And the winner is...

by BubbaFan on Jan 2, 2011 6:43 PM EST

2010 is gone, and the votes are in. Ladies and gentlemen, your new Red Reporter idol!

I was expecting Joey Votto to run away with this, but instead, Votto and Bruce were tied throughout the early voting. Eventually, Bruce pulled away to a double-digit lead. But there was a late surge for Votto, and in the end, Bruce won by only six votes. His sponsorship banner will read: Red Reporter - Where we always knew Jay Bruce was "The Deal."

I suspect Bruce agreeing to a long-term contract with the Reds is a big part of his popularity. Nothing makes someone more appealing than knowing they like you.

Travis Wood came in third, with Chapman and Heisey tied for fourth, and Stubbs one vote behind them.

The only player to get no votes at all was Francisco Cordero. Wow.

As for the second part of the contest...I declare UncleWeez's suggest of "Don't Sass the Stache" the winner. Corky's sponsorship banner will read: Red Reporter - Where Corky Miller’s facial hair has its own fan club. Don’t sass the ‘stache! :-{

And because the vote was so close, I decided to sponsor Joey Votto's page as well, with a message congratulating him on the MVP win.

I have paid for the sponsorships, but they haven't gone live yet. Should be soon - if not tonight, in the next day or two.

Also...someone gave me Sony Vegas for Christmas, and I used it to make a music video looking back over the Reds' season. "Holding Out For a Hero" was something of a running joke in the game threads this year, so that's the song I used. Plus it's an old song, so it's cheap. :-)

It's sort of a large file (37 Mb), so I had to host it on 4shared.com. I recommend downloading it rather than viewing it there.

Happy New Year!

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Bullshit

Shoulda been Maloney. Seriously thanks for doing this. Also Ed mobile sucks

"It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word."

-President Andrew Jackson

by justin007000 on Jan 2, 2011 7:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Matt Maloney

got more votes than Francisco Cordero. Even though Maloney wasn’t on the ballot.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 2, 2011 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

The real winner is BK

for winning the Bereavement Pool

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 2, 2011 7:23 PM EST reply actions

I'm still not sure if I should be happy or mortified

Seems like every time it comes up in conversation, somebody gives me a “yeah, THIS guy does a DEATH POOL.”

"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

by BK on Jan 4, 2011 12:35 AM EST up reply actions

I'm just glad you don't rig the results.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 4, 2011 12:40 AM EST up reply actions

that's just jealousy on their end

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 4, 2011 7:44 PM EST up reply actions

I was at at least two of those games

Not bad for someone that doesn’t live in an NL Central town.

by Brendanukkah on Jan 2, 2011 9:15 PM EST reply actions

I did include a whole lotta games in the video

I tried to include all the events I found memorable about the season (though some didn’t translate very well to the format). And I tried to include at least one clip for everyone who played a game for the Reds this year. (Didn’t succeed in that. There were a couple of relief pitchers I couldn’t find any video for.)

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by BubbaFan on Jan 3, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions