SB Nation User Blog: snohio

Come see me catch the first pitch on July 1st.

snohio — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:22:39 -0000

As I eluded to in a game thread last week, me and my family will be responsible for throwing out the first pitch for the Wednesday July 1st Reds game. My brother in law won a drawing and was going to have his son throw out the first pitch, but as luck would have it, his ex-wife is taking their children to Florida and leaving that day (to be fair the flights were purchased before the winning.) So Jereme offered them up to me to have Trey throw out the pitch to me. Unfortunately I fear that Trey's throw would be more errant than Malory's so Jereme will visit the mound with my wife and son to toss it to me.

Our seats are somewhere in the middle of the lower first base section, so that is where we will be.. If anyone would like to come on out to that game and hang out, let me know so I can be looking for you. If someone wants to photograph or video it, I would be most greatful. July is going to be an awesome month! First pitch, 9 days of vacation, hot pass at the Kentucky Truck Race. I'm pretty excited!

Last Call - Pittsburgh This Weekend

snohio — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:48:08 -0000

Ok, so this is the last call for folks heading to Pittsburgh for the Saturday May 2nd and Sunday May 3rd, Reds v. Pirates games. I've got Ash, 'than, XJJeep and myself heading to the Pitts Saturday around 11.. We are staying at the Marriott City Center (about 7 blocks from PNC Park.) If you are coming from Cincinnati, let me know.. I have a full car but we could still head down together..

We hope to get there by 5, go find some tickets and fill the bellies with food and alchohol. If you are going to meet us there, let me know and I'll pick up some tickets for you. If you haven't already done so, drop me an email and I'll shoot you my cell number to get a hold of us while we are there.

I really thought I'd have more to add here, but surprisingly not..Owell..

Official RR Road Trip - PNC Park - May 2nd - 3rd Invitation

snohio — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:25:19 -0000

Ok, it was officially dumped into my lap that I put together all of the details for our first (that I am aware of) Official Red Reporter Road Trip - PNC Park Edition.

Here are the details -The games are May 2rd at 7:05pm EST and May 3rd at 1:35 EST.

Well, that's about all of the firm details! I will be taking "a" vehicle to support either myself and 3 others or 5 others, depending on said vehicle I can procure. I'm pretty sure there is a car from DC heading there.

If you are interesting in joining us and have not already contacted me, please reply or better yet email me (or both even). I have created an event on Facebook so you can join us there as well. If possible I'd like to keep the majority of the discussion off of the site just because of the nature of these posts getting shuffled down after a few days..

Please let me know soon so we can figure out what we are doing in regards to travel, accommodations and game tickets.. If anyone has any connections in regards to tickets, or hotel client codes or anything let me know!

I am seriously looking forward to this road trip. It is going to be a lot of fun..

Fantasy Baseball for Abby Normal people.

snohio — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:26:17 -0000

First off, that Ben for running the "normal" Fantasy League. Truthfully I would be absolutely lost in that league and a definate bottom feeder (who am I kidding I was a bottom feeder the BEER league.) Anyhow, I have taken over the helm for the Red Report Beer League fantasy baseball league. Here are the details:

It is a Yahoo league (226367) and the password is joeyvotto. (Sign Up Here)

You can go directly there at http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/rrbl.

League rules are the same as the last two years. This is a AL ONLY - Auto Draft league because we have no clue what we're doing anyway. (Well, some of us.)

The league is open to ALL. There is room for 12 teams total and it is a Rotisserie scoring league.

DRAFTING STARTS SOON. The first game is scheduled for April 5th so I am going to flip the "Draft Switch" on April 2nd!

Good luck to all and hope to see the regulars and new folks join our draft..

MLB Network 30 Clubs in 30 Days

snohio — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:39:18 -0000

Has anyone been catching the 30 Clubs in 30 Days programming on MLB Network? I've watched a couple and I think they do a pretty good job of breaking down the teams preseason. They do decent interviews and it is nice to see some of the other teams.

The Reds are coming up on March 5th. You can check MLB's site for the schedule: http://mlb.mlb.com/network/schedule/. It will be fun watching "The Mayor's" take on the 09 Reds. Casey isn't doing every one, but I'm sure they will have him on the desk for the Reds.

RR Beer League NFL Fantasy Results

snohio — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:49:26 -0000

Well, it's been a season all right. Sorry it has been over for a week and I haven't posted the results, but I am still a bit bitter. I nearly went wire to wire during the regular season, only giving up my lead after the last game to Ash and her two ties.(and points).

The post season was brutal on the top three with us all loosing in the first round of the playoffs. Ash and I then went on to loose the second round in the playoffs and ended up 7th and 8th overall and Caleb (3rd regular season) taking 5th.

Jacob Brumfield pulled of a couple of upsets and took the overall win! TN RiverRails and Smack of Ham taking 2nd and 3rd.

Congrats to the winners and better luck next year to us loosers. The complete standings after the jump..

*1.	jacob brumfield	7-6-1	.536	1144	L-2	3	-
*2.	TN RiverRails	9-5-0	.643	1277	L-1	5	3
*3.	Smack of Ham	6-8-0	.429	1364	L-1	8	22
*4.	Verka Salt	5-8-1	.393	1031	W-1	12	20
*5.	Ken Riley's Rattlers	10-4-0	.714	1355	W-5	1	14
*6.	Touchdown Charlie	8-6-0	.571	1287	W-1	11	24
*7.	BlueSteel	10-2-2	.786	1453	W-1	2	7
*8.	Snohio Seals	11-3-0	.786	1259	L-1	10	22
9.	Hoosier Daddies	5-9-0	.357	1097	L-3	4	2
10.	The Mad Cadavers	4-10-0	.286	1168	W-1	9	35
11.	Barack N'Roll	4-10-0	.286	1103	W-2	6	-
12.	Kyle's Killers	3-11-0	.214	1040	L-4	7	26

Here are the complete standings. Not sure who some of the folks were that didn't use their RR nick in the team name. Shout out if that is the case so we know!

Thanks for playing this year!

Golic rips Daugherty

snohio — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:12:54 -0000

I was listening to Mike and Mike this morning on the way to work and Greenie starts talking about an article written by Paul "Doherty" in the USA Today this morning which was really "our own" Paul Daugherty. His article Baseball's disconnect with fans was reprinted in USA Today apparently. (I can understand the mis-pronunciation of his last name, Brad Daugherty is pronounced Doherty.)

Anyway, Greenie is basically reading the column which goes on and on about the disparity between real world economics and baseball economics and how Daugherty feels that CC shouldn't take all of that money. Golic was like "So what - what is baseball supposed to do? What are the owners supposed to do? What is the point of the article."

I just thought it was amusing for Golic to rip on him for writings a worthless piece of fluff with a question and no answer. I guess he got some national exposure out of it. Maybe other markets will see what media we have to deal with on a regular basis in this city.

WS RR Gathering

snohio — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:39:45 -0000

Ok, so now it is decided who will be playing, an nobody will be watching, except the faithful RR bunch.

Now we need to decide when to have the WS gathering and where. I included on the poll all of the first four games since it is possible to be wrapped up by then. All games start at 8pm (supposedly), so they should be wrapped up by the time the bars close.

I would imagine that some folks would prefer to meet in Kentucky this year due to the fact that cigarettes KILL and people in KY just don't care about personal health (or appearance for that matter) (JK.)

So, vote and reply and come out and meet your fellow RRs for a WS game.

Poll

What day should we have the WS RR Gathering?

Wednesday - the 22nd

5 votes

Thursday - the 23rd

1 votes

Saturday the 25th

0 votes

Sunday the 26th

0 votes

boobs (for those not attending)

8 votes

14 votes | Poll has closed

RR Beer League - NFL Edition

snohio — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:47 -0000

Despite the confusion on the serious RR Fantasy Football league, we are still running the lazy persons, otherwise known as the Beer League, at Yahoo! We are currently at 9 including RM, but he mentioned dropping out, leaving 8.

We have room for 5/6 more teams, so if you missed out on the other league you are welcome to join us in the den, just bring a case for us all to enjoy for being tardy.

Here's the Info:

Name: Red Reporter Beer League
League ID #: 554710
Password: cincy

Thanks RM for getting it set up for us, and thanks for nothing for making me the commish.

First Annual RR Family Picnic / Wiffleball Game

snohio — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:42:18 -0000

I am putting all of the details together for the Family Picnic / Wiffleball game and that was the date I am shooting is Sunday August 24th in the afternoon (thinking 11/noon until 3/4 or something).

It will be held at McDonald Park in Madeira and the Wiffleball game time will depend on if there are any soccer games going on at that time, but they do have 3 nice baseball fields there. I'd like to start the game around 2 (if we start at noon.) There is a small and a large covered shelter, two sizes of playgrounds and lots of space. It will be a pot-luck lunch - we can work out those details as plans come together.

I was thinking of starting the wiffleball game at a set time like 1 or 2 so if anyone with out kids / family would feel uncomfortable (or just hates kids) then they could show up a little later. By all means though, don't think we don't want you to come early!

Here is what I need to know. Who will think they can attend and if you are bringing your family. What time should we start the picnic. What time should we start the wiffle ball game? When should we all go home. Reply with this info if you would like to attend as well as any questions.

I need to get head count and times soon so I can put in the request for the shelter.

A few of us have been talking about doing this for more than a year so lets get it in action and have fun!