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Barry
Every so often in a person’s life, something happens thatframes a part of it in a significant way. There are the obvious things – milestone birthdays, weddings, births,deaths – and then there are the things that need reflection and a bit of a changein perception to understand them.In 1986, I was nine years old. I guess that puts me in the summer betweenMs. Ryan’s third grade...
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January 12, 2012
Taint
October - weak light, rustling leaves, and baseball without the Cincinnati Reds. I'm rooting for the Brewers and the Tigers but they're both down three games to two. If it's a Texass-Taint Louis World Series, I don't think I will watch out of sheer blah.I wonder if the all Midwest NLCS has plummeted ratings. Detroit, too. Ha! Take that, coasts. Three out of four...
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October 15, 2011
September Baseball Blues
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's September something or other and the Reds are out of the race and all. I've been busy, the kind of life-changing busy, but it's been that way for the last couple of years I guess. I'm in my second week at a new job in DC at the Center for International Media Assistance, so I get to deal with real journalists across the globe. What some journalists...
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September 14, 2011
Still breathing
I have a ton of things to post from this summer. Right now, I'm trying to get back to DC but all transport is messed up right now so I'm stuck in Ohio until tomorrow.Just a bummer about the Reds season. A small market team like this can't afford to waste it's young talent because they'll be gone in a few years. I honestly believe this team was mismanaged out...
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August 28, 2011
So long, 2011
Ah well. Our hopes have been dashed. This is worst than 2001-2009, because at least we knew those teams were bad. This one, well, they won the division last year. They are better than this. Why have they done so poorly? A few suggestions:Jonny Gomes was allowed to be a regular leftfielder for far too long. Seemed like Dusty kept him in there to spite fans who criticized him...
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August 02, 2011
Pittsburgh? Really?
What is going on? The Pirates in first place in July?I'm watching the Taint Louis-New York game right now, root, root, rooting for the Mets team. Listened to the Reds defeat the Pirates today as I traveled from Ohio to Washington, DC, listening to the Pirates broadcast as I traveled through Pirates territory. Saw a lot of Pirates gear, too. Weird.
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July 20, 2011
Parked Brains
I went to see U2 in Chicago last night. There are a couple marginally-baseball related things in this story.It's a five and a half hour drive between the place I am in Ohio and Chicago. I left at 7am, as I had a floor ticket and I wanted to get close to the stage, hence the need to lineup around noon (I had the advantage of a one hour time difference.) The drive was great...
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July 06, 2011
American Pride
I was surprised by my spirit's reaction to the news that New York's Republican controlled Senate passed gay marriage. Sure, I support the right for anyone to commit himself/herself to this archaic religious institution and I give a thumbs up to the states who have already passed it, but this time felt different. It felt like a triumph for humanity, for the soul.The difference...
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June 25, 2011
Bankees
It feels strange for the Reds to be playing the Yankees right now, almost like Cincinnati doesn't belong on the same planet as New York. Seeing the stadium packed got me thinking about small Cincy and big NYC and the people who inhabit those places.New York is an exciting international city that sets trends while for Cincinnati, change is something you get back after paying for...
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June 21, 2011
Smoking
Ok, forget about getting swept by the Indians (a good team) or by the Pirates (a not-so-good team). Let's think back to happier times, back to last weekend, when we all weren't screaming for the beheadings of Jonny "Outomatic" Gomes or Edinson Walkez. Remember sweeping the hated Taint Louis Deadbirds? Well, here is an MS Paint/Photographic/Musical recollection...
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May 22, 2011
Pink Bats and 5318008
This is a couple of days late, but I was unable to write about it on Sunday for various reasons. It's about MLB's annual breast cancer awareness day and cancer awareness in general. MLB, like in so many other social causes, was the first to make breast cancer awareness an annual cause. (I love you baseball with a great big pink heart!) It's fun to watch the players...
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May 11, 2011
Want What You Have
I read a tweet the other day that called the Reds crybabies or something along those lines. It was, of course, a Taint Louis fan. You know how they like to rail against the pot. Anyway, instead of rushing to defend my team and make a comment about Tony LaMafia and Chris Crypenter and Voodoo Albert, I laughed. I laughed because finally, finally, finally the Reds are good enough...
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May 10, 2011
A Happier Memory - May 4, 2011
A hawk hovered above the ballpark as Heisey strode to the plate. Drew Stubbs had walked on four pitches, making Heisey the tying run in a game where his team was down by two runs in their last at bat. It wasn’t impossible, but given the way the game had been going, you had to wonder how many people were thinking “just get this over with” so they could get out of the cold...
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May 07, 2011
roller coaster
So, anyone dizzy yet from all the standing switching going on in the NL Central? I thought we were going to run away with the division at the start of the season, but now?
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April 28, 2011
Ballpark Photos
Coors Field, April 5, 2011, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies. I had been snowed out on Sunday - yes SNOWOUT - so I went back to the ballpark on Tuesday, though I could only stay for a few innings. The following are some photos from the game. I'll spare the baseball is poetry writeup for now - I think the sheer number of photos I took is a good indication of how I felt...
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April 11, 2011
Snowed Out
I can't believe it. I go out of my way to skip winter this year, spending November - March in Beirut where snow is a choice rather than a location tax imposed by the dictatorial hand of Mother Nature. Naturally, April came around and I was certain I had escaped her brutal oppression.As you can see, I did not.Boy is she brutal. Downright Qaddafiish, if you're into the whole...
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April 04, 2011
He said, she said
I was born in 1977, 57 years after women were given the right to vote in the United States. Aside from receiving unequal pay and promotions, cringing at Sarah Palin's distortion of historical facts while she pretends to be a feminist, and fighting conservative efforts to keep their hands and superstitions off my body, I generally don't think about gender issues as they affect...
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March 27, 2011
She can't be a real Cubs fan - she has a brain
Being a [Chicago] Cubs fan prepares you for life—and Washington.Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947), U.S. attorney; First Lady of the United States. As quoted in Newsweek, p. 17 (April 18, 1994).On how being a fan of the beleaguered baseball club "hardened her to adversity."
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March 25, 2011
This sounds like fun!
The Reds have a kickass baseball club, from the team itself to the management to baseball operations and marketing. They just seem to do everything well. Maybe we should put them in charge of the government?Reds announce “Hide and Tweet” to win Opening Day ticketsCINCINNATI (March 24, 2011) — The Cincinnati Reds have created a “Hide and Tweet” scavenger hunt where clues...
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March 24, 2011
Clutch and Nerves
In this article in Slate entitled "Nerve": Why is America so anxious?, a bit relevant to baseball pops up.In a chapter called "The Clutch Paradox," you do a wonderful job of dispelling a popular sports myth -- that some athletes are inherently more clutch than others. My question is: Why do so many seem to choke so consistently? Why are certain major leaguers...
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March 20, 2011
War and Peace
Exactly why I like baseball and hate football.
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March 07, 2011
Bet on it
So another Major League Baseball season is a few weeks away. If you're a betting person, you can check MLB odds at BetUS. But I can already tell you who will win this year. The Reds, of course!I have, as you know, been enjoying warmer weather than most of you for the whole winter, but this past week was really the first week when I felt spring, you know, that deep-in-your-soul...
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March 06, 2011
The R...ed...s...are...o...n...the...ra...di...o...
Wow, was it great to hear Marty's voice on that first day of radio broadcast for 2011. But I only got to hear it after an adventure in what poor internet service can be. I made another MS Paint video to illustrate this adventure. I've enjoyed doing this, and I'm working on another solely baseball-related one. Perhaps I will make this a regular feature throughout the...
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March 04, 2011
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