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You can see the predictions for the 2007 season in this thread.
Also, during the off-season Red Reporter held community projections for many of the Reds players. These are the results:
Pitcher...
Below is the estimated salaries for the 2007 Reds roster based on their amount of time on the Major League roster. Salaries are taken from Baseball Reference and days on roster is calculated from...
*Donkey
*Donkey Man
*Rally Killer
*Solo Shot
*Dunn Solo
*Homer K
*Austin's Best Friend Forever
*Adam from Milwaukee
Food for llamas on Red Reporter
Alter Ego Night is a time for Red Reporter commenters to enjoy themselves by pretending to be someone else. Whether they be baseball players, celebrities, fictional characters, intangible ideas or...
36, bitch!
The Annoying Little Shits are the small, pesky, scrappy guys who always seem to do something to make life miserable for The Reds. The first recorded use of the phrase was when Caleb used it in...
Ash is smoking hot, which is why Red Reporters fall all over themselves to flirt with / impress / sexually harrass her.
Ash is short for Ashlee with two e's, which is hot.
Red Reporter is a den of...
Ashnarronlovechild is a tag for a prediction made by a Red Reporter. The prediction should generally be of the long-term sort, rather than a prediction of game events that may occur soon.
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Beeeeeeeeep… is meant to symbolize the sonic output of an electroencephalogram monitoring the brain activity of former Reds manager Jerry Narron.
Example in use:
RR#1: Why isn't Milton being...
The Bill Hall All Stars are a collection of opposing players who, for some reason, perform appreciably better against the Reds than the rest of the league or have been known to destroy the Reds at...
Seriously?
Obsessive lurker, lazy poster, surely royalty.
Red Reporter allows you to have it your way.
The Bloop is any type of contact with a baseball whatsoever, according to FSN's George Grande. During the course of a typical game, "bloop" will be used by GG to describe a line-drive base hit, a...
BOHICA (Bend Over Here It Comes Again) is a phrase that Caleb utters just as the Reds are about to self destruct. The first recorded use was on June 29, 2006 against the Royals.
The situation...
History:
A popular prize
currently awaiting
a home:
a limited-edition
David Eckstein
'Leprechaun' pencil
topper.
Originally, Bonus Points were used to issue challenge to another Red Reporter's...
What are the handcuffs for?
boobs had, miraculously, the last post of the 2006 season. ED- The accuracy of this statement is still up for debate.
boobs cannot, in fact, be trusted to keep his...
boohiss?
boohiss takes a strong stance against excessive negativity towards Reds players, management and transactions. It's undetermined whether his handle is ironic.
Three cheers for Red...
Brendanukkah
Some Sausage fans think so.
Red Reporter loves sausage, readerson.
The broadcasting duo of Marty Brennaman and his son Thom Brennaman.
Red Reporter looks forward to the 2007 season with the Brennamen.
Brian B in uniform.
It has long been theorized that Brian B spends a lot of time in the Reds bullpen, warming up waiting for his chance to pitch. Often he will put the jersey on of some unassuming...
It has been theorized around Red Reporter that the Reds have a habit of employing witches in the General Manager position. Paul Householder was the first to pose the possibility that then GM Dan...
Caleb is like the father of the site, keeping all of the little snot-nosed brats in line. And when we're all down, Caleb is the first to let us know that it ain't over until the last out is made,...
Following a two run homer into the Landry Crawford Boxes at the Juice Box on International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2006, Chris Denorfia was dubbed Cap'n Crunch on Red Reporter.
One idea of what Chandrathan could look like.
Red Reporter
Chandrathan is a combination of Chandra and Jonathan. Chandrathan is a great poster on Red Reporter, despite the need to refer to Griffey...
Red Reporters Slyde and ohiobobcat played Reds' trivia with Chris, Jeff Brantley, and George Grande at the 2006 Redsfest.
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Apparently not very… He had to look the word precocious up on google…
FYI:
crolfer: Just a fan and player…
Age: 16
Throws: Right
Bats: Switch
Grade: Junior
namesake: crolf is a mixture of...
CUMB stands for "Chuckle Under My Breath" the lesser known alternative to LOL (Laugh Out Loud). Don't worry, you don't need to get a towel. At least, we don't think so.
Daedalus
Daedalus is the resident eloquent writer of Red Reporter, and can't possibly be a nun because she occasionally likes to trick people into viewing pictures of genital piercings. She loves...
Dental Plan!
Lisa needs braces!
It started with a simple question from Slyde when he was filling in for a vacationing JD Arney. "Does your site provide dental coverage?" is all he asked. But then...
Dick Pole will find him for three,
but he'll catch him and kill him for ten.
Dick Pole became the Reds' pitching coach in the '06-'07 off season. Less mature Red Reporters find humor in the man's...
Dutch was a nickname for Todd Hollandsworth that didn't catch on. The thinking was that Todd was not worth the number of keystrokes required of his last name, and that Hollandsworthless, while apt,...
In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a lefty reliever who came over...
Elpidio is none other than Edwin Elpidio Encarnacion. For fun, you can search Baseball-reference.com for "Elpidio."
He is often referred to on Red Reporter as "EEE."
Farney is Ryan Freel's imaginary friend. As told to the Dayton Daily News, Freel said Farney is "a little guy who lives in my head who talks to me and I talk to him." He sometimes even goes so far...
It has become customary at Red Reporter to declare or "tag" the post with First or Last. Why do we do this? Because we can. This game within a game is most certainly a drive for undying fame. For...
Fistbands is the nickname given to Dusty Baker, the manager of the Reds who fears walks and lumbering baserunners. Among other names considered: Dustbag, D-Bag, Donnie Baker (Ya wanna buy a boat?),...
Game Threads are created for every game and provide a place for Red Reporters to chat about anything from the beers they drink to why they hate Mc-blank.
All RR readers are encouraged to join in on...
Gapper out of costume and
out of this world.
Gapper is a capricious trickster. To date he is the only Red Reporter to express a preference for FSN announcer George Grande over Chris Welsh.
Red...
Geki is Red Reporter's resident angry and constantly malcontented youngster. As a college student at Butler University, Geki lacks the baseball experience of geezers like Caleb, but makes up for it...
"Hi, hello, and welcome!" The Godfather of the "bloop," George Grande is part of the Fox Sports Net Ohio Reds telecast his most frequent partner is the "Crafty Lefty", he also works with The...
The Lord Almighty.
First appeared late in the 2006 season during game 158. Hopefully he will make an earlier showing in 2007 to lead the Reds to the World Series.
We at Red Reporter are faithful if...
In a home game against the New York Mets on July 18, 2006, the Reds were down 3-2 in the top of the 7th. Eric Milton, who is well-known for sudden and disastrous meltdowns after seemingly pitching...
The "Heat" refers to the NL Central Heat Index, a weekly diary concerning each team's performance for that week. The diary is written and posted by RJ Vasilak, a commenter at Bleed Cubbie Blue and...
Hitmack
Tony Womack played for the Cincinnati Reds from opening day 2006 to April 24th of that year. In a fit of slanderous hyperbole Red Reporters, led by Red Menace, began referring to Womack...
A guy from tireball.com came up with his nickname for crappy outfielder Todd Hollandsworth. This became common especially during his years with the Cubs.
Red Reporter was more than happy to carry...
Hooha is an exclamation used by Red Reporters on Tuesdays taken from the formerly annoying, now beloved Dominos commercial "Two Times Tuesday." The ad is frequently shown during Reds games. Hooha's...
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The second best Indiana Jones movie is obviously 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' because 'Temple of Doom' is the best, and frankly, Sean Connery gets on Ash's nerves in 'The Last Crusade'.
indy is not an adventuring archaeologist, but a Reds fan from Indianapolis. Red Reporters, who frequently debate the Indiana Jones movies, can be forgiven for making that mistake.
Red Reporter has...
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a "holiday" that occurs every September 19. The way to observe International Talk Like a Pirate Day is to spend the day speaking in Pirate.
On September 19,...
If you want to learn a little about some of the other people who frequent Red Reporter, you can start by reading some of the various threads about the readers themselves:
The Original Introductions...
JCH, I mean JHC…
JCH, hereby known as "the boy who cried ARod," led RRs to believe, for only a few seconds, that the Reds had traded Edwin Encarnacion and Ken Griffey Jr. for Alex...
nope.
Known as "Cowboy", which kinda pisses Le Cowboy off. There's only room in this town for one Cowboy, quess which "country boy will survive"? Baseball fever, CATCH IT!
Red Reporters Slyde and...
Jimmy Haynes was a pitcher who pitched for the Reds during the 2002 to 2004 seasons. After a 2002 season in which he won 15 games and posted a 4.12 ERA notwithstanding a 1.48 WHIP and a .278 BAA,...
jmcclain19 is respondible for the informative, thorough and super snazzy Reds 40 Man Roster and Payroll Breakdown.
Yippee-ki-yay, Red Reporter!
Hall of Fame second baseman and Emmy-winning baseball analyst Joe Morgan visited Red Reporter to share his unique brand of baseball insight with us on April 29, 2006. Joe and the Red Reporters...
Joe (July 30, 1928- Nov 15, 2007) began his soiree in baseball with the Reds, when, in 1944, he pitched for Cincinnati at the age of 15. He still stands as the youngest player in Major League...
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Minute Maid Field in Houston, rumored to be the epicenter of the coming Apocalypse.
Red Reporter thinks the sound of horses is growing nearer.
No, but he loves Aqua!
Leatherpants offers a quantity
of magic beans for Austin Kearns.
Leatherpants is former Reds and current Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden. While general manager of the Reds, Bowden once...
Multiple pouches of Levi Garrett were often seen on the Reds bench directly behind, or beside, Jerry Narron. It is a commonly held belief that Narron shoved a handful of the LG in his mouth...
Ah, Danny Bo Peep,
you've lost your sheep
Former Reds' GM Dan O'Brien (a.k.a., "DanO") seemed to have a fixation with former Red (and former Texas Ranger) Jason Romano, signing him and putting him...
Farney
Mini Michael
God
Adam from Milwaukee
Jerry Narron
Nick Lachey
Laptop Guy
ashnarronlovechild
fletch
Joe Morgan
Red Reporter is schizo.
LLM stands for Latin Love Machine, a moniker given to Cincinnati Reds backup catcher and frequent pinch hitter Javier Valentin during his breakout 2005 season. A Valentin homerun is followed by...
Love Shack, baby!
Brian Shackleford, seen here in his July 2006 Milwaukee mug shot, was arrested on suspicion of third-degree sexual assault after a woman he met on match.com apparently showed up...
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Shut up is why.
"Manos de Oro" or "Hands of Gold" is a nickname bestowed upon slick-fielding utility infielder Juan Castro by Fox Sports Net play-by-play man George Grande. Without fail Grande will use at least...
Young Marty
A Hall of Fame Reds broadcaster and the one constant in an ever-changing world, Marty Brennamen defies all sense of the sports broadcaster mentality that plagues sports today. With...
Who's your songbird now?
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The prefix Mc- is attached to a Reds player's last name when the player is an over-the-hill veteran who wasn't very good to begin with, foolishly given playing time by clueless Reds management....
Michael dislikes Adam Dunn. That's all you need to know about him, because, well, that's all anyone really knows about him.
Michael can sometimes be a little redundant and even say the same thing...
Michael Diary
-noun
1. There are three things that Michael hates: information, Adam Dunn and pretty much everything else the rest of us enjoy.
There are three things Michael loves: Gold Gloves,...
MixFMKyle is a life-long Reds fan from Terre Haute, Indiana. He is a radio-disc jockey for WMGI-FMhosting a nightly Radio Show from 7PM-12AM. Kyle's family is friends with former Reds' Catcher...
This is a moran, representative of other similarly-situated persons.
Back to Red Reporter.
Even now I can see the rigid and leathered corpse of Jack Moron fabled Cincti sportscaster, sitting in the bleachers at Western Bowl commenting on the lane conditions.
Neckbeard
This hairy SOB has been a Reds fan since Arturo Defreites, Rafael Santo Domingo and Santo Alcala were prize jewels in the farm system. This half-shaven freak has a strong aversion...
No.
Red Reporter is not not not not not not not negative.
NEILYNG is one of REDREPORTER's greatest posters. In a posting career that extends back to the mid-90's as an AOL Reds Message board devotee, this principled and unpredictable maverick has pursued...
See ohiobobcat
Where did he go to school?
Nobody knows. Rolando Roomes is ohiobobcat's favorite player, mainly because the name just rolls off the tongue, is full of alliteration, contains four O's and only true...
In recent years a method of statistical analysis pioneered by Bill James has come into prominence. This school of thinking goes by many names: sabermetrics (after SABR: the Society of American...
He is rumored to be able to do so.
On May 2, 2005, a date which will live in Reds infamy, the Reds were 11-18 and seeing their season slipping away in May, unlike previous seasons, in which they...
When listening to Jerry Narron on pregame or postgame interviews, it was apparent that there was more than Levi Garrett inhibiting his speech. Only peanut butter would cause one to have such an...
Pilsner, anyone?
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No. It generally doesn't help an injury to poke it with a stick. The failure of Dr. Tim Kremchek to detect the previously undisclosed "shoulder tendinitis" of Gary Majewski (which eventually...
Why do most polls include the choice 'boobs'?
It's tradition. Like the 7th inning stretch and steroid use.
There are those who believe that including 'boobs' as a choice skews the poll, but we all...
A Rally Killer is a solo home run to lead off an inning. Fox Sports Net color broadcaster and former big league pitcher Chris Welsh explains his grand theory at every occurence, that a leadoff home...
Red Menace
Red Menace sometimes functions as the official record keeper for Red Reporter, however it is generally understood that any "facts" he records in this capacity are most likely made...
Red Reporter (popularly known as RR to its users) is a sports blog focusing on the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. The blog was founded by JD Arney. Red Reporter is part of the SB Nation network of...
Red Reporters are competitive, sports-obsessed gambling addicts so naturally they have a fine tradition of playing Fantasy Sports. Fantasy Baseball and Football are staples. In addition there are...
Some numbers, anyway, but not all of them. Why? Because 7 8 9! Oh wait, that joke was already used on this site…
Red Reporter can add.
As it does with most teams, the Reds's payroll plays an integral role in their strategy from year to year. Often questions will come up about someone's contract status or how much player will make...
yep, and there it is
David Ross' most fashionable nickname, "Ross the Merciless," evolved in early September 2006.
In a comment on the September 1 game thread (the game after The Anaconda), satyanaas wished for "Big...
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Jeremy Affeldt
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Homer Bailey
31
SP
Matt...
Scooter explaining a curveball
The dumbest thing you'll ever see on any baseball broadcast.
Red Reporter would like to hit Scooter with a bat.
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More importantly, sid is an old punk rocker who loves OBP, underappreciated defense, and a martini. Especially...
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Slyde receives his DVDs.
Slyde is the 2006 Most Valuable Commenter winner, which is supposed to get him a copy of the 1975 World Series DVDs. Rumor has it that those DVDs will be in the mail any...
I believe the audiostream is still running "Who's On First" out there somewhere.
My Thoughts on Current Reds Players
Adam
Dunn - The strike outs don't bother me. The left field defense does.
Jr -...
Soft Walk
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The term "soft walk" has been around for many years but has seen its usage grow with the growing emphasis on trying to debunk baseball research and data, like on-base...
Some Dude is none other than Houston Astro Luke Scott. Perhaps the player with the most plain name in all of baseball, Luke Scott does not leave much of an impression on the casual fan. Luke Scott...
There are a variety of stats used on Red Reporter that you may not be familiar with. Most of this glossary is taken directly from The Hardball Times, Baseball Prospectus and Baseball Reference....
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Like most good catchphrases, "Suck it, Duaner" happened on a whim. The Reds were in the middle game of a 3-game series against the Mets. The Reds trailed 4-0 in the second inning when the...
sukr
sukr (pronounced "suk er" not "sook er") is eager to blend in with teal blue man groups, especially church delegations on road trips from CHI. No mention of "laptop guy" is necessary, those...
Krivsky at RedsFest with Slyde
Krivsky at the Reds Caravan Event
Sweaterpants is a nickname that was given to Wayne Krivsky during a Spring Training game in 2007 (credit goes to MixFMKyle and...
Lawyers are evil.
teb7 is at law school and is rather busy learning the letters.
Teb7 attended University for four years with Red Menace but neither of them remember ever meeting the other.
Red...
The world's largest snake is generally acknowledged as the anaconda, although a quick Google search will show some in Indonesia claim a reticulated python as the world's largest. The Anaconda is...
The Bad Man is Rich Aurilia. He earned the moniker early in the 2005 season, when he was awarded the starting SS job out of spring training, blocking Felipe Lopez's development while hitting south...
TheC once lived in Cincinnati and during that time, once struck out Ken Griffey Jr. in batting practice at everyone's favorite Moeller High. Now, TheC lives in the dreaded middle of the...
TheDude is a stickler about two concepts on RR.
1. Does the common concept of "Clutch" hitting exist? (Not to any significant extent)
and
2. Is any player ever "Due" for a hit/homer/win? (No)
While...
sukr gets credit for dropping the ninja moniker on Placido Polanco, based on his outrageous headwear in the '06 playoffs on Bless You Boys. The DET boys didnt get as big a kick out of it as the Red...
The Magic Onesie.
The magic onesie belongs to Slyde's son who was born during May of the 2006 season. The first time he wore the onesie was during the June 14th game against the Milwaukee...
Kenny Rogers, as noted on Detroit Tiger's SB Nation site Bless You Boys during the '06 playoffs. Naturally, good natured Seinfeld references followed…..
Bless You Boys came up with their own nickname for former Red Todd Jones. Apropos, no?
In an effort to pull the team out of a losing streak (which was mostly blamed on the bullpen), GM Wayne Krivsky traded 2 starters - Felipe Lopez and Austin Kearns - for 2 middle relievers (Bill...
Thom was hired a few days after the 2006 season ended, creating what will henceforth be known as the Brennamen.
Thom has the misfortune of being a Fox Sports announcer, which automatically makes...
Paul Byrd surely deserves a nomination here. As does Greg "5-0 against the Reds in 2006" Maddux. Steve Trachsel also qualifies. Pitchers making their Major League Debut or first start of the season...
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Juan Castro is referred to sometimes on RR as "T.S.F. Juan Castro" because, almost invariably, whenever Juan Castro is referred to in the media, he is referred to as "the slick-fielding Juan...
To earn a Utility Belt you must have the ability, skill and wherewithal to provide in-depth overwhelming statistical analysis, graphs optional, of a question posed on Red Reporter. While several...
Veteran Presence
Because veterans rule on Red Reporter.
Voodoo Albert was created by Daedalus during the 2006 season. Here was his origin. About a week and a half after Daedalus posted Voodoo Albert, Albert Pujols actually went on the disabled list with...
Few subjects divide Red Reporters like General Manager Wayne Krivsky. Most heated arguments, whether about the value of smallball or excessive negativity on the site, can be seen as veiled...
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Most of this wiki was made in a short period of time by a few...
Behind the facade of pretending to dislike Adam Dunn, Zach has a serious man crush on Donkey. He is so into Dunn but the rejection is more than he can handle.