SB Nation User Blog: Ash

Showdown: Johnny Cueto vs. Justin Upton

Ash — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:02:20 -0000

Showdown: Johnny Cueto vs. Justin Upton

mlb.com article about tonight's game. The best part, of course, are the comments from people who don't think the Reds are worth mlb.com's time. Odd, really.

Chris Carpenter MRI Reveals Torn Oblique

Ash — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:22:08 -0000

Chris Carpenter MRI Reveals Torn Oblique

Surprise, surprise... The issue that led Carpenter to leave his start early on Tuesday turns out to be serious. Somewhat surprisingly, to me at least, the Cardinals seem to still expect him back and pitching in the next four to eight weeks.

Gameday Cafe - 5:00 am

Ash — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:17:03 -0000

Hey everyone, sukr and I are looking for anyone else in the Greater Cincinnati area insane enough to hit up Gameday Cafe earrrly tomorrow morning in honor of our Dustyfied 2008 Cincinnati Reds.

Jeremy, I'm looking at you. Anyone else?

Leave a comment here if you're interested, or shoot an e-mail to one of us. (I think those are on the new and improved RR somewhere...) As always, the invitation is extended to anyone who can make it. For those of you who don't know us, keep in mind, we aren't scary people. Strange, certainly, but not scary.

Skip work and drink beer at ungodly hours? Sounds like a plan to me.

It's Dusty, folks.

Ash — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:49:41 -0000

I hate the Reds so damn much.

Also I'll have more thoughts on this, but for now I have to say that it is really gutless and pathetic that the Reds didn't give Pete Mackanin the interview they promised him. I am not even a fan of the guy, but there's a certain way to do business, and breaking promises like that really isn't the way to go about things. - JD

My joy at Ohio State becoming the #1 team in the land (barring something truly bizarre) has been severely tempered by the fact that ESPN is reporting that Dusty Baker is the new manager of the Reds.

I woke people in my neighborhood up with my bloodcurdling screaming, I'm sure.

Oh, crap.

A three year deal. Three years. THREE YEARS.

FF - The Last Four Rounds

Ash — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:56:11 -0000

Seriously, we're almost done.

Again...
Brian B
Kyle
greg
Ash
tHan
Dibble
Snohio
sonant
sledridge
Zach
Menace
BK
Charlie
boobs

1 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE, 1 TE/WR, 1 K, 1 DEF, 6 Bench

I'm not sure who all will be here, and who all won't be, so it'll be like last night: Unless you have e-mailed me preferences, you're getting Yahoo's best available.

Brian B took Michael Clayton with the first pick of Round 13. Kyle is up, and has until 9:05 to pick.

Fantasy Football - The Real Draft

Ash — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:51:41 -0000

It's time. If you aren't here, Yahoo's best available will be selected for you unless you've contacted me with picks.

Remember there are 16 Rounds, and you'll need: 1 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE, 1 WR or TE, 1 K, 1 DEF, and 6 for the Bench

Tits McGee
Kyle's Killers
GoodNewzFederalPrizn
Blue Steel
Parrot Heads
Vegas Strippers
Snohio Storm
Hoosier Daddies
TN RiverRails
Killer Tuscans
Red Menace
BK Broilers
Silver Scrabbles
boobs

A quick recap:

Tits McGee: LaDanian Tomlinson
Kyle's Killers: Steven Jackson
GoodNewzFederalPrizn: Larry Johnson
Blue Steel: Shaun Alexander
Parrot Heads: Frank Gore
Vegas Strippers: Joseph Addai
Snohio Storm: Peyton Manning
Hoosier Daddies: Reggie Bush

TN RiverRails is up...

Fantasy Football... Pre-Draft Draft

Ash — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:07:49 -0000

We now have 14 teams (thanks boobs!), and we're doing head-to-head scoring.

Red Menace suggested that we go ahead and begin drafting and to make selections as we have time, so that at the very least if you can't make it Tuesday night, you can get who you want in the earliest rounds. I'm hoping that all of Monday and a majority of Tuesday will allow us to at least get through the first round. There were no objections in the previous thread, so here we go...

16 Rounds: 1 QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, 1 TE, 1 WR or TE, 1 K, 1 DEF, 6 Bench

end around/Tits McGee
Kyle's Killers
GoodNewzFederalPrizn
Blue Steel
Parrot Heads
Vegas Strippers
Snohio Storm
Hoosier Daddies
TN RiverRails
Killer Tuscans
Red Menace
BK Broilers
Silver Scrabbles
boobs

...this is a serpentine draft. I trust you all know what that means. Congrats, end around. I have no idea who you are, but enjoy the first pick!

Fantasy Football Pt. 2

Ash — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:55:46 -0000

Alright kiddies, I've established the league over on Yahoo...

League name: RedReporter (#655586)
Password: elpidio

Right now we're set up for an offline draft. I'm more than willing to do an online draft, but I'm not going to just set it to auto-draft for everyone - if you can't make it, you can set it to auto-draft for yourself. I'd really like to do this draft before the season starts next Thursday, so the latest we can draft is Wednesday night. I know it's a holiday weekend so people might not be around (I'll be out of town myself), so I'm thinking either Tuesday night or Wednesday night. If we do it Tuesday night, it'll be during the game. Wednesday's game is a day game, so that wouldn't interfere.

As for the league settings, go take a peek and let me know if there's anything that you'd like to be changed. I set it up with 1 QB (and other offensive positions) and only a defense, as opposed to individual defensive players. I also altered various other standard settings, so let me know what you all think. The scoring is head to head, and the league will allow up to 14 teams, so I think that'll cover everyone who expressed an interest in joining.

Good luck, bitches!

Also, unless your team name makes it obvious, let everyone know who you are. I'm Blue Steel (if you didn't already know) again because frankly, I can't be bothered to be creative enough to come up with a new name. That, and it's worked out well so far. And Magnum isn't ready yet.

Fantasy Football

Ash — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:08:23 -0000

I know we're enjoying the hell out of this recent resurgence by our beloved Reds, but we can't simply ignore the upcoming NFL season. It's almost here, and we might as well embrace it. I think we had a pretty successful and fun time with a league on Yahoo last year, so let's do it again. Who's in?

And who's for only 1 QB this time?

Unless someone else really, really wants to be commissioner, I'll create the league. Give me a couple of days, and I'll have something together.

I'll post the league info/password when we've got enough interested parties, then we can start talking about the draft.

So far it's me and Zach. I'm guessing Menace will want in because he's dying for an opportunity to actually finish ahead of me this year. Who won last season, Dibble? He's in again, I bet.

NL All-Star Roster - a.k.a. Aaron Harang Gets the Shaft

Ash — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:28:43 -0000

It's official, only one All-Star for 2007.

Starters:
Russell Martin C
Prince Fielder 1B
Chase Utley 2B
David Wright 3B
Jose Reyes SS
Carlos Beltran OF
George Kenneth Griffey, Jr. OF
Barry Bonds OF

*according to mlb.com, Junior got the most votes in the National League. Congratulations.

Pitchers:
P Francisco Cordero
P Brian Fuentes
P Cole Hamels
P Trevor Hoffman
P Jake Peavy
P Brad Penny
P Takashi Saito
P Ben Sheets
P John Smoltz
P Jose Valverde
P Billy Wagner

Reserves:
C Brian McCann
1B Derrek Lee
1B Albert Pujols
1B Dmitri Young
2B Orlando Hudson
2B Freddy Sanchez
SS J.J. Hardy
3B Miguel Cabrera
OF Matt Holliday
OF Carlos Lee
OF Aaron Rowand
OF Alfonso Soriano

The "Final Vote" guys:
Tom Gorzelanny, PIT
Roy Oswalt, HOU
Brandon Webb, ARI
Chris Young, SD
Carlos Zambrano, CHI

Hamels: 9-4, 3.87 ERA, 29 BB, 116 K, 1.22 WHIP
"Big Z": 9-6, 4.20 ERA, 47 BB, 97 K, 1.33 WHIP
Harang: 8-2, 3.80 ERA, 28 BB, 100 K, 1.18 WHIP

just sayin'...