Posted by Jeffery Lung on Dec. 1, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Stop it. Stop looking at me like that. If you want a Bobby Valentine/Red Sox dramaschlobfest post then go check out the worldwide leader in sports smut. This is Red State Blue State. And today we're talking about THE MAYOR. That's right. While Larry Lucchino was busy going behind Red...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Nov. 29, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… The RSBS crew celebrates its 30th episode by taking a stroll down podcast memory lane, remembering things that busted our (and hopefully your) guts. AIDS salad and Ron Santo's memory get rehashed while new memories (like...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Nov. 22, 2011 at 9:14 PM
According to MLB.com, Bud Selig is a hero. When he became commissioner in 1992, Major League Baseball was a $1 billion a year business. Baseball had revenues of over $7 billion in 2011. The sport is at an all time high for popularity. But are the changes that have been...
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Posted by Joshua.Lobdell on Oct. 11, 2011 at 9:52 PM
The Cincinnati Reds really got a bum deal this year. Sure maybe that is not why they wound up 79-83 and 17 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers, but the fact remains the same. The Reds play in the only six team division in baseball, and even though this division did...
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Posted by Jjbmw on Oct. 5, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Cincinnati Reds general manager Walt Jocketty and manager Dusty Baker place a high emphasis on defense, even to the point of sacrificing offense. Their high regard for defense is why last winter, after signing Edgar Renteria, both Jocketty and Baker called Paul Janish to reassure him he was their short-stop....
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Oct. 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… For the first time EVER in RSBS Podcast history, Jeff, Allen and Johanna all meet IN THE SAME ROOM! That's right, no phone lines, no Skype, just a microphone and three unfettered opinions overlapping and slip-slapping...
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Posted by Bret Leuthner on Sep. 27, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Lots of Wild Card talk, as well as White Sox/Marlins situation. Also di into the Wayne Simmonds issues as well as Sharks season ticket "dress code". Listen Live every Tuesday from 8-9 pm and every Thursday from 6-7 pm. September 27, 2011 Compressed
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Sep. 8, 2011 at 2:30 PM
The world moves faster now than it did just decade ago. In fact, while writing that last sentence, I lost two bets, texted a girl without using my fingers and imagined an elaborate Broadway staging of my favorite Bukowski quote. So naturally, it would be easy to miss out on...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Sep. 5, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… Jeff, Allen and Johanna kick back on all the baseball drama comin' down the stretch including STRASMAS!, Verlander's MVP bid, Nyjer AHHHHHHH Morgan and several other topics sure to offend as much as entertain! The crew...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Sep. 2, 2011 at 1:10 AM
Vance Worley records his tenth win of his rookie season as the Phils sweep the Reds, 6-4. The Phils took the lead in the second as, with two men on, and with one man out, Brian Schneider hits an RBI single, scoring Hunter Pence, who had earlier doubled, giving the...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Sep. 1, 2011 at 12:47 AM
The Phils win another series, as Cliff Lee and Ryan Madson combine for a six-hit shutout, as the Phils defeat the Reds, 3-0. The Phils took the lead in the first as, with runners on the corners, and with one man out, Ryan Howard hits into an RBI force out,...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Aug. 30, 2011 at 11:54 PM
The Phils’ offense hits four home runs in support of Roy Halladay, as they crush the shellshocked Reds, 9-0. The Phils took the lead in the fourth as, with one man on, and with one man out, Ryan Howard hits a two-run home run, his twenty-eighth home run on the...
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Posted by Stanley Alston on Aug. 30, 2011 at 12:28 AM
The Phils start playing their last 33 games of the regular season within a period of 31 days, with no days off, thanks to a few rain outs, by hanging on to defeat the Reds, in the first of four games in the city of Cincinnati, 3-2. The Reds took...
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Posted by Jeffery Lung on Aug. 9, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Click ME to Listen!!! And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles… "KEITH, GET A BUCKET!" After Jeff and Allen dragged Johanna's almost lifeless body out of the Lollapalooza bullpen, the RSBS crew sat down to smack down on all-things baseball. Joined midway by special guest, Tim Baffoe...
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Posted by Jjbmw on Aug. 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Monday night, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa filed a complaint with the umpiring crew of the Brewers Cardinals series at Miller Park in Milwaukee. According to Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel, La Russa suggested the LED "ribbon" board that wraps around the ballpark above the loge level...
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