I was using two blogs...one to write about the Reds, the other about me. I rarely actually blog, so I am just combining them here. So sometimes this will be about the Reds, sometimes just my life.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Thoughts from Third Base: August 30, 2010

So I decided that this new blog would better exemplify my mind.  I cannot keep up with any one train of thought for long...so I decided that my brain was A Single Short of the Cycle...in other words I miss the simple or common sensible for the more random and convoluted in the world.

As for the title of my random things blog, I considered a lot of different things... Thoughts from Third Base, Maniacal Musings, Random Ramblings...there were several that popped in my head.  For now, I am going with this, though I may change it soon.

Anyway...this will be my random things (some baseball related, some not) weekly (I hope) ramblings of news items I find interesting.  The rest of this blog will be baseball centric.

So, let's get started, shall we?

Shoeless Chris Dickerson makes the grab.  I still would rather have Dickerson that Jim Edmonds...but maybe Edmonds is behind the Jay Bruce turn-around.  If so, he has already helped our team...as Jay Bruce has been helping the team.  I still miss Chris Dickerson both in the community and on the field.  I hope someone keeps his recycling efforts up.

In their Reds Reposter blog, Red Reporter brings up excellent points about the Reds playing down people WAY too often.  Hopefully the Redlegs will be at more than full strengths for this weekends showdown with the WLB Cardinals.

Hal McCoy writes about Aroldis Chapman, who may be in Cincinnati before I finish typing this sentence.  Jumping back to my last statement, it is time for September call-ups.  We already know Chapman and Harang will be here, most likely before Sept. 1.  However, there are several others who could help the team come September.  I expect to see Burton, Del Rosario, Fisher, DRH, Jordan Smith and Yonder Alonso all to get the call at some point.  Not sure about Maloney.  It would be nice if we could get a few more position players...but who do you send down.  That also brings up the Corky Miller question...who goes off the 40 to make room for the third catcher?  Springer to the 60 would be my guess.  With his surgery he's out for the season.

Toy Story 3 has topped the $1 billion mark.  It was a good movie, and while I love the characters, it was good closure to the Toy Story series.  Now get going with more of The Incredibles...and a sequel to Meet The Robinsons would be awesome too!

The Emmy winners were announced and once again, NPH was jobbed out of his award.

Tony Stark...errr...RDJ.... wonders how the can NOT screw up The Avengers.  I think it will be a lot of fun, but people will be expecting too much.

Luna Vachon, former WWE "diva" was found dead at 48.  Another sad early death.

Well, that's enough for now!  Enjoy a random week!