Did you shave? No. Did you Shave? No.
h/t: The one and only Cardboard Junkie
In somewhat related nerdiness, our main man Youk is getting a SECOND McFarlane this year. McFarlane MLB Series 26 is scheduled to be released May, 2010.
Brandon Phillips signs autographs at the Reds Caravan stop in Columbus
Really, I was really planning to go there. The Reds were not involved with my plans at all. I SWEAR. It was just a nice coincidence. SWEAR.
As the Caravan stop at Polaris Fashion Place (MALL) was just kicking off, I hit the road from Cincinnati to Columbus.
In spite of the I-71 being patrolled by EVERY SINGLE State Trooper in the state of Ohio, I made good time and actually caught the last 30 minutes of the autograph session, getting in line right outside of JC Penny. Oh, I how I love Pennys. Anyways, though Reds officials let us back-of-the-liners know that we probably won’t make it through the line in time, but we stuck it out anyways. We were soon rewarded by a very kind Brandon Phillips, who hopped up from his seat on the stage and came out to make sure that every person in line that wanted an autograph and/or photo with him was taken care of. Total class act. This was the last stop of the weekend tour for these guys and I’m sure they wanted to head home, but they took care of everyone. I also managed to snag an auto from Zach Cozart and Glenn Braggs right before they bugged out. All those guys couldn’t have been any nicer.
Glad I made the stop in C-Bus to hook-up with the Reds Caravan.
While I didn’t get much in the way of photos (sorry!) make sure you check out Jamie Ramsey’s blog, Better Off Red. There is a plethora of photos and stories from all the 2010 Reds Caravan stops. Great stuff. While Redsfest is awesome for us fans here in Cincy, the Reds really do their best to take care of the rest of Reds Country.
UPDATE: Make sure you check out The Writer’s Journey for photos and autographs from Saturday’s Caravan stop at National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton on Saturday.
For even more, Red Hot Mamma has posted some photos from the Muncie, IN stop on Saturday.
ALSO…
Looks like the Reds inked Orlando Cabrera. Nice upgrade at short. We are really rooting for Janish, but this is great. Hopefully The OC can produce this year.
Our boy Slyde over at Red Reporter is at Reds Fantasy Camp. We couldn’t possibly be more jealous. Have a great week, dude!
OMGer Dave was down in Florida this past weekend for some Grapefruit League action. He was able to watch the Redlegs and Bucs play last week at Ed Smith in Sarasota as well as a Rays/Red Sox game in Port Charlotte.
Dave posted a slew of photos from his trip, including some bonus pics of former Red Marcus McBeth, now with the Red Sox.
More photos are coming very soon – more from this past weekend’s WBC games in Toronto, as well as some more spring training action this weekend. We’ll be at the Reds/Rays game on Saturday. Keep checking the photo blog for more updates.
If you missed the mobile photos from Toronto from last weekend, click it here.
Sweet! He deserves it. Link it.
For the rest of the season! Damn! This will probably kill his chances at a Gold Glove this season – that sucks!
UPDATE: Yeah, he’s definetly out. Here’s an update from reds.com.
UPDATE #2: Here’s a nice little mention about BP being tough as nails on latimes.com.
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