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Tuesday Quick Hits: Day After Edition

Bronson Arroyo

  • The Nationals aren't going to be very good this year, which probably made their fans Opening Day hassles all the more irritating.
  • Stick a fork in Brad Lidge.
  • I linked to this year's Diamond Mind predictions yesterday, but they go a little more in depth here. You might want to discount what they say a little though, since they think Royce Clayton to Alex Gonzalez is a lateral move. They obviously haven't had the misfortune that we've had of having to watch Royce Clayton for an extended period of time. Lucky them.
  • A lot of this humor is way over the top, but there's still a few funny lines.
  • The Boston Globe did a long article on Bronson Arroyo, and the accompanying pictures are pretty nice. Sounds like he's out and about in Mount Adams quite a bit.
  • I got 102.
  • I'm digging the artwork over at Redus and Weep.
  • And finally JinAZ has some nice reflections on Opening Day. He hits on something that I haven't talked about, which is how great the new uniforms looked. I'm absolutely loving them.

    I also have to agree that Mr. Redlegs is one scary SOB. I think it might be the mustache.

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Something Awful
Arrghhhh.  They have a photo of Sheff running into Bubba from the 2005 ALDS next to the Reds entry.  

What a knife through the heart that play was.  The Yankees (and Bubba) worked so hard to make the post-season that year.  They went from being something like six games back to winning the division in that last month.  Every game was like a playoff game that September.  Only to have it end like that.  

Really a bummer for Bubba, because he had a good game otherwise.  He went 2 for 3 with an RBI, and had some nice plays in the outfield.  And he stole a base - on a pitchout!  Now that's speed.  But all anyone remembers is the collision.  


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 6:51 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it could have been a pennant race
And they ended the season tied, but didn't care about it because of the damn wild card.

by Red Menace on Apr 4, 2007 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the wild card
Yeah, the end of the division race was kind of strange, thanks to the wild card.  It looked like the WC was coming out of the central, but Cleveland suffered an unexpected and incredible collapse.  The Yanks' last series of the regular season was in Boston, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with the division on the line, and everyone was so excited about it that it took awhile for the events in the Central to sink in.

Jeter was keeping an eye on the numbers, though.  Friday night, he told some of his teammates that if Cleveland lost on Saturday, they'd be guaranteed at least a WC slot. Cleveland lost during Saturday's Yanks-Sox game, so many of the Yankees knew they had their postseason ticket punched.  Took awhile for the announcers to realize it.  And apparently, Jeter didn't tell all his teammates.  A few of them were in the clubhouse while the others celebrated on the field, not understanding what had just happened.

Of course that made the much-hyped Sunday game meaningless for the Yanks.  (The Sox needed to win, at least until Cleveland lost their game.)  Torre didn't start Mussina and put the scrubs in early; the Yanks lost 1-7.  (Though Bubba was 1 for 2.)  So they ended tied with Boston, but won the division thanks to the tiebreakers.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 4, 2007 7:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Redlegs
is scary because of his "wee albino beady eyes". /shudder

Lidge. Tough to see him starting to fall apart. Did someone try to make him a starter? Because we all know that's the only way a closer can be damaged enough to lose their stuff. They can't just lose their stuff.

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

by sukr on Apr 3, 2007 8:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kinda looks like...
What the kid would look like if Chucky married a baseball.
Don't mind me...just thinking positive and pitching to contact, that's all...

by Paul Householder on Apr 3, 2007 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It looks to me
like he could shoot laser beams out of those eyes.  That's a useful skill to have for when other team's mascots try to mix it up with the Reds mascot posse.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 3, 2007 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Red
I have a serious question (seriously) for any and all. I once had a bobblehead doll of the '70s era Mr. Red (no mustache, maniacal grin). In the late '80s, I proudly displayed him in my (Maine) college dorm room. My stoned roommates took one look at the maniacal grin and decided that my beloved Mr. Red was Satan's spawn. Over the course of my junior year, he was somehow "accidentally" knocked off the bookshelf four times. After the first three, I superglued him back together, but by the fourth time he was a goner.

Since that awful day, I have never been able to find a replacement. I've seen the mustachioed Mr. Red bobblehead, the generic "Red's player" bobblehead and a number of poorly interpreted specific player bobbleheads. But never that '70's era Mr. Red bobblehead. It has become my Holy Grail.

Does anybody have any idea where I might find one? I would be eternally grateful...    

by ctnyc on Apr 3, 2007 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cooperstown
One of the shops had some really nice collectible bobbleheads from the 70s and prior.  Actually wish I would have dished out the money for one.  Reds one of the few teams to have an older bobblehead design besides the smiling kid w/jersey.  I have watched ebay off and on, but don't recall a Mr. Red bobblehead from the late 80s.

by rose2hall on Apr 4, 2007 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

have the reds heard of focus groups?
mr. redlegs will probably scare the kids!
DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 3, 2007 9:21 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The 'stache
does look weird.  Even though it was dropped years ago, Marge's no facial hair policy still resonates with me for some reason.

by ken on Apr 3, 2007 9:51 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Boston Globe
"Former Boston player moves to Not Boston; Finds Places to Eat, Stuff to Do"
"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 3, 2007 10:28 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice.
Very nicely done sir.

by snohio on Apr 3, 2007 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome
You win the gold star for comment of the day.

I especially loved it when Peter King wrote his preview of the Reds, yet managed to take the entire column to talk about Bronson Arroyo and the Red Sox.

by bobestes on Apr 3, 2007 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL
DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 3, 2007 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Exactly.
It reminded me of the two pages in every high school yearbook devoted to the good looking guy judged to be the "nicest" by the girls who put the book together.

I kept clicking and clicking and they kept giving me more pictures of Bronson looking at walls.

by Alan on Apr 3, 2007 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Redlegs
I think he looks cool. So he scares the shit out of little kids. Even better; little kids blow.
"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 3, 2007 11:01 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i didn't think about it that way
but yeah - shut the kids up!  though they better not be crying scared around me when i go to a game!
DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 3, 2007 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by sukr on Apr 3, 2007 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

thanks...
In accordance to the prophecy

by crolfer on Apr 3, 2007 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Off days
on the second day of the season stink!  i'm ready for another game!
DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 3, 2007 11:24 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Agreed
Who the hell allows them to schedule an off day on Day 2 of the season? All the excitement, pagentrey, and interest generated by Opening Day... gone in a day when all you have is news of the National Championship (at least Oden decided to show up...).

Hell, I might go to Miller Park tonight just to get some baseball in my blood. Then again, if I went, I'd have to listen to how Ben Sheets pitched a 2-hit, 1-run, complete game, can walk on water, fed the hungry, solved global warming, AND fixed the Miller Park roof (again).

Hopefully, the city of Milwaukee will be back in "we have a baseball team?" mode by the time the Reds come to town.

by Senor Pez on Apr 3, 2007 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah
Today's weather looks a whole lot better than the rest of the week, too. I hope Arroyo pitches well in cooler temps.

by pw on Apr 3, 2007 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

his 10 game drought
last year came at the hottest time of year!
DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 3, 2007 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Arroyo article
This quote caught me by surprise: "Boston is a baseball town. This is a football town."

That is the first time I've ever heard that.  It could easily be translated to, "The baseball team hasn't won in a while, but the football team has started winning recently."


2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 3, 2007 11:27 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Always Bengals News
There is always Bengals news on big Reds days. Seemed like the pre-season schedule was as big as opening day the amount of news coverage it has gotten. Mike Brown loves to trump any Reds news with some of his own.

by snohio on Apr 3, 2007 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boston really is a baseball town
Even when the Red Sox hadn't won a World Series in 86 years and the Patriots were repeat Super Bowl champs, it was a baseball town.  I almost felt sorry for the Pats.  They won their second Super Bowl, and all the media and the fans were talking about was whether A-Rod would become a Red Sox.  


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know
But if you're used to Boston, just about every other city in the nation looks like a football town.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

St. Louis?
NY? L.A.? Chicago?
"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Apr 3, 2007 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or Cincinnati 6 years ago
The reason Cincinnati is "not a baseball town" is because the team hasn't had a winning record since 2000.  If the Reds were winning, regularly, the excitement would be there and football would be on the back page again.  That's how it was in the late 80s when the Reds were pretty good and the Bengals were respectable.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 3, 2007 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right Track
I think we're back on the right track, though.

Castellini and his gang are making some nice improvements that the prior owners just didn't "get". Stuff like having all the old Reds running around in Red blazers. Building the Cincinnati Bell Steamboat whatever thing. Creative ways of generating revenue.

When people start to wake up to the fact that we have fan-friendly ownership, I think they're really going to enjoy the experience of going to a ball game.

I heard a rumor that they have a maker's mark-sponsored bar out in left-center field. If so, i'm sold.

by bobestes on Apr 3, 2007 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I think so
NY loves their Yanks, but if the Giants won the Super Bowl, they wouldn't be talking about rumored baseball trades in the middle of winter.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So
NY is really a football town in disguise as a baseball town?
"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Apr 3, 2007 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

actually...
...given that 40% of the population of NYC is foreign-born, it's probably a soccer town.  ;-)


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

By soccer fans,
you mean football fans? Ah sheesh, now I'm really confused. Were we talking about soccer this whole time? :)
"Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth, kids.....even when you're eating cake"- obc

by sukr on Apr 3, 2007 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought Boston
was a basketball town? Isn't that what we were told countless times when Red Auerbach croaked?

Could it be that Boston is just a town of a few devoted fans and millions of fickle ones, i.e. just like every other contemporary sports city?

These baseball town/football town/basketball school/football school discussions make my teeth itch.

"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 3, 2007 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are exceptions
I don't think sports are that fungible because (in at least some areas) a team is ingraned into the region's culture.  People in Wisconsin will always love the Packers as much as beer-battered brats and bad beer, and they've stuck with them through thick and thin.  The Brewers will probably outperform Green Bay for the rest of the decade, but I can't see them replacing the Packers as the preeminent franchise of the state.  Similarly, Minnesota is a hockey state no matter how good or bad the pro team is (though the Gophers are mighty important).

I have to side with BFan on Boston.  It really is a baseball town - I can't imagine any other city that would start taunting their baseball rival during a Super Bowl celebration.  Pop culture specific to Boston also mentions the Sox much more prominently than the city's other teams or sports.  

by ken on Apr 3, 2007 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Regionalism
(Disclaimer: I probably don't know what I'm talking about)

I think there's something more going on than baseball. It's not a lie when people say there is a tangible insecurity in the Hub when it comes to New York. People I know from Boston are quick to shout the praises of their city and to rag on NYC whenever possible. Who knows where this really comes from; my guess is that Boston serves as a center of gravity for five states, whereas New York is a center of gravity for the entire Western world. Maybe it's even colonialism--Boston and Philly both used to be much more important, and both cities now have chips on their collective shoulders.

At any rate, my point is that the Yankees Red Sox rivalry is a convenient microcosm of the relationship between the two cities. The Red Sox used to be better, but once Ruth headed to the Bronx, the Yanks dwarfed the rest of the teams in the league. And as industry shifted from manufacturing to service/information, New York became an alpha city.

The interesting thing is that for basketball, it's the exact opposite. The Celtics are the most storied franchise in the sport, while the Knicks are the red-headed stepchildren, an old and tradition-laden team who hasn't won in ages--sound familiar?

Granted, baseball is more popular than basketball in general, but I wouldn't be surprised if much of the fervor Boston has for the Red Sox stems from regionalism.

As anecdotal evidence, I present my friend from Boston who is a diehard Red Sox fan. He loves the Sox and he supposedly loves baseball, but as soon as the Sox get eliminated he stops watching. To me, this seems like he's more affected by the team than the game.

by teb7 on Apr 3, 2007 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Philly
The capitol left Philadelphia in 1800, and I've always thought that in some ways the city never got over it.  

Good point about the Sox-Yankees rivalry.  Sports are really the best modern manifestation of a regional rivalry.  Since college sports in the northeast are dead, the energy is channelled into the pros.  The Sox and Yankees play in the same league and share several historical connection, so the rivalry is natural.  I wonder how different things would be if the Braves had stayed in Boston instead of the Sox and the A's had stayed in Philadelphia instead of the Phillies.

by ken on Apr 4, 2007 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boston's insecurity
There's at least one more reason to feel insecure and inferior in Boston. It's called "The Big Dig". What a boondoggle!

by pw on Apr 4, 2007 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not just Cincinnati.
The entire country has gone koo-koo for Domestic Violence Puffs.

I read an article yesterday about how the release of the NFL schedule has been delayed.  Why is there an article about that?  (Why was I reading it?)

The article mentioned that the schedule might eventually be released and analyzed during a two-hour "special program" on the NFL network this spring. Wha?!?

"Honey, I'll mow the lawn after I know for certain that the Vikings won't have to play to Bears and the Panthers on consecutive Sundays."

by Alan on Apr 3, 2007 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It seems
That ever the announcers at sportscenter are tired of how much they cover football in the off season. I mean really: it's March 15th and our lead story is about who Jacksonville might draft withe the 27th pick? can we do a little better? who cares?
GO REDS!

by ewquinn on Apr 3, 2007 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i thought it odd, too
he obviously is still not familiar with cincy.  cincy is only a sports town these days when there is a winning team.  bums.

the whole boston packed park thing is a relatively new phenomena, anyway, so they aren't much different than cincy, either.  if they had 6 losing seasons in a row, fenway would be half empty every night, too.

DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 3, 2007 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dear Cinicinnati
I would like to congratulate you darling littles for opening a Thai restaurant and thereby acquiring Official City status. Although Thai cuisine is hopelessly 1999, it's so precious that you gave it a shot. I was just discussing it with Gregor--the sous chef Gregor at the new Neo-Etruscan fusion trattoria in the battery--and he reminded me...well...never you mind. I also hear you have a club where Janis Joplin once perfromed--Janis Joplin!!!--just like Baltimore, a city that was mentioned in a New Yorker piece a friend of mine penned a few months ago. Are you near Baltimore? Sounds bracing!

Puddles of Cuddles,
New England

"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 3, 2007 12:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Two in one day
you receive the second gold star of the day

by bobestes on Apr 3, 2007 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

first pitch
CNN just showed yesterday's first pitches in Cincinnati and in the Bronx.  Lidle's kid threw a great pitch, but the mayor...oy, vey.  Words cannot adequately convey how bad that pitch was.  Good gravy.  Not to pile on or anything, but how can anyone make that bad a throw?  Holy guacamole.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 2:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

First pitch
Found it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx6zsub-neU

The look on ED's face is priceless.

"I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs, and four-thousand hits." - Pete Rose

by BK on Apr 3, 2007 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the funniest part...
...is the umpire ejecting hizzoner.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

cincy racist
geesh

by rose2hall on Apr 4, 2007 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's gotta be impeachable, right?
Eric looks like he wants to slap him. God, I miss ED.
"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 3, 2007 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about,
you put on a Bullet Proof Vest, and go in the back yard and play some catch, have someone video tape it, so we can put it on YouTube.
first post of the day, sorry for the snarky
GO REDS!

by ewquinn on Apr 4, 2007 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only if you promise
to be the shooter. I like you.
"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 4, 2007 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I want to see a clip of Hamilton's at bat
Anyone going to put that on YouTube?

by TheC on Apr 3, 2007 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ask and thee shall receive....
Hamilton's first at bat


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bloop you, George Grande!
Grande talked over the entire ovation, telling us how special it was. Let the moment speak for itself for God's sake!

by Red Menace on Apr 4, 2007 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Great! Thanks.
I appreciate the response!

(Geez.. now what should I ask for?)

by TheC on Apr 4, 2007 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carl Lewis
Can anyone find Carl Lewis' infamous first pitch? I say his is worse than the mayor's. if only because he was a world class athlete.

by Red Menace on Apr 4, 2007 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carl Lewis
I found his first pitch.

I think that Carl (or someone who cares for Carl) must have managed to erase his performance of the national anthem from the internet's memory but I found this on YouTube which should be as equally embarrassing to Carl's "off track" legacy.

And then there's this which will be incredibly embarrassing for YOU (and anyone within peek-over-your-shoulder distance of your laptop).  Be careful

by Alan on Apr 4, 2007 7:28 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carl Lewis
I found his first pitch.

I think that Carl (or someone who cares for Carl) must have managed to erase his performance of the national anthem from the internet's memory but I found this on YouTube which should be as equally embarrassing to Carl's "off track" legacy.

And then there's this which will be incredibly embarrassing for YOU (and anyone within peek-over-your-shoulder distance of your laptop).  Be careful

by Alan on Apr 4, 2007 7:28 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice
"Break it Up" is on my Desert Island Five. Also, I think we can reasonably expect a world-class athlete to throw better than a politician. Still, Lewis would probably be an upgrade over Juan Pierre.

by teb7 on Apr 4, 2007 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lewis upgrade over Pierre
As performer as well as a thrower.

Member the "wiggly feel"?

"You're all forgiven"

by Man Mountain on Apr 4, 2007 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh
Two other videos on the side are "Cubs Juan Pierre caught stealing" and "Cubs Juan Pierre pops out."  That must have been the highlight reel that got him the huge contract from the Dodgers.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 4, 2007 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought
they were gonna give him another shot. Guess they figured there was no point.

by pw on Apr 3, 2007 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mallory pitches 10 excuses
Some of these are as lame as his throw. At least he has a good sense of humor about it.

by satyanaas on Apr 4, 2007 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL
And the article even has a link to the YouTube clip. Poor guy.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 4, 2007 6:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Denorfia
Trent reports that Deno's Tommy John surgery went as planned this morning.  

Hard to believe that before Tommy John, that kind of injury was career-ending.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 2:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chris Carpetner will miss his next start.
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070403&content_id=1877619&vkey=news_ stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl

He has a history of shoulder problems, but only one other elbow problem, and he spent 15 days on the DL in 1999 because of it.  He is reaching the point in his career where Tommy John Surgery isn't that uncommon.  

by justin0070000 on Apr 3, 2007 10:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How to correctly throw out the first pitch....
Well, at least he can do that right....
<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NaoryQ0oLh8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object>
Nobody listens to Andrew

by nlt-andrew68 on Apr 3, 2007 11:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Olbermann...
...spent half his show yesterday going on about how Dubya didn't throw out the first pitch at the game only three miles from his house.  It's a tradition for the president to throw out the first pitch, and Dubya used to own a baseball team.  But he didn't throw out the first pitch.  Supposedly because he was afraid of being booed.


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 3, 2007 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he saw what happened to cheney last year
the chickenshit had to throw out the first pitch in cincy last year because it was one of the few places in the country where he wouldn't get booed.  

From the RR wiki:

How do I add videos to my comment / diary?

You shouldn't. Youtube has an easy cut-and-paste "Embed" feature, and this has been used to post videos in the past. However this slows down page loads too much and is discouraged. Instead post the URL link to a video and allow people to view it off site.

DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 4, 2007 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That explains a lot
I knew there was a reason why he's the president and Mark Mallory is just a mayor... it all makes sense.

This, obviously, means that Homer Bailey should be the next King/Emporer.

"I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs, and four-thousand hits." - Pete Rose

by BK on Apr 4, 2007 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Olberman got "scooped."
The president was truly unavailable on Monday.

by Alan on Apr 4, 2007 6:21 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

a new plan based on a strong forward surge... LOL
"The only way for the president to successfully remove himself from this situation is not to pull his head out of the banister, but to push his whole body through," White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten said. "We're asking Congress and the American people to give the commander-in-chief a chance to try this new plan, which involves forcing his shoulders, torso, arms, and legs through that banister."

by TheC on Apr 4, 2007 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prez
Say what you will about the guy, but that moment still brings tears to my eyes. I can't think of another politician, past or present, who would say 'f--- you' to terrorism and go out there and do what Bush did.

by greg456 on Apr 4, 2007 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Winston Churchill.
George Washington.
Aaron Burr.
Alexander Hamilton.
Abraham Lincoln.
Ulysses S Grant.
Dwight Eisenhour.
Teddy Roosevelt.
Franklin Roosevelt.
John Kennedy.
Bobby Kennedy.
John Glenn.
Ronald Reagan.
Margaret Thatcher.
John McCain.

by Alan on Apr 4, 2007 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How's the weather out there?
Think they'll get the game in?

Yankees game has been rained out already.  :-P


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 4, 2007 11:31 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The Yankees are wusses
It doesn't look like we're supposed to get anymore rain today, but it's windy and cold.  Game time temp tonight is a balmy 42 degrees with wind chills in the mid-30s.  It's a perfect night for the first RR get together at the ballpark.

Which reminds me, if you are going to the game tonight and want to join us for a beer or something, email me and I will give you my cell number to call at the park.


2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 4, 2007 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Yankees...
...are just trying to give the Rays a chance.  Tampa plays in a dome.  They aren't used to this strange wet stuff falling from the sky. ;-)


All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 4, 2007 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A Dome?
Is that what that monstrosity called Tropicana Field is?

by snohio on Apr 4, 2007 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My seats are in 521
(First section on third base side of home plate) but who knows where I'll end up in the stadium. If its too cold, my friend and I will likely end up in the Machine Room for at least part of the game tonight.

I must be a special kind of stupid for buying those Power Packs. :)

Still think I have your cell from last year, Slyde...providing you haven't changed it.

Looking forward to seeing a blogger game without the splitting headaches.

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

by Officer Dibble on Apr 4, 2007 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep
it's the same.

I don't know where we'll be.  We're going to congregate inside the park, so our seats are wherever we find our asses.


2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 4, 2007 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am thinking that
the upper deck might not be the most hospitable place on a cold, windy night like this.

I'll cross my fingers that the ushers are not rabid tonight.

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

by Officer Dibble on Apr 4, 2007 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was told earlier today that
"Tons of people are getting molested by gangs around the stadium, so you be careful."

Just passing that along. Watch your ass, man.

Hi 2007 baseball season. We've been waiting...

by Ash on Apr 4, 2007 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nats comeback
I was just following the Marlins-Nats game on Fan Graphs live game graph and it was an interesting first experience with the live graphs.  Fan Graphs' WPA graphs have gone live so that you can follow the win probability while the game happens.  It just so happens that the Nats, who had about a 10% chance of winning in the 6th inning managed to comeback in the 9th by scoring 3-runs for the win.

I know this isn't interesting to everybody, but I like these graphs because they show how significant even a small comeback late in the game can be.  The immediate swing in the graph during the 9th inning is just another representation of the excitement of that inning, especially if you didn't get to watch or listen to the game yourself.


2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 4, 2007 3:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dmitri Young to the rescue!
His single in the bottom of the ninth scored the winning run.  Not a bad pickup by Bowden, considering their alternatives at 1B while Johnson is out.  

In other Nats news, FeLo is apparently refusing to move back to SS, according to BP's rumor mill:

Cristian Guzman has been pushed to the DL with a strained hamstring, but Frank Robinson has to be chuckling after hearing that Felipe Lopez has refused to go back to shortstop in the interim. If this sounds like Alfonso Soriano all over again, you're right. Lopez insists that he'd be hurting the team by switching positions, even with Guzman out. At this stage it looks like Guzman will be out longer than the minimum, making many wonder if Josh Wilson can hold on to the position, or if the Nats will be forced to make some kind of move. Their depth is at second base, not short, but if some players are in essence altering the way the roster can be leveraged, that's a problem well beyond one injury.

by ken on Apr 4, 2007 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

interesting
So, by helping the team (not playing a position he's bad at), Felipe is actually hurting the team.  What a mess!  I don't have a clue what the right answer is in this situation.

2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 4, 2007 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah
but was he wearing a frowny face?

2007 Reds Threat Level is Yellow

by Slyde on Apr 4, 2007 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i was at the game.
it was awesome.  and dmitri young is so fat!
DUMP MILTON!

by Daedalus on Apr 4, 2007 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yikes
I finally clicked on that "broad humor"--there's a lot of really racists jokes there (that aren't even funny). Also at one point he appears to try to make a poor-taste Cory Lidle joke, but uses Brien Taylor's name instead.

by Red Menace on Apr 9, 2007 6:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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