What shall we beat them with?
From the Official Reds Twitter:
1st 700 fans to buy tix this a.m. at GABP for Saturday’s #Reds game get this “Beat the Cubs” shirt – http://ow.ly/i/1r4w
How ’bout it? Tee or not, let’s get some Reds fans in the seats this weekend and show the Cubbies wazzup.
UPDATE: The shirt in action.
Hey folks, thanks for playing along with our little gag. Don’t worry, none of us are defecting from our Reds fandom anytime soon.
We can’t let this opportunity go without thanking the other Reds blogs out there and the love they gave us when we played dead Wednesday. Plus, all our fans on the Tweetz. There were a few of you that “Made the Call” – @mikerrr (via DM), @bigleaguestew and @dmoody. But, the outpour of angst about our shuttering was heart-warming. You guys are all the best. We feel like jerks now :) haha
To all the folks out there that knew it was a joke the whole time and thought it was lame: That’s cool too.
But, How Could We Leave?
Really, how could we leave when shizz like this is going down? Um… we’re not taking credit here, but… yeah… we’re not here to talk about the past.
Opening Night
A.K.A. Game Two: Two Cold to Hold. We’ll be hitting up the game with our H-Skillets over at Red Reporter for the Reds Polyfleecie Spree. Really though, what are the odds that Joe “My Honda Don’t Want None” Morgan will sign my ‘72 Topps? Slim? None? In one in a hundred? Whatever. We may even have some buttons with us, so come ready with your stoopid human tricks tuned up and ret to go.
But The Joke’s On Us
Well, here’s the funny thing – when we made a quick check on our traffic numbers, we were stunned how many visitors we were getting on the day we S that D. Well, after some quick analysis, it was obvious that all the traffic we were getting was from folks searching for “Kiana Kim” and landing here and/or here. Haha… looks like Kiana was back in the news this week, as she and Pete were on Stern Tuesday and announced that Kiana was going to appear in Playboy. Looks like our Googling homeboys where hoping to get a peek to see how huuuuuuuge Kiana’s tracks of land really are. Well, there ya go – looks like the egg was really on our face. haha.
On a Personal Note
Even though baseball season is about to unleash its wrath on us soon, OMGreds might be a wee bit quieter in the coming months. My wife and I are expecting our first child on 4/11 – It’s a boy and he’s a first baseman. Can’t wait. So, I’ll be tied up with that for a little while (life) and might not make it to the ballpark as much this season. Full reports on the quality of the family restrooms at GABP are coming your way though. The rest of the OMGreds staff will be taking care of you… just with less fake mustache and more real beard.
Okay Reds fans, you’re being testing right now. Our team just dunn got swept by the Brew, our savior Joey Votto is on the DL for some mysterious reason and we’re heading into St. Louis to face serial Reds Killer A. Pujols and he band of merry chubs.
This is where a hell of a lot of Reds fans will be jumping off ye ol’ bandwagon.
We can’t let it happen though. The Reds will be back in town this weekend with the Cubs and their damn fans and their damn Snuggies coming with them. We should never have to say this, but we have to rally. Get your butt down to the ballpark this weekend, get your Reds gear on and root your ass off. You and the greater ‘Nati area will be better for it. Shut the Cubs fans out of our park. We don’t want to see any blue there this weekend.
Plus, there’s some nice swag being handed out this weekend. You know us, we’re suckers for free crap. Saturday is baseball card night. Sweet! Sunday the Reds are giving fans a matted photo of Joey Votto… with 500 of them actually signed by the man, himself. Can you believe that? MATTED! Those things are expensive at Michael’s (make sure you bring a coupon, that always helps). Too bad JV won’t be in the house for all that jazz. And, if that wasn’t enough, mister 50-homers-in-a-season George Foster will be signing autos and kissing babies in the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum before the game on Saturday. Make sure to wish him luck on Dancing with the Stars.
And who doesn’t want to see the Reds beat the hell out of Dempster? Friday night – It’s on!
Hat tip: Urban Prankster > Via Home Run Derby.
“Paging Kosuke Fukudome, paging Kosuke Fukudome … Please report to the Cincinnati Reds. You have been traded for a player to be named later.”
LOL… Nice prank.
Homie, let’s do it tonight. I’m going to the game tonight… with a Cubs fan… that I owe a beer. It’s already stacking up to be a bad night. How about we snap this streak and put a beatdown on DUMPstar and the sCrubs. Harness the power of Mario Soto!
Anyways, I’ll be posting anything interesting up on the photoblog tonight.
Go Reds!
Brennamaina… it’s running wild right now, folks. Check out this Cubs fan and his take on the whole Marty/Cubs fan thingiamajig. He really makes me look long and hard about how I feel about Cubs fans. Maybe they aren’t too bad after all.
Now, I’ve heard that Marty cussed out Brantley and stormed out of the booth over the weekend. This is not the case, apparently. After a little research, it sounds like he dropped the hammer on Reds PR Director, Rob Butcher in regards to Josh Fogg news from Dusty. I have not heard the audio, but it sounds like an actual “cussing out” is debatable at best. More on this over at Redszone.com. Apparently, a rather heated discussed could be heard through Brantley’s microphone. You go, Marty!
An “informational” sign posted at this year’s Cubs Convention. Photo nicked from A League of Her Own – a Cubs fan blog.
From all accounts on the web and from friends, Cubs convention can pretty much suck. Reds fan have to be grateful for Redsfest. Since it’s been revived, it has to be one of, if not the best winter baseball club conventions. Lots of autograph lines, tons of kid friendly fun, poker tournament, memorabilia, Wiffle ball tournament and more. Just another great thing the new Reds ownership is doing really well.
Man, what an idiot.
