Pledge of Patience
What do you expect out of Jay Bruce? If he goes 0 for 4 tonight, and k's three times, will you be calling him Brandon Larson? If he's hitting .211 in July will you be calling for Patterson?
Will you take the Pledge Of Patience? We did this with Homer, I'll do it with Jay.
Are you prepared to be patient with Jay and accept what hapens....good, bad, mediocre?
Jay is 21-years old. If not drafted out of high school, he would be a junior in college right now. He has had 1,325 at-bats in the minor leagues. What do you think? Will you allow him to struggle?
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Did you know?
According to Elias Sports Bureau...
Sunday's 5-hour, 57-minute game at San Diego was the longest game by time in Reds history.
The previous record was 5:40 in the 21-inning, 1-0 loss vs SF on 9/1/67.
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How about Mad Max!?
Jason Maxiell was 6 of 6 from the field...scoring 14 points with three rebounds and a block in the Pistons's game four win over Boston. Have you seen his block of Kevin Garnett? WOW
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Danica ticked!
Here is the video of the incident and her reaction
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Jay's stats and splits for 2008
Home, road, vs left, vs right.......
On a roll: Jay was batting .284 on May 3. Since then he is 36 of 79 .456, with 5 hr's and 16 rbi's......raising his average to .364. He has 13 multi-hit games in his last 20 games.
Bruce in the OF
By games started
LF: 8
CF: 27
RF: 10
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Topics
Jay Bruce: Happy with his promotion? Too late? Going tonight? What do you expect out of him? Can you be patient with him?
Robbie K's jump: Did you go?
Clones: We were there Sunday. Did you go? Give me a report.
Indy 500: Did you go? Did you watch? Is Danica legit or a gimmick? What if Danica had taken a swing at Ryan Briscoe? What if he'd taken a swing at her?
NBA/NHL/Lacrosse: Did you check them out?
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Carson's little bro' hanging tough in the Nati
Ludwig At Large
"I can't predict anything that's going to happen in the future, but I haven't seen one thing (negative). From the day I got here, guys treat me like Jordan Palmer, the quarterback from wherever who did whatever.
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Reds lottery is underway
Register for hottest tickets in town starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. at reds.com
Fans wishing to purchase single-game seats to the Reds-Red Sox series June 13-15 will have to enter their name into a ticket lottery.
Individuals can register by visiting reds.com from 9 a.m. May 27 until noon May 29.
Winners and non-winners will be notified via e-mail May 30.
Those who win will receive an opportunity to purchase tickets by logging on to reds.com starting at 9 a.m. ET May 31.
Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis until 5 p.m. ET June 1.
Those who win the opportunity to purchase tickets will be able to purchase a maximum of six tickets per game of the series.
The last time the Red Sox played in Cincinnati was on Oct. 16, 1975 in Game 5 of the World Series. The Reds won that game, 6-2, and went on to win the World Series in Boston, in seven games.
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Saturday night at Kings Island
Cool time at Kings Island for Robbie Knievel's jump Saturday night.
The crowd was nuts....45,000+ in the park. Cool scene: The 140 pound American flag flown in by parachute during the national anthem. I watched Evel's jump at KI in 1975, when I was 9-years old. Now Casey and Peyton can say they saw his son jump.
Thanks to Don Helbig, Katie Merkle and everyone at KI for getting HOMER involved in the event. Thanks to Sherry Rowland, of Homer Promotions, for returning early from vacation and helping pull this off, along with Bill Riester of Homer Sales. It was great meeting so many of you in the VIP section and around the park.
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Power poll
The Sporting News
23. Reds. New GM Walt Jocketty must be a genius. Reds center fielders are hitting .251 this year, while one of the top prospects in baseball, center fielder Jay Bruce, is hitting .346 at Class AAA. Jocketty has now said, "Maybe we should have that guy playing center for us." The bet here is that Dusty Baker still prefers Corey Patterson
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On this date: May 27, 1997
Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. broke his own major league record for home runs hit through May by connecting for his 23rd of the season in an 11-10 loss to Minnesota. Griffey's homer broke the mark he set in 1994.
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Hour by hour forecast tonight for Bruce's potential debut
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Bruce to get the call
Tuesday the Reds are expected to promote from Class AAA Louisville top prospect OF Jay Bruce. A corresponding roster move will be announced prior to tomorrow's 7:10 p.m. game against the Pirates. Bruce will wear uniform number 32 and when he plays will be making his Major League debut.
Bruce, 21, has been rated the best prospect in the minor leagues. He has spent the season at Louisville, where in 49 games he hit .364 with 9 doubles, 5 triples, 10 HR, 37 RBI and 8 stolen bases. He leads the International League in hitting and hits (67) and ranks among the IL leaders in slugging percentage (.630, 3rd), runs scored (34, 4th), extra-base hits (24, T4th) and RBI (T5th).
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Reds to wear #32
Most recent: Billy Hatcher, '06-'07
Among others: Danny Graves, Tom Browning, Fred Norman, Harvey Haddix, Milt Pappas, Bob Shirley, Rich Gale, Sammy Ellis.
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Danica just a gimmick?
Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News
Until Patrick wins the race, it will not matter much who does, and it is unclear to whom this is more important, the race itself or Patrick.
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More Danica reaction
YahooSports
• Patrick's drama queen theatrics have worn thin. Sorry Danica, we've seen it all before, but done better by the guy who drives the Home Depot car in NASCAR. By the way, he's a much better driver than you'll ever be and therefore is granted a pass on such behavior.
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Hockey night in Cincinnati: Sunday night at US Bank Arena
(Photo from listener Pat Slade)
Wowwww
What an atmosphere at US Bank Arena Sunday night! The Cyclones lost 1-0 to Las Vegas. The best of seven series is now even at 1-1. The crowd of 6,897, gave the Cyclones a total of 15,573 for the weekend. The place was up for grabs! Everyone was on their feet cheering during the introductions. My kids were going nuts. It was the loudest I've heard that arena (we were not there Saturday) for hockey. $10 tickets, $1 hotdogs, playoff hockey, and hilarious between period entertainment. It had a big time feel to it. It was hockey the way it should be. No reason that place can't rock like that every game next year. Cincinnati hockey is firmly on the radar in Cincinnati.
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Got Clones?
The Cyclones hit the road to Las Vegas for games Thursday and Friday. I will bring you Clones coverage Wed-Thur-Friday from Vegas. Wednesday Jean-Michel Daoust will join me. Thursday Chuck Weber will preview game three. Friday Chuck will recap game three and preview game four that night.
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Guest list
Later in the week....... Devin Mesoraco...Reds #1 pick last year will join me.
Johnathan Fanene, Bengals DE, will check in as well.
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Reds rotation changes, due to 18-inning game Sunday
Tue vs Pit:
RHP Johnny Cueto (2-5, 5.56) vs RHP Ian Snell (2-3, 4.84) wlw/fsn ohio, 7:10
Wed vs Pit:
RHP Bronson Arroyo (3-4, 5.68) vs LHP Tom Gorzelanny (4-4, 6.31) wlw/fsn ohio, 7:10
Thu vs Pit:
RHP Aaron Harang (2-6, 3.32) vs LHP Zach Duke (2-4, 4.55) wlw/fsn ohio, 7:10
Fri vs Atl:
RHP Edinson Volquez (7-2, 1.31) vs LHP Tom Glavine (2-2, 4.76) wlw/fsn ohio, 7:10
Sat vs Atl:
RHP Matt Belisle (1-4, 7.28) vs RHP Jair Jurrjens (Monday) wlw/FOX, 3:55
Sun vs Atl:
RHP Johnny Cueto vs RHP Tim Hudson (Tuesday) wlw/fsn ohio, 1:15
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Indy 500
I watched/listened to most of the Indy 500....I was in and out of the house. I was surprised my kids watched almost all of it. They were getting into it. Nothing better than Jim Nabors signing Back Home Again In Indiana! Can you imagine working all month for the race...and then your engine not starting right away? (Sarah Fisher). Bummer about Danica...I was hoping to see her make a run. Then I was hoping to see her get a piece of the guy that ran into her. That was classic.
The best feature of the day and weekend, without question, was ABC's look at drivers dealing with the potential of crashing/dying while racing. It was riveting.
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Maxim Hometown Hottie
Careful opening
