Back again for another absolutely (but hopefully fun) new mash-up art project. Here I feed a number of unrelated National Day observances into an Artificial Intelligence Image Creator to compose an often ridiculous but one-of-a-kind work of trash -ahem - art. New this time is a helpful tag in the lower right hand corner that … Continue reading A new “tag” for my A.I. Mash-up Art
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2025 Cincinnati Reds Opening Day
My favorite day of the year, every year, is Opening Day for my Cincinnati Reds. Spring has arrived, the boys are back on the field and everything is possible. Hope is in the air and I am raring to go. We have a new manager with a proven reputation for taking deserving teams to the … Continue reading 2025 Cincinnati Reds Opening Day
2025 Spring Training Games start TODAY!
Finally. My Cincinnati Reds have their first spring training games today to launch their 2025 campaign. Been a long, hard winter but I am so happy baseball is returning! And to celebrate his birthday yesterday here is a picture of the best kitty cat there ever was and a fellow Cincinnati Reds Fan - the … Continue reading 2025 Spring Training Games start TODAY!
2025 Reds Position Players Report to Spring Training – How this season looks…
As a life long Cincinnati Reds fan the last three decades can be summed up with this T-Shirt: I read somewhere that the Reds have not won a playoff series for thirty years. It seems longer. Yes, I always am optimistic at the start of every season but have special reasons to be so in … Continue reading 2025 Reds Position Players Report to Spring Training – How this season looks…
2025 – Reds Pitchers and Catchers report today
Spring is here. Hope returns. New Manager. Fresh team. I can hardly wait. Baseball season is back with the pitchers and catchers of my Cincinnati Reds reporting to spring training today. I. Am. Ready!
My Obligatory Super Bowl Post
The Super Bowl has long been the tent pole American event. More wings are eaten, more opinions expressed, more commercials are cited, and more interest is paid than any other happening in this country. So of course, as an American, I must also weigh in with insight, however trite or meaningless. I will be rooting … Continue reading My Obligatory Super Bowl Post
2024 Baseball Post Season
Well, here we are again. That glorious battle for a World Series trophy. After a disappointing year when my Cincinnati Reds looked so talented but flopped so badly, I am disappointed. Indeed, I now believe in a new rallying cry for Redlegs... But I always enjoy the struggles of the best teams in my favorite … Continue reading 2024 Baseball Post Season
Throwback Thursday In Memoriam – Pete Rose; the Dreams and the Distractions
As is natural, as a young boy growing up in Cincinnati in the 60's and 70's my favorite baseball team was (and is) the Cincinnati Reds and my favorite baseball player was (and is) Peter Edward Rose. All that said, as I grew older (and disputably wiser) he is not my favorite human being. There … Continue reading Throwback Thursday In Memoriam – Pete Rose; the Dreams and the Distractions
My Uneven 2024 Cincinnati Reds at the All Star Break are making me Kinda Blue
Here we are at the nominal season halfway point and my beloved Cincinnati Reds are still mired deep near the bottom of our division. They have been sometimes spectacular (like when they swept the Yankees in the Bronx) and sometimes abysmal (like when they got swept by the sputtering Tigers on the very next series). … Continue reading My Uneven 2024 Cincinnati Reds at the All Star Break are making me Kinda Blue
An A.I. Mashup for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby
Yep, today is the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby, being the first Saturday in May. But it also happens to be National Bird Day and National Orange Juice Day. Put them all together and Google's Gemini Image Generator will spit out...
Throwback Thursday – as my Reds open the 2024 season, a visit to my baseball “glory” Days
Today is the opening day of the 2024 Campaign of the Cincinnati Reds Baseball Club. With our young talented club, I am thrilled by the prospects of this exciting new season. Due to the recognition of the very first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati team gets to open every season at our home Great American … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – as my Reds open the 2024 season, a visit to my baseball “glory” Days
AI Mashup on the start of March Madness
Here I go again. I just can't seem to stop myself. So, Today is the first Saturday of the hoops mania that is March Madness. That means it also National Corndog Day. And this year they both fall on National Panda Day. So here goes the Gemini Mash Up free image of the whole shebang. … Continue reading AI Mashup on the start of March Madness
Spring Breakout – Another Gimmick from MLB
Sports leagues have to keep finding hooks and gimmicks to get our attention as if the games itself were not enough. This year MLB is staging a number of "Spring Breakout" events that pit one team's rookie prospects against another. Luckily my Cincinnati Reds have plenty 'o prospects and are featured in two such events. … Continue reading Spring Breakout – Another Gimmick from MLB
Quick Ramble on Joey and Noelvi
Cincinnati Reds Spring Training rumbles on with two notable exceptions. Lifelong Reds Joey Votto's option was not picked up for the season and he has been forlornly missing Spring Training in a classic series of posts on social media. When it became clear he would not be invited by our management as a player this … Continue reading Quick Ramble on Joey and Noelvi
Cincinnati Reds Spring Training Games start this afternoon
Fly the flag high and start the games. Spring Training games commence today as the Reds take on the Cleveland Guardians. Still a long while to season opening. But this is a necessary first step. Go Reds! Elly and company will be there. Joey Votto will not but it is my strong wish that he … Continue reading Cincinnati Reds Spring Training Games start this afternoon
Reflecting on my favorite Spring Training Kitty Cat
With the most hopeful Spring Training of recent Cincinnati Reds history I am reminded of their most illustrious feline fan. Yes, my favorite cat of all time, Macaroon. Celebrating him today on his birthday (litter day?) hmmm... Quick reminder of his back story. When my then wife's friend's cat had a litter we stopped by … Continue reading Reflecting on my favorite Spring Training Kitty Cat
Spring Training Gets Underway
Today is the date pitchers and catchers must report to the Cincinnati Reds Spring Training site in Arizona. The first workouts will commence tomorrow. Position players report next week and the first Spring Training game happens later this month. Thank goodness baseball season is here. The Reds acquired some good players this offseason and carry over one of the … Continue reading Spring Training Gets Underway
National Football Hangover Day
Well, the most recent Super Bowl is over. Today's National Day is partly based on the fact that an estimated 14 million Americans will call in sick on today, the Monday morning after the big game. Sounds a little suspicious but what ya gonna do? Another theory for the day is that the professional football season is over … Continue reading National Football Hangover Day
Just wait until next season…
The MLB Post Season opens today and if you look for my beloved Cincinnati Reds you will notice...they're not in the playoffs this year. But they provided a thrilling ride missing the wild card by just two lost games. That is a big turnaround from last season when they dropped 100 in the season - … Continue reading Just wait until next season…
Throwback Thursday – However did my Reds lose to Fish this week?
Rough stretch for my Cincinnati Reds. We've lost eight of our last nine and we are skidding south. Yesterday we lost the rubber match of a series with the Miami Marlins. Ouch. We'd better show back up to form or the season will slide away from us with just under 60 games left. It did … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – However did my Reds lose to Fish this week?
My Reds Ahead at the All Star Break
2023 is the first time since 1995 that my Cincinnati Reds have led their division since 1995. It has been a long, long wait for this Faithful Redlegs Fan. The team is clearly having a lot of fun with great performances from spirited rookies to talented veterans. The electric Elly de la Cruz is breaking … Continue reading My Reds Ahead at the All Star Break
Are you watching my Rally Reds?
Did you see the game last night? The Atlanta Braves, with the very best record in the National League and an eight game winning streak rolled into Great American Ballpark to take on my Cincinnati Reds. My Rally Reds are an upstart bunch with the most comeback wins this year and an amazing eleven game … Continue reading Are you watching my Rally Reds?
Throwback Thursday – to the year before I was born in Reds History
Quick check in on my Cincinnati Reds' season. Much to the surprise of the baseball world (and the delight of me) they are in first place in the NL Central Division. Woo-hoo! They have been playing great baseball for the last several weeks and routinely stage comebacks and walk-offs to win games. In fact, they … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – to the year before I was born in Reds History
Elly’s first Series
You may not have heard about it but I am following it closely. A highly regarded Cincinnati Red's prospect has finally climbed the minor league ladder to make it to The Show. The first series of Elly de la Cruz in the Big Leagues was against the despised Dodgers and he has lived up to … Continue reading Elly’s first Series
How are my Reds starting the season?
I read a variety of Cincinnati Reds media and the best line I read this week? "It is May 1st and the Cincinnati Reds are not in last place." Yep, that about sums up the last several decades for my RedLegs. The baseball news so far this season includes the improved rule changes for a … Continue reading How are my Reds starting the season?
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