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savafan
10-12-2005, 02:32 PM
Time for the nominations.
The Categories from last year (any ideas for new categories this year?):
Most missed poster
Miss the daily Richard Hand expose on typing with both eyes closed? Wish Fox could still regale us with constant rumors from his unnamed baseball sources? Fiind yourself melancholy over the absense of a myriad of former posters? Who's missed most?
Best tag line
The tag line is that little thing at the bottom of some posts. No, not that little thing at the bottom; the other little thing. Who inspires best? Makes you laugh? Makes you scratch your head trying to decipher those in jokes that are sure to make sense if only you start licking toads.
Best Moniker
Like the understatement of princeton, that Ivy League professor of Reds-related knowledge? Or, Hey Kids! How about Krusty? Does one of the Teamsters make you think about things even before you read their posts? If so, show them you care!
Most Valuable Poster
Whose information do you read first, agree the most with, or disagree but read first anyway? Who finds things you'd never, ever get to read without their help? Who makes you think most?
Most Clever
Best use of poetry, tone, statistics, one-liners to get the point across. Who made a point this year that just made you stop whatever else you were doing and go "uh-huh".
Best Armchair GM
Who would you rather run the Reds than Jim Bowden? Who is the next Theo Epstein?
Best Trademeister
Who comes up with the best deals? Whether it be plausible or not, which of the ADD posters here entertains you with their constant tinkering with the Cincinnati roster?
Best Discussion
Which discussion throughout the year made you think the most? Made you turn to the most? Got the most response? Made you bang your head on the keyboard and curse the heavens because it came up so slow?
Worst Typist
Whether it be grammatical, misspellings, or unclear wording, who makes you scratch your head and wonder what they're taking?
Funniest
Who makes you shoot milk through your nose everytime they post? Who makes you giggle even before you open their posts?
Best Use of Statistics
Which sabre-head helps you understand the game best?
Most Long-winded
Who can't ever shut up, even though you already get the point and wish they'd just stop, they just keep going and going and going, even though they've already gotten across everything they wanted to say they also go off onto other tangents like that time I was sittin in my car and suddenly I thought of a great trade involving Danny Jackson and a gorilla except this gorilla is like the gorilla in Congo and have you ever seen that movie it's really not bad... Nevermind.
Most Positive
Begging the pardon of Rosy Red here, who's the rosiest of us all? Whose glass is consantly half full?
Most Negative
Who is the eeyore?
Best Use of an Emoticon
Who http://www.redszone.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif deserves http://www.redszone.com/forums/images/smilies/beerme.gif and http://www.redszone.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbup.giffor coming up with all the best of these little guys http://www.chriscaffery.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/dragon.gif http://www.chriscaffery.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_dorks.gif http://www.chriscaffery.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/lightsaber.gif out of all us posters.
Nicest
Who is the person most likely to give you the Junor Jersey off their back? Who makes you grin like a little kid?
Best Moderator
Who do you depend on the most? Which one of those guys seems to fix everything?
Best Chatter
Only those that have attended the chat room may vote in this highly contested award. (Haynes underwear will be given to the winner. But not Haynes' underwear.)
Most Off-Topic
I like potatoes!
And, I submit for new awards this year:
Best Newcomer
Who has joined Redszone in the last year and made a lasting impact? The Rookie of the Year.
Best Outsider
Favorite fan of a team other than the Reds
New Categories
The Marty Brennamen Award
Who does the best job of play by play during the game threads?
The Old Red Guard Award
We all know the post. What was the most memorable post of the last year? The one that really made you think, reminisce or stand up and cheer.
Best Historian
Who does the best job of bringing back yesterday when baseball was a game and those who played it were gods?
Lifetime Achievement Award
Who has provided the most to Redszone for the duration of their time spent here? Someone who has been around since the early days and hasn't skipped a beat. The Frank Sinatra of Redszone.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
What one topic showed up in about 300 threads a day? The one that you swore you would go postal on someone if you saw one more thread about it ever again.
Way too early for this. Wait until December.
savafan
10-12-2005, 02:48 PM
Way too early for this. Wait until December.
There's been more than 12 months since the last one.
Redsland
10-12-2005, 02:52 PM
December seems about right to me too. Not to make any waves or anything. :)
Blimpie
10-12-2005, 02:56 PM
Yeah, but other than the NFL, what would we have to look forward to for the next two months?
There's been more than 12 months since the last one.
Actually I think last year's got lost in the transem somewhere.
The 3rd annual one got started on 11/30/03. This would be the 5th annual one.
Yeah, but other than the NFL, what would we have to look forward to for the next two months?
The year's not over. It's like voting for President before the primaries end.
Blimpie
10-12-2005, 03:00 PM
I guess you're right...I am just SO bored with the board, so to speak. If I had any scabs right now, I'd be tempted to pick them.
savafan
10-12-2005, 03:04 PM
I was just trying to line it up with the end of the baseball season.
Chip R
10-12-2005, 03:07 PM
OK with you if I close the thread and subscribe to it and then re-open it and bump it back up around mid-December, sava?
savafan
10-12-2005, 03:10 PM
OK with you if I close the thread and subscribe to it and then re-open it and bump it back up around mid-December, sava?
That's cool. :thumbup:
Chip R
12-12-2005, 06:18 PM
Looks like it's about that time.
Gallen5862
12-12-2005, 06:27 PM
What are the nominating and voting rules for the awards? December 23rd is my first anniversary on the board? When are the nominees known?
Redsland
12-12-2005, 08:31 PM
No rules.
Each person is free to nominate whomever he or she likes for any award listed, or you can make up new awards out of thin air and nominate people for those.
You can check the archives to see how it's been done in the past, then sharpen your pencil and hop into the voting booth.
:beerme:
Gallen5862
12-12-2005, 08:46 PM
Thanks Redsland.
TOBTTReds
12-12-2005, 08:55 PM
Best Armchair GM
Who would you rather run the Reds than Jim Bowden? Who is the next Theo Epstein?
I know he isn't a poster, but Dan O'Brien!!! He's great. He used to be with Houston and a few other teams. And he went to Ohio St. Who else would you want!!??
Falls City Beer
12-12-2005, 09:04 PM
Most Tired Topic of the Year:
Politics. I wish to garsh they'd just get rid of 'em. :devil:
jmcclain19
12-12-2005, 10:40 PM
Most Valuable Posters
GIK/Boss - Did you log in today to Redszone and noticed that everything worked just fine? Then thank these two guys. Tirelessly and quietly behind the scenes these guys keep the trains running on time, so to speak. Most of all they do it without any of the public kudos - and they certainly don't ask for any attention for doing so. Think about Redszone not being here - we'd all be at *shudder* mlb.com's forums or something worse.
Most Clever
Creek - Always has that biting, witty point to make that is dead on. She's tall, knowledgeable about baseball and smart. Really, what more do you want from a woman?
Most missed poster
Stormy & TeamDunn - Both have been away far too long.
Most Missed Poster who has no business not being around
Raisor - His Redszone membership has been revoked by his new wife, apparently.
Most Positive
TeamCasey - Gotta be TC - she echoes the enthusiasm I hold for Reds baseball time and again. I can see that energy in her posts, like a shining beacon in a fog of mist....yeah....that's it...a shining beacon....
Best Moderator
Tie - all of them. These guys put up with so much grief trying to play the big brother sorting thru our pissing matches. Can't pick just one. Maybe if you Chip a macro sized piece of paint off a zombie, then Reds4life fan Joseph wouldn't be such an ochre. Or something like that.
Best Moniker
Scrap Irony makes me chuckle every time I see the name.
Best New Poster
WilyMoROCKS - Although there were a couple up there for this award
Best Historian
WestofYou - Can anyone else really even be considered for this award? I don't know if tests have yet confirmed if he is the bastard son of Branch Rickey or not. Get back to me on that one.
Best Discussion
Anytime we talking about catching. There have been a couple of times this season where us former knuckle draggers can reminisce and it always brings back good memories.
Worst Discussion
Sac Flies - Dear God - make it stop right now. RIGHT NOW.
The Old Red Guard Award
Crash Davis - Crash's post about ESPN and their loss of the average fan that I still refer to from time to time. Heck that could have been from last year for all I remember. I don't care - it was excellent stuff.
Best use of statistics
M2 & Steel - Not so much a statistic award but more of a "Best Outside the Box thinking" type of award. Both continue to educate me, the engineer, in different ways looking at the game of baseball. Not just from a statistical point of view but from a total "re-think" of how we as fans look at the game. I don't always agree with both or either of you, but you always keep my brain thinking about the game just when I think I have it all figured out. I eat that stuff up so keep it coming.
Worst Typist goes to WV PacMan, unchallenged. Where did he disappear to anyway??????
OldRightHander
12-13-2005, 08:31 AM
Worst Typist goes to WV PacMan, unchallenged. Where did he disappear to anyway??????
I was thinking captainmorgan07 for that one. A few capital letters and punctuation wouldn't go amiss. No offense captain. :)
Do we even need to vote on the historian award? Just give it to WOY.
Raisor
12-13-2005, 08:40 AM
Most Valuable Posters
Most Missed Poster who has no business not being around
Raisor - His Redszone membership has been revoked by his new wife, apparently.
.
Yo! I'm here, and posting and everything!
Now, if ya'll want to vote me in as "Best Looking", who am I to argue?
Red Leader
12-13-2005, 09:14 AM
Time for the nominations.
The Categories from last year (any ideas for new categories this year?):
Most missed poster
Who's missed most?
My nominee: guernsey. I really miss guernsey and the knowledge he brought to the board.
Best tag line
My nominee: Puffy's tag lines are always funny, no matter what he changes them to.
Best Moniker
My nominee. I'm going to give this one to Caveat Emporer, although CaptainHook comes in a close second.
Most Valuable Poster
My nominee: Too many to list. M2, woy, Steel, creek, ochre along with the previously mentioned Caveat Emporer and CaptainHook off the top of my head are my favorites to read. But there are plenty of others
Most Clever
My nominee: woy's one liners are always hiliarious, and they're always so darn clever. When I read his posts I feel like the joker in Batman saying "where does he get such wonderful toys."
Best Armchair GM
My nominee: I'm going to give this one to M2. He has a lot of vision about a "plan" that I wish existed in the Reds organization.
Worst Typist
My nominee: captainmorgan07, bar none.
Funniest
For the second straight year, I can't imagine not voting for Puffy.
Best Use of Statistics
My nominee. I'm going to give this one to Steel. He does an absolute fabulour job trying to prove to people why each and every transaction the Reds make are either good or bad. You might not always like to hear what he says, but he's right 99% of the time, if not more. He goes above and beyond to explain things to people.
Most Positive
My nominee: RFS62. Always there to pick you up after you feel like Dan O'Brien just slit your throat and left you to die. I appreciate it, buddy.
Best Use of an Emoticon
My nominee: Sir Krono, maybe only because he has the most opportunities to use them :dunno:
Nicest
My nomination: Sandy. She's been through hell this year, and still would do anything for anyone at anytime. I real class act.
Roy Tucker follows very closely behind. Just a great guy any way you slice it.
Best Moderator
They have all done a fabulous job this year. Congrats, and thanks to you all.
Most Off-Topic
My nominee: BadFundamentals. It's always about Dunn and K's, somehow. :rolleyes:
Best Newcomer
My nominee: CaptainHook, followed closely by the GARB. Not sure if they both qualify, but I can't remember voting for them last year. They are both great additions to the board, regardless.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Who has provided the most to Redszone for the duration of their time spent here? Someone who has been around since the early days and hasn't skipped a beat. The Frank Sinatra of Redszone.
My nominee: I'm going to give my vote to RFS62. Just a great, deserving man. He has done so much this year following the hurricanes that he deserves an actual national award of recognition, and his contributions to the board over the years are outstanding. You da man!
Most Tired Topic of the Year
My nominee: Dunn and strikeouts. Get over it already. The guy strikes out, big deal. He also produces more runs than anyone else on the team, which is his job on offense.
Boss-Hog
12-13-2005, 09:30 AM
Most missed poster
Miss the daily Richard Hand expose on typing with both eyes closed? Wish Fox could still regale us with constant rumors from his unnamed baseball sources? Fiind yourself melancholy over the absense of a myriad of former posters? Who's missed most?
Fox is still around under a different moniker. :)
Joseph
12-13-2005, 10:04 AM
Do we even need to vote on the historian award? Just give it to WOY.
I think we just rename it for him.
TeamBoone
12-13-2005, 11:20 AM
Most Missed: Stormy
Stats: M2, Steele
Mods: All of them, of course
Historian: Linedriver
I haven't given the others any thought yet, but these came to my head immediately.
RedsMan3203
12-13-2005, 12:04 PM
I know there was about 5-10 of us that did game threads for awhile.
I am mainly here to read news... I don't post most (look at the post count ;))
Anyways, the game thread is where I got most of my Rep Points ;)
Heath
12-13-2005, 12:31 PM
The Categories from last year (With my nominations under the bold)
Most missed poster
Raisor - but he'll be Comeback Poster of the Year for 2006.
Best tag line
Redslands - "This post needs to do the little things" & SuperBarry11 - "Love is doing the things that don't show up in the box scores" - Hilarious
Best Moniker
krono - proving the quanity DOES way out over quality ;)
Most Valuable Poster
Krusty - the trade ideas are usually off the wall - but I like to read them.
Most Clever
Creek - especially when Dunner gets mentioned in a not-so-flattering light.
Best Armchair GM
Either Steel or M2
Best Trademeister
Same as above.
Best Discussion
Any DanO move.
Worst Typist
captainmorgan - he must have a lil capt'n in him (or her)
Funniest
Redsland's Red Report - or Real Reds of Genius.
Best Use of Statistics
woy.
Most Long-winded
Never insult your bunkmates if they can dock you rep points (;) )
Most Positive
Any of the Teams - Boone, Casey, Dunn
Most Negative
See "Most Long-winded"
Best Use of an Emoticon
Me getting dinged for :rolleyes: on a few points that I felt were deserved.
Nicest
KittyDuran. - especially after she sent me a team photo and her giddyness - fun to read that stuff.
Best Moderator
Everybody.
Most Off-Topic
jmmclain19's "How to identify RedZoners' in Public"
Best Newcomer
WillyMoRocks got some serious rep points in a hurry - astronomical move man.
Best Outsider
I don't pay attention to that I guess
New Categories
The Marty Brennamen Award
Matt700WLW - when he's working the board
The Old Red Guard Award
Anything with Rasior's Pyth. Theorem of Baseball - the Nationals thread was great.
Best Historian
anyone who has a website called www.deadballart.com might win.
Lifetime Achievement Award
I've only been around since May - I can't vote.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
Anything on Brennaman. Dude's been here in Cincinnati as long as some of us have been alive. We know his shortcomings - but face it - He ain't going anywhere. Let him spew his spew and cheer when's right. Case Closed.
Two other categories -
Most Absurd, Yet Funniest Thread of the Year
It had to be the RedZone 10. I think that one, though not a very positive thread, ought to be archived for sheer laughter.
Best Use of an Avatar
Steel's Calvin's is pretty funny.
I shall now wander away into the good night..
Most missed poster
Stormy, it's been too long.
Best tag line
"In what was destined to be a short-lived spectacle, a chicken, suspended by a balloon, floated through the Samurai bar's doorway." - TRF
Best Moniker
Bad Fundamentals, perfect name for a fundamentally bad poster
Most Valuable Poster
This is a tough one. WOY and RFS62 managed to raise their already ridiculously high bars this year, but I'm starting to think flames jump from Steel's fingers when he's posting because that's how on fire he's been for the entire year.
Most Clever
BCubb, random genius
Honorable mention to Puffy and his trademarked loathing (not to mention his in-depth interview with CBus)
Best Armchair GM
princeton, who never met a box that could hold him
Best Trademeister
Tie - Red Leader and Island Red, they don't propose a ton of trade, but when they do it's almost always a good idea.
Best Discussion
What this board does on draft day is truly amazing. It's two days of great stuff every year.
Funniest
Redsland, we've got a lot of witty folks around here, but Redsland is gut bustling funny.
Best Use of Statistics
Part of Steel being on fire has been his precision use of statistics. He's put on a clinic in the right way to slice the numbers.
Most Long-winded
Normally I'd say it's bad form to vote for yourself, but with Stormy inactive this year I'm forced to say it's me.
Most Positive
Krusty always believes there's a slobberknocker around the corner, bless his heart.
Most Negative
FCB, nobody does it better.
Nicest
Rosie Red strikes me as probably being one of the nicer you'd ever want to meet.
Most Off-Topic
Jim Coombs
Most Absurd Thread
"How to identify Redzoners in Public" deserves an award and I figure this one is as good as any.
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39603
Best Newcomer
Yet another crowded field with Blimpie, registerthis, CincyRedsFan30, Ricardo Cabesa, rdiersin, PickOff, WilyMoROCKS, WVPacman, Cyclone792, Heath and 11BarryLarkin11
But, following in Zombie's footsteps, Joseph's gone from newbie to moderator in a single calendar year.
Best Outsider
Stewie, who gives Phillies fans a good name (and that's not easy to do).
The Marty Brennamen Award
Doc Scott's a brilliant PBP guy. CTA513 is probably the most dilligent
The Old Red Guard Award
I don't even know if it was this year or late last winter, but RFS beautifully bridged the stats/seamhead divide, showing us all how someone with a great mind for the game never stops learning. Just a great post and a lesson for everyone know matter how long you've been following the game. I'll include a link to it if I can find it.
Best Historian
WOY has put together a series of historical essays this year that are as good as any baseball history you will read anywhere, ever.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Boss and GIK for starting this whole thing.
Chip R
12-13-2005, 12:46 PM
Most missed poster
Raisor - but he'll be Comeback Poster of the Year for 2006.
If his wife lets him. :p:
SteelSD
12-13-2005, 02:48 PM
Most missed poster
Stormy. He makes me smarter when he posts…err…used to post.
Most Whipped Poster
Raisor, the vows say “…forsaking all others…”. But I don’t think that posting more on Redszone equates marital infidelity. Dork. ;)
Most missed game chatter
TeamDunn. A Reds game, a six pack, and Redszone chat just ain’t as good without TD around.
Best tag line
Not a tag line, per se, but the “Posting to Contact” under Big Donkey’s username made me laugh pretty hard the first time I saw it.
Best Moniker
lollipopcurve. So many generic usernames out there, but you can be pretty sure that you’re on a baseball board when you see that moniker.
Most Valuable Poster
M2. Has nailed the heart of every matter he’s posted about for quite some time. Always a guy you can count on to be here day in and day out.
Most Clever
gonelong's posts make me wish I'd have typed mine that way.
Best Armchair GM
This one is nigh-impossible. There are easily a dozen people on this board I’d rather have running the team than the current FO. So I’m going to go to follow Boston's lead and name Boss and GIK as co-GM’s. If Redszone is run is any indication of how they’d run a MLB franchise, we’d surely be in good hands.
Best Trademeister
Ravenlord. Always thinking out of the box and always coming up with realistic scenarios. Much appreciated effort. Ditto for Red Leader.
Best Discussion
The Eric Milton signs thread. That was a long LONG thread that, in retrospect, became a key reference point that most likely turned a lot of folks on to how bad the Reds situation actually is.
Worst Typist
Eh. Who knows. No name for this one, but if someone posts without actually using paragraphs, that’ll trump simple typos for me.
Funniest
BCubb2003. His “Random Thoughts” threads are a Redszone staple that I look forward to every day.
Best Use of Statistics
M2. Always out-of-the-box and looking at things most folks wouldn’t notice. Ravenlord also deserves a mention because he’s the hardest working guy in show biz when it comes to using metrics. He's an innovator who’s willing to look at things backwards and upside down if it means there’s something to be learned.
Most Long-winded
Me. The next time I’m truly succinct will be the first. I used to think this award perennially belonged to GAC, but then I realized that he’s not really long-winded. He just uses more paragraphs than anyone else. ;)
Most Positive
If you sat Krusty down in the middle of a large room full of horse crap, he’d immediately begin looking for the pony.
Most Negative
FCB. But it’s a realistic negativity rooted in reality and borne of recent Reds history.
Nicest
MWM. He’s the only person on the board that I can confirm will drive my drunk arse around, so it’s more of a “wins by default” thing than anything else.
Best Moderator
Everyone has done a great job under the new system, but I’m going to give this year’s award to Chip because his rundowns of the Hot Stove League radio show are an excellent contribution to the board and an immediate must-read.
Best Chatter
GAC. Like drinking beer at a bar while watching the game with a buddy.
Most Off-Topic
Any number of redundant Player X Sucks! threads. Oh, they’re technically “on-topic”, but you can bet that topic has been covered elsewhere.
Best Newcomer
Tie between Big Donkey and Joseph. One of the reasons Redszone is so great is that every once in a while you learn about what’s going on before anyone else. Big Donkey is a HUGE contributor to that and Joseph learned how to swim in the shark tank quicker than just about anyone ever.
Best Outsider
Stewie. And MattyMo is always a welcome read. And can someone please confirm that ramp hasn’t slit his wrists?
The Marty Brennamen Award
I’m going to just give props to the whole Reds Live board. Every game, there’s someone there to pick up the baton. Well done.
The Old Red Guard Award
Article: "Stats vs. Scouts: Do We Need to Choose Just One?". The whole thread.
Best Historian
WOY. If I were watching “Baseball- A Film by Ken Burns”, I’d want WOY sitting next to me so that I could ask him for accuracy checks.
Lifetime Achievement Award
traderumor. Incredibly passionate, articulate, and active. Even when disagreeing with tr, his positions force me to learn more about the topic.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
If I hear one more word about a recliner in the Reds clubhouse, I’ll break something.
guttle11
12-13-2005, 03:03 PM
don't forget about me for awards!!
Ah, crap you already did. I'll post some nominations later.
gonelong
12-13-2005, 03:30 PM
Most missed poster
I miss Stormy, and Guerney. I really miss Old Red Guard, RIP.
Most Whipped Poster
Raisor. Cut the chain and the ball will fall off. :eek:
Best tag line
I don't read these, but someone has something about value above replacement poster, nice
Best Moniker
CaptainHook, Caveat Emporer, linedriver, & Catch22
Most Valuable Poster(s)
M2, Steel, and woy share an incredible amount work here. Thanks guys.
Most Clever
Lots of clever little devils here.
Best Armchair GM
M2 has a plan. If I had some jack he'd be the first message board GM in MLB.
Best Trademeister
Your asking the wrong guy, I think all these hypothetical trade threads are a waste of time.
BigDonkey has had the pulse of the actual trade scene, he gets my vote.
Best Discussion
Too many to list.
Worst Typist
Anyone not using paragraphs.
Funniest
BCubb2003
Best Use of Statistics
Steel for having shared massive quantities of relevant statistical analysis.
Most Long-winded
GAC, you'd think we are paying him by the word around here. :)
Most Realistic
M2 seems to have a nice grasp of what about to happen.
Nicest
BadFundamentals. He takes quite a bit in stride. Hang in there you poor misguieded soul. ;)
Best Moderator
Anyone that is among the living.
Best Newcomer
Big Donkey - thanks for the heads up on the trade scene.
Best Outsider
Stewie - appreciate a look from the outside in.
The Old Red Guard Award
Article: "Stats vs. Scouts: Do We Need to Choose Just One?". Nice work on that one.
Best Historian
WOY. I want an autographed copy of that first book.
Best All-around board members
RFS62 and OldRightHander. These guys get "it".
Thanks for everyone keeping a level of civility here such that we can all get together and discuss, hash, re-hash, moan, cheer, and laugh together.
GL
Most missed poster
ORG always
Most Whipped Poster
BF. really. and to his credit, he took it in stride. He's still wrong though
Most missed game chatter
N/A
Best tag line
Aside from mine? anything woy puts in his sig is gold.
Best Moniker
Falls City Beer
Most Valuable Poster
woy again. Sees the game with a completely different eye, and doesn't take an extreme SABR POV while using stats better than anyone.
Most Clever
FCB
Best Armchair GM
I'll go with co GM's Steel and M2 with princeton has the head of scouting.
Best Trademeister
This should be known as the Krusty award.
Best Discussion
Any thread with the words loathe, Randa and signing in it.
Worst Typist
i uuusualy dont nOtice TYPING erors. :)
Funniest
Raisor, but don't tell him I said so. egomaniac.
Best Use of Statistics
Actually I like how woy let's stats speak for themselves. I also like Doc Scott here when it comes to analyzing ML players.
Most Long-winded
Stormy. Hands down. Even when he isn't here he's long winded.
Most Positive
Creek is positive suckitude can be measured. does that count?
Most Negative
BF
Nicest
TeamBoone.
Best Moderator
We have moderators? cool.
Most Off-Topic
gotta be the Jim Coombs thread. That was priceless.
Best Newcomer
Any newcomer that made the jump to ORG.
Best Outsider
Ramp
The Old Red Guard Award
dunno, but i love discussion of the merits of the 25th guy on the bench.
Best Historian
WOY. I'm thinking of stalking him if he doesn't write a book already.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Larkin Fan. Been here apparently through some tough time medically, and is always positive.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
K's are bad.
zombie-a-go-go
12-13-2005, 03:49 PM
I think you guys all rawk, as do the ladies, so it's impossible for me to make any distinctions here.
Well, except for remdog being the most negative poster on the board.
Other than that, kudos to all of yous. And stuff.
guttle11
12-13-2005, 03:56 PM
Most missed poster
I haven't been here long enough
Best tag line
who knows.
Best Moniker
West of You
Most Valuable Poster
WOY
Best Armchair GM
M2.
Worst Typist
captainmorgan07
Funniest
Puffy
Best Use of Statistics
Steel.
Most Positive
Creek
Best Use of an Emoticon
Krono
Nicest
Sandy.
Best Moderator
All of them
Most Off-Topic
Dan O'Brien:)
Best Newcomer
Prolly Big Donkey
Lifetime Achievement Award
again, I haven't been here long enough
Most Tired Topic of the Year
The Redszone "clique"
Falls City Beer
12-13-2005, 05:41 PM
Most missed poster
Really, I get a kick out of the guys who go all postal. But I'm transgressive.
Best tag line
Mine usually kick ass.
Best Moniker:
Boobhat. Awesome.
Most Valuable Poster
M2 and RFS62: the Willie and Lefty of Redszone
Most Clever
WOY--storehouse of arcana that kicks ass.
Best Armchair GM
Steel--I'd turn the Reds' front office over to this guy.
Worst Typist
What happened to that one guy, *something* ND? Dude was the least lucid writer ever. After reading one of his posts, I felt like I had bugs crawling around in my brain.
Funniest
Red Leader's dropped a number of zingers this year. He's on a roll.
Best Use of Statistics
M2--the solidest conclusions drawn from data.
Most Positive
Again, Red Leader fits the bill.
Best Use of an Emoticon
Gotta go Krono here.
Nicest
Too hard--I can't pinpoint a single poster. But RFS62 is damn high.
Best Moderator
Boss, Ochre
Most Negative
That one guy *something* 4256--he's pretty negative.
Best Newcomer: Captain Hook
Lifetime Achievement Award
Krono's post count is freakin' nuts. Hats off--you bleed deep red.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
Losing
Redsfaithful
12-13-2005, 06:00 PM
And can someone please confirm that ramp hasn’t slit his wrists?
I believe this is his website:
http://maverickball.com/
It's been updated recently. It's always possible that I'm confused and that's not really Ramp's, but I think it is.
Redsland
12-13-2005, 06:20 PM
Most Missed Poster
ramp101 – He provided a welcome outsider’s view when the Reds were teetering between contender and pretender. Of course, that was back when his own Marlins were doormats. As they climbed in the standings, the rampster didn’t have time for us anymore. :( After the off-season they’ve had, we’ll presumably be seeing lots of our old friend for the foreseeable future. ;)
Best Avatar
paintmered – I’m not sure where that little guy is galloping off to, but it sure looks like he can’t wait to get there.
Best Moniker
Danny Serafini – There are Neil Diamond songs that are so stupid I laugh hysterically whenever I hear them. Between his Mexican League pedigree, his promises of 15-win seasons, and his Japanese League sayonara, Danny boy is Forever in Blue Jeans.
Most Valuable Poster
SteelSD – He’s Yoda, patiently explaining for the thousandth time that hate leads to the dark side, and then posting three-year park-adjusted splits that prove it. Few combine the passion, eloquence, and evidence to make a claim, back it up, and sway the skeptics. He does it all day every day.
The Hank Aaron Award
westofyou – Fans gripe that the MVP Award should be paired with a Best Hitter Award. Writers remind said fans that such an award already exists, and it’s named after the HR king. WOY brings a wealth of statistical data to the party, but that’s giving him short shrift. He also has an unbelievably deep storehouse of knowledge about the history of the game, and a great appreciation for the interplay between the past the present.
Most Clever
creek14 – Your quips keep me in stitches. They say laugher is the best medicine, and that’s good, because these stitches really hurt.
Best Armchair GM
M2 – The GM has to see the big picture, know all the players, know all the other guys’ players, be able to define a strategy, articulate it to the masses, and sell it to the unwashed. In short, he needs to be smart, articulate, dynamic, pragmatic, charismatic, and spell my name right on the check. I think this is the most important position in the organization, and I’d give it to M2 in a heartbeat.
Best Nuxhall Impersonation
RFS62 – Joe is the conscience of this organization, and RFS is the conscience of RedsZone. Usually warm and friendly, occasionally stern, he’s the barometer for how a day, or a thread, is going.
Best Discussion
Some say DunnHater arrived with a bit of an agenda. All I know is that DH/BF swooped in and led discussions so full of flawed premises and circuitous logic that they led to wide-ranging discussions about OBP, OPS, slugging, conservation of outs, RC/27, lineup construction, and any number of other fundamental tenets of baseball theory. To read these threads and learn what is shared in them by so many Zoners is to begin to appreciate RedsZone as a graduate course in fandom conducted in a playground sandbox at recess.
Funniest
BCubb2003 – Another shoutout for Random Thoughts. The saddest tragedies give audiences brief moments of levity between the gaps when sorrow turns to anguish. RedsZone is kind of like that sometimes.
Most Positive
GAC – You want to believe, no doubt about it. Heck, you wanted to believe nobody would score on Danny Graves, and if that’s not blind devotion, I don’t know what is.
Most Negative
REDREAD – I hope that in nominating him for this award, he accepts it as a badge of honor. He’s been saying for years that the worst would come to pass, and he’s been right at every turn. If there were someone in the Reds organization who had the juice and the guts to say the things REDREAD has said over the years, we may not be in this mess. But there’s not and we are.
Nicest
KittyDuran – What a kind, caring, giving person. (Both on the field and off./gg) I’m inclined to believe there are less than six degrees of separation between her and noted nice guy, The Mayor.
Best Moderator
Chip R – Prolific. Fair. Funny. Everything you want in an overseer.
Best Newcomer
Caveat Emperor – Great first year! You made an immediate splash and kept right on swimming. You’re a fine addition to our band of…whatever we are.
The Old Red Guard Award
I learned a lot in the posts that broke down last year’s off-season acquisitions, polled the assembled masses on their thoughts, and ran detailed analyses of what 2005 might look like. In some ways they were case studies in optimists/pessimists and stats/scouts. But there are some pretty in-depth discussions in there, too, all backed by solid numbers and statistical modeling. Interesting threads that portended full-fledged nightmares.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Boss Hogg – It’s tempting to give this to one of the really ancient posters, like Krono or Raisor ;) , but none of this would have been possible without Boss, and this year in particular has helped to drive that fact home.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
“You can't judge DanO because you’re not a GM; also, you don’t know what kind of offers he got.”
All-Stars
Joseph – Newbie-turned-mod; always impressive.
ochre – Already was a mod, and a fine one at that.
letsgojunior – Not a mod, but a prolific poster and outstanding individual.
traderumor – Your transformation from doe-eyed follower to table-pounding revolutionary is a testament to the power of RedsZone. :)
Puffy – I don’t loath you. :)
MWM – You know his story.
TeamCasey – Too many posts about players’ butts, but otherwise pretty cool. :)
:)
Raisor
12-13-2005, 07:23 PM
Fox is still around under a different moniker. :)
I knew Boss was Fox all this time!!
How's that Royals beer guy you got all your "info" from?
smith288
12-14-2005, 11:06 AM
Most missed poster
Hard to say
Best tag line
zombie usually has the best ones
Best Moniker
Harangatang
Most Valuable Poster
SteelSD
Most Clever
Redsland
Best Armchair GM
SteelSD
Best Trademeister
Krusty
Best Discussion
Danny traded thread
Worst Typist
any post without even one capital letter
Funniest
zombie
Best Use of Statistics
SteelSD
Most Long-winded
uh...savafan?
Most Positive
GAC
Most Negative
BF
Best Use of an Emoticon
gonna say Pedro...where Pedro posts, an emoticon follows
Nicest
Easier to say who isnt nice....too many to name for nicest.
Best Moderator
Boss-Hog
Best Chatter
GAC
Most Off-Topic
never kept count
Best Newcomer
Joseph...newbie to mod deserves props
Best Outsider
ramp
The Marty Brennamen Award
ghettochild - last game of season and he is PBPing...thats a fan
The Old Red Guard Award
nothing that memorable to me
Best Historian
woy
Lifetime Achievement Award
boss - gik
Most Tired Topic of the Year
anything political... guilty myself
Best Avatar
Falls City Beer - cant beat that mulleted dude with the Sammy Hagar shirt
OldRightHander
12-14-2005, 11:52 AM
Most Missed Poster
ORG. I didn't post when he was here, probably because I spent so much time reading and thinking about what he was saying that I never bothered to write anything myself. Why even try to measure up to that?
Best Avatar
WOY always has some clever ones.
Best Moniker
Can't say.
Most Valuable Poster
Can't name just one. Steel and WOY come to mind, but each person brings something different.
Worst typist
captainmorgan07, in a landslide
Best Armchair GM
M2
Best Discussion
Just about anything on the days leading up to, including, and after the draft.
Funniest
BCubb2003's random thoughts posts, and Puffy.
Most Positive
Teamsters and Krusty. I don't always agree with Krusty. Heck, I seldom do, but I like his ability to always look for the bright side and his belief that this team actually can get better.
Most Negative
BF if the topic is anything related to Adam Dunn. REDREAD for his stark realism. I don't always like what he says, but he is right a lot of the time.
Nicest
Can't name just one.
Best Moderator
All of them.
Best Historian
WOY
Best Newcomer
Joseph, making mod that fast has to be something. Honorable mention to WilyMoRocks.
The Old Red Guard Award
Although I learned a lot from much of the statistical analysis, WOY's historical posts were a great read.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Boss and GIK for starting the whole darn thing.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
Anything mentioning Adam Dunn, strikeouts, and sac flies.
Sheer volume of posts and clever use of emoticons
We should just name this the Krono award.
letsgojunior
12-15-2005, 01:50 PM
Most missed poster
ORG - The place isn't the same without his posts.
Best tag line
Hmmm, I've had so little time to read lately that I can't come up anything - so they're all good.
Best Moniker
princeton - even though I don't like the school.;)
Most Valuable Poster
The one, the only RFS62. The Yoda of Redszone.:)
Most Clever
I'm pretty impressed with registerthis's efforts lately.
Best Armchair GM
A tag team of cincinnati chili and M2.
Best Trademeister
Krusty has traded everyone on the Reds roster at least 5 times.
Best Discussion
"Be the last person to post on this thread.":thumbup:
Funniest
Puffy and RL.
Best Use of Statistics
WOY is the master of his domain.
Most Long-winded
Edskin on his "must-win" threads.
Most Positive
TC and TB.
Most Negative
The rest of us.
Best Use of an Emoticon
zombie :thumbup:
Nicest
Long list - Roy, TC, zombie, MWM, Paint, pedro, CE, SANDY, SuperBarry, Rosie, Krono, RL, Puffy
Best Moderator
All of them
Best Newcomer
CE and registerthis
Best Outsider
MattyMo and Ramp
Best Historian
Again WOY
Lifetime Achievement Award
RFS - really the heart and soul of the board.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
All of the Dunn discussions.
Best Looking Redszone Male
Puffy in a landslide.
SunDeck
12-15-2005, 02:13 PM
Most missed poster
Stormy. I can't remember when he exited the building, but the lights have been dimmer ever since. We've picked up some real gems along the way, but it's a shame when one has to move on.
And of course, ORG.
Best tag line
ZOMBIE
Lots of others, but I have a hard time remembering who they belong to.
Most Valuable Poster
Rather than say one poster, I will mention the things that always get my attention- good use of stats (and formatting!), deep knowledge of the game, sense of history, and respect of other posters.
That last part is the one thing I believe makes the best posters stand out. Some use stats, some don't, but those who hold their fellow Zoners in high esteem are the Most Valuable Posters.
Most Clever
Redsland
NWM deserves a nod. Can be funny, but most often bitingly clever.
Best Armchair GM
M2 - there has never been a FO move by any club that M2 couldn't parse and comment on.
Best Trademeister
Krusty
Worst Typist
I don't mind poor typing as much as I do poor writing. It's okay to be in a hurry, but for god's sake take the time to express yourself cogently.
Funniest
Puffy, Zombie.
Best Use of Statistics
Steel, WOY
Most Positive
GAC, TC
Most Negative
BF never saw a thread that couldn't be turned sour.
Best Moderator
They all do a great job. Thanks MODS!
Best Chatter
I don't know. It seems like every time I start chatting, people log off.
Hello!?
Lifetime Achievement Award
boss - gik
We should just close voting on this one, folks. No Boss/gik, no Redszone.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
"The FO/Dano sucks."
We know already and I'd argue that we'd all be a lot happier if we just accepted their baseline suckitude. That way, we can't be anything but pleasantly surprised by even something as minor as Milton's ERA getting under 6.00.
Best Avatar
I can't remember who this belonged to, but the animated SNL "More Cowbell" avatar made me ruin my keyboard.
smith288
12-15-2005, 03:04 PM
Best Avatar
I can't remember who this belonged to, but the animated SNL "More Cowbell" avatar made me ruin my keyboard.
I had it for a while. I got a fever...
savafan
12-15-2005, 03:13 PM
I had it for a while. I got a fever...
Then I think it passed to Krono and finally to me.
KronoRed
12-15-2005, 03:39 PM
I never had it
I've never seen the skit :D
savafan
12-15-2005, 04:01 PM
I never had it
I've never seen the skit :D
You must forgive me, multiple concussions you know...:D
smith288
12-16-2005, 04:27 PM
Just in case people need to know
More Cowbell (http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/38.html)
I can't believe I got three "nominations" for Most Positive.
Long-winded. That's expected. ;)
And I just want to scream "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" when I see rfs being nominated for Most Popular or Nicest! He's got you people fooled! :lol:
http://www.bradyresidence.com/janohno.jpg
westofyou
12-18-2005, 12:20 PM
Most missed poster
Lots of guys come and go, I can say I miss Guernsey, Steve4192, Redstorm and ORG all. Chili has been Lawschooled too, so his appeareances seem to be few and far between. And of course missing since June is Malcontent.
Best tag line
Stats are misleading! - This little one cracks me up.
Best Moniker
I like ones that makes it easier for me to remember who they are, like Blimpie, Hubba, onbasemachine.. all stick in my head better than others.
Most Valuable Poster
No one is bigger than the whole collective of the board, the place really churns out the content, making it easier for one stop baseball reading.
Most Clever
Redsland cracks me up, dry and sneaky. BCubb is the Herb Caen of the board, making observations of the collective and positioning them in a way that makes it ironically hilarious.
Best Armchair GM
I'm going with M2 on this, though he wanted to put DJ at SS last winter and bench Flop ;) But he has been hitting the predictions fairly well this past year. I'd also do with that Princeton feller...but he'd be the first to tell you that.
Best Trademeister
I'm with GL on this, I find it to be the equvalint of cloud watching.
Best Discussion
Pitching, Pitching, Pitching.... pretty much any long winded discussion on pitching. This for me was the year I learned more about pitching than I could remember learning before. The game is so offensive heavy that pitching is going to be micro analylized from the management to the fan level. With giant contracts and injury recovery changing pitching
Best Stats
Steel and Ravenlord have been digging up stuff that I enjoy not having to look for all year.
Worst Typist
gOt A lItTle CApTaiN in Ya?
Funniest
Redsland cracks me up, Blimpie, Pedro and Steel give me many chuckles
Most Long-winded
GAC knows how to extend a point
Most Positive
Redsfan30 has hope that is always shining
Most Negative
You reap what you sow
Nicest
RFS62 and the Teamsters all are too nice as is MWM and Jmcclain
Best Moderator
They all do great jobs.
Most Off-Topic
The music threads always give me great tips
Best Newcomer
Heath and Cyclone came on strong and are enjoyable reads.
Best Outsider
Stewie and MattyMo are good visitors to have around for 3rd party reviews
Lifetime Achievement Award
Boss and Gik are the holders of the flame, without them it's MLB land
Most Tired Topic of the Year
Dunn, face it folks he ain't Pete Rose, he's another animal completely.. doing things you've never seen, most of it great.
BCubb2003
12-19-2005, 01:27 AM
Most missed poster
Red Thunder.
Best tag line
The one that does the little things.
Best Moniker
OldRightHander.
Most Valuable Poster
WOY. I've been schooled.
Most Clever
Redsland. We are Tony Womacks to his Ryan Freel.
Best Armchair GM
M2. But I've never heard him speak in public.
Best Discussion
The thread about the impending new ownership, before Cincinnati media were writing about it.
Best Stats
Is this category a counting stat? If not, then Steel.
Best historian
Chip R.
Nicest
The Teamsters.
Worst topic
Rally-killing lead-off homers.
Best Newcomer
Big Donkey.
Best Outsider
I continue to admire MattyMo's gracious good sportsmanship.
Lifetime Achievement Award
RFS62. Can always be counted on to bring insight into the human condition. Except this will probably make him all paranoid and stuff.
Most underrated
All y'all.
Caveat Emperor
12-19-2005, 03:34 AM
Just as a preliminary: I looked at my info the other day, and realized that I'm approaching the 1-year anniversary of my joining RedsZone (Christmas Day, 2004). It's been a fun year of baseball -- and that's saying something, given how wretched the team has been.
You've all helped me grow as a fan and as a student of the game. I'd nominate you all if I could -- but I can't, so here goes nothing:
Most missed poster
ORG -- I've read some of his stuff that people have reposted, and the man was a true poet. His love for the great game was evident in everything he wrote. I spent a solid hour before a game hunting down the brick at the GABP one night. Wish I'd been around here when he was.
Best tag line
Tie: "0 Value over Replacement Poster" and SuperBarry's "Love is all the little things that don't show up in the box score"
Best Moniker
Danny Serafini. You cannot help but love the name that reminds us of a time when the Reds had truly hit rock bottom in their quest for better pitching. Me gusta Danny Serafini as a RedsZone moniker.
Most Valuable Poster
This is one award I just can't narrow down. Everyone here provides some input to the board, from Steel, M2, and WOY's tireless research and statistical analysis to the pithy comments from the likes of Krono, FCB, and register...everyone contributes something that makes RZ a great place.
Most Clever
FallsCityBeer always seems to have something wity to say, he's my nominee for this award because I'm too lazy to think hard about other people who have entertained me.
Best Armchair GM
Steel, in a nailbiter. Truth be told, I'd gladly turn the Reds over to a front office of Steel and M2. I expect we'd be in contention inside of 3 years.
Best Trademeister
I'm with others -- I think trade speculation is an exercise in frustration. Inevitably you overvalue your own players while underestimating the shrewdness of other general managers. In the end, everyone is disappointed when the names they're bantering about end up being pie-in-the-sky and you're stuck with Dave Williams at the back of your rotation.
Best Discussion
I've learned more in 1 year of reading the statistical threads than I have in all my years of watching and playing baseball. I have new appreciation for stats I never knew existed, and I find myself now checking things like GB/FB ratio, K/9, OPS, RC, VORP and BABIP regularly whenever looking up players and prospects. My understanding of the game grows with every one of these threads, and it has made watching the game an even more enjoyable experience.
Talking to a friend the other day about the Reds, I randomly made a comment about BABIP and Brandon Claussen only to recieve the response: "There you go with your stats again." I had to chuckle -- that was my response to the same line of reasoning less than a year ago.
Worst Typist
Even the worst typist on RedsZone is still better than most of my friends in the e-mail I get. So: no comment.
Funniest
Tie: BCubb and his "Random Thoughts" usually have me grinning, but I can't ignore Redsland and the "Reds Report," which usually elicits multiples laughs whenever posted.
Best Use of Statistics
SteelSD. He, like many others on here, has made me a better baseball fan.
Most Long-winded
I like in-depth and thoughtful analysis -- I'll never rip anyone for posting their thoughts in long-form. :)
Most Positive
Krusty -- give a man a fish and he'll be full for one day, teach a man to fish, and he'll be full for a lifetime. Give Krusty a fishing pole, and he'll be already thinking of how to swap it for a microwave.
Most Negative
Shouldn't this one just be changed to "Most Realistic?"
Best Use of an Emoticon
Anyone who uses this emoticon: :weber:
Aside from that, I loved (traderumor, I believe it was) the signature which featured this little dude :fineprint at the bottom.
Nicest
GIK and Boss for opening and running this website. They're nice enough to give me an outlet for frustration. It's the only one left since I've been banned/suspended from the Buccaneers BBS for making some choice remarks to a trolling Pats fan following the New England loss. :laugh:
I've also gotten to spend some time talking with letsgojunior, being that she's a fellow law student and all -- and she's an entrant into this award as well, albeit through channels other than the work that appears on the board.
Best Moderator
They all do a good job, I can't single out just one (and besides, I don't want my threads locked either)
Most Off-Topic
The RedsZone 10 and/or Identifying RedsZoners in public
Best Newcomer
I've been a big fan of the posts made by CaptainHook so far -- and he's more recent than me, so he gets my vote.
Best Outsider
MattyMo4Life -- he gets an award just because he's gonna have to pick a new moniker out in the very near future. My suggestion: PujolsPorVida.
The Old Red Guard Award
Macro's discussion of baseball cards this summer and the story about the slumping sales of cards. Some of the posts on that thread, talking about collecting while growing up and how baseball cards went hand-in-hand with the love the game -- there were some great posts on that thread and (maybe more importantly) made me stop and think about how collecting cards was what really kept me tied closer to baseball as a kid than any of the other sports I played.
Best Historian
WOY. Retire the award, he's a joy to read.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Boss & GIK -- without them, there is no RZ.
Most Tired Topic of the Year
Trade Adam Dunn / Sign Adam Dunn -- either way, I wish the Reds would just pick something and do it!
RFS62
12-20-2005, 02:57 PM
Most missed poster
Gurnesey and Stormy
Best Moniker
Scrap Irony
Most Valuable Poster
I'd have to say three guys here do most of the heavy lifting.... WOY, Steel and M2. But M2 gets my vote this year. His writing ability along with his understanding of the game and wonderful way of expressing himself makes him a must read, even when I don't agree with everything he says.
Most Clever
BCubb and Redsland.
Best Armchair GM
Cincinnati Chili. Wish he'd hurry up and get that law school thing out of the way so he could post more.
Best Trademeister
Doc Scott. Tremendous analysis and insight in everything he writes.
Best Discussion
I still like the discussions delving into the sabr vs. scouting contrast.
Funniest
Puffy, JMcLain and Red Leader. Not funny "ha ha". Just funny.
Best Use of Statistics
WOY and Steel.
Most Long-winded
GAC. I think he gets paid by the word.
Most Positive
SuperBarry11
Most Negative
FCB, but I don't consider this a detriment. He's got the cajones to call it like he sees it, and a tremendous wit. Plus his kid did build us that deck.
Nicest
Team Casey, Team Boone, Team Morris and Team Griffey. Nicest teamsters in history.
Most Absurd Thread
"How to identify Redzoners in Public"
Best Newcomer
Blimpie has made me chuckle, snort, and occasionally guffaw.
Best Outsider
MattyMo
Best Historian
WOY. Perfect blend of statistical analysis and anecdotal reference.
Most likely to succeed award
LarkinFan and Letsgojunior. Two finer young pups I've never known. Both facing many challenges en route to their formidable goals in life. Both make me very proud to call them friends.
BadFundamentals
12-21-2005, 10:46 AM
Most Valuable
GIK and Boss (and any other less public owner/operator/CEOs).
Best Moderator
No award given. A few less chiefs and more indians would make a better cake.
Play of the Year
GIK and Boss, I didn't like how it ended up but the two of them did reach out to board community in working through the issue of "6 posts a day"? subscriber/no subscriber $$/no money etc...etc.... again, did I mention I didn't like the resolution and subsequent cell division forum spawning but somewhat "democratic process" was certainly evident.
Tables Award
WOY
Best New Stat
Raisor, his creation of the Runs Created stat has changed my life. Forever your humble servant Raisor.
Friend in Need Friend Indeed
OldRightHander seems to be pretty level headed and able to mix with most everyone?
Trade for a PTBNL
Toss up between M2 and MWM. I forget which is the whiner and which is the pseudo know it all or are they the same person? I also forget which made the laughable attack on me about my economics knowledge. I almost didn't recover. They forced me to in the words of Paul Simon, "And so you see I have come to doubt. All that I once held as true". I'm left wondering does my Economics degree and 3.8 GPA mean anything? Have I been tying my shoes wrong too all these years?
Most Valuable Posters
Me and anyone else who sticks up (despite censorship) for something other than strikeout homerun loving sabermetric opinions. Otherwise, just forget the "for reds fans by reds fans" and change it to "a sabermetric, strikeout loving, adam dunn loving community"
Rudest and Most Hateful
Steel Sd. Most people on this board and others agree, disagree, embrace, dismiss, ignore etc..etc.. and take it all in stride without stooping to hate and childish namecalling - not Steel. The poor guy must not have a friend in the world. The ones most needing of warnings, and suspensions slide by unscathed in this forum. It's a shame.
Most Improved
This would be a better forum if the not so vocal minority opinions were embraced or at least allowed and tolerated. As is the very vocal majority who live on here drown out other voices. Moderators allow this it and encourage it.
Johnny Footstool
12-21-2005, 10:57 AM
Quickest Way to Kill a Thread
See above post.
savafan
12-21-2005, 11:19 AM
Quickest Way to Kill a Thread
See above post.
:bang:
Blimpie
12-21-2005, 11:40 AM
Trade for a PTBNL
Toss up between M2 and MWM. I forget which is the whiner and which is the pseudo know it all or are they the same person? I also forget which made the laughable attack on me about my economics knowledge. I almost didn't recover. They forced me to in the words of Paul Simon, "And so you see I have come to doubt. All that I once held as true". I'm left wondering does my Economics degree and 3.8 GPA mean anything? Have I been tying my shoes wrong too all these years?Being the astute macro-economic honk that you claim to be, surely you are familiar the term: "demand elasticity." Perhaps, it's just the fact that your shoelaces are too rigid.
remdog
12-21-2005, 12:08 PM
Quickest Way to Kill a Thread
See above post.
The guy is entitled to his opinion. Piling on is actually the quickest way to kill a thread because it takes the thread off topic.
Rem
Doc. Scott
12-21-2005, 12:16 PM
Come on, RZ, pick yourselves up and get back to the business of recognizing those who deserve it.
Cedric
12-21-2005, 12:33 PM
Deserve it lol.
Johnny Footstool
12-21-2005, 12:38 PM
The guy is entitled to his opinion. Piling on is actually the quickest way to kill a thread because it takes the thread off topic.
Rem
Sorry. I was giving out my own "RedsZone Postee Award," which I think that particular poster deserves.
gonelong
12-21-2005, 02:48 PM
Trade for a PTBNL
Toss up between M2 and MWM. I forget which is the whiner and which is the pseudo know it all or are they the same person? ...
Most Valuable Posters
Me and anyone else who sticks up (despite censorship) for something other than strikeout homerun loving sabermetric opinions. Otherwise, just forget the "for reds fans by reds fans" and change it to "a sabermetric, strikeout loving, adam dunn loving community"
Rudest and Most Hateful
Steel Sd. Most people on this board and others agree, disagree, embrace, dismiss, ignore etc..etc.. and take it all in stride without stooping to hate and childish namecalling - ...
Merry Christmas.
GL
pedro
12-21-2005, 02:51 PM
The guy is entitled to his opinion. Piling on is actually the quickest way to kill a thread because it takes the thread off topic.
Rem
Rem, if you want to defend BF go ahead, just don't expect many others to back you up. His post was mean spirited and nasty. Frankly, if he doesn't like RZ then he should go somewhere else.
I could care less if he has a differing opinion, but he doesn't have to come into a thread like this and throw barbs at other posters and make yet another obligitory Adam Dunn crack.
Frankly, if it was up to me I'd ban him, I'm tired of it.
Rem, if you want to defend BF go ahead, just don't expect many others to back you up. His post was mean spirited and nasty. Frankly, if he doesn't like RZ then he should go somewhere else.
I could care less if he has a differing opinion, but he doesn't have to come into a thread like this and throw barbs at other posters and make yet another obligitory Adam Dunn crack.
Frankly, if it was up to me I'd ban him, I'm tired of it.
I have a feeling that he will be gone soon. :cool: :lastyear:
Danny Serafini
12-21-2005, 03:55 PM
Frankly, if it was up to me I'd ban him, I'm tired of it.
Amen.
redsfan30
12-21-2005, 03:56 PM
I have a feeling that he will be gone soon. :cool: :lastyear:
Hopefully.
Falls City Beer
12-21-2005, 03:58 PM
Amen.
We get political threads taken away, but this guy's allowed to cyber-defecate on the holiday season!
Booo!
Reds Nd2
12-21-2005, 07:42 PM
Best tag line
"0 Value over Replacement Poster" and others, but this is my favorite.
Most Valuable Poster
Steel. He's the one responsible for me coming back to RedsZone and I'm a better baseball fan for it.
Most Valuable Poster (Reprise)
Whose information do you read first, agree the most with, or disagree but read first anyway?
In alphabetical order: M2, OldRightHander, SteelSD, TeamClark, WoY
Most Valuable Poster (Reprise II)
No one is bigger than the whole collective of the board, the place really churns out the content, making it easier for one stop baseball reading.
Most Clever/Funniest
Too many to list. It seems someone is always making a comment that makes me spew barley, hops, yeast, and water all over my keyboard.
Most Clever/Funniest (Reprise)
I stumbled onto this thread tonight. It's from 12-14-2004, but Roy Tucker gets my vote for the absolute funniest thing I've ever read on RedsZone. If this isn't archived, it should be.
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30326
smith288 comes in a very close second with the "more cowbells" clip.
Best Trademeister
I have to go with gonelong on this one.
Most Positive/Nicest
The Teamsters, SandyD, SuperBarry, KittyDuran, and others that I've Shirley forgotten.
Best Newcomer
Cyclone792
Best Outsider
MattyMoRocks, Stewie, and most likely others I've missed.
The Old Red Guard Award
I think it was ORH who posted about getting arrested for walking home drunk after a Reds game. I wish I had a link for that post. Another thread that should be archived, if it isn't already.
Best Historian
Not to take anything away from WoY, but I want to give a shout out to SandyD. She has posted some great stuff as well.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Boss took the time to defend/explain the rant against RedsZone at Reds.Com once, after one of BF's tirades on that site. It left a favorable impression with me.
Oh yea', almost forgot one.
Most Whipped Poster/Most Valuable Poster (Reprise III)/Best use of statistics
Gotta' be Raisor! He won a Nobel Prize for his invention of Pythag and the drinking bird thingy for crying out loud.
Just sayin'...
Joseph
12-21-2005, 09:40 PM
Don't call me Shirley.
OldRightHander
12-22-2005, 10:08 AM
The Old Red Guard Award
I think it was ORH who posted about getting arrested for walking home drunk after a Reds game. I wish I had a link for that post. Another thread that should be archived, if it isn't already.
I think it must be this story you're thinking about.
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38607&
Raisor
12-22-2005, 07:32 PM
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Most Whipped Poster/Most Valuable Poster (Reprise III)/Best use of statistics
Gotta' be Raisor! He won a Nobel Prize for his invention of Pythag and the drinking bird thingy for crying out loud.
Just sayin'...
I just got a phone call that I'm up for Nobel Prize number seven. Has to do with a 12 page paper I wrote on Sherman's march to the Sea back in college.
It killed.
Gallen5862
12-23-2005, 12:22 PM
Today is my first anniversary at this site. I am thankful that it did not take me long to get to the Org board. I want to thank everyone for the welcome. Woy would be my nominee for board Historian. Teamcasey is my nominee for nicest poster. My best thread nominees are game threads and the draft thread. Krono is my nominee for most helpful poster. I want to thank everyone again for the warm welcome you gave me this year.
deltachi8
12-23-2005, 12:30 PM
Only award I wish to hand out is to Bad Fundamentals.
The refusual to use data, creative thinking and new ideas is precisely why teams like the Reds fail. The "old school" is damning them.
Badfundamentals reminds me of this with each of his arguments.
I hope he does not get banned, The person is entitled to an opinion no matter what others think of it. Then again, it aint my board.
OldRightHander
12-23-2005, 01:03 PM
I hope he does not get banned, The person is entitled to an opinion no matter what others think of it. Then again, it aint my board.
I don't think anyone ever has or ever will get kicked out for having an opinion, but being belligerent to another member is quite another thing.
pedro
12-23-2005, 04:07 PM
Only award I wish to hand out is to Bad Fundamentals.
The refusual to use data, creative thinking and new ideas is precisely why teams like the Reds fail. The "old school" is damning them.
Badfundamentals reminds me of this with each of his arguments.
I hope he does not get banned, The person is entitled to an opinion no matter what others think of it. Then again, it aint my board.
I was fine with his contrarianism until it reached the point of attacking folks in this thread. I do believe that dissenting opinions make for good discussion, but IMO he pushed his agenda to the point of making his presence a detriment to RZ b/c he insisted on making things personal. I do realize that he did get picked on somewhat himself, but honestly i don't really think the posters he chose to attack are the ones that picked on him in a personal manner. Frankly, I was probably meaner to him than either Raisor or SteelSD, and that reflects poorly on me, I know.
Either way, it's really up to Boss & GIK to decide what they want to do. They've shown good judgement in the past and this site is theirs to do with as they please, and I'd just like to thank them both for doing this for all of us because it is a great site.
Tom Lawless Fan
12-23-2005, 04:13 PM
Best Moniker
Wheels. It's a great name. Simple, to the point and easy to remember.
Funniest Poster
I've done alot of thinking about this one, because there are so many one liners thrown around here every day, but in the end I had to go back to Wheels. He's always there with a zinger when the chips are down.
Most Informative
Wheels. Hands down. I continue to be amazed by the depth of his insight. He's taught me everything I know.
Most Missed Poster
Gotta be Red Storm. No other poster has understood Wheels, and what he brings to the board more than Red Storm.
Most Valuable Poster
Wheels in a landslide. Others simply add broth to the soup, Wheels is everything else that I chew on.
If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here.
Worst Typist
I can't answer that one. I just spend to much reading Wheels' material, which is always well written and gramatically correct.
Patrick Bateman
12-23-2005, 07:46 PM
Best Moniker
Wheels. It's a great name. Simple, to the point and easy to remember.
Funniest Poster
I've done alot of thinking about this one, because there are so many one liners thrown around here every day, but in the end I had to go back to Wheels. He's always there with a zinger when the chips are down.
Most Informative
Wheels. Hands down. I continue to be amazed by the depth of his insight. He's taught me everything I know.
Most Missed Poster
Gotta be Red Storm. No other poster has understood Wheels, and what he brings to the board more than Red Storm.
Most Valuable Poster
Wheels in a landslide. Others simply add broth to the soup, Wheels is everything else that I chew on.
If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here.
Worst Typist
I can't answer that one. I just spend to much reading Wheels' material, which is always well written and gramatically correct.
Is that you Wheels?
pedro
12-23-2005, 08:07 PM
Is that you Wheels?
No, it's just some "harpie' that has a crush on him and thinks Wheels has been sending out "coded" messages through his posts. There may be a restraining order involved but that's really none of my business.....
OTOH, Tom Lawless Fan does have some good points........
Reds Nd2
12-23-2005, 08:53 PM
I think it must be this story you're thinking about.
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38607&
Yep that's it ORH. Thanks for finding the link. I bookmarked it for safe keeping. It was great story and my appologies for not remembering it correctly. Come to think of it, I've got a library book due....
WVRedsFan
12-23-2005, 09:05 PM
Heck, most of the posts here are valuable, and I appreciate you all so it's hard for me to give out awards about this and that.
I will say that Red Storm or Stormy--your pick, is the most missed poster. His insight about Reds baeball was second to none. Come back, Stormy!
And Old Right Hander's story about leaving the game early and going to jail for an overdue book was absolutely one of the finest stories ever posted here.
I'll leave it at that and look forward to the 2006 season where there has to be a better ending than this year.
TeamCasey
12-24-2005, 09:39 AM
Thank you everyone for the kind words.
Have a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, New Year. :beerme:
StillFunkyB
12-25-2005, 09:46 PM
Most missed poster
I really haven't been around long enough, however I think I have to vote for guernsey just because I know there are alot of people who do.
Best tag line
It's a quote from WOY, that both Krono and myself put in our sig. "Being a Reds fan sometimes makes me feel like I got mugged by a mime." -WOY
Best Moniker
Tie. EXBRAVEDAD, and COFFEYBRO.
Most Valuable Poster
Krono. You just can't replace those types of numbers. :D
Most Clever
BCubb and his "Random Thoughts"
Best Armchair GM
With appologies to M2, I have to vote for Raisor. There have been a few times this past year that I wish it was him, and not DanO in charge.
Best Trademeister
Like already stated, just name this the Krusty award.
Best Discussion
The Jim Coombs thing was great, as was the CBus "Yes/No" thread. I have to vote for creek's ST adventures thread.
Worst Typist
I really don't know.
Funniest
BCubb, or Redsland. They are about equal in my book.
Best Use of Statistics
WOY. With appologies to SteelSD.
Most Long-winded
SteelSD. Now this is not a bad thing, IMO.
Most Positive
RedsFan30.
Most Negative
I'm really not sure.
Best Use of an Emoticon
Krono. The guy IS an emoticon.
Nicest
RosieRed.
Best Moderator
Chip has my vote, but you all do a great job!
Best Chatter
GAC or Joeseph. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Reds!
Most Off-Topic
"Last person to post". Heck, it was so off topic it had to get it's own board!
Best Newcomer
Not sure.
Best Outsider
MattyMo
The Marty Brennamen Award
It's been too long. I can't vote for this.
The Old Red Guard Award
The Milton thread.
Best Historian
Like the Krusty award, this should be named the WOY award.
Lifetime Achievement Award
BOSS, and GIK. Thanks!
Most Tired Topic of the Year
Dunn & K's
Raisor
12-27-2005, 11:54 AM
[QUOTE=]
Most missed poster
Stormy.
He better be back by the new season, or I'm sending Krono out to find him.
Most Valuable Poster
Steel in a landslide. The big jerk. :mooner:
Best Armchair GM
M2. Actually uses logic and stuff. He's probably a snappy dresser too.
Best Discussion
Any of the stat discussions that didn't break down into a slugfest.
wait.
nevermind.
Funniest
Creek. Creek is the AYATOLLAH OF ROCK AND ROLLA!
Best Use of Statistics
Steel. He makes my head hurt, but then, I get to steal all his best stuff and use it as my own elsewhere.
It's not "stealing" actually, it's "sampling".
Most Long-winded
Stormy. Why say something in two words when you can say it in 200? Especially when it's so well written.
Best Use of an Emoticon
Krono. Duh.
Nicest
Sandy. Sandy sent me a Target giftcard for my wedding (and I WILL be sending a thankyou note! I promise! I've got a year, right?
Best Moderator
You all are worthless and weak!
Ummmm..I didn't mean that. Really. Ummmm, I'm not going to have to post fulltime at Reds.com am I?
Best Chatter
I'm not saying who, but Steel and I really enjoy it when she's in chat. Probably too much.
Just sayin.
Best Newcomer
Big Donkey.
Best Outsider
MattyMo
Reds Nd2
12-27-2005, 06:56 PM
Best Use of Statistics
Steel. He makes my head hurt, but then, I get to steal all his best stuff and use it as my own elsewhere.
It's not "stealing" actually, it's "sampling".
If were not in school it's not plagiarism, right?
letsgojunior
12-27-2005, 09:22 PM
[QUOTE=]
Most missed poster
Stormy.
He better be back by the new season, or I'm sending Krono out to find him.
Most Valuable Poster
Steel in a landslide. The big jerk. :mooner:
Best Armchair GM
M2. Actually uses logic and stuff. He's probably a snappy dresser too.
Best Discussion
Any of the stat discussions that didn't break down into a slugfest.
wait.
nevermind.
Funniest
Creek. Creek is the AYATOLLAH OF ROCK AND ROLLA!
Best Use of Statistics
Steel. He makes my head hurt, but then, I get to steal all his best stuff and use it as my own elsewhere.
It's not "stealing" actually, it's "sampling".
Most Long-winded
Stormy. Why say something in two words when you can say it in 200? Especially when it's so well written.
Best Use of an Emoticon
Krono. Duh.
Nicest
Sandy. Sandy sent me a Target giftcard for my wedding (and I WILL be sending a thankyou note! I promise! I've got a year, right?
Best Moderator
You all are worthless and weak!
Ummmm..I didn't mean that. Really. Ummmm, I'm not going to have to post fulltime at Reds.com am I?
Best Chatter
I'm not saying who, but Steel and I really enjoy it when she's in chat. Probably too much.
Just sayin.
Best Newcomer
Big Donkey.
Best Outsider
MattyMo
Raisor making an appearance on the thread. Were you allowed to take off your electronic tracking bracelet for the day?;)
SteelSD
12-28-2005, 03:14 AM
If were not in school it's not plagiarism, right?
All posts copyrighted SteelSD 2005.
But as for "sampling", I've always felt that Raisor and Vanilla Ice had a lot in common.
Y'know, One-Hit Wonders...:evil:
Ravenlord
12-28-2005, 03:57 AM
All posts copyrighted SteelSD 2005.
But as for "sampling", I've always felt that Raisor and Vanilla Ice had a lot in common.
Y'know, One-Hit Wonders...:evil:
dude........that's the krewl.......with a capital REWL.:beerme: :evil:
gonelong
12-28-2005, 03:33 PM
If were not in school it's not plagiarism, right?
It doesn't make sense not to use all the resources you have at your disposal. ;)
GL
Speaking of Krusty, I could really use him the next time I go shopping for a car. That leads me to ask the question, Krusty, have you ever been taken on a deal???? It just seems that you would have a natural knack for bartering.:thumbup:
RFS62
12-28-2005, 09:33 PM
Speaking of Krusty, I could really use him the next time I go shopping for a car. That leads me to ask the question, Krusty, have you ever been taken on a deal???? It just seems that you would have a natural knack for bartering.:thumbup:
Plus, he's heavily armed. So you'd have that going for you. Which is nice.
marcshoe
12-29-2005, 12:50 AM
Although I don't pay enough attention, here are a few that jump out at me.
Most missed poster
Holes in the memory banks, but the person who posted the old headlines occasionally. The this date in history stuff (did I read somewhere that it was TeamClark's father?) He may still be around, but I haven't seen those posts for a while.
Best tag line
Krono's quote of WOY: "Being a Reds fan sometimes makes me feel like I got mugged by a mime." I'm still trying to figure out what it means, but it feels right.
Best Moniker
CentralChamps05. Irony.
Most Valuable Poster
When I first started reading his posts, I thought SteelSD was rude and annoying. I'm finding now, though, that I am learning an incredible amount of stuff from his posts. Also, M2 and WOY. And a whole bunch of others. It's tough to name just one or two. Also tend to turn to RFS62's posts quickly, and enjoy many, many others.
Best Armchair GM
3/4 of the posters here? The three above would be a good start, but as to actually running the team, I'd lean toward M2, I think. At least I've been agreeing with his points a lot lately.
Best Trademeister
Is there really a choice here? There's only one Krusty.
Worst Typist
Pacman knows it's him.
Funniest
Redslands reports make him come in a strong second, but Creek's overall tone wins this one.
Best Use of Statistics
Which sabre-head helps you understand the game best?
First reaction is Steel, but I read some really good stuff a day or two ago, and I can't remember where it was or who posted it.
Most Positive
CentralChamps05. If he hasn't given up hope for last year yet. . . .
Most Negative
Falls City Beer. But at least he enjoys it. :D
Best Discussion Really enjoyed the Hall of Fame threads, though I only got to vote on the last two. And although I don't see the best historian thing listed on what I cut and pasted, Cyclone and WOY, among others, provide great perspective on these threads.
Best Outsider
MattyMo
Best Moderator
Chip gets extra points for the Hot Stove League stuff
nicest
yeah, gotta go with the teamsters, but there are guys here who are nice also.
Overall, I kind of hate doing this since there are so many people I haven't mentioned. This is a first rate board, far above what I expected when I first went searching for a Reds board back in the Enquirer days.
SteelSD
12-29-2005, 01:28 AM
Most Valuable Poster
When I first started reading his posts, I thought SteelSD was rude and annoying.
Actually, that's "snide cuss". Really. It's certified. ;)
marcshoe
12-29-2005, 08:57 AM
Actually, that's "snide cuss". Really. It's certified. ;)
Sorry. I'll try to use the correct term from now on. :evil:
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