CincySportsFan

10 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

I won't swear them off forever but I have a lot of anger at what they are doing. No way I pay to walk in that ballpark for the near future. I have almost no interest in even watching games till they put a product worth watching on the field.

Absolutely 1000% this.

11 hours ago, 4 Quarters said:

Big Bob is selling off some of his other businesses, could the Reds be next.

Might as well.  Friend of mine said that he's treating the Reds like week-old produce anyway.

1 hour ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Does Votto with his current contract have any trade value? Could he "force" his way out?

With the NL adopting the DH, I'm sure that will eventually help. But, maybe there could be a hometown return for him, with the Blue Jays.  Sort of like Griffey coming to the Reds.  If Bob could get rid of him, he'd have done it yesterday.

My head hurts just thinking about how bad this team is going to be.

1 hour ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Schefter says he's headed to the Jets on a 3yr/$24 million deal.

Just saw that. Wonder how close the Bengals were.

As a side note, put this into the category of player moves I don't understand. From Super Bowl to what, fighting for 3rd in your division?

So where do the Bengals stand with cap money after today? Just wondering if they have anything left for a deal with CJ.

22 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

In 1981 the Reds drew just over 1,093,000 in attendance, their lowest total since 1969.

Last year they drew just over 1,500,000. Is there a chance that barring some miracle on field they won't break 1,000,000 this season?

I think an average of 15,000 per game is totally possible. To get down to your number, it'd have to drop to 12k or so.  But with the economy the way it is, and if gas prices continue to be high, then, yeah, I think it's possible. 

I feel bad for Votto, knowing that he'll never sniff the playoffs for the rest of his career here.

Any chance we sign a cornerback on day 1?

13 minutes ago, theguru said:

Thanks and this tweet has both players PFF grades:

 

By comparison...

G Hakeem Adeniji - 48.3

C Trey Hopkins - 51.4

Looks like the Bears are potentially going to sign Larry Ogunjobi.  If true, then the Bengals need to re-sign BJ Hill...plus maybe look for some D-line help in the draft.

Mitch Trubisky signs a 2 year deal.  A step up (or two) from Mason Rudolph...but, doesn't scare me the way Deshaun Watson would have.

26 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Sounds like the Bengals are going to be signing G Alex Cappa from Tamp Bay for $40 million over 4 years.

Was just reading that he played every single offensive snap last year and only had one penalty.  Tampa Bay hard arguably the best OLine last year, which allowed the least amount of sacks.

Here we go!

10 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Guess Jensen will stay with Tampa Tom then??

Yep.  3 years, $39 million.  If Tom was going to come back, he had to announce it before today, otherwise he could lose some of his guys.

Sell the team, Bob. Just sell the team. It's clear you have no desire to field a winner.  Who would've thought you could make Mike Brown look like a spendthrift. 

PS - I hope you realize that by August the Bengals training camp news will take precedence over your precious Reds game from last night in media coverage.  And you'll wonder why attendance will be the lowest it's been during your ownership.  You couldn't have picked a worse time to be cheap.

3 hours ago, Jumper_Dad said:

From the Reds Facebook page.

The Reds today acquired Minnesota Twins 2021 top draft pick RHP Chase Petty in exchange for Sonny Gray and minor league RHP Francis Peguero.

Petty was the 26th pick in last years draft, straight out of high school.

One team trying to win this year. The other looking to make more profit and could care less about wins/losses in 2022.

16 minutes ago, theguru said:

Have the financial terms been released yet?  Not that it matters, but this is weird. 

I think next week there is a deadline for teams to be get under the cap.  I wonder if they are holding this until they get some of the other cuts/restructuring deals done.  Then, if they still need another million or two to work their magic, they can still do it with Rodger's (move money from one year to another).  There's probably been a deal done, in principle, with regards to total money and years...but, how it's distributed could help the team depending on how much they still need to "cut" this year.

For any that are interested...funeral services for Coach and his wife will take place tomorrow (Friday) at 3 at the Stanley Funeral Home in Williamstown.  Visitation will be tomorrow from 11 to 3 at the funeral home.

3 hours ago, AirYardGo said:

I have always thought it made more sense to have the Franklin County Schools in the 8th and have Woodford, Anderson and Clark all go to the 11th.

If you really wanted to shake things up and go that route, here's what could make sense geographically...

29th: Oldham, S. Oldham, N. Oldham, Shelby, Collins

30th:  Henry, Eminence, Trimble, Carroll

31st:  Owen, Franklin, Western Hills, Frankfort

32nd:  Grant, Williamstown, Walton-Verona, Gallatin, Simon Kenton (or send them back to 9th)

That would make the 29th an absolute gauntlet to get out of, while the 30th would be treated like the ugly step-child (no offense to those schools)...so, there's a near zero percent chance of it happening.

1 minute ago, theguru said:

The "narrative" has been that Russia is using a lot inexperienced Russian soldiers as "Cannon Fodder."

And the estimates make sense to me, in many cases Ukraine has been able to remain at a distance and use some advanced weaponry to kill the Russian invaders. 

Have seen/read multiple reports of people in Russia talking to relatives in the Ukraine, and being very casual in conversation not knowing anything about what's going on, other than a "military maneuver."  They are literally in disbelief when told about the bombing and killing going on.

You'd think if they start having 5,000+ corpses being returned for burial, word would start to spread that this is not a "normal" event.

Saw that US intelligence estimates that Russia has had more fatalities during these few weeks of the invasion, that we did during the entire time we were in Iraq...which is just mind-boggling to me.

11 hours ago, mcpapa said:

Papa’s peerless prediction.  Six games. 

If it gets reduced at all...I'd say a minimum of eight games.

15 hours ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

McAfee went in kind of hard on Rapoport today.  I had a chuckle:

https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1501246521433546754

Pat jokes with Ian (a lot of times at his expense) all the time on the show.  Can't wait til he's on this week.

1 hour ago, TheDeuce said:

Conflicting reports. Pat McAfee says it’s not true. 

Was watching McAfee's show when they discussed this.  Seems Rodgers told him that no deal was actually in place.  Ian Rappaport reporting otherwise.  So, maybe it's an offer that's been made, but not accepted yet?

Other changes that both the players and owners have agreed to:

* Banning the shift

* Widening the bases

* Implementing a pitch clock (14 seconds when bases empty, 19 seconds with guy on base)

The first one I am for.  It'll provide for more action.  Action is good.

The second, I don't think will make one iota amount of difference.  They're only widening them 1/2 an inch.  That's not enough to help avoid the contact and subsequent leg injuries at the bag.

The third...ehh.  I'm interested in how they calculate the time when there's a guy on base.  Does a step off/bluff count against you?

The weird part about this, is that they're not looking to implement these until 2023.  While I understand the equipment issue over the last two items, why hesitate on banning the shift?  Go ahead and implement it this year (whenever it starts), just like the universal DH.

On 3/5/2022 at 9:25 PM, Randy Parker said:

Not a Robert Pattinson fan by any means, but he was terrific as Batman.  Okay as Bruce Wayne. 

Bingo.  Honestly, if I had to pick the best Batman, it might be Pattinson.  (And I went in thinking that I'd never say that.) But, he may be the worst Bruce Wayne.  Fortunately for the movie, he's Batman 90% of the time.

And the car introduction was AWESOME!  First thing my son and I talked about afterwards.

Dang it.  Absolutely hate to hear this.  Was the first coach I met when I started doing high school games in NKy.  An absolute gem.  The stories he could tell.

RIP Coach.