… get caught licking nacho cheese off their fingers.
They also tuck it in.
Check the standings, fellas:
And yes, the one dude is chanting “Bran-don,” and the other is chanting “Phil-lips.” I always find it particularly insulting when opposing fans chant my name. Way to really get into his head. Good job, guys.
Unconfirmed reports that this dude is a Cardinals fan too:
Cincinnati.Com has video of Hammer’s sound check at GABP … outstanding!
Ready to impress your friends during the game (and celebration of 1990) tonight!
Ask them to guess how many active Major Leaguers were playing in 1990.
The answer: 2. Omar Vizquel and Jamie Moyer. Moyer was actually already in his fifth year in MLB in 1990! Vizquel’s (I almost just referred to him as “Omar” but then I remembered I’m not a Tribe fan) first year was ’89. I would’ve guessed Tim Wakefield, but his rookie year was 1992. BTW, Arthur Rhodes is damn close … he made his big-league debut in ’91. And Junior would’ve counted (debuted in 1989) if he hadn’t called it quits a few weeks ago.
4 – Hits in 4 at-bats by Paul Janish – who replaced Joey Votto after his ejection in the first inning – in Sunday’s series finale. HUGE day for Janish, a guy who has not gotten enough playing time and maybe got a little fired up (not that he said anything, but I would’ve been fired up if I were him) when Dusty had Mike Leake hit for himself in the extra-inning loss to Philly.
5 – Number of RBIs Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin had – out of 8 by his team – in the 4-game series against the Reds.
7 – Home runs hit by the Reds in Sunday’s 14-3 win, including 3 by Drew Stubbs.
10 – Wins this season – third best this season in the National League – by Mike Pelfrey, who the Reds have to face Monday in New York. Pelfrey is 3-1 with a 4.73 ERA in six career appearances (five starts) against the Reds.
17 – Runs the Reds scored during the seventh inning of their wins Friday and Sunday against the Cubs – 9 more runs than the Cubs scored in the entire 4-game series.
58 – Consecutive years, according to Mark Wagner (via the radio broadcast from Sunday), in which a National League player ranking in the top five in batting, home runs and RBIs has made the All-Star team. Votto would be the first since 1952.
I can't decide whose locker tag I want the worst: Jason Ellison, Ryan Jorgensen or Jayhawk Owens.
J Gomez ... I sure hope they didn't misspell it that way on the back of the shirt.
Hot thong action
What a Croc!
Dear Andy Behrens of Yahoo! Sports:
Thanks for jinxing Arthur Rhodes with your ‘Closing Thoughts’ column from Tuesday.
Also … Some of us have made it clear on previous occasions that we’re Mo Egger fans. I know it’s not possible all of the time because Mo is on the air in the afternoon but I’m sure 700 WLW management would agree he’s got to be the guy you’d ideally want doing Extra Innings pretty much every night. The guy is just solid and knows his stuff. And sure enough, driving home from Tuesday’s game and he’s talking about the topic that I’d say is on the minds of most fans who watched the game. Yes, the Votto home run was a huge thrill and I hated to see it go to waste with a loss, but the absolute head-scratcher is why on earth did Dusty have Mike Leake bat for himself in the 6th just after Hernandez doubled in Cairo and Heisey to make it 6-3 (when Rolen had even come out onto the on-deck circle) only to replace Leake to start the 7th.
Yes, it’s impressive that Leake has 11 hits in his first 29 Major League at-bats. But Rolen has 1,885 hits in his first 6,630 at-bats. And 17 home runs this season. You’re trying to battle your way back into the game. Why is the pitcher hitting? Some might argue that it would be appropriate to use Micah Owings as a pinch-hitter in that situation, but he’s even only 3-for-14 this year. Use Rolen or Stubbs or Nix or even Paul Janish. (Can we try to get him some at-bats please?) But if you intend to yank Leake – who has thrown 92 pitches and allowed 6 earned runs – as you should, get someone up off the bench.
OMGReds.com has learned that the Mets’ Chris Carter has what is believed to be one of the best walk-up songs ever: ‘Real American’ by Ohio native Rick Derringer (of “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” fame). Yes, the one Hulk Hogan used as entrance music. Fantastic! Be sure to listen for it July 5-7, when the Reds visit the Mets.
What a night! Edwin Jackson of the D’backs throws a no-hitter (despite walking 8 and throwing 149 pitches) against his former team, the Rays. Did you happen to see the socks the Rays wore Thursday? You know we love it when socks and/or stirrups are worn with pride (as Johnny Cueto is known to do). The Rays actually won that game, but then they inexplicably didn’t wear them tonight?! If a no-hitter isn’t a strong enough indication that they should’ve worn them again, I don’t know what is!
… who caught Scott Rolen’s home run, the third Reds homer in the 10th inning (during Monday’s 6-4 win against the A’s). Your impressive grab didn’t get mentioned on the air by Paul or Chris during the FSN broadcast, but we saw it. Strong. Ought to be a Web Gem.
Hunter Wendelstedt absolutely killed the Reds Wednesday night. Blew the call at the plate in the 5th where Ramon Hernandez was safe (as the replay showed) and then a ridiculous strike-three call on what should have been ball four to Scott Rolen in the 6th (and would’ve loaded the bases with nobody out).
Some fun lip-reading if you watched as Rolen and Dusty got run. Plenty of f-bombs. Rolen repeatedly pointed out that the ball almost bounced and that it almost hit the ground. Dusty did too, and also pointed out, “That was b***s***, that call was f****** b***s*** and you know it!”
The call that got Rolen and Dusty tossed aroused the ire of someone else who added the following to Wendelstedt’s entry on Wikipedia:
On June 16th, 2010, Wendelstedt threw Reds third baseman and manager Dusty Baker out of a game after called Rolen out on a pitch 4 inches off the ground. The pitch was clearly low and the normally low-key Rolen and Baker were clearly upset. This pitch represented on of the top ten worst calls of all time.
Needs some copyediting :) and we’d have to give some thought to the Top 10 worst calls of all time but it WAS a really lousy call.
Also, it’s getting old coming up with silver linings after losses, but kudos to Chris Heisey on his pinch-hit home run in the 9th, the first dinger Hong Chih-Kuo has surrendered this season.
… in the facial hair category in Dodgers outfielder Reed Johnson. The cool thing was Johnson and Corky Miller were shown one right after the other during Tuesday’s FSN broadcast and for a second I felt like I was watching a game from the 1880s.