That should get an award right there. Made me choke just a little on my apple jacks.

Not to digress, but I have a couple of quibbles with Jim Day's reportage last night...

First of all, he said it was Mark Belanger's birthday yesterday. Umm, no. We don't have birthdays anymore after we die. RIP MB 10-6-98.

Also, no one should ever use the word "jubilant' unless they can pronounce it. Its JUBILANT, not JUBULANT. Points to Welsh on the same broadcast for pronouncing it correctly.

And lastly, does the Reds reliever honor his heritage and pronounce his name Lih-Cure' or how Jim day pronounces it, Lick'-er? Just askin'.

mmmmmmm, Apple jacks

Haha, I rather like Sam Licker! Thats pretty good. I can hear Thom after a strikeout now, "Sam LIcked him good!"

***SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT***

I nominate my very own "Pog??? Where Are You Buddy?" thread. It has some epic Reds/Cardinal trolling going on it it.

Absolutely, very good thread. I just didn't see it on the main page. I just hope the board does not get inundated with threads from trolls of all kinds, hoping to win the as yet undecided underwhelming grand prize. Maybe we should make a rule that you can only officially have one thread in the contest....?

The thing about trolls is that they are very easy to beat down. All you have to do is ignore the threads/comments and they sink like the Titanic.

I have to nominate the thread where redfactor was seeking help getting his very own aviator. Then he went all redfactor on us in that same thread. That was a classic.

I'll nominate it, but in the end I might have to cast my vote for Gene's meltdown live thread.

Meltdown live! is a classic for sure. I don't see how anyone can top that honestly because that sh!t was real.

See that IS the fun part, trying to top it!

Do you remember what that thread was called? As the official host/creator of the contest, I have responsibilities to dig up threads that are nominated. Besides, I MISSED THAT ONE! I wanna read it!

"All".

I'm charmed beyond words.

I don't remember the name. You can do an advanced search for posts from redfactor. That's about the only place he ever posted.

I don't actually want to start these threads, but here are my contributions for today:

Baker misses bus, Reds win
Stubbs touches ball with bat six consecutive ABs - personal best
Could Dunn play 3B for the Reds?
Herrera available - closer material?
Wendys in bankruptcy - Martin Buckeye adds to lifespan
Indiana woman rumored to admire bunting

Crosley

LOL

Nice! Thanks for contributing! You don't actually have to start a thread to nominate one. I have two horses in this race that I have taken a liking too. "my expert opinion" and "This team blows" are personal favorites

Indiana woman rumored to admire bunting

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As a Hoosier I take offense to that comment... we all know that Indiana women love the long ball!

Darn, looks like redfactor erased his screen name completely. Did advanced search and nada, any other ideas anyone? I would really love to read this thread.

http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ml-reds&tid=70632

There's the redfactor thread. He went all redfactor and got himself banned, so his posts are gone. He started the thread with something like this: "Am I missing something? I am trying to get an aviator but I can't seem to get it up."

The good posts weren't from him, anyway.