Some nights fake fights turn out bad. Some nights actresses get slapped. Reds lose, 7-6.

no scoring until the 9th. It would have been ncie to win today

I mean, I don’t necessarily agree with some who blame Edison for not caring, or preparing enough (possible, but not definitive)…but something’s gotta be wrong… right?

STATS checked for me today. Cuz I’m important.

I had one. It was about a week and I was back to 100%.

and the “pederast” line threw me—I lol’d.

Stubbs could have taken every pitch and wound up striking out without attempting to put the ball in play.

Coulds are awesome!

and I was confused then, and I still am.

Their advertised “objective” is to find people who want to have affairs.
But all in all, it’s still just another dating service.

Slate had an article about it, written by a journalist who went undercover (but not under covers). She wanted to know why people joined.

She got over 150 messages overnight. Apparently, a lot more men join than women. (Surprise, surprise.) She eventually went on dates with a few of the less scary prospects. The guys all claimed to be happily married (or engaged and looking forward to marriage). So why cheat? For many of them, it was just the excitement and the challenge. They said they missed not knowing if they were going to get any at the end of the evening.

Cheaters make me ill.

When he left the game, the Reds had the lead (actually they took the lead after he left, but it was a runner he left). He gets no credit for that.

As for Bruce, who knows if the inning plays out the same way if he’s on base. It sucked, but he also just as easily could have been out at first if Snyder makes a clean throw to first. The real issue this game was Volquez. The first inning sucked, but let’s not forget that he blew the lead after the Reds worked all the way back.

Pete wasn’t a terrible looking guy in his younger days.

the paws are on their boobs!

Bronson needs a wolf pelt!

- Who isn’t angsty at their family?
- I thought I’d either be a major league baseball player, a rock star, or a college student. I was rather correct on 1/3 of them.
- Dude’s been solid so far. I’d say he’s perfectly competent for middle relief, maybe a few setup situations this season, perhaps a setup man in the future.

I could not imagine being a grown-up. I suppose I thought I’d be doing the same thing I was doing then (which was mostly watching Star Trek reruns, IIRC).

And I definitely could not imagine my future self would like baseball. I hated baseball back then. It was slow. And boring. And pre-empted Star Trek reruns.

and at 12 I imagined I’d be working as a cartoonist or animator by now. Its strange, I never really did end up pursuing that even though I still like to sketch. I guess my interests changed some and I decided I didn’t have enough natural talent at it.

Like Bubba, I did watch Star Trek reruns too but moreso 60s sitcoms lol! I also enjoyed some NBA and MLB at the time

-I am not sure, depends on what they are like.

-Concert Pianist.

-Yes, he has mid 90s stuff, his fastball averages 92.3, so he can touch 94. David Weathers was a solid late inning guy, 7th, 8th, and closer, with much less.

I’m still occasionally angsty at my family, it happens.

22 years ago I thought I would be independently wealthy and on the cover of magazine across the globe. While that didn’t happen, I’m genuinely happy when I wake up every morning. I’ll gladly take it.

- If it’s random teenage angst i’d say 18 is the over—15 is the under. If it’s angst caused by years of shitty parenting, it could be unmitigated throughout their life. My sister is 16 and she’s starting to come out of her I-hate-everything phase. She’s had zero adversity in her life so far, she’s just a punkass little shit. Once mature kids get out on their own they realize how much their families did for them and scale back the ’tudes.

- I didn’t have grandiose aspirations for myself until I was 17 or so. But that’s when I realized that I wanted to own a bar someday. At 12 I probably wanted to be a roadie for Green Day or the next Hunter S. Thompson.

- I think he’s capable. That 93 mph fastball looks a lot faster coming out of a 6’8" frame. Probably not the ideal candidate on this team since his K/9 has historically hovered around the mid-6s (although it’s 10+ this year, SSS!). I like him in the 6th and 7th. I’d prefer Leake as our Long Man because he’s great the first time through the lineup, not so great after. Plus he can pinch hit if necessary.

(That’s not really at my family, per se, but close enough).

I thought I would be an engineer or a monkey wrencher when I was 12

Logan is what he is – I have my doubts he’ll ever be good enough to be a shut-down reliever on a playoff team, but I think he’ll hang around on someone’s ML roster for awhile. I’d rather have him than overpay for someone who will be marginally better.

It depends. If you come from an Eastern European Jewish family, like my wife, then the proper answer is “You are never too old”. If you come from an Irish/German Catholic family like me, the proper answer is “Quit your whining and have a drink.”

I don’t think I gave it much serious thought at age 12, but if you asked me at the time I probably would have guessed I would be doing what my father did – sit at a desk and screw around with a computer (although back in those days, only computer programmers were doing that). So, success!!

Logan Ondrusek is definitely capable of being a late inning guy. Whether he will get that opportunity in Cincinnati is another matter entirely, with Chapman and Massett in front of him, and Donnie Joseph coming up behind him.

I mean, I had fond memories of it, but it doesn’t hold up well at all. For that matter, little of the Harryhausen stuff does, both because the minatures look increasingly silly and the acting tended to be really, really bad.