More of the same here. Cardio, Weightlifting, and "baseball activities".
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| The garage after a batting tee session. |
Here is my "testimony" I posted in face book a few weeks ago as to why I'm a reds fan.
As
a “Rookie” to the 2014 camp, I wanted to introduce myself to all my fellow camp
mates. Also to tell everybody why I bleed CINCINNATI RED! (Ha! Don’t we all?!)
My fandom began as a typical kid growing up in Cincy (Westside) in the 70’s.
(By the way weren’t well all so spoiled back in those days with following the
Machine?) My first game would have been in September 1970 against the hated
Dodgers, but I missed the game as I came down with the flu! (My father brought
home a pennant!) I had to wait until the following year to make my Riverfront
debut. Johnny Bench poster day! (Reds actually lost to the Astros.) I wish I
still had the poster! I also wished I could have seen a game at Crosley, but
what can you do? It was really the 1972 season that cemented my heart to this
team. I still have vivid memories of game 5 of the
NLCS against the Pirates and Johnny Bench coming up in the 9th and tying the
game. (My mother literally jumped off the couch and on to the floor!) Of course
they won it on that wild pitch when George Foster scored! I was crushed when
they lost to the A’s in the Series. I remember Hal King with his magical pinch
hit Home Run against the Dodgers in 1973 to jump start the Reds drive to the
division crown, but to this day I despise the New York Mets over the 1973 NLCS
upset over the Reds. I especially hated Bud Harreleson! Back in those glorious
summers my buddy and I took white tee shirts and used red crayola crayons and draw
the wishbone C logo on them with our favorite players name and number on the
back! Mine was Johnny Bench, his was Joe Morgan. We would also mimic their
batting stances. He got pretty good with Joe’s flappin’ chicken wing! (By the
way our mothers hated this because the crayon would ruin other laundry!)
I could go on and on with my memories, to many to
count. I can’t wait until February when I put on that uniform and I won’t have
worry about my mom getting mad at me when it gets cleaned!
P.S I went to the game this past Wednesday, I get
upset when they lose, but it was to the damn Mets again!
P.P.S. Don’t get me started about Al Leiter and the
Mets and that damn play in game in ’99!!
