LeCurious George
Best of luck, Sam!
Let’s move on folks. Go Reds!
OMGreds fan Jimmy passed along a vid he took of the final out during Saturday night’s game. Sweet shot from the Diamond Club seats behind home plate! Jimmy’s a lucky guy :)
Hanging on our office refrigerator is a poster with the photo you see posted above. Every time I swing over to the ‘frige to grab a FUNacho, the sight of those two Dodgers non-Reds fans eating crow after a Reds walk-off win brings me great joy. Well played, Reds Creative Services.
Trying to find out what game this may have been… any sleuths out there?
UPDATE: The photo was likely taken on Thursday, July 2, 2009. Rationale can be found here. Our Reds won that game 3-2, beating the Diamondbacks in 10 frames.
UPDATE #2: Reds Creative Services confirms our assumption that the game was in fact the July 2, 2009 game. Nifty photo work, folks!
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.
2010 Topps Heritage Awesomeness
Vintage Artillery
How ’bout some Bruce & Votto in the same pack of cards? It’s an omen. A good one.
A person familiar with the negotiations (speaking on condition of anonymity because the contract hadn’t been finalized) told the Associated Press Sunday that sought-after 22-year-old Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman has agreed to sign for $30 million with the Cincinnati Reds.
With a 100 mph fastball, he is considered by scouts to be among the top pitching prospects in the world!
Yahoo! Sports was believed to be the first to report it.
From their story:
The Reds had been “going after him like crazy,” according to one source, and outbid several other teams, including the Los Angeles Angels, Florida Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays.
The bidding increased from an initial $15.5 million offer from the Boston Red Sox in early December to the highest reported proposal of $23 million from Toronto a few days ago.
Chapman immediately becomes the top prospect in the Reds’ system and could join a dangerous young rotation if Edinson Volquez returns healthy from Tommy John surgery and Johnny Cueto and Homer Bailey develop.
Where the 22-year-old Chapman begins the season – in the high minor leagues or in the Reds’ rotation – will likely depend on how he pitches in spring training. Scouts and executives who saw him at the Dec. 15 workout said Chapman has potential to be a No. 1 starter.
Wow.
Chapman threw a bullpen session for major league teams in Houston last month; supposedly he wasn’t throwing at full speed and still hit 97 mph!
Chapman caught the attention of many during the World Baseball Classic in March; he pitched well against Australia and poorly against Japan.
Obviously it’s a huge stunner from a team that was expected to trim their opening day payroll from $71 million last season. Plus I had heard Chapman wanted to play in a large market. Once you get over the complete disbelief, you have to wonder whether they’ll decline options for Harang and Arroyo, which would shed about $20 million.
We had the pleasure of meeting two kick-ass Reds fans tonight, Jordan and Jacob, who certainly are not fair weather gents. Check out the paint job these guys pulled off. Complete with numbers on their backs. This helmet sundae’s for you guys! Their buddy who was in tow apparently didn’t get the memo and wore a grey t-shirt. COME ON!!! Seriously, this is kick-ass. Glad there are some die-hards sill out there. These guys got mad action on the jumboTRON tonight… We’re sure they were all over the FSN broadcast as well.
Other notables from the game tonight (that mostly have nothing to do with the game):
Got a kick-ass deal on a pair of authentic jerseys at the Reds team shop. Picked up a red alternate “Cool Base” Majestic of David Ross and a grey away jersey of Ryan Freel for $25 a piece! We’ll take C Trent’s suggestion and get “STUBBS” on that back of the Freel jersey. Sorry, Farney. Dare we get “CASTILLO” on our #26? HAHA.
GABP now has a fruit stand. How awesome is that? We first heard about it from C Trent today and wanted to check it out. It’s so nice to have some fresh food options at the ballpark now. Love me some hotdogs, nachos and LaRosa’s calzones, but a lot of times we just don’t want to fill up on junk. Had a Gala apple for $1.50 and a smoothie drink thing for $5.00. Feelin’ good too. A few other folks on Twitter are stoked about it as well. We’ll get back to the beers and sundaes this weekend, don’t worry. More on the fruit stand from The Packer
Ummm… is Engine Company 3 the best engine company in the city? Without a doubt!
It was a BEAUTIFUL night downtown Cincinnati. Just awesome. Prefect temperature, not a cloud in the sky. Those nights at the ballpark are wonderful.
Found a penny.
And the Reds win! Matt Maloney gets his frist MLB win… Cordero locks it down in the ninth. Fun game to watch.
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!
