We're Finally Here, And Sh!t Yeah It's Cool! Reds win NL Central, 88-69.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 10:54 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Jay Bruce. The man who delivered us our first division title in 15 years. Honorable mentions go to Ramon Hernandez, Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, Orlando Cabrera, Scott Rolen, Jonny Gomes, Drew Stubbs, Ryan Hanigan, Chris Heisey, Miguel Cairo, Paul Janish, Laynce Nix, Corky Miller, Juan Francisco, Chris Dickerson, Chris Valaika, Yonder Alonso, Jim Edmonds, Willie Bloomquist, Drew Sutton, Bronson Arroyo, Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake, Travis Wood, Aaron Harang, Homer Bailey, Edinson Volquez, Micah Owings, Sam LeCure, Matt Maloney, Carlos Fisher, Logan Ondrusek, Jordan Smith, Danny Ray Herrera, Francisco Cordero, Mike Lincoln, Aroldis Chapman, Enerio del Rosario, Arthur Rhodes, Nick Masset, Russ Springer, Jared Burton, and Bill Bray.
Key Plays
- The Reds started off strongly, with Drew Stubbs working a walk from Wandy Rodriguez. Stubbs then stole second, and Rodriguez walked Orlando Cabrera. Joey Votto then hit into a double play, but Stubbs moved to third. Then Scott Rolen hit a grounder to third and Brett Wallace couldn't handle the throw from Chris Johnson. Stubbs scored to give the Reds a 1-0 lead.
- Chris Johnson atoned for that throw with a single off of Edinson Volquez to begin the second inning. Brett Wallace then did his part by hitting a sharp grounder. It looked like it might have been a double play ball, but Orlando Cabrera was shading towards second and couldn't get to it. The Astros then turned to the bunt. Angel Sanchez laid one down, but Volquez fielded it and threw out Johnson at third. Jason Castro singled to score Wallace and Sanchez went to third. Wandy Rodriguez then laid down a successful suicide squeeze, and Sanchez scored. Astros take the lead, 2-1.
- In the third inning, with a runner on first and one out, Carlos Lee smashed a ball to left field. Drew Stubbs raced back, put his hand against the wall, then leapt a foot above the fence and brought the ball back with him. Just an amazing catch.
- Wandy Rodriguez was dominant, striking out eight Reds, including four in a row at one point. Through the first five innings, he only allowed one hit, and an infield one that was probably an error at that. But in the sixth inning, Cabrera and Votto both singled. Scott Rolen walked, and the bases were loaded with no outs. Jonny Gomes then engaged in an epic ten pitch at-bat that sadly resulted in a pop out. Brandon Phillips stepped up and grounded a ball deep to the shortstop. It was a perfectly placed grounder, and a sprinting Rolen beat the throw to second. Cabrera came home and the game was tied. Jay Bruce then lined one directly to Jeff Keppinger who turned the inning ending double play. Game tied, 2-2.
- Drew Stubbs hit a two out drive in the seventh inning that banged less than a foot from the top of the wall.
- The Reds bullpen trio of Arthur Rhodes, Nick Masset, and Aroldis Chapman were masterful, retiring all nine batters they faced.
- In the bottom of the ninth, Jay Bruce swung at the first pitch he saw, and as the ball landed in the grass beyond the centerfield wall where not even Drew Stubbs could catch it, the dugout emptied to greet him at home plate - as NL Central Champions.
Other Notes
- Cincinnati has won 22 games in its final at-bat, including this on Jay Bruce's 22nd home run of the season. That's tied for his career high.
- This is the 13th time in their history the Reds will be going to the playoffs. Seems low, doesn't it?
- Dusty Baker has now led three NL teams to the playoffs, something only Bill McKechnie has done. Seven other managers have led three teams to the postseason, including former Reds skippers Davey Johnson and Lou Piniella.
- Brandon Phillips has apparently never had champagne before. Explains a bit. Drink up, my lad!
- The Astros have a winning record against every other NL Central team, but are 4-9 against the Reds.
- Jay Bruce hit a walkoff home run to send us to the playoffs. HOLY SHIT!
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THEY DID IT THEY DID IT THEY DID IT THEY DID IT!
I may not sleep tonight. I don’t even care!
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
by ZJiff30 on Sep 28, 2010 10:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
its 6AM
the morning ezzan just sounded. this’ll be interesting.
"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
by Cy Schourek on Sep 28, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!
"And a high fly ball to center field. He hit it a ton. And the 2010 National League Central Division Champs are the Cincinnati Reds!"
by joshuar9476 on Sep 28, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I am so pleased for all of them.
not even for selfish reasons, but because I like them all. even Cordero.
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
leake just called jim day a sissy
lmao
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
Time to join the party !!!!!
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 28, 2010 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
until further notice..this pic will be my avatar...
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 28, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure.
But you’re typing it correctly. :P
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
This image was crafted upon Dusty's hiring years ago.
by Gapper on Sep 28, 2010 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
I never doubted it for one minute
I did Doubt Dusty and although he is a strange tactician He’s a good fit for this team.
I still doubt Coco..but that’s another day’s worry!
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
BABE BRUCE
Who's that?.........It's Bill Bray,cant you tell?........Oh the sideburn, highsocks guy, right?.....Yea.
Leake standing next to Ondrusek is pretty funny.
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the kipper-snacks.
Well done with the honorable mentions.
Well done.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
*ahem Bloomquist? Really?
I noticed him during the on field celebration, just kind of hanging out, the occasional handshake, “woo hoo. ?”
He'll get a ring and a 10th share, methinks.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
He wears a Reds uniform, I'm gonna give him serious props tonight
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
amen!
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions
best title ever
thanks everyone. this is so fun.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
i figured
it’s far too perfect and obvious. still, i got a little misty-eyed reading it.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
And shouldn't it be?
or something like that
You may outfit the Trolley.
by Man Mountain on Sep 29, 2010 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Time to dance everybody!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:00 PM EDT reply actions
I went for
"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
by Cy Schourek on Sep 28, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I listened to "The Deal" this morning
I apologize to no man.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you can measure your noggin with a piece of paper
then measure the paper with a ruler
then find an online sizing chart
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds complicated.
Seems like I need to go to some sort of store tomorrow…
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
Shoe store.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You're an Large Tall, I'd imagine
We can smell our own. :)
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Hey, I know my shirt size
though I’m more of a medium tall, which doesn’t really exist.
But I’ll have to do some work to find out my cap size.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
looking for medium tall t-shirts?
shop at the scarecrow store, skinny ass!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Somebody get that Gray a sammich!
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
whatever you measure, and half a size
I hear your head swells when you make the POSTSEASON! OH YEAH BABY!
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
2 more parties?
THREE MORE PARTIES, LOGAN!
"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
Me too.
So does that mean we are wishing brothers?
Who's Babe Ruth? The only Babe I heard of was Babe Bruce.....
Quadruplets!
"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the Lord do His thing. " -Tupac Shakur
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it looks like work." -Thomas Edison
I would be honored to share a womb with you fine fellows.
"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the Lord do His thing. " -Tupac Shakur
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it looks like work." -Thomas Edison
(Light) Tower to the skies!
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Sep 28, 2010 11:02 PM EDT reply actions
did Gomes just quote old shcool?
"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
is Volquez drinking out of a classy champagne glass?
"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
by Cy Schourek on Sep 28, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
he just earned his playoff spot with that interview alone
"And a high fly ball to center field. He hit it a ton. And the 2010 National League Central Division Champs are the Cincinnati Reds!"
by joshuar9476 on Sep 28, 2010 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Is the space pope reptillian?
"Fuck it, we'll do it live."
by DTFH91 on Sep 28, 2010 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
shit! i forgot all about the 10th inning. FUCK!
"And a high fly ball to center field. He hit it a ton. And the 2010 National League Central Division Champs are the Cincinnati Reds!"
by joshuar9476 on Sep 28, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
ok, i can dvr it at 1 am
"And a high fly ball to center field. He hit it a ton. And the 2010 National League Central Division Champs are the Cincinnati Reds!"
by joshuar9476 on Sep 28, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The Reds actually did it.
First baseball game I ever remember watching was the last game of the 1995 NLCS. Dad said they’d be back next year.
I just called him weeping to tell him he’s a douchebag and a liar, but I forgive him. To see my favorite player hit a mammoth HR to take us to the mountain top? It’s serene.
As for myself, I’m a long-time lurker in these parts who really wanted to say thank you for making the last few years of Reds baseball so bearable for me. Truly, deeply, sincerely, through my tears, I wanted to say thank you all for being fucking awesome.
And never forget the night the Jay-Hovah surveyed the dugout, looked over his people and said “Stand back, mortals. I’ve got this shit.” DIVISION CHAMPS WOOHOO!
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by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:03 PM EDT reply actions 17 recs
Welcome, my friend.
Life is good today.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
welcome!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey ow is as good as time as any to jump into the fray and post away!!!
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
You're like a friend to me without even realizing it
I’ve been laughing at stuff you say for years. So with that being said, I’m in. Lets get to October!
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I know how you feel-I lurked for a year before finally jumping in and it felt like I knew everyone
That said, “Stand back, mortals. I’ve got this shit” is the best description of that HR I’ve seen. Well done!
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Sep 29, 2010 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Hi, Hello, and Welcome to the SMILIN' LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER side of the scoreboard!
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
by jch24 on Sep 28, 2010 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
oh, and please don't comment on what I've said over the years
I try to forget. :)
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Your words are forever burned into my retinas.
Seriously, it’s like Baghdad in there.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude, I thoroughly enjoy going back and reading old threads
And relating my frame of mind to the events going on in my life. I’m not nearly as cray-zee as I was 12 months ago.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
My first day lurking here was the day Joe Nuxhall passed.
So yeah, I’ve had more than enough time to study all of you…I’m just…a little shy about putting my thoughts on the intertubes.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 29, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
watching the postgame party
but I had to drop by and say that was the most AMAZING ENDING POSSIBLE. Ieven if they send is into cardiac arrest sometimes, I LOVE THE 2010 REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
by Red_Poodle on Sep 28, 2010 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
woooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't help but notice
How magical this all feels. The Reds really are a team for the everyman. Champagne? Nah, we’ll douse eachother with 40’s of Bud while our players run laps around the stadium to let each and EVERY fan know how much they mean to them while the announcers do fistpumps on a regional television broadcast.
If Phillips had actually got that bunt down I swear I’d have thought I was watching the end of Major League, but whatever. I’ll take it.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I have much, much, much more to add
but its 6am and I’m gonna get some shuteye before work tomorrow.
God Bless you Boys and Girls, it’s been a pleasure since I joined a couple of years back. I hope to talk to you more in October.
OCTOBER!
"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
by Cy Schourek on Sep 28, 2010 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
awesome
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Trying to decide whether it's worth it to try to go to sleep tonight.
I mean, holy crap. I was in freaking high school the last time the Reds made the playoffs. This is so freaking awesome. -j
I write at:
Beyond the Boxscore | Red Reporter | Basement-Dwellers.com | Twitter: @jinazreds
by JinAZ on Sep 28, 2010 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Wow.
I was 11. Just starting 6th grade.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
by ZJiff30 on Sep 28, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
same
my hatred of Chipper Jones was in it’s larval stage.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
So was I.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
And Im in high school and this is the first time since i was born
that they made the playoffs…
Who's Babe Ruth? The only Babe I heard of was Babe Bruce.....
by OGC Reds on Sep 28, 2010 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I was in downtown Chcago getting a key lime wine cooler sprayed on me by another Reds fan.
And later we heard the Reds won. :P
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I said just today
The last time the Reds made the playoffs, I had yet to vote in an election.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Whippersnappers
I was voting andf married and every other damned thing in 1995. I even remember going to the playoff game where they destroyed Nomo (unless that didn’t happen, in which case it is probably early onset Alzheimers). Stop reminding me how old I am, you bunch of pukes. And get off my lawn!
I wonder if there’s a college study that shows how exposing my generation to Three’s Company set gender relations back approximately 715 years
by RoastBeefKazenzakis on Sep 29, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I was at that playoff game.
Riverfront’s last postseason win.
It happened.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 29, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I was at that game. They did destroy Nomo and David Wells was awesome.
Gant hit a two-run homer and local kid Mark Lewis hit the first ever pinch-hit grand slam in postseason history.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Go
here and click play.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Sep 28, 2010 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I heart you.
I write at:
Beyond the Boxscore | Red Reporter | Basement-Dwellers.com | Twitter: @jinazreds
Thanks!
What a beautiful celebration. What a beautiful team.
(Also, there’s a girl I went to high school with on at 3:18. Can’t remember her name but that’s definitely her.)
by the finest muffins on Sep 28, 2010 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
How slutty was she?
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Sep 28, 2010 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I went to an all girls high school and had absolutely no life outside of school.
So I had no idea who was slutty.
by the finest muffins on Sep 28, 2010 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
And don't skimp on the details.
<< popping corn and taking a seat >>
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:25 AM EDT up reply actions
How is Chris Carpenter going to explain that to his son?!?!
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Probably with a lot of yelling, cursing, and blame assignment.
And likely with balls that aren’t quite right.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Slyde is there, as well as BK, tHan, and Ash...
I don’t know if any other RR’s are there.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
i was there
Just now got back to Indy. ‘Twas fun. The fireworks’ debris made it seem like it was snowing for Clinchmas.
by Heeringa on Sep 29, 2010 12:51 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Actually, that is not all.
I have never been to a championship game before, and sweet Jebus what a great first time.
More impressive was the scene outside after the on-field celebrations and fireworks. People were just alive in the streets. Walking in the streets, and the cops didn’t care. I had a Reds snuggie on in the streets, and I got more car horn honks than a hot chick in a short skirt.
This city is alive with Reds fans, they’ve just been repressed for so long…
by OHSnap on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Nice to have a winner
I remember 1961
and Reds West Division Titles
1970
1972
1973
1975
1976
1979
1990
Reds Central Division Titles
1994
1995
But thIs is about as sweet AS IT GETS…
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
1994
Love it/Rue it.
Hell, let’s toss a 1981 in there too.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
and a 99 if we're stretchin
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Mads
I remember 1975 on up. I’m not too far behind ya
by ThisonebelongstotheReds on Sep 28, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Great notes about Baker
This must be really sweet for him. Everyone in Chicago blames him for the collapse of the mid-aught Cubs, but they were really damn close to getting the pennant in ’03. To win divisions with three different teams is very impressive. Well done.
by ken on Sep 28, 2010 11:10 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, even though I think he's... well I won't say it tonight.
Congrats, Skip.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 28, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
He's only the second man EVER to take 3 NL teams to the playoffs.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
Impressive.
But let’s remember that for like a hundred years most managers would never have dreamed of leaving a city where they won a pennant. Even if they were no longer managing.
Free steaks.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 28, 2010 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Where do you think I got the info?
I read the other notes!
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
manager of the fuckin year
gotta say, my pirates fan ex roomate, now apartmentmate, neighbor and best friend, told me to have faith in Dusty last March, and I rolled my eyes, now i heart dusty.
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Gomes went on the field for the picture
in his Reds bathrobe.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
I'm toasting a scotch on the rocks to our boys
Then I’ll light up a celebratory cigar. Man, I got old between playoff berths…
by Red Menace on Sep 28, 2010 11:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
haha
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 28, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
high five, Menace.....high five Sir.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Jay Bruce is only the 5th player in MLB history to end a playoff series with a walk-off homer.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
correction: 5th player to hit a walk-off homer to clinch a playoff berth.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I WAS IN CLASS AND THEN RUNNING A MEETING
BUT I FOUND OUT VIA TEXT MESSAGE AND SENCE I HAVE DRANK A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN GO REDS!!!!!! I’M SO EXCITED. BRUCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Joey Votto is my MVP.
atlantic world history
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 28, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Ughh
Sounds boring. You missed all the fun, it was epic. And Bruces homerun was crushed, i dont know if you saw it or not.
Who's Babe Ruth? The only Babe I heard of was Babe Bruce.....
my favorite grad class ever`
running the hgsa meeting was frustrating, shoulda scheduled that for next week, i was dumb.
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
at least it wasn't Kiels
calling them “the snakes.”
Makes me throw up in my mouth a little,
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions
This is my first year following this team.
My dad raised me as a Cincinnati fan but I never took him seriously until last year and that was just for the Bengals. I only started watching this year from all the stuff I heard about it on Cincy Jungle.
I’ve never become more endeared to a team in such a short time.
by Doc Scratch on Sep 28, 2010 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
The team is full of such great personalities
Seriously, I don’t know that there’s been a more likable team in my memory.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
good to have you, Doc
this is so fun. im having so much fun, i dont know what to say.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, then.
Just rub your goosebumps.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 28, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Welcome, Doc!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions
11ish, i think?
i just had it sent regular for 5 bucks.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Just heard Marty's call on ch 12
that was allsome
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
Jim Day is such a bad salesman...
but he’s a huge proponent of getting the Reds into the two hole.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
Jim Day just got beer'd up by Jonny Gomes and Arthur Rhodes.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
Jonny Gomes and Arthur Rhodes are awesome.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:17 PM EDT reply actions
And Arthur just said shit on air. I LOVE HIM!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
It was weird that they didn't go to the video
Funny shit.
If you're not having fun, stop participating.
there has been a great deal of cursing by the Reds players caught on the mic this evening
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
The feed just starting working for me.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Dusty let out a "GODDAMN!"
on the Stadium PA
"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
Alright enough shenanigans!!!
Its time for this old man to get a little rack time..
Go Reds and
Rock on shindiggers!
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
Congratulations from a Baltimore Orioles fan
I don’t think I’m out of line in saying this, but this postseason the Reds represent more than just the city of Cincinnati.
Go get ’em guys.
"Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you." -Mel Brooks
by jobe on Sep 28, 2010 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 18 recs
Thanks man
And thanks for Ramon Hernandez.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Can't say we miss him
Glad to see he’s revived his career, but we’re pretty content with our current backstop.
"Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you." -Mel Brooks
That guy doesn't even have Veteran Presence!
He must not be any good. :P
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the kipper-snacks.
by andromache on Sep 28, 2010 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
thanks!
I’ve always liked the Orioles actually, when I was about 4 my dad let us kids buy baseball hats and I picked an Orioles one (we already had Reds ones!) because I liked the bird lol
Was it the ornithallogically correct oriole hat
or the cartoon bird hat? Orange brim or black brim?
One of the real points of pride of being an Orioles fan, among other things, was that I always that we had the coolest hats.
"Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you." -Mel Brooks
it was an ornithallogically correct one
pretty much like this one:
That reminds me, I was in Harper’s Ferry this year and I was buying a drink. The shop had one of these:
small pic but it’s a 1983 World Champions coke bottle. I guess I run into more Orioles memorabilia than I realized!
The eastern panhandle of West Virginia
will always be Orioles country. Thats a great piece of memorabilia.
"Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you." -Mel Brooks
However....
When I went to college in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, I was able to catch every Reds game out of a radio station in Martinsburg. Obviously not a complete stranglehold of the area.
by Jack Armstrong started an All Star Game on Sep 29, 2010 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Thats crazy
Baltimore’s an hour and a half from Martinsburg, and Cincy is what, eight hours?
"Tragedy is what happens to me. Comedy is what happens to you." -Mel Brooks
no way
im from Marietta/Parkersburg area and it’s a good 3 hours from Cincy. Martinsburg is probably another 3 hours.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 29, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
There's hope for all of us, man
And thank you.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
i just got chills again seeing the replay with Thom's call
woof. this is all a bit much. i wont sleep much tonight.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:18 PM EDT reply actions
Dig this roster
Get this 40 man right now roster.
9 true rookies
4 players with 1 year experience
4 players with 2 year experience
4 players with 3 year experience
thats 21 out of the 40 with 3 years or less major league experience.
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
As do I. Likely really, really bad.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
We need this audio
ASAP. If not sooner.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard it live...
it was awesome !
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 28, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
you will NOT be disappointed.
"I love this team and I love Cincinnati." - Dusty Baker on Clinchmas Day
I'm out
thanks all for a really great night out with my friends
2010 Central Division Champions, Your Cincinnati Reds!!!!!!!!!!!
by Caleb on Sep 28, 2010 11:21 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
I dont care how up and down Johnny Gomes has been this year....
I fucking LOVE him!!! Watching him run around in those goggles and a bathrobe is hysterical
In fact, I love this whole team right now.
PLAYOFFS BITCHES!!!!!!!!!
"Avoid the Clap, Jimmy Dugan. That's good advice!"
by jmgard6 on Sep 28, 2010 11:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'd think so too
But no, he totally does.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
We shut a lot of peoples mouths. We changed a lot of peoples minds.
Clutch man Monie
"I love this team and I love Cincinnati." - Dusty Baker on Clinchmas Day
Jim Day says he'll get a mohawk if they win the World Series.
Uh, JIm.. a week or ten days we all will have forgotten about your oh so nutty nuttiness.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 28, 2010 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
If I mention I called the Bruce HR at this point
Am I still cool? Because I definitely did.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:25 PM EDT reply actions
I knew he was going to hit one when he was born
On this day, at the exact time. Right when he was born I said it. BEAT THAT!
Who's Babe Ruth? The only Babe I heard of was Babe Bruce.....
Gonna say you've got me beat
But that you’re also a witch and should be burned. And that Jay Bruce was meant to hit that homer so we all should’ve called it.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The witch line was pretty funny.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 1:56 AM EDT up reply actions
When I saw the lineup tonight..
I pointed and whispered, “I see you hiding down there, Jay. Hi!”
I think I might have even winked at him.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 28, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I was just thinking how cool it would be if he did it since he batting stats weren't that good.
Seriously. I was halfway through posting it here when it happened!
heh
i did too. my wife can vouch!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I kept telling my roommates I would need a change of pants when it happened.
I ran out of my room screaming “FUCK YEAH, I NEED NEW MOTHERFUCKING PANTS!”
by coviner on Sep 28, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i kinda called it
When I left work right before heading to the game, I gold my boss, if I catch the walk off home run ball, I’m not coming in tomorrow. It’s a shame the tweetup seats weren’t over on the grassy knoll
by Heeringa on Sep 29, 2010 1:01 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Jocketty
People didn’t think we’d make it this far, wait until they see us at the end.
"I love this team and I love Cincinnati." - Dusty Baker on Clinchmas Day
Jocko
Is pretty much a wizard at this point.
Seriously. That is Walt Jocketty. Also is that image too big : (
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Gay for the Reds! And so am I!!!!!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
nope, not that it would matter right now :)
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Hey guys... GO REDS!!!!
and FUCK THE CARDINALS!
by coviner on Sep 28, 2010 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Not to stoke old fires, buttttt...
A quick ctrl-F at VWLB leads to several incredibly idiotic statements seemingly trying to say Jay Bruce was fed a meatball for the sake of drama.
I just realized I can’t post there for two days. FTH. Therefore, in case any of them reads this, I want you to know what I think. And it’s this, Cardinals fans:
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
so that was one of the best games I have ever been too.
playoffs are going to amazing if it was anything like that atmosphere tonight.
wow.
by agoody117 on Sep 28, 2010 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
YES TAKE THAT AL LEITER YOU BITCH!
by Pete Harnisch 89 on Sep 28, 2010 11:33 PM EDT reply actions 14 recs
I get pissed off every time I see his face!
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions
more like Pete Harnisch 99
amirite?
"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
My daughter got this picture of the walkoff
2010 Central Division Champions, Your Cincinnati Reds!!!!!!!!!!!
by Caleb on Sep 28, 2010 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 31 recs
Your daughter is the coolest.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Rec'd.
I’d like everyone to stop and think for a moment how awesome it is that this picture is here.
Thanks, Jay and thanks to Al Gore or whoever.
Good times.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 28, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
A challenger appears for mostr rec'd comment ever
God, that’s so awesome.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
No
She’s screwing JD Arney.
Red Reporter or follow on Twitter: @redreporter. Buy The Wire-to-Wire Reds today!
oh my, the ball is in the picture! saaweeeet!
"I love this team and I love Cincinnati." - Dusty Baker on Clinchmas Day
If you have a hi-res version of this, I would love to have a copy
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Hey guys
It’s the first time we’ve had a playoff team in Great American.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2010 11:36 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
more importantly
it’s the first time we’ve had a playoff team in Red Reporter.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I ask firmly tongue-in-cheek, but...
How will you deal with the bandwagoners?!
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
So which is it, then?
Slaughterhouse or suicide booth? I just want to know if I have options.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
no!
we will give them all tiny American flags!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
And rape their women!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
we'll rape the shit out of them
This would be the proper blazing saddles quote
by Heeringa on Sep 29, 2010 1:04 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes it would be. Good call.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Same as we deal with all newcomers
A sleepover at Madville’s place in the ‘hood. Slyde provides the Captain and Diets, obc grills lamb burgers, ’tHan provides the snark, Ash yells constantly, FVA walks around showing everyone posters he inexplicably brought with him and teaming up with ’nukkah to school us on the latest and greatest music, Gray/Bubba/Verka are off on the side discussing worldly issues, Poodle is silently obsessing over a Joey Votto portrait drawn by muffins, andro can’t figure out whether to join the worldly discussion or make a dick joke, Voley provides the background music while Gapper takes pictures of him, Justin wanders around drunkenly asking when the next trian is coming, ZJiff and J?ake are trying to figure out what the hell’s going on, JD/Caleb/Menace/chesire/Officer Dibble/Caesar/sukr remind everyone of how things used to be while everyone wonders why they haven’t been there all night, Chuck and ‘KRP provide witty and insightful commentary on the whole experience. Me? I’m being dragged in after passing out naked in the front yard by farney and Pops.
All the while, BK sits off to the side, shaking his damned head.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
by jch24 on Sep 28, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
Sounds good.
I like lamb burgers.
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 29, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
There will never be a more accurate post of what would happen when we all get together.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
I haven't quite figured you out just yet, grasshopper :)
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Yay
Im a grasshopper!!!!!! Thats a good thing! Thanks!
GO REDS!
Who's Babe Ruth? The only Babe I heard of was Babe Bruce.....
If you're a grasshopper, then I bet crolfer likes you a lot.
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the kipper-snacks.
Not into hot man on orthoptera action?
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the kipper-snacks.
Sorry..
I dont know what orthoptera action is…..
Who's Babe Ruth? The only Babe I heard of was Babe Bruce.....
Orthoptera is the douchebag latin name for grasshoppers.
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the kipper-snacks.
Oh I take latin
In highschool..I know its rediculous. But we never learned that. Thanks for the info.
Who's Babe Ruth? The only Babe I heard of was Babe Bruce.....
Bk shakes his head because He knows that When obc and Man mountain arrives things are going to get weird
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
you mentioned me
i am honered, i have carved out a place for myself on the interenet!
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
It was my pleasure to honer you, J
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
FWIW, this was quick and dirty
I forgot about ken and Cy dispensing legal advice to andrew about local exotic pet laws, Turtle giving scouting reports on the up-and-coming RRs, crolfer comparing the Great Eight to various arthropods, and Petey and Excalib8 making everyone nervous about random drug tests in the workplace. Oh, and boobs inviting people to come sit on his couch.
With these corrections, I’m going to bed. I have to be up in five hours for work. If I forgot you, I’m sorry. I still love you. At this point, I love you all. This is so awesome. Fuck and yes.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
by jch24 on Sep 29, 2010 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
This gets rec'd too.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
you are awesome jch
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Normally I'd get angry that you forgot me, but THE REDS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!
JAY BRUCE BAY BEE
Mea Culpa, Geki
I’d say you’re running security at the door, embarrassing the imposters as they try to gain entrance. :)
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
I would rec you, but you forgot me. Twice.
Fuck it, I don’t even care. PLAYOFFS!!
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
You and highlifeman are behind a locked bedroom door "hammering out a peace treaty"
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Comment of the year. Though, so you know, Pops and I stole your wallet.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
so my arron haren comment is out of contention?
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep, sorry bud.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
i guess i need to continue posting while drunk
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Damn! Rec'd!
I’ve got to hit this up for the mention…glad to see someone remembers me.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions
who's a fella got to sleep with to get a name drop around here?
"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
oh, it turns out "jch" was the correct choice afterall
phew.
"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
And I'm outside wondering why I wasn't invited....
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
@btcoop71
Because you're one of those stinky UK fans
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Sounds like a good time. I'm in!
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Sep 29, 2010 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
/brainsplosion
It’s obviously true, I’d just never thought of it that way. We’re gonna have to start being less sarcastic and jaded now!
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
It's also the first time we've had a .500 team at RR.
It didn’t take much to improve upon our record since the start of RR, I’ve got to say.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
It's the first time we've had a playoff team since I became a real fan!
by the finest muffins on Sep 28, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
second time for me
i was a fan in 1995, PETE FUCKING SHORUCKEK BITHCES!
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions
yeeeeah, something like that.
"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 like the Reds.
Dusty Baker’s “I love this team, I love Cincinnati” made me like Dusty.
by jsl413 on Sep 28, 2010 11:39 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
As he was hugging Bob in the locker room
he was overheard whispering, “My proce just went up.” :)
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
* price
hate it when I screw a joke up
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh..PRICE
I thought proce might have been French slang for ‘Jonhson’….
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
I was looking for this comment
to rec it!
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
Just got home. What an amazing night.
Call me whatever, but yeah, I tear’d up out there. I’m so glad we can wait a week and let this feeling sink in. Tonight it’s party time, a night to cheer and scream. Come saturday, I think the immensity of this night will fully unravel. Thank you, Reds. No matter what goes down next month…this was the greatest season I’ve ever witnessed. One I can’t, and won’t forget.
by KSE on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I will be calling him if he does.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
What this means to me
I was in Africa for the ’95 season, so this is my first playoffs for 20 years. All the years of losing, all the years of no hope, all the years of cluelessness, all the years of hearing why I should be a Yankees fan from my wonderful wife – this night right here makes up for it all.
No more “wait ’til next year.” No more hoping that a fluky start in April could last. It’s all over. We’re in the playoffs!
Party time!
by NYCCats on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
The Baseball Tonight boys are gonna have Jay Bruce on.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
He cannot be photographed by current technology.
<< AWESOME OVERLOAD >>
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions
They finally got Marty's call up with video on MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12554775&topic_id=11493214
Great call by Marty, as always, and what a celebration for these Reds.
Compare that to the Yankees’ calls and celebration video on the same site: bland, businesslike, as if this happens to them every day. Yeah, you can say we can only hope to have a Yankees-like dynasty someday, but I never want to feel that way about clinching a playoff berth.
I want to feel like this every year.
by manichedgehog on Sep 28, 2010 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 10 recs
I have complained abut tHom forever,,but I gots to give props where prop is due He gave a great call on that Game winner,
Full of emotional and thrilled as if he were a 12 year old,,,nice job tHom
Your old man’s call was pretty sweet too,
"Ahhh! Yoda's little friend you seek!"
Yoda.
As for call of the homer itself
I liked tHom’s better. He seemed so excited, and this is a man who was there for the 2001 World Series.
The big games and big moments that man has had the fortune of calling — I don’t think it would ever get old.
by manichedgehog on Sep 29, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
he was there for the 2001 series?
what team did he work for?
I can’t seem…to…remember?
/tongue in cheek
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Thom can blow me.
If Bruce flies out to center there, we would have had to hear Thom’s alternate call:
(read with exasperated, know-it-all tone)
And he popped him up. Jay Bruce swings at the first pitch, and just like that, the Reds are down an out here in the 9th. I tell ya. It’s like a broken record, honestly. You can’t give away outs there, and it’s nothing new. We see it all the time, and ya have to wonder…
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
rec'd
for the perfect imitation
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:15 AM EDT up reply actions
This is so dead-on tHom.
Well done. Mobile rec’d.
by Brian B on Sep 29, 2010 9:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Marty just made me feel like a six-year-old again. Thank you, Marty. Thank you.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I LOVE the sound of fireworks over AM radio.
by Gapper on Sep 29, 2010 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love watching the games on TV
But until the day I die I will attest that there are few sports-related memories I cherish as much as the nights as a teenager I spent lying awake late at night, with the radio turned low and pinned up against my ear, listening to Marty’s call of a walk-off home run.
Reds fans may call those years the “Lost Decade”, but I still think that even through all those painful seasons, some of my greatest memories as a Reds fan will have come from those years.
Nothing, however, can match this. This is the reason I became a Reds fan so many years ago, and the reason I still am today.
by manichedgehog on Sep 29, 2010 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Rec'd. I was right there with you.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions
That makes me happy, but I've officially decided to stop rec'ing all mentions of the Cardinals losing.
As someone else said tonight, they’re not our competition anymore.
by the finest muffins on Sep 28, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Is it whipped icing
Cause the other stuff makes me gag
by Bertemus Dorsi on Sep 28, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
/RavenRiley'd
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
no reason to shovel dirt on them
they’re a good franchise and they’ll be back next year.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Sep 29, 2010 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
True. Back in SECOND PLACE.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Or third.
I’m thinking maybe the Astros will be the Reds’ big competition next year.
by Don, the Rebel without a Blog on Sep 29, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
OK, everyone, I admit it:
There was a moment tonight when I smiled at Jim Edmonds. It wasn’t long or anything but it happened. I still hate him but a little less tonight.
I think my soul is on fire. I’m okay with this.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:49 PM EDT reply actions
How is this picture not in this thread yet?
Jaybirds is well on his way to being my new favorite Red.
by the finest muffins on Sep 28, 2010 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 13 recs
He hadn't graced this thread in that form
just like nobody had yet referred to you as the finest muff.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
from that
to this:
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
by ZJiff30 on Sep 28, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 28 recs
Green'd
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord …
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 28, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
/Mary Magdalene'd
aaaaaaaaaaand sacreligious’d.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Sep 29, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
you are going to hell for saying it
but im going for rec’ing it.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 29, 2010 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions
don't you know everything's all right, yes, everything's fine.
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
More like
From this:
What a glorious parallel to the first steps out of the batter’s box tonight.
by Gapper on Sep 29, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
An infinite number of birds flipped
Could not amount to the massive middle finger he flashed with one swing of the bat.
by manichedgehog on Sep 29, 2010 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
This comment made me laugh out loud. Well done.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions
I know 'Nukkah's exclamation points from a few months back got like 40 recs
but this, for my money, is the single most unbelievably awesome comment in Red Reporter history.
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
You can't imagine how eager I am to have this take the title
I mean, that’s what Jay Bruce does, right?
by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
But whoa, think about this
While we’re all super excited about the team, remember that Walt Jocketty pulled off the trade that shipped Willy Taveras out of town (ok, you can also remember that he pulled off the deal that brought Taveras into town in the first place). Taveras was supposed to be on this team. Can you imagine having the year we did with him here? Impossible, right? Not to go all Bill Simmons on you, but this is like on Real World, or the Jersey Shore (first season) when there’s just an insufferable roommate that’s bringing everyone down, and then the rest of the house puts their collective foot down and kicks them out. For the rest of the show, everyone’s happy and having a great time, and the chemistry is just amazing.
That trade was definitely an overlooked key to our success this season. Plus it put Aaron Miles on the Cardinals roster. You realize he pitched last night?!
by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's true.
Everything went right. O-Cab was genius for chemistry too. We got rid of the Virus and somehow inflicted our closest rival with a similar malady at the same time.
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
rec'd for the sentence about Miles pitching.
I believe the term for that is ‘schadenfreude’
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
I thought it was 'Scheisse Mannschaft'
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
I can't decide if Caleb's pic of the swing or this one is my fav. I think it's this one.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
goodnight everyone
tonight, the NL Central. tomorrow, the world!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 28, 2010 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
ESPN top play
Jay Bruce!
"Read a fucking book." - Nucky Thompson
by cesarhernandez on Sep 28, 2010 11:54 PM EDT reply actions
I'm a little late as always but I watched the whole thing at work!
Got caught by my supervisor and he decided to sit down and watch it with me. It was amazing, by the time Jay hit the walk-off there were 20 people in my office. What a perfect way to clinch as a microcosm of the season of walk-offs and last at bat wins. I want to thank everyone for giving me good conversation to read when I get home and watch the replay of the game every night. Cincinnati deserves this and so does the RR. I bet its gonna be fun to create the FIRST POSTSEASON GAME THREAD EVER ON RR!!!!!!!!!
by FSUBENGAL on Sep 29, 2010 12:01 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
nice
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Jay is on BBTN right now on ESPN.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
Those people who would have rather us clinched last night...
How does that extra day of rest sound now?
You're making a really powerful argument...
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm going to go stare at the ceiling for an hour. Sleep will never come. But that's not so bad, for I have memories to rehash.
Good night, all. Was a pleasure.
My DVR is working overtime tonight.
Fucking thing cut off as Bruce was walking to the plate, so I got SportCenter and Baseball Tonight, and a crapload of postgame champagne spraying.
I would love to get a QuickTime of the MLB.com vid with Marty’s call. Something told me to go upstairs and turn on the AM radio even though I had an HD feed downstairs on TV. The radio was on for less than a minute. Best feeling in 20 years.
Phone's ringing, Dude.
From Federal Baseball
While Debbie Taylor is interviewing ADUNN, Pudge sneaks in and hams it up for the camera which prompted this exchange
Debbie : "Adam how much do you love playing with Pudge Rodriguez?"
Adam : "I’m glad he gets to play with me."
I love that man. And I love the symmetry of him and Jay hitting walkoff homers tonight.
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the kipper-snacks.
by andromache on Sep 29, 2010 12:13 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He clinched a winning home record for the Nats
That’s something.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
ha, I had no idea
good for them and good for him. he gets a bad rep and doesn’t deserve it.
"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
Mobile rec'd
Please come home, Adam.
by Brian B on Sep 29, 2010 1:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
hire him as a batting coach in 20 years
watch the world asplode
"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
Twas the night that we clinched and all through the house.
Merry Clinchmas to all, and to all a Reds’ night!
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
dang... I wonder what happened to the rest of that.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
yes
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions
G'night, Reds fans.
This quick little ditty has sarcastic bittersweet lyrics but the title is appropriate. And it sounds nice when you’re drunk after midnight and you’re know you’re soon off to sleep. Enjoy.
Congratulations, champs.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Sep 29, 2010 12:20 AM EDT reply actions
Twas the night that we clinched, and all through the house
not a creature was stirring (’cept Hunter Pence, that louse)
All the kids and the grownups at GABP
were waiting to see what the inning would be.
When up to the plate strode the mighty Jay Bruce.
And right in that moment, my mind saw the news.
The ’Stros brought a lefty, but Jay Bruce just smirked,
Stepped in to the box, and he went straight to work.
He swung the bat hard, so fast and so quick
That I knew in a moment in the stands it would stick.
He raised both his arms and he ran with a smile
And Joy rose in Cincy that had been gone for a while.
Marty was happy, and so was son Thom.
Even Jim Day and Pic were enjoying that bomb!
The Fireworks, how bright! The crowd, O how Merry!
For such a great season, an appropriate cherry.
So thanks Aaron and Bronson, Brandon and Scott.
Thanks Orlando and Joey, the whole stinking lot!
And I heard them exclaim as the rode out of sight
“Merry Clinchmas to all, and to all a good night!
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
by ZJiff30 on Sep 29, 2010 12:22 AM EDT reply actions 21 recs
And that's a rec
For the time it took alone.
If only we could somehow harness all the time and creativity RR members waste on devote to Reds stuff…
I don't think it could be better spent. :)
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow, this should be fanshot'd to the front page
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
I'll fanpost it
Nobody reads Fanshots™
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
outstanding!
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
by JJ on Sep 29, 2010 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Just awesome.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions
So, I finally saw the home run
The last time the Reds won the division, Jay Bruce was seven years old.
I have lived in Cincinnati for the entirety of my eighteen years and have recently moved away to go to school in the deep south. My dad has been a season ticket holder since 1974, and I’ve spent many a summer day with him in the sweltering heat bemoaning awful ballclubs. I was there in 1999 when Al Leiter blew us away, and I’ve been there twenty-plus times a year since 1992 through the good and the bad. I wish I had been there for this. Let’s go Reds. Let’s bring it home.
by RollTide513 on Sep 29, 2010 12:34 AM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Welcome. And a fantastic first post.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Welcome!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions
This is the greatest event in my adult life
That’s it, that’s all I can say, goddamnit i love everyone
by Reynard on Sep 29, 2010 12:35 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
And we love you, Reynard
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Let's not get carried away there, jch! :P
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions
I can't stop smiling
Through all the bad defense, shitty starting pitching, terrible lineup construction, trying to understand what Bob Boone was doing when he made pitching changes, listening to George Grande go on and on about people he knows that I have no clue who he’s talking about, I always watched and supported this team and never gave up on them. This moment will always be etched in my mind and it couldn’t have happened any better. I just wish my grandpa could have witnessed this season. He passed away last October and is the reason I am as big a Reds fan as I am. Something tells me he is smiling as much as I am. Unbelievable season and I can’t wait for the playoffs!
Consume excrement and expire......
by adaircam4 on Sep 29, 2010 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Remember Castro pinch hitting for Hamilton? We've come SO far.
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
Yes, I do remember that and I was just shaking my head when it happened
all of the bad stuff we Reds fans have endured, this has made it so sweet to enjoy. Hopefully this is the beginning of a long run at the top of the division for this team.
Consume excrement and expire......
life is SOOOOOO good!
"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey
I was just thinking
Votto clinched our first non-losing season in a deacde with a walk off and Bruce clinched our first playoff appearance in 15 years with a walk off. Those guys are taking us places!
by Red_Poodle on Sep 29, 2010 1:06 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
So, so, so rec'd. I expect this to be greener than excalib8's basement when I wake up.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
why
are you waking up in excalib8’s basement?
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
Damn.
Should have changed the author to Dr. Bruce.
by the finest muffins on Sep 29, 2010 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Still awesome Muffins.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:56 AM EDT up reply actions
You have time.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Jay Bruce just cemented himself as a Reds legend with one swing of the bat
Consume excrement and expire......
I am re-watching the ninth inning and post-game celebration.
Johnny Cueto totally spiked the punch in the clubhouse.
by Brian B on Sep 29, 2010 1:20 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 8 recs
Nicely done.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Those things are the whip.
- Jeff Piecoro on Brandon Phillips’ goggles.
by Brian B on Sep 29, 2010 1:22 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
OK, so my good buddy just made this his facebook profile pic. He is awesome.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 1:55 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
Bowtie Tuesday'd
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Eyewitness report
I could never do it justice. It was the most fantastic event I’ve ever been to. Bruce hit the home run and all I remember was jumping up and down and repeating “WE’RE GOING TO THE FUCKING PLAYOFFS!!!!” over and over. After that, I was left shaking and nearly in tears for the next half and hour. I wish I could express the emotion that I feel, but to be honest, I think you all know.
WE’RE GOING TO THE FUCKING PLAYOFFS, BITCHES!!!!!!
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by Slyde on Sep 29, 2010 2:17 AM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Salsa!!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions
no swearing on the front page, I thought?
"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
but seriously
thanks for sheparding us along for the past few years. Its been fantastic, and its thanks to you.
"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
OK, so I'm just rec'ng way too many comments right now
but I don’t care, it’s just too much fun seeing so many Reds fans this happy…we all deserve it!
Consume excrement and expire......
I wish I could describe the feelings I had after Jay hit that home run
But now, even hours later, I still can’t. To experience that moment, and what it means to this city, and to see everyone respond the way they did is completely surreal. I wish every single one of you could have been there to enjoy it with me.
I still can’t believe it actually happened, but it did. And for it to happen the way it did was like it was straight out of a movie script. Absolutely surreal.
"Aroldis Chapman is a seven course meal followed by four hours of sex on the table with a nymphomaniac model heiress who owns her own brewery." - jch24
I just have one thing to say...
BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, I lied. I also have to say I love the headline and photo on the front page of MLB.com. “Glory Days” with the team waiting for Bruce at the plate.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Sep 29, 2010 6:35 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
YES!
Finally, I get to see my Redlegs in the playoffs!!!!!
Congratulations everyone, and great job on the blog!
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by Ian_InsideTheShoe on Sep 29, 2010 6:51 AM EDT reply actions
246 recs in this post (Including Nukkah's post)
Has to be a record, no?
"Fuck it, we'll do it live."
I was thinking along the same lines
We’re a loving bunch when the Reds are winning. :)
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
I love these guys
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by Slyde on Sep 29, 2010 7:53 AM EDT reply actions 7 recs
I love that whoever that is in front of Corky has a pitcher. I can't tell ... but he has a pitcher.
That’s awesome.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I can't tell who that is either, but seriously, a pitcher? Fabulous!
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Sep 29, 2010 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
who the hell invited Jim Edmonds?
"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
by Cy Schourek on Sep 29, 2010 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would assume that's Mrs. McCourt.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you, Bob!
LOVE seeing E.D. in the background!
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by Slyde on Sep 29, 2010 8:00 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
That's a Cosby sweata!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Second favorite thing of the night
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by Slyde on Sep 29, 2010 8:01 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
That might be highlifeman's avatar right there
Maybe mock it up with some “I <3 Robert Stubbs”? :)
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
please make it so.
"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
you didn't go to sleep,
did you?
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
not until 6am
when the foxsportsohio internet feed stopped.
"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
From Hal the Hall of Famer's blog post
Amazing, “It was their 45th come-from-behind victory, their 22nd win in their final at-bat and their first on field championship celebration since 1995.”
If you're not having fun, stop participating.
Will Leitch's Reds season preview was amazingly accurate
If you're not having fun, stop participating.
Leitch ain't no dummy. His leaving also the reason why Deadspin sucks now.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Holy shit, that actually happened last night. THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!
I’m in Chicago for a conference and my hotel directed me to a bar where the game might be shown. I basically sat in the corner in front of the smallest TV by myself with my Reds gear on in a sea of Cubbies.
At the top of the 9th, some Cubbie dude requested that the bartender put the Reds on the big TV-the Cubs were winning and they wanted to see Chapman. Bless this man. So the bottom of the 9th comes on and, you know, BOOM!
I’m screaming and immediately start crying as I’m watching Bruce run the bases (I’m such a girl sometimes), and lo and behold a stream of Cub fans start clapping and several come over and shake my hand and offer hugs. A couple of them also bought me drinks, which may or may not have been related to the game but whatever, I’ll take them.
I was far away from home, but still a night I’ll never forget, and I have to give some credit to Cubs fans (I never thought I’d say THAT!) for making it better.
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Sep 29, 2010 9:18 AM EDT reply actions 9 recs
that's a great story
Cubs fans aren’t all bad apparently! That, and we really have to thank their team for kicking so much Cardinal tail feather this year
Cubs fans seem to be pleased that somebody dethroned the Cardinals
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd have cheered for the Reds, too,
And shaken your hand if I had been there.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Mount Washington conquered July 5, 2010! State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Sep 29, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright so I just woke (roughly 8:15 a.m. CST) after only getting about three hours of sleep.
I have a lot of shit to do today but I don’t care. I was up all last night. Reading, watching, looking at anything and everything I could find on this team and this win. (Hal, of course, was the tits.) Today is awesome. Last night was awesome.
Best part? Go back and look at the three celebrations form clinching teams last night. The Reds’ was the best and it wasn’t even close. After 15 years of shit and anger and just bad, awful, no-good baseball that place and city erupted. My phone went off so many times I had to turn it off. My Facebook feed was more fast paced and insane than the night Obama won.
I’m pretty sure Jay Bruce broke Twitter.
Today is balls fucking awesome. And once again, thanks to all of you for making this year and this team and this whole feeling of being a child again possible. You folks are the best.
Goddamn this is fun.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 9:26 AM EDT reply actions
This morning, I'm feeling so gracious, I'm thanking the Cardinals.
This win wouldn’t have been quite so sweet without a real division rival. And the Cardinals really stepped up, becoming utterly hateable without doing anything that’s actually terrible (a la Brett Myers). So to TLR, to Prince Albert, to the first chief justice of the supreme court, to Chris Carpenter and to VEB: I loathe and salute you.
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the kipper-snacks.
My head is still spinning
First thing I saw when I woke up this morning was a text from ‘nukkah: "Remember at the beginning of the season when we said we’d go as far as Jay Bruce would take us?" I do. God bless Jay Bruce for taking us to the playoffs. I hope he’s got a little more in him!
I’ve been trying all morning to write something profound, but a lack of sleep and the fact that I still can’t really comprehend what happened has left me speechless. Hopefully this afternoon I can’t put words to keyboard.
Hey, if anyone can find a link to the silly ultimatum that I made last year (I think it was sometime in August), I’ll give you a nickel! I’ve been looking for it, but I’ve come up empty.
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Somewhere during last July
which seems light years away right now.
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
Nice job. I gave up after about three minutes.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I remember thinking
Fuck, how am I going to follow the Reds anymore??
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
What a pompous blowhard!
I’m not sitting here with my fingers crossed hoping that they’ll build a winner. They have no choice as far as I’m concerned. They must win in 2010 or I’m done.
I’m glad I didn’t give up last year. Thank you Reds! You saved me!
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You would have had to have been Mad to see a season like this coming
Which makes it all the sweeter. We’re all Mad here. If we weren’t, we wouldn’t be here.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Indeed!
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
by chesirecat on Sep 29, 2010 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
My sister is the least interested sports person ever. She couldn't care less about a single sport
But she wins tweet of the night:
I think something happened with the Reds tonight
Indeed.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
hahaha, that is so awesome
"just a couple of weeks ago a first year student in my program told me i was charming and charismatic, it was a guy, but the point still stands.: -- justin007000
I think something did too!
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. Nile Kinnick, 1939
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Sep 29, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey, Cowherd and Mo Egger got along!
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
and yes, I will be finishing all my sentences with exclamation points until I stop smiling!
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
Keep smiling
Keep shining
Know that you can always count on me, for sure
Because that’s what random internet people are for!
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by Slyde on Sep 29, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm walkin' on sunshine!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Until last night, Benzinger catching the final out...
of the 1990 World Series has always been my most poignant sports memory.
No longer. With one swing, all the bad, tough, painful memories since then were pushed away. These Reds earned our teary eyes and pounding hearts. And now it honestly doesn’t matter how the playoffs go, it just matters that they’re there. And we will follow.
Thanks for being the place were we can all share in this. This post is missing a few other honorable mentions for JNMHSG: the Red Reporters themselves. Bravo.
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
by supergrover on Sep 29, 2010 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Celebrations
And THAT’S why you get Jonny Gomes on your team!
by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
not going to lie
this picture makes me tingly.
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I've had a stiffy MUCH longer than that thanks to last night. Fuck doctors.
I’m sporting this thing for a while.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I bought mine his own hat.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
A bowler like in your picture? That's class.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I owe my boss a vacation day
I’m not getting shit done today.
If you're not having fun, stop participating.
I'm stopping by to offer my congratulations.
The Reds definitely are the ones who deserved this division title. Resiliency, poise, confidence, this Reds team has it all.
Best of luck from here on out. Chances are I will be supporting the Reds in the postseason.
The Reds proven many people wrong so far, and now, please do so again in October!
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Mount Washington conquered July 5, 2010! State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Sep 29, 2010 10:55 AM EDT reply actions
Thanks man
(This dude has 16,000+ comments on BCB, btw)
We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.
Nice. Some would say classy.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Sep 29, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I joined Red Reporter a few days ago,
So I could congratulate Reds fans when you clinched the NL Central.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Mount Washington conquered July 5, 2010! State high point count: 3/50
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Sep 29, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Clubhouse Interviews
I especially like Coco’s comments… and Bailey’s…. but Masset claiming he called the homer probably wins
Please allow me to correct something, for the better, from the Other Notes
#
# In the bottom of the ninth, Jay Bruce swung at the first pitch he saw, and as the ball landed in the grass beyond the centerfield wall where not even Drew Stubbs could catch it, the dugout emptied to greet him at home plate – as NL Central Champions.
I watched it again today, stunned. So happy that he hit it so hard that he knew it was gone and threw his fist up. Thought about how luck it was that it did manage to land in the grass where the outfielder wasn’t near and not even be nearly caught.
then I watched again.
And again.
That ball hit ten feet UP on the black backdrop and then fell in the grass. It was nowhere near catchable and no way in hell did he NOT know that was gone when he hit it.
In my own personal annals of baseball memories, Jay Bruce now has two of my favorite moments. (The catch against Arizona to end the game included)
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
Yep. I didn't see it live, but I called my old man to ask how far it went. He said "it just landed in the grass"
I finally got to see it and I immediately saw it hit the batters eye. That thing was fucking crushed. CCCCRRRRRUUUUUUUSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEDDDD!!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Sep 29, 2010 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
Also, Stubbs’ catch was in centerfield, of course. Not left.
by Brian B on Sep 29, 2010 2:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Huh
Not sure why I said left. I think GameDay had it listed that way. Either way, I was going through something emotional at the time.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRD9shHrBDc
Loed watching the other stuff and seeing the bullpen pitchers jumping for joy before the ball even hit the wall. they knew it was gone watching it in flight.
I could sleep when I lived alone.
Is there a ghost in my house?
I like one of the YouTube comments
wish Nuxy was there to call it with Marty
If you're not having fun, stop participating.
Good call on the bullpin
I had not paid attention to the bullpin til you said something. Reaction is priceless for that split second.
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