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Reds’ defensive gems

June 7, 2012

Now that we’re deep enough into the season that we’ve got some very strong candidates – including several from the past two weeks – we’re keeping a list of the absolute best defensive plays made by the Reds this season so that we can vote and post a top 10 at the end of the year. Here are the candidates (not necessarily locks) we’re considering so far. Please let us know if we’re forgetting any and we’ll add them. Or let us know if there are any you think are ho-hum.

6/6: Heisey’s catch at the wall vs. Pirates

6/3: Phillips’ diving catch in Houston

5/28: Stubbs’ snow-cone catch to rob Pedro Alvarez

5/26: Cozart dives to rob Tulowitzki

5/25: Cozart dives to rob Scutaro

5/23: Phillips’ flip from his back to Cozart to get out at second vs. Braves

5/21: Stubbs’ sliding catch in 9th vs. Braves

5/20: Phillips’ double play vs. Yankees with sliding stop, tag of second with glove and throw to first from knees

5/20: Votto’s diving stop of a bad hop on a ball hit by Yankees’ Swisher

5/12: Phillips’ behind-the-back flip to Cozart to rob Bryce Harper

4/28: Cozart throws from his ass

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Git up git git down

May 17, 2012

It’s no Turnpike Dance, but Reds rookie Todd Frazier shows us all how to get down pre-game, jamming to a little H to the Izzo. Teammate DatDude captured the epic moment on video for all to witness. Todd can dance all he likes since he hit two dingers and drove in three runs during that night’s 6-3 win over the Mets.

Shall we call this dance the Toms River Tadow?

We’re already big fans of Mr. Frazier here at OMG, but you take this and sprinkle in a little on-deck bat guitar and you get a ballplayer that’s quickly climbing up the ranks of awesomeness.

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Upcoming Reds Signings

August 25, 2011
Cesar Geronimo 1972 Topps

Sign me! Sign me!

The fine folks at West Chester’s very own Sports Gallery have a couple of quality Reds signings coming up. Here are the details…

Saturday, August 27, 2011
Brandon Phillips Autograph Session
12:00pm – 2:00pm

Friday, September 16, 2011
Dave Concepcion and Cesar Geronimo
6:30pm – 8:30pm

More information, prices, etc. right here

I would love to get my 1972 Topps Cesar Geronimo card signed for my ’72 Reds set. I’m doing to a small handful of cards before it’s complete. Nerd alert!

Know of anything else going on? Let us know.

UPDATE:

Couple of official Reds appearances coming up.

Saturday, August 27, 2011
Drew Stubbs, Bill Bray and Chris Heisey
12 TO 1:30 P.M.
Reds Passport Signing at the Reds Team Shop by Majestic. Make sure you check the details on this one.

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Monday, August 29, 2011
Todd Frazier
12 TO 1 P.M.

Bob Sumerel Tire & Service
3663 Stonecreek Blvd
Colerain, OH 45251

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Sam LeCure
12 TO 1 P.M.

Bob Sumerel Tire & Service
1246 State Route 28
Milford, OH 45150

More information on these appearances Reds.com

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BPshawty going guerilla?

July 14, 2011
Phillips 4 pREDSident

pREDSident - LOVE IT.

OMGreds noticed a curious stencil spray painted on a walkway of the Taylor-Southgate Bridge, aka Central Bridge, a few days ago. Looks like our man BP is running 4 PREDSIDENT. We’ll gladly endorse that ticket – but only after we hear who his running mate is. Zach Cozart, maybe?

You can find the stencil on the west walkway of the bridge, very close to the Kentucky shore. It’s right next to the stairs that lead you down to the riverwalk. Next time your walking over to GABP after parking in Newport, make sure you keep an eye out for it.

If you’ve seen any others around town, or know who’s behind the campaign, let us know!

Phillips 4 pREDSident

Phillips 4 pREDSident on the Taylor-Southgate Bridge

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BP Wristband Update

June 15, 2011
Brandon Phillips signing an autograph on 6/14/11

Brandon Phillips signing an autograph on 6/14/11 and showing off his fancy wristbands (Photo: Marco Velazquez)

Brandon Phillip's wristband

Brandon Phillip's wristband - ZOOMED! (Photo: Marco Velazquez)

You’ve been waiting on pins and needles for this update, right? Yeah, right.

One of our awesome Twitter followers, Marco Velazquez (@Liltigers), snapped the above pic with Brandon Phillips not only sporting today’s 1944 throwback uniform, but also one of the best shots we’ve seen of his personalized wristbands. We had to share it with y’all!

From what we’ve seen, BP has at least three different variations of wristbands, all bearing his mug, but in different colors – Red, red with a white box, grey, and possibly white. The white ones we noticed may have been just grey.

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Dat Dude’s wristbands

May 31, 2011
Brandon Phillips' wristbands on May 31, 2011

BP wristbands - Dig 'em! What are they?

Brandon Phillips' wirstband on May 31, 2011

A closer look

Didn’t notice until the 9th inning of the broadcast on 5/31, but we noticed that Brandon Phillips was sporting some interesting looking wirstbands. The above screen cap is the best we can do, but, it’s tough to make out exactly what is on BR’s new bands. To venture a guess, it looks like it may be a small caricature (of himself?) similar to those awesome Mim’s wristbands from the late ’80s, early 90s. Off the top of our head, quite a few players wore these wirstbands in 1990 – Barry Larkin, Eric Davis, Luis Quinones and Kal Daniels in years previous. There may have been others, and there were certainly quite a few around the league, most notibily, Barry Bonds and OMGreds favorite, Benito Santiago with the All-Star variation.

We wonder if the same caraciture that is on this fantastic t-shirt is the same that is on the wirstband? No, not this shirt. This one! Just a guess, of course.

We put a Tweet in to @DatDudeBP. We’ll let you know if he hits us back.

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Cardinals fans …

September 3, 2010

… 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:

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BP tries, but can’t quite take care of Leake

August 4, 2010

Losing to the Pirates sure does stink, but whatcha gonna do? This is a team that swept the Reds in Pittsburgh back in April; hopefully fortunately the Reds can TCOB on Wednesday and take took 2 of 3.

Yeah, they came up short, but how about Brandon Phillips’ two-out, two-run double in the 8th to bring the Reds within a run. Can we talk about how money BP has been lately? He has 13 hits in his past 31 at-bats (.419). He has four multi-hit games in his past seven. The league leader in runs has scored at least one run in six of seven games. (He’s got nine runs in those seven games.) And once again he comes alive in the 8th inning, an inning in which he’s hitting .375 (18-for-48) this season. How great would it be for the Reds if August turns out like June (.373 BA) did for BP?

Can we also talk about how money Rolen has been lately? This guy is 12-for-24 over his past six games.

Who’s not hot? Bruce has 11 strikeouts and 5 hits in the past 7 games. (He has 103 strikeouts this season, with 99 hits.) He has struck out 30 times in his past 96 at-bats. .255 is the lowest his average has been since May 10. Hate to sound like a broken record but how about some time off?

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BP quote

June 18, 2010

After Thursday’s 7-1 win against the Dodgers, Brandon Phillips was asked about coming away with just four wins during a 10-game homestand. He offered the following response:

I feel like the teams that we played we should have took advantage of it, but, you know, I mean, that’s the way baseball goes. We just learn from our mistakes and hopefully we can do better on the road. That’s all it really is. We know the kind of team we are and we know the teams we played. We should have won those games.

A quick check of the standings reveals that the Giants are 37-28 (1/2 game out of first in the NL West) and the Dodgers are 38-28 (tied for first in the division). Both of those records are better than that of the Reds. You could make the argument that the Giants were only 30-25 when they came to town, but they split with us. So it wasn’t beating the Reds that helped them inch closer to first – it was winning five of six after they left.

So we’re left to assume that by “teams that we played” who the Reds should have beaten up on (in more ways than one), BP is talking about the Royals. In which case, we agree, it was definitely not good losing two out of three to Kansas City at home. Good. Glad we’re all in agreement then.

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Awkward, at best

February 3, 2010

Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto 2010 Upper Deck Series 1

Did you shave? No. Did you Shave? No.


If anyone should be suing Upper Deck, it should be BP and J-Vott. Check out the Reds team checklist card from 2010 Series 1 Upper Deck – NOT COOL. Things on this card are just a little too close for comfort.

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.

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Reds Caravan: C-Bus

January 31, 2010
Brandon Phillips signing autographs

Brandon Phillips signs autographs at the Reds Caravan stop in Columbus

The OMGreds posse kicked around the idea of a quick Reds Caravan road trip to maybe Athens or Louisville or some other stop for a night, but schedules were tight and nothing came of it. So, it was out of the blue when Twitter told me that the Reds Caravan was at the same spot in Columbus I was heading to Sunday morning.

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!

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Photos from Spring Training

March 11, 2009

Brandon Phillips waves to the crowd at Ed Smith Stadium
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.

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BP wins Gold Glove

November 5, 2008

Brandon Phillips and his Gold Glove Trophy
Sweet! He deserves it. Link it.

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BP out with broken finger

September 10, 2008

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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