See you at Redsfest?
by Slyde on Dec 2, 2009 10:40 AM EST
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For all of their foibles, every year the Reds put together one of the finest events for baseball fans in the country. If you've never been to Redsfest, I highly recommend that you try to make it there because it is a whole lot of fun. The event runs this Friday (4-11pm) and Saturday (11am-7pm) and is a great opportunity to get a Reds fix just before the cold winter months settle upon us.
To give you a little overview of what happens at Redsfest, it's a large, wide-open floor of the Duke Energy Convention center where they have a variety of booths and activities. There's a wiffle ball field, batting cages, and a speed pitch, for you athletic types who accidentally stumbled upon this site. There's a main stage with player panels, "gameshows" and musical acts. And there are autograph booths and memorabilia stands all throughout. Oh yeah, and a sports bar for the alkies out there. The Reds have put a floor map (pdf) up on their website if you need more specifics.
Probably the coolest thing about the whole day is the interaction with the players. Some of this can only happen at the autograph booths, but occasionally you can be fortunate enough to bump into a player or coach just walking around the place. In 2006, I got to talk to Wayne Krivsky out his sweater collection:
The big news this year is the reunion of many of the players from the 1990 World Championship squad. I plan to stalk all of them and make them feel uncomfortable. It's sort of my thing.
So, are you planning to be there this weekend? If so, I'd love to meet you and put a face with a moniker, if I haven't done so already. I'll be there both Friday and Saturday, though I can't say yet when I'll be "walking the floor" if you will. If you are going to be there, let me know. Maybe I'll even buy you a beverage.
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I cannot be there this year.
I’ve got meetings with Santa on Friday and then Saturday my preschoolers have some sort of church Christmas pageant practice.
But since you mentioned beverages I thought I’d pimp one of my new favorites. ‘Cuz it’s Red. But mostly ‘cuz it’s good.
I’m gonna have a few during Saturday night’s DVR’d SEC Championship game.
"Why do socks have to match?"
I wonder how much that's going to affect attendance
It’s in Pitt, though, right?
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
The sent out a release today telling people that the game will be on in the sports bar
“So please still come to Redsfest!”
Definitely a good argument.
Yes
Game is in Pitt, so it shouldn’t affect overall attendance. I do think it will be lighter than expected earlier on Saturday than the past few years though.
I was going to go if Alan was going to be there...now I'm conflicted
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill
Ya see, guys?
I told you my plan might work.
"Why do socks have to match?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 2, 2009 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
you know why i like that picture?
Neither Slyde nor Sweeterpants looks pleased with the events. Slyde has a “I can’t believe what bullshit this man is spewing” look on his face, and old Wayne has a “who the fuck is this guy to ask me how I run my team?” look on his face.
Plus the obvious sexual tension.
"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion
by justin007000 on Dec 2, 2009 12:41 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
ill be there
"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
wow i thought you were dead
"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion
that possibility has note yet been excluded
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
I'll be there Saturday and I'll take a Bud Select draft
"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan
Scratch that
If you’re buying, give me the most expensive beer in the house!
"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan
I'm stuck with the goddamn
Newport Victorian Christmas tour rolling through my house. Tell Eric Davis I miss him.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
sucks to be rich and famous
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Dec 2, 2009 6:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
BTW, I'm going to tell ED you said hi
and I will be insistent that he knows you, to the point that one of his boys will have to beat the shit out of me to get me to leave. And then I will come to your house and pass out on top of jch24. Again.
Definitely a good argument.
So,
the sequence of events is, fuck with ED, get hit, get drunk, snuggle, and get preggers?
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
You'd think that a hearty bout of jch snuggling
would lead to ED.
by Brendanukkah on Dec 2, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Ick
That was one “sockcucker” away from being a justin post.
by Brendanukkah on Dec 2, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Also,
you should come by around tour time. We are kid free for the weekend and the wife and I will likely be getting drunk and heckling old women walking through our house and bitching about our taste. Loads of fun.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
What time?
I’ll be tied up sporadically throughout the day, but I’d love to see your house all done up nice.
Definitely a good argument.
12-6 Saturday and Sunday
but we’ll be hanging out after on Saturday. Come on by. We’ll have booze fo sho’
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
in spurts, at least
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
So he gets an invite and I don't ?
I called and left you a message, I sent you flowers, even emailed you a pic of my junk. And this is the shabby treatment I get?!?!??
"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan
Grady Sizemore, ladies and gentlemen!
by Brendanukkah on Dec 2, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
and rec'd
"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion
by justin007000 on Dec 2, 2009 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
Yes.
But stop by anyway.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Dec 2, 2009 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
I'm totally gonna get wasted at Redsfest and pass out on your lawn
Again.
"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan
Is it too family friendly for that?
I like getting wasted…it helps to ease the pain associated with the last decade of Reds performance.
by Snake the Jake on Dec 3, 2009 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
Anything involving the Reds has alcohol attached anf thus, drunkards wandering about
Hell, ’tHan & I drank beer and watched the UK-IU game at the bar for about an hour a couple of years ago. But be warned: the beers are near if not at ballpark prices.
"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan
Yea, Jean found me a job soon after the last party of yours I attended
Seasonal work but I’m working there again currently. You’re an important guy to know, Matthew. Sorry about about drinking 4 glasses of that stupendous Merlot you had.
Start SEEing motorcycles
You’re an important impotent guy to know, Matthew.
Fixed.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Dec 3, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Like I said
you are familiar with ED
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Dec 3, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I understand that Susan is going to try and make it...
If she does…I won’t
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill
Your mom is Johnathon Winters?
"Why do socks have to match?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 3, 2009 8:31 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Do most of these posters evern know who Jonathon Winters is?
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill
Actually originally Springfield...later to Dayton and Winters Bank and Trust
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill
I showed my girlfriend the picture of slyde and sweatervest
to try to help her understand why I love baseball so much. She then pointed out how much my haircut looks like the 12 year old marveling at slyde and wayner. I thought that was perfect cause thats what i do. BTW anyone in New York can now go to the fancy restaurant 5 Ninth and I will personally spit in your food. How does a fry cook get paid almost double what a secretary makes… Riddle me that
Dusty Baker said it was the first [triple play] he’d seen in person. When he was with the Dodgers, they hit into one, but he was in the bathroom.- C Trent
by The Crushinator on Dec 3, 2009 12:45 AM EST reply actions
lasting memories
Kriv and Will Carroll both rock the lanyard look very well. Both have been photographed rocking said look after speaking with Slyde in person.
Great camera work. Looks like it was shot using a 8MP digital with a 5 to 1 zoom ratio.
"Nate Silver is a genius" .... BK
The 12 year old kid in front of the camera just yelled something about a big bag of dicks
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Dec 3, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Oh I thought that was Danny Ray Hererra
My Bad.
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill
by Madville on Dec 3, 2009 7:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
BTW gang - how was Red's Fest?
There is an overriding misconception that Clutch is an overriding misconception.
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