132nd edition of My Random Thoughts: Sports, TV, music, food, life.....
Ever go back and read the comments in your yearbooks?
Zac Taylor doesn't get paid nearly enough. He's forced to be the organization's lone voice in the Shemar Stewart contract situation. Not a peep from the front office.
We discovered Rekas Butcher & Delicatessen in Covington. Cool place. Friendly staff. The Original Italian sandwich was seriously good!
Pet Peeve I: Fans that move from their seats during an inning, and multiple times during a game. Last weekend, we had a fan in front of us at GABP that moved five times in the first five innings.
I get nervous when I do self checkout at Kroger (always) and the scanner beeps because it thinks I put something in my bag without scanning...when I know I didn't.
How about Hank Voight in the Chicago PD season finale? Dang.
I've never been to Costco. To this point, it's been a Kelly thing.
Perfect hair. Smirky smile. Popeye forearms. Man, Steve Garvey bugged me as a young fan of the Reds in the 70's!
I'm a little disappointed the Reds did not acknowledge the anniversary of Joe Nuxhall's MLB debut on social media this week. A moment like that should not be lost. It should be celebrated.
Do you remember dominant players that you played youth sports with? Craig Bosse, Kurt Kiesling, and Reed Johnson, for me.
I've done a lot of interviews w/ athletes about their injuries. I've never done one like my talk with FC Cincinnati's Nick Hagglund detailing his broken ribs/collapsed lung and hospitalization for 10 days. Pretty powerful.
I continue to believe that paying to park, to then spend money at an establishment, is a complete and total ripoff.
The pitchback was a fantastic invention. If I had one, I think I'd go out and throw every now and then.
Ever notice how people that don't like the Savannah Bananas really like to tell you they don't like the Savannah Bananas? It's similar to the anti soccer and NBA crowd.
I attended Summit Elementary in Cherry Grove, and then Anderson Middle School.
Underrated career: Reggie Sanders. 1 of 8 players in MLB history with at least 300 HR and 300 SB. So much more than just a 1995 postseasons struggle vs the Braves.
The Bengals have lost the benefit of the doubt....in any and all contract negotiations.
Ever just make a plate of peanut butter on saltine cracker sandwiches?
The Season 2/Episode 6 scene of The Last Of Us with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in tears in an incredible scene.
The vocal cold open of You Give Love A Bad Love by Bon Jovi ...and vocal/drum sequence near the end is awesome.
80's movie worth watching again: All The Right Moves. What a cast.
Had lunch w/ Casey at Bru-Burger today: Best Mushroom & Swiss ever. Bourbon-Glazed Mushroom, Caramelized Onion, Black Pepper Mayo.
Pet Peeve 2: Fans that talk non stop during a baseball game.
In this new day and age, how much does UC building a $134M practice facility influence a recruit vs simply the amount of money he will get to play for UC?
Can you imagine being the lone survivor of a plane crash that took the lives of 241 others? What a horrific story.
$14 Reds tickets in section 425 last weekend from Tickets For Less. No service charge. Giddyup.
Heads up. I'll be taking next week off from Random Thoughts. We are headed to St. Louis next weekend.
Don't worry about things you don't care about