Game #162-Cincinnati vs St. Louis, Final game at Busch Stadium

[westofyou]

And so it ends.

Ach! We've got to get out of this trap
Before this decadence saps our will
I've got to be strong and try to hang on
Or my mind may well snap
Und my life will be lived for the thrills...

[KittyDuran]

oh no problem kitty, my pleasure...just another sunday in the GC household

oh, and I gave ya some points as well!

[ghettochild]

oh, and I gave ya some points as well!

time for happy hour

BEER ME!

[RFS62]

Ach! We've got to get out of this trap
Before this decadence saps our will
I've got to be strong and try to hang on
Or my mind may well snap
Und my life will be lived for the thrills...

Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured,
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won’t you please, please help me.

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I’ve never done before.

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won’t you please, please help me.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody’s help in any way.
But now these daya are gone, I’m not so self assured,
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won’t you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh

[ghettochild]

hello i am ghettochild and i will be your bartender this afternoon, what shall i get you to drink

anything i can find on GIS you may have

[Caveat Emperor]

So......

....how long until pitchers and catchers report?

[KittyDuran]

So......

....how long until pitchers and catchers report?

Hopefully, will find out soon... until then - klink, klink, klink and coins go into my piggybank for my Spring Training fund...

[savafan]

Don't look now ghettochild, but I think you're on your way up to the Old Red Guard forum.

[RFS62]

there's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall, and the bells in the steeple too. and up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say cuckoo. regretfully they tell us, but firmly they compel us to say goodnight to you. so long,farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night i hate to go and leave this pretty sight. so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adu. adu adu to you and you and you. so long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen i'd like to stay and taste my first champagne. so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good bye i leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye, goodbye. i'm glad to go i can not tell a lie. i flit, i float, i fleety flee i fly. the sun has gone to bed and so must i so long farewell afedersen good bye, good bye good bye good bye

[KittyDuran]

there's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall, and the bells in the steeple too. and up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say cuckoo. regretfully they tell us, but firmly they compel us to say goodnight to you. so long,farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night i hate to go and leave this pretty sight. so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adu. adu adu to you and you and you. so long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen i'd like to stay and taste my first champagne. so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good bye i leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye, goodbye. i'm glad to go i can not tell a lie. i flit, i float, i fleety flee i fly. the sun has gone to bed and so must i so long farewell afedersen good bye, good bye good bye good bye

Hey Lawrence, crank up the bubble machine!

[RFS62]

and-a one, and-a two....

[Falls City Beer]

Wheyfaced choadsmokers.

[ghettochild]

Don't look now ghettochild, but I think you're on your way up to the Old Red Guard forum.

hehehe

[M2]

Ach! We've got to get out of this trap
Before this decadence saps our will
I've got to be strong and try to hang on
Or my mind may well snap
Und my life will be lived for the thrills...

Don't dream it, be it.

[Big Klu]

I was away today, so I didn't get a chance to listen to the last game of the season.

Congratulations to the club for setting a new single-season HR record with 222 HRs, breaking the mark of 221 set in 1956. That '56 team had some great power hitters--Frank Robinson, Ted Kluszewski, Wally Post, Gus Bell, and Ed Bailey.

Congratulations also to Adam Dunn for becoming only the fourth player in Reds history to have two 40+ HR seasons, joining Kluszewski, Johnny Bench, and George Foster. Also, Dunn joins Klu and Foster as only the third player to do it in back-to-back seasons.

For the final time this year, here's the update:

Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):

Reds All-Time Home Run Leaders
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Ted Kluszewski - 251
5. George Foster - 244
6. Eric Davis - 203
7. Barry Larkin - 198
8. Vada Pinson - 186
9. Wally Post - 172
10. Gus Bell - 160
11. Adam Dunn - 158
12. Joe Morgan - 152
12. Pete Rose - 152
14. Lee May - 147
15. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 138
16. Dan Driessen - 133
17. Reggie Sanders - 125
18. Ernie Lombardi - 120
19. Sean Casey - 118
20. Frank McCormick - 110
21. Dave Parker - 107
22. Chris Sabo - 104
23. Dave Concepcion - 101
24. Gordy Coleman - 98
25. Paul O'Neill - 96