telecom and a minor in US History. Worked a couple of years in radio here in town and for the Nielsen ratings people before settling into my current job as an Information Developer with a major telecom company.

6. How did you find Red Reporter? Skipped over here from Redleg Nation, I think.

7. Favorite players? Without a doubt Eric Davis was my favorite, but I have a real soft spot for Dibs, Rijo, Sabes, and the rest of the 1990 crew…and strangely Jack Billingham. No idea why. I loved (LOVED) watching Greg Olson snap off a curveball before he blew his arm out…one of the prettiest things you’ll ever see. Currently, I’m a fan of Dunner, Hobbs, and anyone who can get batters out wearing a Reds uniform. I LOATHE Jim Edmonds.

8. Anything else interesting about you? I love playing softball…about the closest I will ever get to playing CF for the Reds.

I was once on Wheel of Fortune.

I won an actual supermarket shopping spree, just like the ones you see on bad sitcoms. And yeah, it was fun.

Oh, and here’s a picture of my pride and joy: Harry with a wry smile.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Jul 24, 2008 11:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That's one cool looking Kid.

Cute, yet he already has look of world wariness about him (or else he just filled his diaper)...great to see you Harry!

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet. Another 'Ville-billy on RR...

At least for a while, it looks like.

by bengalred on Jul 25, 2008 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fat Vegas William

My real first name is William but I’ve gone by my middle name “Alan” my entire life.

I live in Columbus. I could be more specific but I don’t wanna get into it.

I grew up in Delaware, Ohio which used to be a nice little town with three samll elementary schools, a middle school, a high school and Ohio Weslyan University (which seemingly had nothing to do with anything) but now it’s a big bulbous exburb of biggest city in the country that nobody ever thinks of as a big city. (Downtown is still nice!) Also, I lived in Seoul when I was nine and ten years old.

I’ve been married seven or eight years and we’ve got three kids under the age of four. I won’t have time tonight to post pictures of them but I’ll get some up soon.

I’m a stay-at-home dad who used to somehow have a lot more free time for blogging and whatnot. These days… “Where are my keys?” And… “No, Batman cannot fly. Not without using special ropes or cables and hooks… His cape is more decorative than anything. I guess he uses it to hide in sometimes. Yes, he’s still a super hero even though he can’t fly. Although I guess he doesn’t have any super powers. So it’s difficult to say but I don’t think most people would hesitate to call him a super hero.” And… “Dammit! Where are my keys now?”

I cannot remember exactly how I found Red Reporter other than I remember thinking that I didn’t know what to think of Arroyo’s contract extension last winter and I went online looking for someone to tell me what to think. A week later I had stumbled through CTR’s old blog, Redleg Nation, that cool blog with the really cool picture of the red plastic seats at Riverfront, and this barrel of monkeys.

My alltime favorite Red is prolly Joe Morgan. I was a pup when the Big Red Machine was rolling and I rember that it was important to like the Reds and I remember that thye always won but I really don’t remember much from watching the games other than Joe’s arm flapping in the batter’s box. And Joe seemed to smile a lot more than everyone else. Reminded me of Gordon from Sesame Street. So I liked him. I also really liked Barry Larkin and Reggie Sanders. And David Wells was on the Reds for a coupla months at a time in my life when I really liked drinkin’. My favorite current Red might be Edinson.

I could go on, but I’m gonna find a nice picture of J-Lo to post becasue I think I saw that today is her 40th, and then I’m gonna go to bed.

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 24, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kids are stupid

When my nephew was two he used to ‘fly’ his Batman action figure around the house. I spent many fruitless conversations trying to tell him that Batman can’t fly.

by Red Menace on Jul 24, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The movies

have established that his cape is made out of some kind of “memory” fabric, so he can run an electric current through it, making it go rigid, and use it to glide. So no, he still can’t fly, but now he’s a lot closer to it.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 25, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

beautiful town Deleware, the Brown Jug, Buns - The Battling Bishops

I attended Ohio Wesleyan where I majored in Music (theory and composition) from 1967 – 1969…Is the Liberty Club still there how about the LK restaurant. Right near the cozy village of Ostrander…you are one lucky dude Alan…Delaware – party town of the greater northern Columbus area!!!
I left in ‘69 to go on the road…haven’t been back except when one of my daughters received a scholarship to OWU. We visited, she hated it (the school and town) and we left. What’s that ? You hated it too and that’s why you live in Columbus….

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 24, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bun's - For you alan


isn’t that as provocative as J-Lo.

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 25, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A little overcooked, those buns.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 25, 2008 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

they look more burnt than naturally dark

but what do I know?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 25, 2008 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

paler!

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 25, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

vampire

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just watched Prince Caspian last night

Decent flick. If you haven’t seen it, I wouldn’t rush out to buy the DVD or anything. But Edmund stabs the White Queen in what could loosely be described as “your Google seach.”

I’m Feeling Lucky!

by Brendanukkah on Jul 25, 2008 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

white queen?

that’s racist!

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

White Queen

I’m on a roll this week.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

wow.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 25, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn, you are

Rec’d

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 25, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I should prolly

just go ahead and apologize to Madville. So, uh, sorry Mads.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why?

Was that pic supposed to be “just between the two of you”?

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 25, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah

he would spurn my advances. But can you believe that Queen’s entire show was done from the thrown like that. I mean an entire Ethel Merman revue atop the porcelain. Avant Fabulous!

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thrown=throne

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Popos have you considered therapy...

I mean if I can paraphrase gray – Wowee!

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 25, 2008 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As a career?

No way. Listening to people whine about their problems like “I hear voices” or “I was molested by a shepherd” or “I’m a Cubs fan.”—-Who needs that kind of agony. Besides the schooling takes too long.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh, I get it.

on a roll.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 25, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nyuk, Nyuk, huh

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

eee gads.....

man you need help!!! Of course I had to be in the middle of drinking a beer…. not nice when it comes out your nose. I’m not sure if it was the beer or the pic but I was blind for 5 minutes…

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 25, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Grandma always warned me that could happen

I never thought it was true though!

Of course, she also told me that if I ate in the bathroom, all the food would skip my belly and feed the devil instead.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 25, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL....

oh my…. this blog has to be full of the funniest fans on SB Nation. A lot better than some other blogs that are like a war zone each day.

Man beer out the nose hurts… but that pic above hurt worse…. LOL… too funny. My question is, who the heck could stop laughing long enough to take that pic! Good God, my eyesight is still blurry!

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 25, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There is a war here, an ongoing one -

Me against Dustnuts. But he just won’t fuckin’ fight me, The guy is just too nice and what a marshmellow…
On the other hand you may be mistaking the ramblings of some here with severe mental illneses like bi-polarism,mulitiple personality disorders, and cognitive dissociative identity disorder as humor.

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 26, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

flashback? what flashback?

er…. got any purple haze man? Dig it ! er….. flashback? what flashback? :)

I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle -- vacuuming.
-Johnny Bench

by collies-n-baseball on Jul 26, 2008 7:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brown Jug just closed

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 25, 2008 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember eating at the LK.

But it was shut down and gutted sometime in the early 80’s and then it became the coolest named business in the history of businesses: The Electric Animal and Screen Door Company. Some dudes started a screen door company and ran the business out of that prime location at the intersection of William and Sandusky but it wasn’t practical to try to have equipment there so they made the screen doors elsewhere in some warehouse and with the rest of the downtown space the put in a video arcade: The Electric Animal.

Bosconian and Defender high scores right here, baby!

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 25, 2008 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice front

for a collegiate driven ‘business’ ...1,500 or so very rich kids with no place to buy.

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 25, 2008 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the best front is a bakery

until you have to have your middle eastern employee burn the place down

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 25, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No one can burn things down like a Jew

rabbi

...and then I said...hello to YOU rabbi...

by gaymoses on Jul 25, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

now that's racist

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 25, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i've been to Delaware, OH

i went to the Delaware County Historical Society to research Senator Willis, who served from Ohio in the 1910’s and 20’s. He was set to run for the GOP Presidential nomination in 1920 I think but died of a stroke in Delaware at a potlicial event when he was about to announce his Presidential bid

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

But don't forget good old RB Hayes.

I graduated from the high school named after the president who ended reconstruction in the South.

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 25, 2008 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well he recieved teh Presidency on condition that he end reconstruction

because Tildon and Hayes was decided by the party leaders. The irony was he was probably the most sympathic President towards black people till that date.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 26, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

east or west side of Delaware?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 25, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

South Side. Laura B Woodward Elementary. Hollaback!

And when I say south side, I don’t mean Heather Hills or Weslyan Woods. I mean Pollyanna Drive, that tar and gravel dead end road cut into forest and corn fields (there is now lterally a Wal Mart parking lot where I used to hike and build lean-tos. Isn’t Pollyanna just outside the city limits? Shouldn’t I have gone to the county school system? ...I’ll never tell.

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 25, 2008 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My oldest lives in Delaware.

He likes it so far. He works in Marion. You’re right. Delaware and Columbus are the same place. They just merge somewhere along Route 23.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 25, 2008 6:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Happy birthday, girl.

I’m just sittin’ here thinking of ya.

"Gun Situation"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 24, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ill take a go at it

name: zack
I live in: sunny burbank, california (where they tape the leno show).. attending college in portland, oregon GO PILOTS
grew up in: sunny los angeles… with some great summers in cincy
not divorced
line: no line needed
found rr: i needed a source of reds information that wasnt as screwed up as fay used to be
favorite players: larkin, maddux, rijo, sean casey
other info: when i go to reds games i sit in uncle jerry’s scout level seats, just finished a road trip to cooperstown… soo awesome… and i went to the adam dunn grandslam winner game and games 3 and 4 of the 1990 world series… when i was nine months old.. my parents gave up my college fund to see the game

EdE's defense is as smooth as the other side of the pillow

by izack2008 on Jul 24, 2008 11:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How'd you get to be a Reds fan?

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 25, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well...

my parents grew up in cincy.. my dad was in high school/college during the big red machine days… he brain washed me early to hate the dodgers. i could recite the whole reds line up at two.. and would check the box scores at three.. and have watched sports/read the enquirer for years

love my reds.. listening to marty and joe was amazing

EdE's defense is as smooth as the other side of the pillow

by izack2008 on Jul 25, 2008 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me too...

1. Real first name? Larry

2. Where do you live? New York City

3. Where did you grow up? Monfort Heights, then Indian Hill.

4. How many times have you been divorced? Zero. Hope to keep it that way (tenth anniversary on September 5).

5. What’s your line? Currently it is, “I think [X] needs an MRI [or some invasive, embarrassing medical diagnostic procedure, such as colonoscopy, angiogram, rectal exam, etc.].”

6. How did you find Red Reporter? Tried to find Reds minor league statistics (back in 2005, I think) then I found Reds Daily, which became Red Reporter. (Farmers Only is a wonderful feature article, IMHO.) I have been around so long that I still remember the clean-shaven Red Reporter without the Yasser Arafat stubble, and I remember when JD actually made comments.

7. Favorite players? Joe Morgan (because he kicked ass, and also the chicken flap), George Foster (waving that black bat and hitting 52 homers), Eric Davis (because he was a good thing waiting to happen every time he played), Chris Sabo (loved the goggles and the odd batting stance), Dave Parker (because he just looked funny playing the game), Barry Larkin (the best shortstop in the game when he was in his prime) and Greg Vaughn (the glue that held the 1999 team together). Recent players: Griffey, Aaron Harang, Voltron, EdE and Votto. Of course, I liked Paul Householder, because he sucked so much.

8. Anything else interesting about you? I have never been to GABP. I also speak Pirate fluently.

Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.

by Paul Householder on Jul 25, 2008 12:24 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I never commented on Reds Daily, but I was a reader

at the time I was just starting my own blog and I wasn’t trying to cross-pollinate.

I’m more a hello man and a welcome man than a good-bye man. And to me Adam Dunn was more a person than a player.

by Slyde on Aug 18, 2008 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and here we go...

1. Real first name?
Craig

2. Where do you live?
Galloway Oh, a non existent town located between Hilliard and Grove City

3. Where did you grow up?
The mean streets of the South End of Columbus

4. How many times have you been divorced?
Been happily married to my first future ex wife for 30 years. I married a Big Ugly woman, from a long line of Big Ugly women.

5. What’s your line?
______

6. How did you find Red Reporter?
It found me

7. Favorite players?
Vada Edward Pinson Jr.

8. Anything else interesting about you?
Got married the night Tom Seaver threw his only No Hitter. Also speak a pretty good Pirate, and love going to nerd conventions like Origins and Gen Con.

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 25, 2008 1:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Here goes

1. Real first name? Craig
2. Where do you live? Conneaut Lake, PA
3. Where did you grow up? Erie, PA
4. How many times have you been divorced? 0 (married 26 years)
5. What’s your line? Elementary Guidance Counselor
6. How did you find Red Reporter? accident
7. Favorite players? Rose, Larkin, Soto, Rijo, Davis, Lee May, Gullett
8. Anything else interesting about you? I’m a Browns fan!

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Jul 25, 2008 1:27 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

FCA has a great camp in Erie.

Family First Sports Park, I believe I remember. Nice place.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jul 25, 2008 6:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dubman

1. name? bill
2. live? austin, tx (probably boomeranging back to LA, CA, soon though)
3. grew up? all over—dad was a cincy native but left to fly planes for the navy for the past 30 years.
4. divorced? despite my best efforts, i’ve not yet given mrs. dubman a reason to go (though see #2 for a potential excuse)
5. line? i always forget my line.
6. found RR? definitely do not remember, but i’ve been lurking on and off ever since.
7. favorites? the donkey. i used to do a mean will clark impression.
8. interesting? despite everyone wishing otherwise, all i’ve ever wanted to do with my life is/was work in TV. i served martin sheen and emilio estevez (i loved them in wall street) when i worked at starbucks. i’ve survived hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, a derecho, and alcohol poisoning.

I am Bill S. Preston, Esquire.

by Dubman on Jul 25, 2008 2:57 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Salut

1. Mark, Markitos para la familia.
2. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
3. College Hill
4. nope
5. I don’t believe in jpegs, being sexy, nor pick-up lines
6. was working in Nicaragua, another volunteer asked if I followed any blogs, showed me RR and the rest is history
7. Eric Davis, Jose Rijo, Bip Roberts, EdE, Cueto and Volquez
8. I already talk too much about myself here.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Jul 25, 2008 5:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Para Tu

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 25, 2008 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Greetings and Salutations

1. I’m Stephen
2. I’m in Seattle
3. All over, born in KC, moved to Cincy for 3 years, then Orlando, Phoenix, Baltimore (H.S.) and college/grad school in Wisconsin, before moving to the Bay Area and then up to Sea-town.
4. I have not been divorced.
5. .867, 11 2B, 6 3B, 7 HR, 25 RBI last season (softball counts, right?)
6. I don’t know how I found the RR, but it was the best of the few that I found a year or so ago.
7. My favorite Reds are Johnny Bench, Eric Davis, Rob Dibble, Barry Larkin, Sabo, the Dunner, Bronson, Jeff Keppinger, Cueto and my all time fave…SEAN CASEY. Why do you have to be so slow, Sean Casey?
8. I attended all 3 games in Seattle last year and am planning a trip to Cincy for a weekend series in 2009.

Paul Householder is my hero.

by Number_1_Dunner on Jul 25, 2008 1:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lettin' you in my world

GayMoses….duh

God’s country…

Egypt

Massachusetts calling…

;) I think you know…

Man Mountain and Slyde told me about RR after they tag teamed in the bathroom in the Machine Room one one night. They say they were really f’d up and not to tell anyone, but you know we girls can’t keep secrets.

I just love ‘em all…What can I say I’m a happy homo…

Wanna know more? No No No. Nothing is free hun.

...and then I said...hello to YOU rabbi...

by gaymoses on Jul 25, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dad's gonna make it rain frogs

on this dumb-asses nellie imposter.

W.W.Q.S.Y.D?----What Would the Queer Son Of Yaweh Do?

by Gay Jesus on Jul 25, 2008 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"this is worse than that time I came out of the closet to my parents"

1. Real first name? Andy (yes, I’m that one)
2. Where do you live? Dayton, OH. I’m an urban pioneer.
3. Where did you grow up? The mean streets of Orlando, Florida. You down with OBT? Yeah, you know me.
4. How many times have you been divorced? I’ve been married for 6 years and I have 2 kids (4 & 3). I’ve never been divorced but my wife mutters how she is looking forward to being a widow . . .
5. What’s your line? Piano player in a whore house (no, I won’t get you a discount)
6. How did you find Red Reporter?my doctor was telling me about it during a prostate exam. I’ve been following the site for a couple of years. I started commenting when the new web site was launched.

I believe in commenting for a high average.

I definitely did not find this web site through Kos but I think the guy is a brilliant businessman.
7. Favorite players? Whichever one is hitting at the moment
8. Anything else interesting about you?I want to take this opportunit to express to you all that I resent how much people go nuts for football and college athletics. Football is a great sport but life doesn’t start in fall. Also, the NBA is a much superior form of basketball than college bball. Why can’t people see that? Baseball is the best sport and these communities make sports better.

I also think that life is too short for boring meetings.

If you're not having fun, stop participating.

by redandblue on Jul 25, 2008 10:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

'than & I are your friends

We’re the only NBA fans I know of here. My take on NBA vs college – people think the NBA is boring because they never miss open shots leading to scrappy fast breaks.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 25, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NBA players are truly extraordinary athletes

My God..the speed at which the game is played, the elevation, the defense…Love Duane Wade. My wife and I loved going to up to Chicago back in the Scotty Pippin days (Jorden was pretending to be a baseball player at the time), you could get good seats for about $25 ea. what a thrill..too bad there’s not an NBA team in Cincinnati. I like LeBron…but Cleveland eewww…..........

My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'

by Madville on Jul 26, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it is at this point

when you say on this “get to know you thread”

“hi ‘im madville and I’m and alcoholic”. We are just preparing you for what the court will mandate in time.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 26, 2008 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The thing I love about basketball

Is that I get to tell you that you spelled “Dwyane” wrong. What a world.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 26, 2008 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

my favorite NBA team

is the Orlando Magic (hence my screen name). I really hope that 3rd Quarter Collapse can become as fun as this forum.

If you're not having fun, stop participating.

by redandblue on Jul 26, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do like the NBA

but i still prefer college basketball.

Give me UK vs. Louisville or Duke vs. Carolina over any matchup in the NBA!

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 26, 2008 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's because you're a Spurs fan

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 26, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

So rec'd

Who needs Ambien when you can just watch a Spurs-Pistons game?

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 27, 2008 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Spurs-Pistons is the NBA at its best

So hey, umm....do you guys mind if I have this fruit roll-up?

by chandrathan on Jul 27, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Duncan

We need an MLB equivelant of “The Big Fundamental”. Can we do a RR post-season awards voting and the player who “plays the game the right way” that season can be crowned, “The 2008 Big Fundamental”?

If you're not having fun, stop participating.

by redandblue on Jul 28, 2008 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure

But do you think anybody on these Reds would actually deserve to win?

It's a lousy night to be an atheist!

by Slyde on Jul 29, 2008 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My vote goes to Mike Lincoln

Effective seventh inning guy. Throws some wicked pitches. Has a jaw, and manly stubble. Is a veteran. Made a comeback after two surgeries, so he has grit. If he wears his socks high, then the contest is over.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 29, 2008 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's easy

The player with the most sacrifice bunts. Are you new here?

If you're not having fun, stop participating.

by redandblue on Jul 31, 2008 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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