SIS Finale ('07 Predictions edition)

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89-73
The Beatles

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 29, 2007 11:20 PM EDT reply actions

playoffs by a slim margin

I think 86-76 will win the Central this season, and that is my prediction for the Reds' record.
Reflection Eternal

"if you love the reds so much, why don't you marry them?"

by BobbyO on Mar 29, 2007 11:21 PM EDT reply actions

Big Ohio Status!

Reflection Eternal ain't no band! ; )

by satyanaas on Mar 30, 2007 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions

had to put some 'nati love in the mix

"if you love the reds so much, why don't you marry them?"

by BobbyO on Mar 30, 2007 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions

its a good year to be a Reds fan

90-72
Bob Marley and the Wailers

by satyanaas on Mar 30, 2007 12:47 AM EDT reply actions

Sorry...

73-89

Neither the offense nor pitching are up to snuff.

by Reds123 on Mar 30, 2007 1:18 AM EDT reply actions

Bleh

78-84, but frankly, nothing would surprise me.

I'll travel back in time and see Jimi Hendrix when he was first starting up in London.

by teb7 on Mar 30, 2007 3:15 AM EDT reply actions

LIttle hope....

82-80, I think they break .500, but just barely.

As for a band, either Led Zeppelin (with John Bonham still alive) or Pink Floyd reunited with Roger Waters.

by webalienz on Mar 30, 2007 7:38 AM EDT reply actions

To tell you how old I am

When I was a senior in high school, I talked my Mom into letting me go see Zepplin with my buddy Joe.

The very next day, Bonham died.

just....wow.

by sidnancy on Mar 30, 2007 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

"sidnancy"

isn't a sign of Sex Pistols devotion?

leave my grey emo jeans out of this.

by Man Mountain on Mar 30, 2007 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions

It's like this

The Pistols were really cool for alot of reasons, but The Clash were a much better band.

But yea, the Pistols were way cool.

just....wow.

by sidnancy on Mar 30, 2007 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Uh Oh...

75-87 for their record...

And of course, Jimmy Buffett for the concert!

Oh, well you know what, I found the card, actually, they're from your mom, so tell your gay mom I said thanks!

by chandrathan on Mar 30, 2007 8:05 AM EDT reply actions

Hobbs will carry this team to a

162-0 record and Bronson Arroyo will fill the summer night sky with delightful tunes from '95

by rose2hall on Mar 30, 2007 8:18 AM EDT reply actions

Ahahaahahahaahahaaahahahhahahahahaaahaa!

Hobbs has such mythical status already, doesn't he. I heard he saved someone by performing emergency brain surgery at a Wendy's this week. He is SOOoo amazing. And hot.

I'll go with 84-78, because Caleb sez it best, "Hope Springs Eternal, Baby!" I always picture Caleb saying that in Vitale character. It puts me in a good mood.

I'd have to say Led Zeppelin. Narrowly edging out Soundgarden.

"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Mar 30, 2007 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes...

But I think he did the brain surgery with Kremchek's Injury Stick, so not such a miracle.

Don't mind me...just thinking positive and pitching to contact, that's all...

by Paul Householder on Mar 30, 2007 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Are you serious?!

What a fake! I don't like him anymore......But he's still hot.

"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Mar 30, 2007 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Soundgarden

Saw 'em. For free.

just....wow.

by sidnancy on Mar 30, 2007 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm concerned

Something tells me disaster looms....70-92.

Band I want to see, currently together division: The Police (but just try getting tickets!).
Band I want to see, time-warp division: The Clash, circa 1979.

just....wow.

by sidnancy on Mar 30, 2007 8:52 AM EDT reply actions

Ooo, good call

Make mine an anachronistic double bill of Hendrix and the Clash.

by teb7 on Mar 30, 2007 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Hmm

I say 76-86, but I think anything can happen this year. They could win 85 or they could lose 90. It'll be interesting.

Who I'd like to see? Jimi, Clapton in his prime, Led Zeppelin. All on one stage.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Mar 30, 2007 9:00 AM EDT reply actions

My prediction...

Is no prediction, because I am afraid it will come true.

I'd like to see AC/DC from the early 1980s (Back in Black).

Don't mind me...just thinking positive and pitching to contact, that's all...

by Paul Householder on Mar 30, 2007 9:08 AM EDT reply actions

87-75

U2. (duh)

Are we there yet?

by Daedalus on Mar 30, 2007 9:23 AM EDT reply actions

Ho Hum

Seen 'em twice.

just....wow.

by sidnancy on Mar 30, 2007 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions

seen them ten times

Are we there yet?

by Daedalus on Mar 30, 2007 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions

seen them 1000 times

"if you love the reds so much, why don't you marry them?"

by BobbyO on Mar 30, 2007 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not as optimistic as most...

...so I'm going to try to be coy about this and not mention the losses:

80 wins.

I've always had this idea for a lonely time-travelling character in a sci-fi novel or short story who keeps returning again and again back to his/her "special place." He/she could be and had been anywhere at (literally) any time but has discovered that the best possible place to be was at Shea in the summer of '65.

http://members.tripod.com/~Calvin8tor/b/amazed.jpg

I saw the Beastie Boys in Cleveland shortly after "Check Your Head" was released ('92?) and I swear to you that Zeus and Jesus and Elvis and Otis were smiling down on those fellas that night. I'd see that show again and again and again.

All that said, I've gotta think that CCR tore it up and burnt it down a few times during their ten years of touring. (Listen to the drums on their extended version of "Grapevine" if you think they're just another funtime pop-rock band in your uncle's CD collection.) Them. I'd see them.

by Alan @ Red Reporter on Mar 30, 2007 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

I can't believe no one has said .500

81-81, but like anyone else, it could be way higher or lower.

I'd like to see James Taylor at Tanglewood, U2 anywhere, and I still rave about the time I saw Ben Folds - he just knows how to play a crowd.

by ben nevis on Mar 30, 2007 9:45 AM EDT reply actions

ben folds

Yes! Favorite concert I've ever been to. You are exactly right on his ability to play a crowd. He improvised 2 different songs just based on words that people were yelling from the crowd. And they both kicked ass.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Mar 30, 2007 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah

One of the funniest things I've ever seen in concert: Ben Folds is rocking out to something and he stands up to really get into it. As he does so, he accidentally knocks over his stool. His stage manager then creeps along the back of the stage and sets the stool upright again so Ben won't try to sit down again and hurt himself, or something. Folds gives no indication that he notices any of this, but part way into the song he turns to the crowd (still rocking away), gives a big goofy grin, and reaches his foot back and deliberately kicks over his stool. Fabulous.

by ben nevis on Mar 30, 2007 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Something crazy is going to happen this year...

81-80-1

Neil Young

by bardstownboaters on Mar 30, 2007 10:07 AM EDT reply actions

btw

this is my favorite prediction so far

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Is that Neil Young or NEILYNG?

Are we there yet?

by Daedalus on Mar 30, 2007 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

bshakey

likes neil young, but he's a bigger fan of the allman brothers

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Seen Neil 4 times

and each show was brilliant and each show was completely different. Saw just him with a piano, on the "Trans" techno thing, with the rockabilly Shocking Pinks, and countrified with the International Harvester band. I won't go so far as to say he's the only one, but how many performers could pull that off and have each show be excellent?

by ctnyc on Mar 30, 2007 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Which is more likely...

88 wins?

Van Halen reunion?

I have a feeling I'll be disappointed by both.

"Everybody's useful, nobody's necessary" - Paul Brown

by Decker on Mar 30, 2007 10:12 AM EDT reply actions

Maybe not this year

but I guarantee the Reds will win 88 games in a season before the Roth/Van Halen group plays a concert.

Guar-on-tee.

just....wow.

by sidnancy on Mar 30, 2007 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Wayne and Jerry's Excellent Adventure

Wayne, while I agree that in time our band will be most triumphant, the truth is Wyld Stallyns will never be a super band until we have Eddie Van Halen on guitar.

Yes Jerry, but I do not believe we will get Eddie Van Halen until we have a triumphant video.

Wayne, it's pointless to have a triumphant video before we even have decent instruments.

Well, how can we have decent instruments when we really don't even know how to play.

and that is why we need Eddie Van Halen.

by Man Mountain on Mar 30, 2007 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions

83-79

This year's really going to test Krivsky's and Narron's management skills. Uh-oh.

Since we're time-traveling, I'd go back to the late 60's and early 70's to the Fillmore and Keystone Korner in SF to hear..... well, almost anybody. And I'd stop that waitress from dumping the pitcher of beer on my new suede jacket.

by pw on Mar 30, 2007 10:18 AM EDT reply actions

Didn't realize

you already said 83-79, JD. Great minds and all that.

by pw on Mar 30, 2007 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Smash yur guitah, Pete!!

The Reds will either be like Pete this year or one of his amps.

74-88. The Amps have it.

December 11, 1968: The Who's performance of "A Quick One While He's Away" at the otherwise embarassing Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. This has to be the rock performance that came closest to tearing a hole in the universe. Bonus: Apparently, Daltrey actually punched one of the raincoat wearing flower children.

and that is why we need Eddie Van Halen.

by Man Mountain on Mar 30, 2007 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

90-72

Rusted Root.

GO REDS!

by ewquinn on Mar 30, 2007 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

88 - 74 and CCR

And I can hear John Fogarty's "Centerfield" playing in my head right now!

by hebs on Mar 30, 2007 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

$0.02

78-84, but heart says above .500

I'd have to go with Elvis. Las Vegas Extravaganza. Preferably while consuming a PB+banana sandwich.

Barely edges out Lollapalooza 2, which I saw(DQ by technicality)

by obc on Mar 30, 2007 11:18 AM EDT reply actions

The pie-eyed optimist says

90-72....gotta believe baby!

Now, as for the band thing...The Flaming Lips put on the most fun, endearing and entertaining live show I've ever seen. But there are many others that are right up there--- Pavement, Van Morrison in his Tupelo Honey days, Dylan, The Clash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Johnny Cash, George Jones. Elliot Smith was great live too. Too hard to chose.

I Is Unacculturated

by Pops Daniels on Mar 30, 2007 1:19 PM EDT reply actions

Well...

I was gonna go for the 162-0 but i guess i'll say:

85-77

Bands: Any of REM, The Beatles, Depeche Mode, U2, The Police, Dave Matthews Band, Green Day.

In accordance to the prophecy

by crolfer on Mar 30, 2007 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

I want to say 83-79...

But I'll go with 79-83.

As far as the band I want to see: Sleater-Kinney

by DaveC on Mar 30, 2007 2:34 PM EDT reply actions

duh, the Beatles

88-74, first in the central.
The Beatles! (people actually said other bands?????)

Think Fresh! Bring Back Barry!

by CKFresh on Mar 30, 2007 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

ive been thinking

that same question

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

You mean

the Yankees of music?

The Beatles were a studio band. For a live show, they're not in my top 50 probably.

leave my grey emo jeans out of this.

by Man Mountain on Mar 30, 2007 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions

theres nowhere i would rather be

than on the rooftop of apple studios on January 30, 1969.

the beatles are only a studio band because they gave up concerts in 1966, before most of their really good albums. they made some of the best studio albums because they werent wasting their time touring around and doing groupees. they wasted their time doing psychodelic drugs, meeting with gurus, doing groupees and then writing about it. they could have put on some of the best shows at the end, i think, as the rooftop show attests.

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Was the rooftop show

Actually a great show. though? Or is it famous because of its novelty?

Four guys frozen stiff in long coats on the roof of a studio playing unannounced, a good 40 yards away and above the nearest listener

OR

Pete Townshend's bleeding, whirlwind guns of rawk, Roger Daltrey swinging 10 feet of mic chord, and Keith Moon's god of thunder routine played out two feet in front of you. All in the claustrophobic Marquee club in London 1966?

I'd at least take the Beatles in Germany in 1960.

Or this

leave my grey emo jeans out of this.

by Man Mountain on Mar 30, 2007 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Dig the cello solo

by Brendanukkah on Mar 30, 2007 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I was gonna say

Tell all of the Menschen on the Reeperbahn that the Beatles didn't put on a good show. I can't remember if they were still the Silver Beatles/Beetles at that point.

by teb7 on Mar 31, 2007 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions

I couldn't agree more

There are a lot of things that if I were king of space and time that I'd change...among them, I wish that the Beatles would have been able to listen to the Stones when they begged them to try touring again in 1969-70. Of course, the personalities that made that band what it was were too busy tearing themselves apart to consider such a request, but the technology for touring had changed SO much from the last time the Beatles had performed live that it literally was a whole nother world from 1966.

Touring again might have given them something to live for, which they clearly lacked after Epstein's death.

Anyone who has seen Macca put on a show live knows that the Beatles, were they to have put their minds to it, would have put on the show for the ages. Others would not waste their time hanging their heads, because they would be in the audience, taking it all in like the rest of us.

I am amazed that two of the hardest rocking shows I have ever seen were put on by Macca, the last one when he performed for over two and a half hours at age 64. 64!

I've blathered enough.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Mar 31, 2007 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

82-80

With another late season fade coming on a West-coast trip.
I'm loving Pops's picks. Johnny Cash would be something (even if it meant needing to go to prison to see him). And Nick Cave was one of the best concerts I'd ever seen. But I'm going to have to go with Tom Waits.

by dcdanny on Mar 30, 2007 2:54 PM EDT reply actions

Just get me to football season again

83-79 - because Bailey will be a stud when he gets here
Either Boston or the Glenn Miller Orchestra

"Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined." -Frank Robinson

by Caleb on Mar 30, 2007 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

Just get me to football season again???

Unfortunately, the off-season for the Bengals doesn't help them at all. The Bengals will be worse next year, and that sucks...

The Reds are on the upswing, Bengals on the down. I have a feeling we will be saying "Just get me to Baseball season" come October...

Think Fresh! Bring Back Barry!

by CKFresh on Mar 30, 2007 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I meant OSU

"Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined." -Frank Robinson

by Caleb on Mar 30, 2007 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Ewww

Even worse... :)

Think Fresh! Bring Back Barry!

by CKFresh on Mar 30, 2007 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Reds fans

share a common bond of misery and traumatic loses with OSU fans

"Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined." -Frank Robinson

by Caleb on Mar 30, 2007 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Huh?

OSU won the NC in football a few years ago, was in the NC game this year, and is currently in the Final Four.

What a beaten down fan base!!!

leave my grey emo jeans out of this.

by Man Mountain on Mar 30, 2007 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah but it is the way the lose

true but the fan base is insane in its expectations. Think Kentucky basketball

"Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined." -Frank Robinson

by Caleb on Mar 30, 2007 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions

we do have high expectations

thats why were getting donovan. and all these haters like tom friend and michael wilbon can eat my ass!!!

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Kentucky is Screwed!

Kentucky fans drove out Tubby Smith, a man who averaged 26 wins a season, won a national championship, and made it to the tournament every year. NCAA Basketball has changed in the last 20 years, you can't expect final 4 every year. There is something called parity in the league now.

Kentucky will have it's first under-20-win season in the next 3 years because of this, and Minnesota will become the class of the Big-10.

Way to go!

Think Fresh! Bring Back Barry!

by CKFresh on Mar 30, 2007 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions

blah blah blah

ive been hearing this all week, and it's bunk.

Tubby Smith was not run off. He left on his own. Barnhart was not going to fire him. Sure, there were Kentucky fans who were ready for a change, but a) he'd been there 10 years and b) he hadn't produced in three years. There is nothing of an expectation of a final four every year: Tubby hasn't been there since 1998. Maybe more than once every 10 years isnt a lot to ask for one of the three most prestigious programs in the country. Plus, the guy couldnt recruit at the level that is necessary to win games nowadays. For some reason he's interested in playing an athletic style of basketball. for the past 2+ years, we have been mopped by every decent team we've played. it was just time for a change.
I seriously doubt we will win less than 20 games next year. We lost Randolph Morris, which is significant, but people forget about the games where we relied on other scorers this season, like joe crawford and jodie meeks. we have a pretty talented backcourt, at least talented enough to win 20 games. Plus when we get donovan, he will likely bring along patrick patterson and jai lucas and maybe nick calathes, and patterson and calathes could start right away. There is a fairly large hole in the frontcourt, but it remains to be seen how much jared carter has improved and if stevenson puts on some weight i think he can be a threat too.
Tubby is better suited to the Big Ten, but that doesnt mean he was the best choice to lead UK in the future. But still, class of the Big Ten? No.
Enjoy all the bashing, UK haters, because it won't last long.

All that being said, welcome to red reporter! seriously im usually much nicer.

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions

IT'S TWO DAYS BEFORE BASEBALL SEASON

AND YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT FOOTBALL? GET BEHIND ME, SATAN!

DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Mar 30, 2007 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

basketball

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions

What annoys me...

Is the national percetpion that Kentucky will fire a coach if he doesn't win the National Title. Hmm...

Since 1930 Kentucky has fired one coach, and it was because he got us put on probation.

By the media's logic:

Kentucky has played basketball for over 100 years...

Kentucky has won 7 National titles...

Clearly, Kentucky has fired roughly 95 coaches.

Makes a lot of sense...You remember all of those coaches getting fired don't you Boobs?

Oh, well you know what, I found the card, actually, they're from your mom, so tell your gay mom I said thanks!

by chandrathan on Mar 30, 2007 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah

all those guys us high-expectation-having-mother-shooters ran out of town because they didn't go to the final four every other year.

there was...

and...

well it's just obviously true.

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 30, 2007 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Obviously...

Where was all the Criticism when Carolina fired two coaches in the span of about five years?

And why does that scumbag hypocrite Roy Williams always get a free pass with the media?

Oh, well you know what, I found the card, actually, they're from your mom, so tell your gay mom I said thanks!

by chandrathan on Mar 30, 2007 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Carolina

Only fired Matt Doherty in 2003.

After DES retired in 1997, long time assistant Bill Gutheridge took over for three years until he himself retired after the 2000 season.

Hyocrit lecteur - mon sembable - mon frere!

"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Mar 31, 2007 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Tubby

Had been contacted by Minnesota's search firm as far back as February. He knew he was leaving after the end of the season for a good long while.

by bobestes on Mar 31, 2007 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions

I hate to say this

but, to put it in terms that OSU fans can understand,

Tubby Smith = Earle Bruce

(Remember "Old 8 and 3 Earle?")

Nice guy. Helluva coach. Probably will not be appreciated by UK fans for 10-15 years.

But while I am happy for Minnesota to get a good coach, I think saying that they will become the class of the Big 10 is stretching it a bit.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Mar 31, 2007 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

whaa?

No "Hope springs eternal.......baby"? :.(

"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Mar 30, 2007 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

lol How could I forget

Hope springs eternal baby!!!

The Reds will finish higher than the Cards this year, mark it down!

"Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined." -Frank Robinson

by Caleb on Mar 30, 2007 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah!!

that's what I'm talkin' about baby!!

"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Mar 30, 2007 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Boom Boom...Goooooooo-oooooooooouh

by obc on Mar 30, 2007 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL

Worst rally cry ever! It sounds like Satan!

CHARGE! is much better.

Think Fresh! Bring Back Barry!

by CKFresh on Mar 30, 2007 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

if every football league folded tommorow

I would be pretty happy. college football is ok, preferably D2 or lower. I used to not feel this way, but a few things have happened...

NFL policy to give steriod users prizes.
espns every-freakin day coverage, I swear they lead with Football every day in March!
Pac-man Jones, and the 100's of guys like him.

GO REDS!

by ewquinn on Mar 30, 2007 4:52 PM EDT reply actions

Good year for the Reds

95-67 and win the pennant

The Beach Boys I would love to see and in fact am going to see them in May in Biloxi, Ms!!

by gsmorgan45 on Mar 30, 2007 9:44 PM EDT reply actions

Which version?

The Mike Love Dancing Skeletons version?

The Brian Wilson Tuneless Corpses version?

or the Al Jardine Legally Challenged version?

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Mar 31, 2007 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

95 Ws & youre want to see the '07 Beach Boys?

Are you voting Kucinich?

by Alan @ Red Reporter on Apr 2, 2007 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Love the Reds....

... but think 76-86 is where they'll end up. Too little pitching, not enough O--IOW, same old same old.

Nat Turner

by NatTurner on Mar 30, 2007 9:45 PM EDT reply actions

Heart v. Head

I'll go mostly heart, with a little head thrown in. 91-71 (long live 1990!)

As for concert: yeah, as others have said, it's gotta be the Beatles. I'm a huge R.E.M. fan, have seem them 13 times, plan to see them at every future opportunity, but how could any music fan turn down the opportunity to see the band that revolutionized popular music and paved the way for everything that came after? Even if you don't care for their music, the historical ramifications are enormous.

by ctnyc on Mar 30, 2007 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

Love the Reds....

... but forgot the band. It'd have to be Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, hands down.

Nat

by NatTurner on Mar 30, 2007 9:47 PM EDT reply actions

Haven't we done this before?

I feel like we've done this prediction thread at least twice since December. I can't remember now, but I'll go with 89-73.

Grateful Dead. I'm not a big fan, but I can't believe no one else picked them!

by Brian B on Mar 30, 2007 10:09 PM EDT reply actions

Grateful Dead

I sort of picked them because they used to do the Filmore regularly along with Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service.

by pw on Mar 31, 2007 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

yikes yikes yikes

73-89

Stones, but in their coked-up boozy glory days.

by bobestes on Mar 30, 2007 11:25 PM EDT reply actions

Reds fan in Toronto

sez.........80-82

and Nirvana.....again.......at the Horseshoe where the Stones played.

by Bster on Mar 30, 2007 11:37 PM EDT reply actions

Reds will be

77-85 this season. Harang and Arroyo won't be as good, the offense will stink, and Krivsky will wait too long to bring up the kids (Bailey, Votto).

Band: Tough call, but it'd have to be either Prince or Zeppelin.

by cesarhernandez on Mar 30, 2007 11:51 PM EDT reply actions

Prince/Zeppelin

How about a double feature!

by Brian B on Mar 31, 2007 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Wish you were here

Red legs go 84-78

And I can't believe I'm the first to say -- Pink Floyd.

by LastRites on Mar 31, 2007 12:38 AM EDT reply actions

Hate to be a downer

But I am thinking 80-82.

Could go the other way, but I don't see this team doing much more than .500.

If there are catastrophic injuries, it could be much worse.

As far as a band, I would have to say the Beatles.

But on the list of current bands, I have Police tickets for Cleveland, so I can cross them off my list. Now all I need are Ben Folds tickets to make it a really good concert summer.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Mar 31, 2007 10:41 AM EDT reply actions

79-83

and the Pixies

by ken on Mar 31, 2007 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

Pedicate

I'm gonna go with 80 - 82.

Not sure who'd I want to see in this day and age. I've been to a lot of good shows, Rush, Depeche Mode back in the day, Radiohead, Better Than Ezra, Soul Coughing, Barenaked Ladies. I guess I would have to say Counting Crows because I always seemed to miss their shows when they were in town.

by snohio on Mar 31, 2007 12:35 PM EDT reply actions

BTE

I just want you to know, I was ridiculed for playing Good the other night at the bar. And it even cost me two plays! Bastards!

When did they start making you pony up extra plays to get to the goods songs that are obviously already on the machine, anyway? Little crane animation not foolin' me. >:-

"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Apr 1, 2007 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Good is great

by Red Menace on Apr 2, 2007 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Thumpasaurus Peoples!

75-87

Parliament' Earth Tou, when the Mothership was landing.

by Red Menace on Mar 31, 2007 12:35 PM EDT reply actions

wow, I'm typing drunk

by Red Menace on Mar 31, 2007 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you see George Clinton at NU?

He played Patten Gym back when we were freshmen I think. He came on about an hour and a half late. Then he invited his roadie up on stage to sing a few songs. The guy shouted "booty!" into the mic a few times.

by teb7 on Mar 31, 2007 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I was there

Remember his granddaughter doing a rap? I saw the reconstituted P-Funkers a couple other times as well, but I would have liked to see them at the height of their power.

by Red Menace on Mar 31, 2007 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Aye

Yeah, the Clinton show definitely left me wanting more and wishing I could've seen them at peak. Dylan, however, was pretty tight.

by teb7 on Mar 31, 2007 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

81-81

another non-winning season

People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. -Rogers Hornsby

by mattg on Mar 31, 2007 1:27 PM EDT reply actions

Land of Lincoln Reds fan!

87 - 75
Lucigen

Central Illinois Reds Fan!

by The Ooze on Mar 31, 2007 2:16 PM EDT reply actions

77 - 85......

Still no decent 3,4 or 5 starter, no closer, no power hitting 1st baseman, 3 catchers.

Hope I'm wrong, but this team will have a tough time duplicating last years record.

Favorite Band : Cheap Trick

Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Mar 31, 2007 6:06 PM EDT reply actions

Cheap Trick

"He's a Whore" has to be one of the most awesome rock riffs ever. And so simple.

"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 1, 2007 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions

75-87

This is not a good team and shallow, I fear. Can neither pitch nor hit well enough to win.

Hoping to be pleasantly surprised, as I was last season!

Band: Wings.

by orangeandbrown on Mar 31, 2007 7:12 PM EDT reply actions

Not criticizing

just curious: if Wings, why not the Beatles?

by ctnyc on Mar 31, 2007 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Thats what Im talkin bout

Can't believe I nominated Elvis and didn't get called out.

That's respect, people.

by obc on Mar 31, 2007 11:15 PM EDT reply actions

elvis is pretty wra

And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

by boobs on Mar 31, 2007 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll

ha-ha-ha-ha-have a blue world series without you
Ill be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a gold commissioner's trophy tree
Wont be the same dear, if youre not here with me

"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Apr 1, 2007 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Projections

I thought this would be a good place to put the final projections for the players that we did. I will put a link to this thread on the Wiki for future reference.

Pitcher W L IP K BB HR ERA WHIP Harang 17 9 222 209 52 24 3.54 1.24 Arroyo 13 9 219 166 57 26 3.87 1.27 Milton 9 10 164 103 46 30 4.89 1.34 Lohse 12 10 172 130 54 23 4.56 1.40 Saarloos 5 7 103 50 46 15 5.24 1.47 Belisle 7 6 117 85 40 14 4.55 1.42 Bailey 3 2 56 46 27 4 4.06 1.35
Player G R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG Freel 131 76 7 40 33 .274 .370 .389 Hatteberg 111 50 10 51 2 .275 .372 .417 Griffey 109 64 28 78 0 .270 .334 .522 Phillips 150 77 19 72 25 .279 .341 .441 Encarnacion 143 85 23 90 7 .281 .362 .498 Ross 119 47 21 67 1 .260 .348 .487 Dunn 156 102 45 107 5 .254 .380 .543 Gonzalez 143 59 15 57 5 .261 .316 .415 Conine 78 29 6 32 0 .255 .317 .373 Valentin 92 25 10 34 0 .255 .314 .437