New Season dawning, New Seasonal Logo spawning
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 17, 2012 6:10 PM EST
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Major thanks go to Ronnie (aka Big Red Repemption: blog | twitter) for his brilliant design work and knowledge of cattle skull osteopathy. I made some kind of glib remark on Twitter about having a Red Reporter badge for spring training and BRR stepped up and knocked this out of the park. He's officially bumped up to Reporter, First Class and the "Crushed Velvet Crimson" level on the donor list plaques.
As we had for the holiday season, we now have a special edition logo for the Reds spring training residency in Arizona, which somewhat officially begins Sunday (Feb. 19). The above will appear as the site badge from whenever the design change goes through until Opening Day. I think you'll agree this logo rules - which is fitting because so does this site and so do the Reds. And so does, as I just found out, this marmalade I bought. It's going to be a great weekend.
Let me also politely ask that you get your phallic symbol and "bone" innuendo comments out of the way before March.
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I just realized something..
The new logo is not going to fit. Geometrically, I mean.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
woot!
Spring training! It’s almost here!
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by BubbaFan on Feb 17, 2012 6:45 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
in a month we will all be sick of spring training.
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
March 17?
When the Reds will be wearing green hats?
I’m not gonna be sick of spring training by then.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
On March 17 I'll be sick from green beer, bangers & mash, and copious car bombs.
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 17, 2012 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
Nope.
Just any bar I run into.
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 18, 2012 2:25 AM EST up reply actions
Neither will I
Because I will be at that game!
by GreatAmericanRedsFan on Feb 18, 2012 3:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You don't reach a point where you just want real baseball that counts?
I am excited for pitchers and catchers to report, but after like 3 days I will be craving the first Spring Training game. After about 2 weeks of games, I am tired of exhibition baseball and I am ready for the real thing.
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
by Yossarian22 on Feb 18, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
yup
‘cept I’m good for like 1 day of ST before games, and 3 ST games before Opening Day.
"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
I enjoy watching how the roster takes shape...who comes from out of nowhere to make it etc
Scott Roland should retire tomorrow.
Someone has already said "That's so Raven Riley" right?
Mgr., Red Reporter
"Bootsy, you're a superstar right?"
"Twinkle, twinkle, babble."
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 17, 2012 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
/thatsmyjelly'd
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 17, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
That's something they'd say in KY
Mgr., Red Reporter
"Bootsy, you're a superstar right?"
"Twinkle, twinkle, babble."
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 17, 2012 8:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
But not in CO!
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 17, 2012 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
Damn
Startin’ to get motion sickness.
Mgr., Red Reporter
"Bootsy, you're a superstar right?"
"Twinkle, twinkle, babble."
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 17, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
spring is here
The eagles getting ready to lay eggs.
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I think maybe the sun should be smiling
And smoking while doing so?
Mgr., Red Reporter
"Bootsy, you're a superstar right?"
"Twinkle, twinkle, babble."
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 17, 2012 8:02 PM EST reply actions
It's Arizona.
The sun should have fake tits and Botox.
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 17, 2012 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
With a word bubble containing a lengthy rant about immigration
Mgr., Red Reporter
"Bootsy, you're a superstar right?"
"Twinkle, twinkle, babble."
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 17, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
And Thom in the background, droning on about the 2001 World Series
The secret, is to hit the computer with a hammer
It was an outstanding World Series.
I agree with you.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 9:13 AM EST up reply actions
If we're going for some whimsical local color, I say we use what the masters gave us.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 17, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
"That Buford's a sly one. He already knows his ABCs."
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 17, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
Empty that cash register.
And this here case ’a Pampers.
"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
Huh.
Mariners’ pitchers and catchers reported last week? Their position players reported today?
http://springtrainingonline.com/features/reporting-dates.htm
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 17, 2012 10:10 PM EST reply actions
they're opening in Japan this year
While other teams will still be playing spring training games, they’ll be playing the A’s in Japan. So they decided to get an early start on spring training.
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Why aren't the A's starting early?
They waiting until after the Oscars?
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 17, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
Well, that shit won't work in the playoffs.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 17, 2012 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
No worries.
The A’s won’t be in the playoffs.
"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
Ya never know. They might cook up something you'd never guess you'd ever see.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 17, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
Of all the former and current MLBers there are out there
Im pretty sure the one is want to meet most is Manny.
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 17, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
KMBATMAN Doing a nice Justin
Of all the former and current MLBers there are out there
Im pretty sure the one is want to meet most is Manny.
Scott Roland should retire tomorrow.
Madville is doing a nice Madville
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
by Yossarian22 on Feb 18, 2012 12:22 AM EST up reply actions
Yikes.
Just when I thought I had my iPhone under control…
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 18, 2012 2:28 AM EST up reply actions
I had to read it like 19 times to find the mistake.
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
by Yossarian22 on Feb 18, 2012 10:53 AM EST up reply actions
It cotton
Whoever lives past today and comes home safely will rouse himself each year on this day, show his neighbors his scars, and tell embellished stories of all their great feats of battle.
Cotton suit?
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
no, the heat doesn't bother him because he's drunk on cotton gin
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Sure, of course it is a cotton suit
He is from Miami
Whoever lives past today and comes home safely will rouse himself each year on this day, show his neighbors his scars, and tell embellished stories of all their great feats of battle.
I'm kinda bummed nobody gave the Reporter a sombrero or panama hat.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
by Cy Schourek on Feb 18, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
Gomes is no longer with the Reds
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by brown11b on Feb 18, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Not according to my official 2012 Reds Calendar
"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 Feb 18, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 7 recs
i wondered Gomer didn't catch on as a nickname for Gomes
then i thought how fun it would have been to call him Gomer Pyle of crap
I'm not exaggerating this, actually.
Here’s photo evidence:
Oh yeah, here’s January too.
So, who are we wagering on to be Mr. March? My money’s on Fred Lewis.
"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 have that on my wall
volquez, you can understand, but gomes? when was he gone – august? it can’t be that difficult to have a few backups to insert, can it? i wonder how early they start printing. i remember some time during our lost decade there were five who weren’t on the team when the year started.
Al Yellon went full Schourek.
If you want to birth a pitcher, it seems, name him LeRoy.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
Eh, it was fine
Funny in somes place, meh in others.
The secret, is to hit the computer with a hammer
not as funny as Jon Bois, but who is?
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
by Cy Schourek on Feb 18, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
I find it unreadable
as in, I’m not going to read it.
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al yellon & grantland, i don't get them
everyone seems to just want to trash them, yet they link every article & discuss them.
I say #JustSkipIt
by 'tHan on Feb 18, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Who hates Grantland that much?
Sure, Bill Simmons sucks, but there is some decent content over there.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
I think I'm the only one who can still tolerate Simmons
But then again, I don’t see how anyone who doesn’t care about the NBA would like him
"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 hate Grantland that much.
Brian Phillips is the only one readable, but he’s left his own website for them.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
by Cy Schourek on Feb 18, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
I think you're missing out
Katie Baker, The Masked Man, Carles, and Jonah Keri are all very good writers
The secret, is to hit the computer with a hammer
+1 to Jonah Keri.
I check Grantland every 2 weeks or so to see what Jonah Keri is up to. I really miss Keri at Fangraphs, especially his chats. Cistulli is the only good writer still at Fangraphs. It really feels like a bunch of college kids trying to be Tom Tango nowadays.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, gone downhill in recent times
it’s hard to remember when they were writing about novel ideas and interesting research at one time.
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
It's like they gave into all the commenters
who wanted the site to be more like ESPN.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
ESPN
seems like a Fangraphs that you have to pay for. Most of it seems to be “insider” and the people who write there like the people on the Sweetspot blog just repeat boilerplate and tenets of whatever you want to call the movement that Fangraphs is a center of.
"Prince Fielder is too fat even for the Oakland A’s" - Billy Beane
Red Reporter: It’s hard to remember when they were writing about novel ideas and interesting research at one time.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
Carles is the only one you listed I disagree with, although I don't read the Masked Man because wrestling is stupid
Rany Jazayerli writes there from time to time, and Titus and Brian Phillips have also been mentioned. Klosterman’s stuff is good if it’s a good topic and I have 45 minutes to read it. Chris Ryan’s EPL stuff is okay, but I’m not sure I’d read it if I wasn’t already a fan of the sport.
"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 Feb 18, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
Jay King and Hua Hsu do very good work
I think Cy is letting his Simmons distaste get the best of him.
I still stick by the assertion that Grantland is extremely hit or miss
When it hits, it’s terrific but when it sucks, it’s really really bad
"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
Mark Titus writes one of the best college basketball columns in the country there
"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
we are the firejoemorgan.com generation.
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
by Yossarian22 on Feb 18, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Please tell me you liked FJM.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
Or the 'Talk Soup' generation.
Though I think it really got going with ‘MST3K’ or maybe ‘Pop Up Video’ whichever of those came first.
But to ’tHan’s point- I don’t think Al Yellon is consistently MST3K bad or Talk Soup bad. He sure is bad at times and I find myself reading him and wanting his columns to be just that bad from start to finish. Unfortunately he rises to mediocre about 30-40% of the time.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
played fuck-marry-kill with some friends last night.
One of the questions was Joel-Mike-Servo
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
Hoyt Wilhelm is a shitty baseball name.
It sounds like a character in All Quiet on the Western Front.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Some interesting information about players' real first names, but....
I don’t think the idea of what makes a “good baseball name” is as universal as he thinks. I think “Billy Berkman” is a way better baseball name than “Lance Berkman.” “Lance” is sort of pretentious-sounding.
Mike Stanton should definitely go by Giancarlo.
“Latin American players have both [matronymic and patronymic surnames], for cultural reasons.” For some reason, this made me giggle.
His list of suggested professions is probably a teensy bit racist.
You know how some first and middle names make sense together? “Troy Trevor” is not one of those combinations. What was Mrs. Tulowitzki thinking?
by the finest muffins on Feb 18, 2012 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
Troy and especially Trevor are just bad names in general.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Feb 18, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
I liked the list of should-be occupations
and this was a fine article by Yellon. Nothing informative or analytical, but a decent filler piece just for light reading.
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
on the others news
Paulo Orlando (Royals) have a shot at being the first brazilian player ever in the Majors! Woooot!
The sport is pretty much inexistent here, we got few amateur leagues scattered around and that’s it. When I say i’m into baseball people think i’m a sick bastard or an overall douchebag (it’s kinda true though). His story is getting some coverage from the press here but the important thing is that he cites Ken Griffey Jr (along with Pujols) as one of his references in the sport. If you can manage the the overall sexiness of the portuguese language I suggest reading the full story
Can’t wait to see Latos striking his ass out in ST
Edgar Renteria still doesn't have a job
But he says he’s determined to play this year. The Royals kicked the tires, but signed Yuni instead. (Maybe that’s when you know it’s time to retire. Or maybe when it’s when you lead all active major league shortstops in errors.)
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It is probably his unwillingness or inbility to play 3B or 2B
Whoever lives past today and comes home safely will rouse himself each year on this day, show his neighbors his scars, and tell embellished stories of all their great feats of battle.
This should be the thread where we have spring training pics.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
when's photo day this year?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Are there pics already?
The official report day isn’t until tomorrow.
by the finest muffins on Feb 18, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
there's pics from last year!
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by BubbaFan on Feb 18, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ahh, new Red Andrew Brackman in Sullivan's 10 worst pitches:
Sean Rodriguez wasn’t terrified. Sean Rodriguez barely reacted at all. That’s how far behind Sean Rodriguez Andrew Brackman threw this pitch. Look at how casually the catcher requests a new ball. “Yep, looks like he’s up to this shit again.”
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
also in there is video (or at least .gif) evidence that Pudge Rodriguez is amazaballs.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
by Cy Schourek on Feb 18, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
"Trust me, just hit the bull".
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
by Yossarian22 on Feb 18, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Teh Fay is in Goodyear
he talked to Cozart and Bailey.
Homer has put in 15 lbs. The Reds wanted him to bulk up a bit. They also told him to throw less during the off-season.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Two years ago the Reds told him bulk up
and he showed up to spring training weighing less than he did the year before.
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
by Yossarian22 on Feb 18, 2012 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
Jay Bruce is thinking about a career after baseball as a movie critic
Just saw “This means war”. Questionable. #didntloveitthatsforsure
— Jay Bruce (@JayABruce) February 18, 2012
I wonder if he'd react to a Julia Roberts movie like I would:
by Cy Schourek on Feb 18, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
I mean, likeI would:
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
by Cy Schourek on Feb 18, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
It's a sweater!!
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 18, 2012 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
so, i have had mlb audio through their website for years now ...
i’d like to switch to at bat on my android. for those that have had it, can i listen to home and away broadcasts on my phone or is it just one broadcast?
Individuality: Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else.
thanks slyde.
am i correct in assuming that i do not need anything other than to purchase the app once available? in other words, i don’t also have to pay for online audio to be able to get it through the android app?
Individuality: Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else.
I'm going to keep my online subscription (it automatically renewed already, anyway)
but I’m thinking of adding the Android app this year as well. Do you know how much it is? Can’t find that anywhere.
by the finest muffins on Feb 18, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
here's all the answers you and i need
Individuality: Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else.
almost all
I hope it runs on my android. I don’t have a super fancy one, and I don’t need to stream the video. I’d just like to get the audio feed.
I’ll get MLB.TV again this year, because that’s how I watch the game at home. But I’m rarely someplace where I really want to watch the video on my tiny phone screen.
"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
I got an e-mail
telling me my MLB.TV subscription is auto-renewing. I was probably gonna renew anyway, but it ticks me off that they auto-renew. The default should be not auto-renewing. Let those who want to auto-renew opt in.
MLB.TV – product is better than ever, customer service still sucks.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
customer service is also a whole lot better than it used to be.
still…kinda sucks.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
MLB.TV worked better than ever for me last year
but mostly thats because I was somehow exempt from the blackout rules. I’m hoping thats the case again this year.
Ed Smith Stadium
keeps sending me invitations to come to spring training in Sarasota. I guess I ended up on their mailing list during a Reds spring training sometime.
There was a photo of Ed Smith Stadium on their brochure this week. I would hardly have recognized it.
Before:
After:
I guess Sarasota somehow found money for the Orioles that they didn’t have for the Reds.
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It's been Clooney'd!
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Get back in the car, Jim.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
"Hold on, I gotta DM somebody."
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by DerekH91 on Feb 18, 2012 6:47 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I get them too, because I bought tickets for a Reds game in 2009.
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
Im glad Baltimore's ST got an upgrade
This is defiently a huge upgrade from the crap they were playing at when I went in 2006.
Whoever lives past today and comes home safely will rouse himself each year on this day, show his neighbors his scars, and tell embellished stories of all their great feats of battle.
Yeah, sometimes you just want to have something unabashedly utilitarian still hanging around.
I went through the same thing when the Clippers moved from ‘The Coop’ on Columbus’s West Side into The Huntington down in our urban-professional Disney District.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
You mean the Ball Parke at Huntingon Mewes?
That’s a really nice park though. Unfortunately?
Mgr., Red Reporter
"Bootsy, you're a superstar right?"
"Twinkle, twinkle, babble."
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 18, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly.
I love it. And I love almost everything about our Arena District.
But sometimes I just wanna come home from a ballgame and wish I was drunk on cheap flat not-nearly-cold beer and in need of a shower.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
That was other great thing about The Coop.
All of the people who didn’t really want to be at a shitty concrete ballpark in the middle of nowhere… weren’t.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
It wasn't in the "middle of nowhere"
It was in The Bottoms. So yeah, I never wanted to be there.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 18, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Technically, it was (and still is!) just south of The Bottoms.
Soo.. on the outskirts of nowhere.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, well that's totally different!
You wanna meet down there this evening? Maybe we could scare us up some meth!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 18, 2012 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
I think you're romanticizing.
If you want meth.. you go to The Bottoms. If you want nothing.. you go to The Coop!
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 18, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
It was off West Mound, right?
Yeah, pretty much the outskirts of nowhere
The secret, is to hit the computer with a hammer
what did they do with the old ballpark?
Did they bring the Monument Park with them?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
The plan is to turn into a race track
but the neighborhood folks aren’t all that keen on it.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 18, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
that would be kind of a bummer for those couples who got married there
Bet they never imagined the place they got married would be turned into a racetrack.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
It kind of looks like the Riverboat Deck at GABP
so there’s a symmetry to that.
Mgr., Red Reporter
"Bootsy, you're a superstar right?"
"Twinkle, twinkle, babble."
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Feb 18, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
We went to Ed Smith Stadium
for spring training in 1999. That place was a shit hole. It looks awesome now. I miss the Reds in Florida – it was nice to be able to drive to see spring training. Playing in Arizona doesn’t seem quite right, it’s like when channel 9 and 12 switched affiliations with CBS & ABC. I still can’t remember which is which.
by Joe Nolan's Neckbeard on Feb 18, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
I didn’t like Ed Smith. I didn’t mind the ballpark, but the cranky old man who ushered the right field bleacher area was such a grump. Two years, he told me I couldn’t use my camera. Even though the official policy is that fans can use cameras (and the last year I was there, the other ushers put him in his place).
Sarasota was a lot of fun. It was nice to able to drive there, and nice be there. I miss the sugar sand beaches, and most especially Venice Beach, where you can pick up fossil shark’s teeth every morning.
However, as Fay pointed out in his article yesterday, Arizona is better from a baseball perspective. All the ballparks are really close together, compared to Florida. Not only is it easier for fans to get to away games, it’s easier for players, too, so the big-name guys are more likely to play. And there are some nice things to see in the area, like Sedona and the Grand Canyon.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yeah,
Sarasota does have great beaches. It was great for kids. I couldn’t imagine flying the whole family out to AZ for spring training. Maybe after they are grown, we’ll head to Goodyear and check it out.
I do agree with it being better for training purposes. Plus, they have a topnotch facility and were actually courted by Goodyear.
By the way, I literally ran into Denny Neagle while carrying beer and hot dogs at Ed Smith. I was wearing a Bengals shirt and he gave me a, “Who-Dey.” I think he was injured at the time and was roaming around in street clothes during the game.
by Joe Nolan's Neckbeard on Feb 18, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
it's definitely harder for families
Red Hot Mama usually manages to get out there with her kid, but they only have one.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Valentine's Day has passed and now we wait for Spring and Summer.
Here’s a story to warm the heart.
How about you agree to waive the fine and I promise not to email you the remaining eighty six photos of my dog dressed as a bear.
Rawwrrr!
Latino lubber!
It's not how far you go, it's how go you far. - Dave Marshak
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Feb 18, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
it's tough to repair a relationship
after you ask that your partner promise to never disclose that it happened.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
by Cy Schourek on Feb 18, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
here's a spring training pic for Crolfer
It’s at the new Red Sox spring training park in Ft. Myers.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Feb 18, 2012 8:55 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
That's a neat picture
Can’t tell if it’s an Acridid or a Tettigionid. Those family names might be wrong because I am pretty… heh.
Did you...
You soar off to another world deep in your mind?
How about you agree to waive the fine and I promise not to email you the remaining eighty six photos of my dog dressed as a bear.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 19, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
My buddy sent me a text yesterday rubbing in the fact that he was at a UGA baseball game.
I was jealous.
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
Crum-Bum Beat
Crolf's starting 8
How to make your marriage work:
TELL YOUR WIFE SHE LOOKS PRETTY, EVEN IF SHE LOOKS LIKE A TRUCK.
Ricky - age 10
Is your signature from Car Talk?
"Uh, we're going to win for you tonight...Schottzie."-Chris Sabo
by Yossarian22 on Feb 20, 2012 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
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