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Reds Tidbits (2012 Season)

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That was some shit weather. I can attend 3/4 of a college football season and not freeze my balls off as much as I did tonight. I'm a cold weather person, but with those high winds I couldn't stand to sit still in the nosebleeds. I spent the last six innings pacing around the concourse and watching from the railing behind the lower deck seats. I enjoyed watching the game from there - particularly if you stood in certain spots where you couldn't see anything outside of the stadium. Those views reminded me of Riverfront, which I'm still a little nostalgic for.

There are some new touches around the park that I like. They've added more variety to the concessions. They've added a few more video screens around the concourse. They've updated the scoreboard graphics - some for the better, some for the worse. I like how when a Reds pitcher strikes out an opposing batter, they shoot flames out of the stacks in CF.

I checked out Moerlein Lager House before the game. I think they're still getting their bearings, having just opened up and learning how to deal with the pre-game rush. They were slow to seat us and overestimated our wait time by 50%. I hadn't read too much about it beforehand, and ended up a bit disappointed at first that it's more of a restaurant than a bar. The food was good though, and the beer was great. There are a handful of Moerlein beers on tap, and a good selection of bottles from other breweries. There's a plaque in the floor commemorating the spot where first base once was in Riverfront Stadium. I think it's a little convenient that it happens to be right at the threshold of the dining area, right in front of the hostess' counter. The real spot is probably under some random table.

I seem to have some shit luck with my seats. It seems every time I go to the park in recent years I get stuck near some Eastern Bloc exchange student who is at a baseball game for the first time. They always have a host with them who is explaining every basic detail of the game to them. I wouldn't mind it so much if the host wasn't always some imbecile who doesn't know shit about baseball. That was the other reason I couldn't stay in my seat for more than three innings tonight. If I had to hear that guy explain the game of baseball to a guy, then seconds later jump out of his seat and get excited over a routine fly ball that he thought was going to be a home run, I would have kicked him in the back of his head.

I think Leake pitched well all things considered. He certainly did well enough out there to say that the Reds should have found a way to win. I want to be mad and dismissive of David Freese's wall-scraper power, but his wall-scrapers have helped win the first two games of this series, and last fall's World Series. I'd gladly take more weak-ass home runs like that from the Reds.
 
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jlb1705;2139386; said:
That was some [Mark May] weather. I can attend 3/4 of a college football season and not freeze my balls off as much as I did tonight. I'm a cold weather person, but with those high winds I couldn't stand to sit still in the nosebleeds. I spent the last six innings pacing around the concourse and watching from the railing behind the lower deck seats. I enjoyed watching the game from there - particularly if you stood in certain spots where you couldn't see anything outside of the stadium. Those views reminded me of Riverfront, which I'm still a little nostalgic for.

There are some new touches around the park that I like. They've added more variety to the concessions. They've added a few more video screens around the concourse. They've updated the scoreboard graphics - some for the better, some for the worse. I like how when a Reds pitcher strikes out an opposing batter, they shoot flames out of the stacks in CF.

I checked out Moerlein Lager House before the game. I think they're still getting their bearings, having just opened up and learning how to deal with the pre-game rush. They were slow to seat us and overestimated our wait time by 50%. I hadn't read too much about it beforehand, and ended up a bit disappointed at first that it's more of a restaurant than a bar. The food was good though, and the beer was great. There are a handful of Moerlein beers on tap, and a good selection of bottles from other breweries. There's a plaque in the floor commemorating the spot where first base once was in Riverfront Stadium. I think it's a little convenient that it happens to be right at the threshold of the dining area, right in front of the hostess' counter. The real spot is probably under some random table.

I seem to have some [Mark May] luck with my seats. It seems every time I go to the park in recent years I get stuck near some Eastern Bloc exchange student who is at a baseball game for the first time. They always have a host with them who is explaining every basic detail of the game to them. I wouldn't mind it so much if the host wasn't always some imbecile who doesn't know [Mark May] about baseball. That was the other reason I couldn't stay in my seat for more than three innings tonight. If I had to hear that guy explain the game of baseball to a guy, then seconds later jump out of his seat and get excited over a routine fly ball that he thought was going to be a home run, I would have kicked him in the back of his head.

I think Leake pitched well all things considered. He certainly did well enough out there to say that the Reds should have found a way to win. I want to be mad and dismissive of David Freese's wall-scraper power, but his wall-scrapers have helped win the first two games of this series, and last fall's World Series. I'd gladly take more weak-ass home runs like that from the Reds.
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through 18 innings of this series Stl has 5 HR's and Cinn has 7 hits....but i take solace in the fact that Chris Welsh says these lazy fly balls the reds are hitting will be hr's when the weather warms up!
 
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brodybuck21;2139520; said:
through 18 innings of this series Stl has 5 HR's and Cinn has 7 hits....but i take solace in the fact that Chris Welsh says these lazy fly balls the reds are hitting will be hr's when the weather warms up!
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Another HR for the Cards today so far. They have three runs on four hits, the Reds have zero runs on four hits.

Forget that bullshit about the Reds being better off when the weather warms up - the Cardinals are batting in the exact same shitty weather right now and they're putting the ball in the first row of seats.

Jaime Garcia is the luckiest motherfucker to ever don a baseball uniform. He's Mr. Magoo. He'll load up the bases every damn inning and somehow come out of it unscathed through some uncanny bullshit.
 
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What can we sell to get a left fielder that can hit the ball?


There has to be someone in AAA that can play the position. I find it terribly hard to believe that no minor league players for the Reds can play left field.


2nd and 3rd, no out down 2 runs and the next two fucking strike out. God I hate being a Reds fan.
 
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jlb1705;2139708; said:
Two more HRs for the Cards today so far. They have three runs on four hits, the Reds have zero runs on four hits.

Forget that bullshit about the Reds being better off when the weather warms up - the Cardinals are batting in the exact same shitty weather right now and they're putting the ball in the first row of seats.

Jaime Garcia is the luckiest motherfucker to ever don a baseball uniform. He's Mr. Magoo. He'll load up the bases every damn inning and somehow come out of it unscathed through some uncanny bullshit.
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thats exactly what i was screaming at the tv last night!
 
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