A FEW MO' THINGS, 7/31/12
At least all the letters are straight...
(Photo courtesy of @CBSportsNFLCIN via Busted Coverage)
Programming Notes: Back on the radio this Thursday and Friday. Hear the show both days at 3:04 on ESPN1530. We do the weekly chat tomorrow at 9am. Here's the link.
Party Notes: The next ESPN1530 Reds Watch Party will be a week from today at Dave and Buster's. Reds. Brewers. Giveaways. And beer. The game is at 8:10. Be there.
-If a long winning streak has to end, does it have to end with the ugliest game of the season? Weird vibe in the ballpark, long game at the ballpark, and a bunch of familiar faces doing the Reds in at their ballpark.
If I still kept ticket stubs, I'm not sure I'd hang on to the one from last night.
Or maybe I'd get Devin Mesoraco to sign it. Watch him get kicked out of the game here.
You turn toward the ump to argue balls ans strikes, you're gonna get tossed. I actually thought Chad Fairchild was initially a little forigiving.
And you can't make contact with an umpire. That's gonna get Devin a suspension.
But when an ump ejects a player, instead of inviting confrontation, he should walk away. This one didn't do that last night.
Most important, as John Fay points out, Mez's likely suspension will have a ripple effect on the roster that this team doesn't need right now.
-I had a chance to use the Fox Sports Game Connect with some other Reds bloggers during the game last night. TV cameras captured me furiously typing away. Contrary to what you might believe, I wasn't surfing porn....
(Photo courtesy of @J_Schapker)
Game connect is pretty much a one-stop shop for everything you'd need during a game...in-depth stats, up-to-the-second game info, and a platform to check out what people are saying about the game on Twitter. And you can follow Hal McCoy's chat. Check it out here.
-Keeping this short and sweet today...a big day of sports today that will include taping some interviews with Bengals players at 11am, checking out training camp (going as a fan) at 3:00, Team USA hoops from an establishment between the two stadiums at 5:15, and tonight's ballgame. Today's One Mo' Thing videos will be shot from our various locations this afternoon.
I'll let you sort through every possible trade rumor for me. They're starting to give me a headache.
Enjoy Jerry Jones...
