I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE
Though a lot of it resembles what I've watched at GABP the last few years.  It's number six on this blog's tally of the top  homeplate collisions of all time.

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CARSON PALMER HATES OHIO STATE
From AOL Fanhouse....

It's amazing to hear what those guys think about that university and what they think about that football program and Tressel and all the crap I gotta put up with being back there.

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STUFF I'LL FILL THREE HOURS WITH.
-Half full/half empty? On one hand, the Reds split with the Majors' hottest team. On the other, they should've won three of four, and really all four.

-Edwin Encarnacion's errant throw in the 10th was bad. The runner on third, Cancel, was not even thinking about breaking for home, and Edwin wasn't going to get the double play with Argenis Reyes running to first. He's tryin to do too much. Actually, I can live with that. What really bothers me is the Chinese fire drill that took place on Jose Reyes' bunt. Paul Bako has to take charge there and Edwin has to get out of the way.

-Why I love Brandon Phillips...there's a 2-4 with a homer and a steal, there's the great play on the backhand flip to first, but more than that was him taking responsibility on Edwin's bad throw.

-Josh Fogg. A little more tradeable with every start.

-It's already starting....

Mo:

Make sure you mention Edinson Armstrong tomorrow.

Ugh.

-From today's Enquirer...

Judgment day?

The Houston series concludes July 30. The next day is an off day, and also is the trade deadline. New Reds president and general manager Walt Jocketty should know by then the direction he's going - unload players, or acquire help to make a run at the wild card.

This is a joke, right?

-Yesterday, Doc wrote a piece about the Green Diamond gallery. It's very, very cool, especially if you're a baseball geek like me. A collection second only to Cooperstown. The guy who owns the stuff has the right to do what he wants. I just think it's kinda sad that instead of allowing people who might not have the chance to either go to Cooperstown or amass such a collection, they charge memberships that most of us cannot afford. Baseball people always talk about educating young people about the game's history. This would be a great opportunity. Too bad only country club elites and CEOs get the chance to see the stuff.

-Didn't get to my seat Saturday night to hear from the first three inductees (actually, one is dead, so we won't be hearing from him soon), but I was there for Barry Larkin Saturday night. The ovation was great, except for one guy near me who was booing. Some will surely pile on him because his speech was long and he plugged some sponsors. You go into a team's Hall of Fame, you can do what you want. What impressed me most, was most Reds players (and you can say this about the Crosley Award ceremony yesterday too) were on the top step of the dugout paying close attention to the proceedings. I've been to the ballpark for those before when the dugout was empty.

-Took in three games the last four days. Thursday...one run game, we gotta do the wave. Saturday, one run game, we gotta do the wave. Yesterday, tie game, three goofballs try to start the wave but no one's feeling it. If we have to do the wave, can't we enforce some rule that says no waves if the game is within three runs?

-This is just tremendous.

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