St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds GameThread, Aug 15, 2008 7:10 PM EDT

Game 123: Reds vs Cardinals

by Slyde on Aug 15, 2008 5:00 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 217 comments

St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

Next Game

St. Louis Cardinals
@ Cincinnati Reds

Friday, Aug 15, 2008, 7:10 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Brad Thompson vs Bronson Arroyo

Clear. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

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	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Brad Thompson	4-2	4.34	1.44	26	16

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Bronson Arroyo	10-9	5.44	1.51	120	48

This is probably the biggest game of the night for the Reds. A win tonight and they play tomorrow. A loss and they have to wait until Saturday to play again. It's all on Bronson's shoulders to get the job done. Let's hope he's up to the task.

Thompson is a righty, so expect to C-Dick play tonight. Rumor was yesterday that Cherry will be in the lineup tonight too. I guess there's only one thing left to do. Win. The. Whole. Damn. Thing.

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first!

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

curse of bubbafan!!!!!!!!

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I think I’m batting about .670 in Reds wins after first posts.

But at this point, it doesn’t really matter, does it?

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i got first yesterday and they one

(spelling is intentional because it’s the first win they’ve had when i call first)

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

did you intentionally forget to capitalize your eyes ??

AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Aug 15, 2008 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

did you intentionally forget to capitalize the first letter of your sentence??

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No. Did you ?

AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Aug 15, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

i rarely use upper case letters

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The curse of Chandrathan continues!

They’re playing for draft picks now.

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what's the point?

they won’t sign them anyway

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

because then we get more draft picks

AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Aug 15, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And it appears Slyde's crystal ball is working...

Chris Dickerson lf
Jerry Hairston ss
Jay Bruce rf
Brandon Phillips 2b
Javy Valentin 1b
Edwin Encarnacion 3b
Corey Patterson cf
Ryan Hanigan c
Bronson Arroyo p

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 5:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My balls are made of topaz

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 15, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another thinly veiled "married guys don't get nookie" joke?

Yeah right. Like it’s just the married guys.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no, it's a little known fact that the human testicle is made up of 90% topaz

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 15, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You ever see Slyde in the same room as Dusty?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

does your mom's basement count as a room?

or do you consider it more of an auction floor?

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's really more of an all purpose dungeon and torture hole

The neon sign over the stairs proclaims it to be “The Debasement.”

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

at some point someone is going to have to make their signature

“Brendan’s mom is a whore”

I won’t do it though, because I’m nicer than that

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whenever I talk to her on the phone, I always feel like I should be apologizing

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

there goes the "she's dead" routine

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Aug 15, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you want her to move around

that costs extra.

‘Sides, Baseketball did the "She’s dead" routine better than I ever could.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

she is un chien!

by ken on Aug 15, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.

by havanaconnect on Aug 15, 2008 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

andalusian...

by IgnatiusJReilly on Aug 15, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dammit

I was hoping the return of Hairston would kick Cockroach Corey out the lineup. Dude just won’t go away.

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clearly, Patterson > Keppinger.

And LLM is now our #5 hitter, eh?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just wait

One morning he will wake up from his anxious dreams and discover that he has turned into Gregor Samsa.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If only we were going against the Cardinals in the 4x100 relay.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 15, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hanigan, Arroyo, Encarnacion, and LLM anchors

by ken on Aug 15, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

my thoughts exactly

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 15, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LLM would definitely be an anchor

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 15, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just as long as he anchors

the love boat.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 15, 2008 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"And Gavin McLeod as the first baseman!"

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't this season going to invoke the Mercy Rule at some point?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 5:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Mercy Rule????

This team is on fire, taking 2 of 3 from the Pirates. Now that Dunn is gone we can really start to see the playoff push beginning!

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And I guess Votto

will be back tomorrow. I thought it was today. And I also thought bereavement leave coudn’t last an entire week.

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it's fairly open-ended (or maybe they have to get an extension or something)

Gonzalez was on bereavement for several weeks last season for his son. At some point though, you would think FMLA would kick in. I guess not for Votto or Gonzalez though.

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 15, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's xenophobist!

by ken on Aug 15, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

7 days

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 15, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You guys see that Mike Meyers has signed on for Inglorious Bastards?

That’s some interesting casting to go with Brad Pitt, Simon Pegg, and Ryan Howard.

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 5:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry... but what the hell does this mean

This is probably the biggest game of the night for the Reds. A win tonight and they play tomorrow. A loss and they have to wait until Saturday to play again. It’s all on Bronson’s shoulders to get the job done. Let’s hope he’s up to the task.

Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.

by havanaconnect on Aug 15, 2008 6:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

(it's a joke)

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know

but butter mai bizkit (no i’m not ss) i don’t get it.

Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.

by havanaconnect on Aug 15, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Slyde is finding ways to keep himself interested

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you don't think this is the biggest game the Reds will play tonight?

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 15, 2008 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no

that comes later with Dusty (Baker).

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 15, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is

that like Reds (Cincinnati) ?

Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.

by havanaconnect on Aug 15, 2008 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes (affirmative).

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 15, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i hear they have a kickass game of madden planned for the clubhouse after the game

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I heard Dunn took the Xbox with him to AZ

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 15, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but is the couch still there?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nah

bp has a wii

he’s a real leader

"Video games don't make people more violent, and I'll kill anyone who disagrees." ~ Gord

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so...his team = his game console?

i.e. If you don’t like it, I’ll just take my game and go home.

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 15, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fay: jocketty has made his final offer to alonso

I’m getting nervous

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Aug 15, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yonder hangs with A-Rod?

Screw ‘em then. He’ll end up being extremely un-clutch. And I doubt that, with five hours to go, the Reds have reached ‘final offer’ status. I’m sure they could still budge a little.

You went full retard. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

im sure there is still plenty of posturing to do

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Aug 15, 2008 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yonder's posture is scoliosis

by IgnatiusJReilly on Aug 15, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the Yankees...

…have given up on their first round pick. He’s decided to go to college instead. (UCLA, not Harvard as he hoped.)

Man, I don’t get that. You can always go to college later. You’re not likely to get a better deal out of college than you get as a first round draft pick. What if you blow your arm out in college or something?

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can't put a price on that.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A 99 Firebird with front end paint damage?

I could probably get you an estimate on that.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You get a lot more of that...

…if you’re a pro ball player.

And he wanted to go to Harvard. Come on, everyone knows brains and beauty and inversely proportional!

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everyone also knew he wouldn't go to Harvard.

Have you seen the women at UCLA?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I almost was one

I still get mail from some sorority there.

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's ironic

I still steal mail from some sorority there.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me, too!

Oh, you said “mail”, not “Underwear”. Nevermind.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Aug 15, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OMG

Are you the anthrax killer?

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

checks out, hot stuff

everyone knows brains and beauty and inversely proportional!

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you hear about the man-eating tiger at North Carolina?

No? That’s ’cause it starved to death!

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Take that, John Edwards!

by IgnatiusJReilly on Aug 15, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

NC State grad

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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

didn't he...

…get his law degree from North Carolina?

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

And he really plays up that affiliation rather than the NCSU one. It’s an unmistakable bit of snobbery that largely went unnoticed outside of the state, but rankled many folks locally.

My ex used to work for him and worships(ed?) him. I met him a few times, and I always thought he was the biggest fake imaginable. She used to lose it when I’d get drunk and launch into my two americas patter. Guaranteed fight.

Dude could make a speech though.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fundraising

Did he highlight his Tarheelness bc you can milk more $$ from UNC alums? That’s the only reason I can think of bc it is unusual to emphasize your law/grad school over your undergrad. Clinton was seen as a Georgetown guy, not a Yalie, just as one example.

by ken on Aug 16, 2008 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that's probably right

UNC also has more political cache and has deeper ties to the Southern progressive movement.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 16, 2008 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My dad

who is somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun, seriously considered voting for Edwards because they are both NC State alums.

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oddly enough

I talked to John Edwards’ first cousin the other day. Aparently he did do a pretty good job keeping the affair under wraps. She believed him until it went public.

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"A lot more if you're a pro ball player"

Ask Bubba. He knows.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He probably does

Though I’m sure he was a BMOC in his college days, too.

At Yankee Stadium, teenaged girls with their “I (heart) Bubba” signs would lean out from the stands and kiss him.

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is there a game going on?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

In Cincinnati, yes

In NY, no. There’s a tornado warning for NYC.

And here I thought tornadoes only hit trailer parks…

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We got a nice tropical storm going here.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 15, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, it's good to get the tie game out of the way early.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

just got here

LaRue and FeLo are on the CARDINALS? And they’re in the playoff chase?

Life is unfair. This I have learned. But CDick hit a homer!

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He sucks!

Patterson is so much better than Dickerson.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Chris Welsh is in love with LaRue

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For those who have WGN

the White Sox and Oakland are playing at 10. Good times.

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Aug 15, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Grande's great moments of Jason LaRue:

1. All those times Jim Edmonds caught his line drives.
2……

Any mention of Prince Albert yet?

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lopez and LaRue result in...

2 on and no out. Sweet.

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bronson was up late last night trading licks with the rival Speedwagons

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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bronson floored them with his Snow Patrol cover

I’m just glad that everyone else has as little enthusiasm for the rest of this season as i do

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Bronson was just some normal frat boy

at a party with that guitar, I’d smash it over his head. Come to think of it, I’d do it even though he’s a normal frat boy major leaguer.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Aug 15, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Yeah, man. Hell yeah, man."

(The previous quote is the extent of Bronson’s vocabulary.)

Phone's ringing, Dude.

by rjdio on Aug 16, 2008 7:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love

strikeouts on foul bunts.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Do you think

that Im just blinded by my fandom? Did non-Reds fans all know we were going to suck again this season before it started?

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes

In fact, many Reds fans knew that.

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you take away

all the games Bronson lost this season he is undefeated

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If you take away all the stupid shit that is written on this blog

There’d be nothing left

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I take that back

Jerry Rice would still be here staring at you

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I take that back

Jerry Rice would still be here staring at you

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I didnt think Jerry Rice could look so pederish

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you paid attentiont to the game

they were talking about taking away two bad games bronson had, and those two game taking a whole point of his era

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that would involve me having radio or tv access to the reds

I’ve been a gameday/RR watcher for years

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thats probalby better

Grande and Welsh serve no purpose unless you smoke pot and turn the game into a mystery science theatresque type of deal

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I wasn't working

I’d consider it

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just when you thought he might make it out without giving up more runs...

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Valentin do this last year?

start hitting at the end of the year and convince everyone “he can hit w/ everyday ABs” just because the season is over?

The Latin Lover fools us again.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and anyone else notice that I write a lot of my comments as questions?

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you're right

His line from August last season: .338/.386/.866 with 8 doubles.

Also a .368 BABIP

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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Patterson, Hanigan and Arroyo up

with men on, and I suspect Patterson is least likely to get anybody in.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Im calling a double

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

for whom?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

play

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wrong, sac fly

he’s already better than Dunn

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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually sorta surprised

they didn’t try to get Valentin at home.

And this is why CPatt>Dunn. Sac fly, bitches.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Saying Patterson is better than done

Is like saying terminal cancer is better than AIDS

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

??

As Brendan could tell you, there ain’t no cure for cancer. And we already have one on our team (#4)

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought Dunn was the cancer?

Its doesnt matter…………….why are gingers genetically card fans?

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When think about it, Chris

every fan has Pujols on his back.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

heh

meanwhile, I’m kinda/sorta falling in love with Dickerson. At this rate, I’ll have forgotten Jacob Brumfield by the end of the year.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scrappy's how we like 'em here in Cincy

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

that "heh" was supposed to be an indicator

of my general amusement by your comment on the Pujols/Poo-holes homynym. It didn’t come out great.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah I got it

In other news, wtf Bronson?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are we trying to just have

the weirdest named team? Homer Bailey, Bronson Arroyo, Yonder Alonso, Dallas Buck? especially Yonder and Bronson……sound like whos down in whoville

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe thats why Adam and Ken were traded...

you might be on to something here. If only we could get Pokey and Gookie back.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff better watch his back

Thankfully for Cherry he’s got a kick ass nickname

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 15, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

what is it?

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I miss the days of Orval Overall

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 15, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sunday is "Faith Day" at the ol' ballpark?

um….yeah…I may have to have something better to do that day.

(like dress up as a gay dinosaur with a condom on)

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

where would the condom be?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

if he's a gay dinosaur

I’d imagine hanging out of his ass

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just realized

I may have opened up a can of worms with that comment. And I’m really, really, sorry for that. Can the mods delete it or something so I don’t get attacked?

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's alright

I’ll back ya up if someone comes at ya

You went full retard. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had a dream last night

and Josh Hamilton told me to go

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Would you wear a saddle?

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 15, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if the Reds are interested in hiring a 22 year old GM right out of college

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

either you're still having confusions with the intricacies of the "reply" button

or I do NOT HAVE ANY CLUE what your fantasies are involving power relationships, Bavasi, and Jocketty.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I refuse to reply to that

by Reynard on Aug 15, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the sound you heard

was my brain exploding.

Meta man…meta…

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jesus rode a dinosaur

Gay Jesus did, too, but in a slightly different way.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Aug 15, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

AFLAC: 4 Reds rookies with 40 or more doubles

Chris Sabo is one of em

You went full retard. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 8:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sean Casey?

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was he a Red as a rookie?

I thought he’d played with the Indians before he came over for BurbaFan.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pete Rose?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Johnny Bench?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe I didn't think of him.

I don’t know if he’s one of the correct answers but I could not come up with anyone other than Casey.

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was just naming great rookie seasons I could remember

I’m trying to think of some guys that burst onto the scene…

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dmitri?

by Brian B on Aug 15, 2008 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he wasn't a rookie anymore

Casey was though.

And Caleb would have gotten the 4th.

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 15, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Thompson gets the win tonight

I wonder if his dad will let him have the car tonight?

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, kid-lit guy..

The boy’s watching Peter Pan and he asks me, “Why do the pirates want to get Peter Pan and the kids?”

Got anyhting for me or do I just have to wait until he watches it again tomorrow morning and sit in on the first act?

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What makes the red man red?

by IgnatiusJReilly on Aug 15, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Disney?

I can’t remember the reason the Disney film gives, if any. Prolly blames him in some way for losing his arm to the croc. And I don’t have the play handy to know what the reasoning in the play is, but in the novelization of the play Peter and Wendy it’s actually pretty interesting.

In the novel, Hook is sort of in the same position as Peter in that he can’t quite remember who he was before he took up his fight against Peter and the lost boys in Neverland. It becomes almost a sisyphean cycle of hunting. The lost boys, the pirates, the Indians and the croc all hunting one another in a big circle. This is literally how the reader first encounters Neverland — all parties hunting one another in a circle.

When Peter kills Hook towards the conclusion we learn that there have been many Hooks that Peter has killed and it’s just a constant game in which a new Hook appears once Peter’s forgotten about killing the last one. Peter hunts pirates because that’s what Lost Boys do and Hook hunts Peter because that’s what Pirates do.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

so Peter Pan is just Memento for the younger set?

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guarantee you Nolan had Peter and Wendy

in the back of his mind when writing Memento. I would be shocked if he didn’t.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

its things like this that keep me coming back to the blog

well, that and the boobs jokes.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I bet Peter hit that with Wendy

whenever he forgot that he liked little boys.

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 15, 2008 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

His brother wrote it

But I get what you’re saying. I think the original impetus came from a case study about short term memory loss.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remember Sammy Jankis

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 15, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn

That’s a solid recap of Peter and Wendy. Rec’d

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Peter hunts pirates because that’s what Lost Boys do and Hook hunts Peter because that’s what Pirates do.

That’s pretty much what I pulled out of my croc and told him.

Good stuff. Thanks.

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would really recommend Peter and Wendy

for a quick and fascinating read. While other adaptations largely ignore this, the novel really explores the spiteful nature of a boyishness that refuses to mature. Peter isn’t merely a figure of fantasy or tragedy, but one of evil — at least the evil of indifference. You find yourself hoping that Wendy frees herself from him. The novel is aware not only of cruelty to children, but the cruelty of children towards the ones who love them most.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll check it out.

A college girlfriend recommended it to me and I of course childishly ignored her advice.

Now with a book-and-movie crazy three year-old, I’m fascinated by the hazy “back stories” of Pinnochio, Robin Hood, Mowgli, Peter Pan and such so I’m trying to do what I can to avoid shrugging my shoulders when I’m asked these important questions.

On a somewhat related note, I’m trying to decide where do begin young Preston’s Star Wars indoctrination… A New Hope which is what any self-respecting child-of-the-70’s-turned-“cool dad” would want, or Phantom Menace which is what Lucas would want, or Clone Wars which is what Preston wants and also what I would want if I were him.

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The kids

of today should defend themselves against the 70’s

by blandonseid on Aug 15, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Get him the Cartoon Network "Clone Wars" movies

I guarantee they’ll be better. Although they won’t be in the theater. And yeah, I would start him out with “A New Hope,” if I was choosing.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yet it's worth considering...

that even though I hate Menace and you hate Menace and pretty much everyone this side of Mos Eisley hates Menace, you know who would love it?

A three year-old.

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

cuz Pan was a cocky little bastard, as I recall

not that that is a decent explanation for your kid

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 15, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else getting the MLB.tv feed?

apparently the dude at the switch has to make a decision to “Sleep” or “Don’t Sleep”

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 15, 2008 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Glaus may have gotten 5 inches on that vertical.

And Welsh and Grande are still impressed.

by Brian B on Aug 15, 2008 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Grande can only handle 5 inches on the vertical

before he wants to say “Damn.”

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 15, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok fellas, I'm out for the night

but I would ask you all to enjoy this clip from 2003 of Misha Saakashvili storming the parliament, making the ex-Commie president Eduard Shevardnadze run out of the building. And then he takes a nice, long, sip from Shevardnadze’s tea glass. Drink your milkshake, indeed.

I’d say “Go Reds” too, but, I mean, whatever.

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

by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by blandonseid on Aug 15, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dunn's up.

Conor Jackson on first.

by Brian B on Aug 15, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He doubles up the first base line.

Jackson to third.

Those were the fucking days.

by Brian B on Aug 15, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That half-inning was very much like many other half-innings this season.

And next.

"Being a human cannonball is not just a job, Pee Wee. It's a career."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 15, 2008 9:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

rally caps engage ...

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

COMMON

IT’S RON FREAKIN’ VILLONE!

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by blandonseid on Aug 15, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just got home

did the reds win yet? and did we sign Yonder?

"Personally, I think he's probably a really big Lance Bass fan." ~ Marty on Doc

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

trying to rally now ... 5-2 BP on 1st with 1 out .... no yonder

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

my bad 5-3

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks!

"Personally, I think he's probably a really big Lance Bass fan." ~ Marty on Doc

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BOOM BOOM CLAP ....

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Edwin is not a clutch hitter

"Personally, I think he's probably a really big Lance Bass fan." ~ Marty on Doc

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

EdE is not clutch

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Reds lose

Reds lose…now we just wait for Yonder

You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

time to go phelps swim ....

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2008 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

/ watch phelps swim .... /fay'd

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

gold by one hundreth of a second

t minus one hour and forty minutes for Yonder.

by obc2 on Aug 15, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sup dude?

your phone number end in a 4 or a 7? Ihave it both ways in my phone

"Personally, I think he's probably a really big Lance Bass fan." ~ Marty on Doc

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

6

just got 8th row ringside seats for RAW in Sept. these lil boys are gonna act like crackheads.

by obc2 on Aug 15, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

whoops, ends in a 4!!!

by obc2 on Aug 15, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

cool...i erase the 7

you get me a ticket?

"Personally, I think he's probably a really big Lance Bass fan." ~ Marty on Doc

by chandrathan on Aug 15, 2008 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was ridiculous.

Wow. Just wow.

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

by BLee2525 on Aug 15, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Crazy race

Phelps is a swimmer of destiny. And if you talk shit about him (that Serbian guy, that French guy), he will beat you when you look most unbeatable.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn I thought

Phelps lost watching it live. 1/100th of a second

You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 10:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey, 'Nukkah....

You still around?

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

by BLee2525 on Aug 15, 2008 10:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, what's up?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sunday afternoon....

I might be in DC for the Nats’ game, and might have an extra ticket if you’re interested.

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

by BLee2525 on Aug 15, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That'd be cool

Sadly, I’m heading out of town for the week. Anybody know anything fun to do in Charleston, SC? They have a Yankees A-ball affiliate there. Can you get me tickets to that, BubbaFan?

See if Cy Schourek wants them. He’s a cool cat.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sticky Fingers.

Ribs joint in Charleston. Phenomenal.

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

by BLee2525 on Aug 15, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cool

I’ll check it out.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This exchange just took place

Kobe Bryant: I love my country. It’s the greatest country in the world. Blah blah blah

My wife: Didn’t you say you loved your wife too? Are you going to buy the U.S. a $4 million diamond ring when you start sleeping with China?

This from a woman who won’t let me go see Kenny Loggins.

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 15, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

how’d a basement dweller like you get such a witty and brilliant wife?

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he thought lucky.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 15, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or someone who

wants to go see Kenny Loggins? Good of the wife to save you from that.

You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's a hit machine with the heart of a rock and roller

What’s wrong with that?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm alright.

Nobody worried ’bout me.

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

by BLee2525 on Aug 15, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

C'mon ch

that’s what a fool believes.

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 16, 2008 7:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

His shitty music would just make you barf

by Brendanukkah on Aug 15, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Way off topic

Tropic Thunder was freakin hilarious

You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by cesarhernandez on Aug 15, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

satire - ain't that one of them hairy men with horns who's got a donkey's body?

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 16, 2008 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs