Eyewitness Report --- RedsFest

Jay Bruce looks young. Very young.
Yes, and he's no bigger than I am either.  He walked right past me on the way to the restroom (did you know professional athletes pee just like you and me?) and if it weren't for the jersey that said Bruce on the back, you never would have guessed that he's part of the future of this organization.

sukr would dwarf Todd Coffey. Seriously.  
He means in height.  Coffey's got you on the gut easily, sukr.

Slyde is the proud new owner of The Best Reds Artifact, trumping the Royce auto Big Stick.
It's a previously worn Coutlangus BP jersey.  It cost $25 (to the Reds community fund) - that's the kind of deal I couldn't pass up.  The one problem is that it doesn't have a number on it.  If anybody knows his number, that would be super.  And I was incredibly disappointed that obc didn't have the guts to put up the 37.50 on the Hollandsworth jersey.

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

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.
I want to echo how great all three of those guys were.  We were on stage with them for 45 minutes and every single one of them were a blast.   From left to right, this is Brantley, me, obc, and Grande.

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.
Yes, I saw some of the answers previously.  How was I supposed to know that they would repeat the same set of questions from an hour before?  But to be fair, obc had George Grande as a partner while I had Jeff Brantley.  Brantley, while a super nice guy, did not present one correct answer except for identifying the Billy Bates pitcture - unfortunately that question went to obc's team.  As for the final question, I knew the correct answer the first time I saw it, so that's no excuse. This is me (behind the sign), Brantley, Grande and obc.

Ken Broo and I waxed nostalgic on Ohio Bobcat athletics.  Mobile, AL is going to be overrun on Jan 7. Mark my words.
Ken Broo is very orange.  And there were way too many people trying to get the coveted Broo/Vogel tandem autograph.

John Allen was wearing a nametag. That struck me as odd, as no one else was wearing a nametag.
He looked like a nervous host.  I kept waiting for him to ask if he could refill my drink.

Professional Memorabilia Guy made an appearance. I recommend RedsFest '07 have more lines dedicated to autographs for kids only.
Yep, way too many middle aged men waiting in line for autographs from Ted Power.

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.
I've already claimed Chad Moeller, for obvious reasons.

Overall, I had a great time at my first Redsfest.  It was a well done event and both Grande and Brantley said that it's unlike anything any other team in the league does.  I think we are very lucky as fans in that respect.