Category: Dailies

Steel City

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PNCPark1.JPGPNC Park in Pittsburgh, home of the Pirates.

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FS Ohio’s George Grande and Chris Welsh get some inside information during Reds batting practice.

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You can see PNC Park’s press box, just below the clouds.

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A view of Heinz Field, home of the Steelers, from the ballpark.

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My dinner on Tuesday night.  A world famous Primanti Brothers sandwich.

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It always seem to be raining in Pittsburgh.  Proof.

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That’s not a blurry picture, that’s a torrential downpour.  Notice the river flowing on the warning track.

-JM
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High five

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In case you missed this story, Reds manager Dusty Baker has been credited with being the first to demonstrate the “high five” in professional sports.  Here is an excerpt from the Seattle Times story:

“These are tumultuous times indeed for baseball celebrations, which seem to be getting more elaborate by the day. It was 1977 when Dusty Baker hit his 30th home run of the season and was greeted at the plate by Dodger teammate Glenn Burke with his arm upraised. The two slapped hands — the first known use of the “high five” in pro sports. From that humble beginning has evolved the low five, the forearm bash, the fist bump, the chest bump, and various other permutations of bodily contact in the name of celebration.”

-JM
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Gamenotes 9-22-09 at Pit

Gamenotes 9-22-09 at Pit.pdf

TODAY’S TRANSACTION: Today the Reds reinstated from the 15-day disabled list OF Willy Taveras. Since 8/19 Taveras has been on the DL with a strained right quadriceps.

REDS

Stubbs 8
Janish 6
Votto 3
Phillips 4
Rolen 5
Gomes 9
McDonald 7
Hernandez 2
Cueto 1

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PIRATES

McCutchen 8
Young 4
Jones 3
Doumit 2
Moss 9
Milledge 7
Walker 5
Cedeno 6
Duke 1

-JM
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Gamenotes 9-19-09 vs Fla

Gamentoes 9-19-09 vs Fla.pdf

TODAY’S TRANSACTION: Today the Reds reinstated from the 15-day disabled list C Ramon Hernandez. Hernandez had been on the DL since July 20. The next day he had arthroscopic surgery to clean out his left knee.

MARLINS

Coghlan 7
Johnson 3
Ramirez 6
Cantu 5
Uggla 4
Ross 9
Paulino 2
Maybin 8
Nolasco 1

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REDS

Stubbs 8
Nix 7
Votto 3
Phillips 4
Francisco 5
Bruce 9
Hanigan 2
Janish 6
Arroyo 1

-JM
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Latin flavor

AMIS-06.jpgBullpen coach Porky Lopez (#59) and players Edinson Volquez (#36), Wladimir Balentien (#28) and Adam Rosales (#23) on Friday visited Cincinnati Public School’s Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies (AMIS) in association with La Jornada Latina newspaper…the school assembly was held in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Night, scheduled for Saturday night.

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