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Opening Day Pics.

sukr — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:23:58 -0000

I thought I'd post a few and see if anyone else had any to contribute. Hopefully yes, because mine suk.

First up, Ash and I at Gamday Cafe. The time is 6:15am. Very am. Note the standing room only. We traded cameras with the only other patrons at the time to take pictures as proof that we are the biggest loser/idiots any of us know. Ash says that pretty much everyone with a brain knows to hold the label out on the beer when 'posing'. I never said I have a brain.

Gameday when the normal people came out. This really was a bunch of fun, I would like to plan on going again next year. It would not have been hard to get a table till about 8 or so.

The crowds under the awnings were the worst I've ever seen. That's probably because I've never seen a sell-out crowd in person before.

Tarp on.

Tarp off. It was about this time that 'than sent a smart-ass message about how snuggly-wuggly the B-Dubs group was. Hardy-har. :))

Snuck one off during the anthem. Couldn't resist, I thought the flag was awesome!

About to toss the first pitch of the year. A sharp eye can see a bunch of wussies hiding from non-existent rain under the eves. What's up with that?

Yeah, the rain droplets didn't help the image quality, I know. Anyone else have some that are better?

Our own jch24's boy calling the game!:

Damn you tube link! I can't get it to work! Here's the link

Semicolon-Free Eyewitness Report.... The other night.

sukr — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:49:30 -0000

Once again, a great outing with the fellow RRs. And once again, I got slobbering drunk. For this reason, I remember only portions of what truly happened and make no representation that the following account is historically accurate....

*The ride into Cinci revealed a city completely choked and fairly reeking of Cubs fans. "Un-holy Pilgrims in a holy land."

*Nothing better than arriving to a couple beers ordered especial for you, hat tip obc.

*Correction. The one thing better than that is not paying for them, hat tip obc.

*Immediately, things had a very real potential for disaster, as Ash arrived sans Lookout cap.

*Long hike across the bridge assures I get my mile walk in this year. Man I feel healthy!

*Good looking chicks everywhere!....wearing Cubs apparel. Damn. Heathen Goddesses. We were strong in the face of such temptation, all of us. Ash too.

*Lack of Red Menace lamented by all.

*Season almost over means almost out of decent beer. The last two bottles of Dortmunder from the Machine Room don't go very far. Why does God hate me?

*Season almost over means almost out of brown mustard. Brown mustard has almost blown it's keg and is giving a drop at a completely random pace. Solution? Open all taps and try to catch erratic drops from all spigots while inebriated, then get yelled at by RR buddies for wasting mustard by not getting to each drop in time. Why does God hate me?

*Never arrive late to the game from the Machine Room to join a group of RR's. They will most certainly NOT be sitting in their assigned seats, causing seat hysteria for the whole section in later innings.

*Slyde seems to have bridled his predisposition to "row ho", but has still not issued an apology for his previous behavior. Despicable.

*Ash practically refused to say Fuck in a preemptive effort to ruin all Eyewitness Reports on the evening. We could barely understand her. What the Fuck's up with that?

*We sat with a couple who may or may not have bought extra tickets from me.

*I fear I will never be forgiven alleged ticket sales to Cubs fans, but hey, Daddy needed a new pair of beers.

*Bar Louie pre-game was a good call, hat tip whoever, chandrathan I think. I wouldn't mind it be a routine meet-up location.

*Bar Louie post-game was a good call, hat tip chandrathan (why not?). Traditional discussion ensued. Who to trade for who, whether or not JD hates us, etc.. The usual. :)

*jch24 and chandrathan are the only ones with interesting employment related stories this time around. Sorry guys. Until celebrity is involved, banking, computering, health care providering, and underground utilitying seem dull, don't they?

*Further adding to our feelings of lameness, jch24 has met many local celebs including boobs. WTF?

We're planning on a WS meet-up again this year. It'd be great to see Caleb join the rowdies again and meet Zach, as well as anyone else local who would like to join in. It's good times aaaaand, you'll be able to see Red Menace go 90 for 90 of correctly answered questions as he defends his RR Title.

Now that I'm good and freaked out about how poorly I construct everything I write on this site, I say a quick prayer for mercy from the syntax gods and wince as I hit submit...

Arrrrrrrr! - Game Thread

sukr — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:52:36 -0000

How does a pirate smuggle drugs into pirate prison?
In his booty! Hahahaaaaaa.... heh. Yeah, it wasn't that funny.

Soooooo, where's the pirate edition game thread? This be a national holiday ye Red Reporters! I figured you guys would have had something up by 06:00. Quick! Someone, we need a pirate reporter .gif!

When's game time? We stormin' the plank at the Dugout? Lineup from Highseas Brendanuka: Hopp-Arrrrr! Kepping-Arrrrr! G-arrrriffey B-arrrrandon Phillips Long Dunn Silver Encarrrrrrnacion Vott-yo ho ho Arrrrross Shearrrrrrrn

Damn, oh botherrrrr!

Hopp-Arrrrr!
Kepping-Arrrrr!
G-arrrriffey
B-arrrrandon Phillips
Long Dunn Silver
Encarrrrrrnacion
Vott-yo ho ho
Arrrrross
Shearrrrrrrn

Poll

What is the most over-used word in the Pirate vernacular?

Arrrr

6 votes

boobs

10 votes

16 votes | Poll has closed

Last Call, Tonight's Meet-Up

sukr — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:57:29 -0000

Ok, this is the final round-up for tonight's game, where we get a free shirt to carry around for 3 hours.

If I understand correctly, all tickets will be under the control of people at a pre-game concert drinking $3.50 beers. The plan is for those who show up later to call one of the revelers on a cell, who will in turn hand them a beer soaked ticket though the gate. The concert is on the "Fan Zone" pavilion? by the HOF, so come around the front and make the call.

I think everyone pretty much has everyone's number at this point, but if you don't or would like to meet up, send an e-mail to Slyde, obc, chandrathan, Ash, Red Menace, or myself and we'll send our digits. Caleb, you got someone's number?

I plan on getting there no later than 5. chandrathan, when you getting there and where are you parking? I want to stash my helmet and jacket in your ride if you don't mind.

As always, don't hesitate to join us even if you don't post often or have debated whether we sound normal enough to meet. What do you have to loose? I'll even buy you a brew. Hopefully Slyde can get jch, the 24 series, to come over and meet the rest of the gaggle.

It's been offered before and it's sincere, if you come out and can't sit with the main set of seats, we have no problem splitting up and sitting with you.

UPDATE: I have been informed the seats are not together, there are four behind each dugout. So keep your stub handy so we can rotate at least once or twice

Tic-Toc

sukr — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:12:47 -0000

Inspired by Caleb's diary, I'm about to fall over dead from the excitement or the booze, not sure which.

But the Opening Day counter has been weighing heavily on my mind. I love that JD put it there for us. We've been looking at it forever. It seemed to be stuck at 90-some days for the longest time, but then started passing pretty quick for me. I want to know what happens when the time's up. JD will obviously remove the script, but what about the in-between? Will it just stop? Will it go into a plus count? Will the world blow up?

I'll be imbibing in Cinci tomorrow and won't get to see it happen, but am I the only one concerned with it?

What will happen?:

Poll

What will happen when the clock reaches 00:00:00?

Michael and Neil get married, exchanging vows in a diary

6 votes

Krivsky wears a tank-top to the game

3 votes

The timer flashes boobs (my preference)

9 votes

Jack Bauer disarms a bomb, saves the world

1 votes

It just stops at zero

1 votes

Hamilton disarms a bomb, saves the world

17 votes

We deal someone/ achieve full roster

2 votes

The site blows up

1 votes

Everyone takes a shot

4 votes

It counts upwards

0 votes

Narron starts using some of the principals of The Book and we go to the World Series

1 votes

Timer confetti starts falling

0 votes

It starts counting till next year's OD

1 votes

46 votes | Poll has closed

Serious Issue, seriously (the original beer related diary, settle for nothing less)

sukr — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:34:04 -0000

What, pray tell, do you see as the best beer to drink at a ballpark?

I think the Yuengling has a serious potential to go well with a dog or pirogi. Mmm, Yuengling. Maybe the best beer ever? Yes, much better than Southpaw, for sure. But perhaps a little too full bodied for the really hot weeks of the year.

Solution, I am beginning to fall in love all over again with Mich Light. They've reformulated back to the old "all malt" recipe along with the retro bottle. It's got that deep, rich taste again which would go down smooth but not be to heavy for those late July games under the sun. Nothing worse than sweating out a loaf of bread over the course of the last 5 innings.

So there you have it. In my perfect world, a park has a 1-2 punch of Yuengling for the cold months, and Mich LT. for the hot months.

Man Mountain?

Support your local obc

sukr — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:38:45 -0000

Hey all, real quick, obc's mom is in the hospital undergoing emergency surgery. Odds are not the best. It looks like he's been popping in here and there from waiting rooms over the weekend, probably trying to keep his mind off stuff. This has been going on for a week now, so he's pretty wore out.

If you feel compelled to leave a comment, do as you will. But I know the gloomy stuff can be laborious and odd in these formats, so I was just hoping we could muster a little karma his way, or a silent thought to the man upstairs if you see it that way. That's all, thanks guys.

Season Tickets

sukr — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:06:32 -0000

Sorry for the two diaries in one day, but this is time critical.
Earlier today, Slyde pointed out an article to me that says this Saturday is the last day to buy 07' season ticket packages. Several of you in the past had talked about going in on a package, like JD and I did last year. So, here is the current possible scenario as it stands, at least for us, possibly.

We each buy one 20 game weekend package seat. The ticketing department will allow us to buy next to each other for this package, so don't worry about that. Each account is able to buy a seat to opening day, yielding a total of 2. Each on eBay would net around $100, I think that's a reasonable guesstimate, for a total of $2000 off the cost of two weekend packages. With me so far?

The package we had last year was great, but I had too many games. After realizing I only saved a buck or so a ticket, I decided I wouldn't do it again unless there were more people to go in on better seats, reducing the amount of games i was locked into, and making the discount deeper (better seats-better discount). So if we do this, it would be ideal to get decent seats, like Field Boxes.

Based on this:
Seats+Cost of OD tix $1224
- Ebay'd OD tix @ $200
---------------
Grand total of $1024
That means each ticket of the 20 games would cost $25 or so.....Around $7 off face value per seat. That's worth it to me.

So far 3 people are in. The prices per person, based on how much we might get for the tix on eBay, and how many join in are as follows:
4 people---$256
5 people---$204
6 people---$171
and so on.
Now, how many games? It's a total of 20 games, so we'd do the math after everyone obligates.

What to do with the extra fractions of game? I suggest we do some sort of lottery to decide who gets to buy the odd games, and they would obviously pay a shad more, while everyone else's money obligation would go down a little.

If you're interested post below. These have to be bought by Sat at midnight. Sorry about the short notice, but I thought we had more time. Update [2007-2-21 11:19:38 by sukr]: OK, we've down-sized to the 20 game/weekend option. With 3 people in so far, the price ain't too shabby and could only go down. This is a great way to get lock in kickass seats cheaper than face, but not too many of them. AND, I might add, guarantee post-season ticket opportunity :)) We're planning on buying these Friday.

Happy Belated Birthday RR

sukr — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:36:20 -0000

So, the 25th of January passed without fanfare from any of us. Like typical birthdays, we forget until we're invited to the party. Where's our party JD?

So as a short look back, we saw an explosion of the the site's numbers, great discussion, bickering, love, couches, bannings, booze, thought provoking argument, the usual. We've had ups, downs, threats of negativity, great times in the threads, gatherings, late-night booze-fueled ramblings, self terminated accounts, everything that makes it a soap opera sometimes. Whenever things have gotten too heavy, it's managed to pull itself out with lighter discussion.

To me it is rather comforting knowing there are other people out there nerdy enough to spend time on the net shifting through massive amounts of crap to find little shreds of info about their favorite team, and contribute to a central community with their thoughts on the matter.

I think JD does a great job of moderating the site, civil order has been rarely in question despite wildly varying takes on the game. I'm lucky as a fan to have this resource. I have a reader, but generally pop this site up as a front line means of information. What makes it great to read as a general fan is the in-depth analysis of what's going on, supplemented by thousands of scenarios, graphs, charts, and historical reference. I guess I'm still impressed after two years over what people take time to post for everyone else's benefit.

So, Happy Belated Birthday to the Red Reporter(s)!

Latest SI Issue Review

sukr — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:08:56 -0000

Got the mail today. Thicker than normal magazine. Flip, flip, flip. Hmmm. Now, I know there are those among us more disappointed by the lack of sports content in this issue, but check out this Reds fan! Who knew there were supermodels with tattoos?

Overall review from a guy that is obviously bored, but takes his SISI seriously:
Photography skills a little lacking this year. More than a few shots are blurry enough that they should not have made it past the editors desk. A few bright spots, but there have certainly been better issues from a pure graphical standpoint.

The three page fold out of a nude, reclining, only semi-old Burt Reynolds with a strategicly draped hand was a buzzkill. Unexpected suprises of this variety do not motivate me to buy anything, and I 've put DirecTV on THE LIST as a reprocussion for their lousy marketing.

It seems en vouge to talk about each year as though it were obviously better that the previous, and I've already heard this cooler talk. I will not indulge the conversation this year. A few of the subjects are hotter than previous years, but it's not as crisp this year to me. In a world of declining print sales due to lackluster journalism, I expect a skosh more. I give it a solid B.