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If you like the Reds, how do you root against either Minnesota or Oakland?...
2 good books I've read lately: Rick Reilly's Shanks For Nothing and The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert... Shanks is a golf novel written by the best sportswriter on the planet, a sequel to Missing Links; Man is a true story about a guy living on 1,000 acres in the NC mountains, in a teepee...
Best new TV show: Justice, Wednesdays at 9 on Fox. Runnerup: Shark, Thursdays at 9 on ABC...
Tony Kornheiser on MNF isn't working, isnt not working. He's a newspaper guy who's very funny in print, but he gets lost in the booth w/Theismann who gets paid by the syllable, and Tirico, who's as good as it gets at TV play-by-play...
Thom Brennaman wants his kids educated in cincy. The press conference should be any day now...
Marty and son on the radio. It gets no better.
Tall Stacks is an incredibly diverse musical event that lots of local folks ignore. Check out John Hiatt, Delbert McClinton and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Don't miss Al Green. All for 20 bucks, if you buy at a Kroger...
WNKU, the absolute best local radio station for music, has been playing lots of Stacks artists. Eighty-nine-seven. It's an oasis in the local radio wasteland...
Having traveled all over the country courtesy of Hertz, I can say w/o equivocation that FM radio in Cincinnati is embarrassingly formated and limited...
If the Reds trade power for pitching and defense -- a reasonable idea -- shouldnt they also do something about the laughable coziness of Great American Small Park?...
Live big, Al Green.
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Post a Comment*Hey Doc!
I hope you're right about Thom B. coming back to Cincy and doing Reds games in 2007 with his dad. What a great broadcast team! Cutting grass to 700 WLW games on summer evenings just got MUCH better!
Now if we could only produce a team that matches their broadcast greatness...
Paul - Sorry man, Justice is getting ready to be cancelled. Fox already moved it to a "hiatus" status. I agree that it's a good show.
I just finished 'Shanks for Nothing'. If you've ever golfed and gambled with your buds then you have to read 'Missing Links' and once you've read that you'll know you have to read 'Shanks for Nothing'. 'Whose Your Caddy', also by Reilly, is laugh out loud funny.
Did Thom Brennaman really say he wants his kids to be educated in Cincinnati? I wonder what he meant by that. If he's actually going to move into the city, and find the CPS jewels (e.g., Kilgour Elementary, Walnut Hills High School) for his children, then more power to him.
But if he's going to live in Mason or West Chester, or in Cincy with his kids in parochial school, then his statement is just the usual BS, translated to, "The Reds are paying me lots of money."
Marty and Thom....awesome.
For an ex-player's perspective, the Reds should talk Kent Mercker into retirement, much the way they did Nuxhall in 1967, and move him into the booth. Mercker is very entertaining and would give us a reason to turn down the sound on the TV. Clear Channel could also use him to fill the 10am - noon spot on 1530 Homer in place of the
grammer-challenged Jeff Piecoro.
I have to ask...is it being too cybical to suggest that Marty might have done a "job" on Steve
Stewart knowing that Thom would be interested? (It would be hard to believe that they hadn't discussed the possibility for some time).
Blood is thicker than water, but the show Marty put on when Stewart was given the bad news (saying he thought Stew was doing a good job and would like for him to stay) is, in retrospect, more than a little insincere.
Of course, Marty learned from the master, Jim Bowden, on that topic.
Doc, you're right about WNKU. But as for the 20 bucks at Kroger, it's actually 25 with the Ticketmaster surcharge. Still a good deal.
You know, perhaps Kornheiser doesn't work too well, but I enjoy him being in there because when he speaks, I think he annoys Theismann, who drives me bananas!
I purposely listened to the final few innings of the Reds last game. I actually felt warm toward Marty for the kind words that he said to Steve as he was leaving the booth. Seems a little disingenuous now though, don't you think. You can't tell me that pops didn't have any input into how this went down, in light of the fact that it happened so quickly.
I think if they're sincere in going to pitching and defense, then the park will be perfect as is. Everybody will hit 20 homers, even the lightweight middle infielder.
To borrow a phrase from Marty, Dunn would hit it out of any park, including Yellowstone.
Another tip on Tall Stacks, Bettye LaVette on Wed is awesome. Thanks for the tip on the radio station. I was wondering where to set my dial when I come to town.
Paul, Great blog. Google KCDX-FM to listen to a great station online. They broadcast out of Florence, AZ, all rock, no commercials, they have been doing it for 6 years. I can't agree on Thom. We are well rid of him, he is artificial, phony, and self righteous. Marty is great and I am still a Reds fan but not of Thom. He won't say "damn" when plugging "The Best Damn Sports Show" but he is happy to shill for a car dealer. A real loser.
Jim in Scottsdale
george grande doesn't say "damn" either when doing that plug.
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