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Eyewitness Report --- RedsFest

Ken Griffey Junior entered the season tied with a HOF on the career homer list, and finished the season tied with a HOF on the career homer list. Name the two HOF's....

*Slyde, Red Hot Mama, CTS, Ash, the Bobkitten and I met up Sat at RedsFest.  An absolute star studded event.

*Slyde had a little 1x1 time with Kriv-dawg, and inquired on the RF position.  The names Hopper, Deno and Bubba were mentioned. Wow.

*I had a little 1x1 time with ED44 in the "sports bar" during the USC/UCLA game. ED should run for office, as he stated he was a fan of both programs and couldn't be cornered into divulging who he was rooting for.

*Farney was dressed age appropriate.

*Jay Bruce looks young. Very young.

*sukr would dwarf Todd Coffey. Seriously.  

*Slyde is the proud new owner of The Best Reds Artifact, trumping the Royce auto Big Stick. And I just couldn't pull the trigger on a Hollandsworth game used sleeveless jersey. $37.50. Damn, maybe I shoulda....

*Thumbs up to the Field of Dreams, very nice touch having handicapped children playing wiffleball. Inspirational stuff.

*Slyde and I were selected to play Reds Trivia on stage.  His partner was Jeff Brantley, mine was George Grande. Moderator was Chris Welsh. Super, super nice guys. It went down to the final question (see above). One person got it right, one person missed it. To be fair, one person saw the questions last evening, one person didn't.  

*No Rolando Roomes merchandise, but an autographed M. Sanford 8x10 was going for seven bucks.

*Ken Broo and I waxed nostalgic on Ohio Bobcat athletics.  Mobile, AL is going to be overrun on Jan 7. Mark my words.

*John Allen was wearing a nametag. That struck me as odd, as no one else was wearing a nametag.

*Professional Memorabilia Guy made an appearance. I recommend RedsFest '07 have more lines dedicated to autographs for kids only.  This is Ouuuurrrrrr Country, and we need many more young baseball fans.

*I missed BA's concert, but I'm still firmly in the corner of anyone who supports/plays/likes grunge music. Jet City, baby.

*We discussed "adopting" obscure Reds players for '07. Royce is gone, so I'm in the market for a Baseball Guy.  I got a frontrunner, but I'm playong it close to the vest.