random offseason thoughts

America fuck yeah 9/11 memorial bass fishin’ red state Bar and Grill from coming to Cincinnati. I mean we already have Cadillac Ranch, and the entire state of Kentucky nearby for the hillbillies to patronize.

He’s easily the slowest fast dude I’ve seen in recent memory, and he creates outs by what seems truckloads on the basepaths. Unfortunately I feel that his value remains highest to stay a Red as opposed to shipping his ass out of town. Breaks my heart to say that, b/c I wish we’d kept Hobbs or Dunn instead of The Franchise.

Who woulda thunk YRS had more RBIs than The Deal last year? 77 to 70, respectively. YRS also had 11 more R than The Deal, 91 to 80 respectively. As much as I hate to say it, all YRS needs to do is find .027 more OPS points somewhere in 2011, and I have absolutely no logical (as if I had any remaining anyway) legs to stand on to bash YRS (aside from the fact he’s not Tim Lincecum).

You know what goes great with waffle fries? Jalapeno cheddar cheese, in liquid form, and some real bacon bits. And some truffle oil. And sage.

I’ve been to Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar in Vegas @ Harrah’s, but then again I don’t know that anyone would ever confuse me with a self-respecting RR. Would I go to a Toby Keith joint @ GABP? Depends on their beer prices.

I don’t remember Gomes mixing shit up in the Cueto spike kicking incident either. Maybe he is soft after his TB days….

I also deleted every Mike Lincoln appearance from memory last year. I consider this a good thing.

Does Opening Day serve High Life?

Both he and Stubbins were blunderers on the paths last summer but I can’t say if our Reds blundering was worse, better or about the same as any other team in baseball over the course of a season. Everybody gets a mental methane moment, I reckon.

I doubt I would go into any bar where the music is country or western or playing louder than I normally sing.

I know that I scrapped the Lincoln, Clyde.

random offseason thoughts

… you can go from toby keith’s redneck bar in one post to heisenberg’s quantum theory in the next …

ever been a part of a 3 team deal?

Given that a few of the teams that trade-wise match up with the Reds surpluses don’t necessarily have what would be asked for in return, I’ve been trying to fathom 3 team trades in the scheme-o-matic 2000.

I know it’s not like they happen too often, but there are the occasional deals. I keep looking at the Rays and telling myself how much they a) want to shed payroll (Garza??), b) need cheap 1B option (Yonder!!), and c) don’t really have what the Reds are looking for (with Bartlett gone, no cheap SS or LF option, unless they want to sell low on BJ).

The thought’s a tad paradoxical, because the Reds could just simply trade from their surplus of pitching instead of a Yonder/Garza based swap…but is there another team out there that matches up with the open one? Sid…’creds….formerfearlessleaderSlyde? KRP?