May 5 Recap (continued)
A big shout out to former JCC All Star and all around good guy Aaron “Straight outta” Compton who is turning 50 this week.
Mark down June 1 as Jewish Day at the Reds game. Sign up on the J web site for tickets and for a change to get a cool Reds/Hebrew scarf. The way this season is going we might need to wear it later in the year.
For those that are so inclined, track down the new gofundme page for Justin Berg and his wife. It’s for a good cause. Seek out Ep next week and he can fill you in.
Last night Alan Lessure and the Commish Rick were talking about the ASG of which Alan admitted to only going to once and saying “I play good enough to not go each year” which reminded me of the famous quote from Chico Ruiz when he was on the Reds in the late 60s. After being a bench player for a number of years he got into regular action when Leo Cardenas broke his finger and then Tommy Helms got hurt. After one hot game at Crosley, Ruiz went into his managers office and said bench me or trade me. I think that’s Alan’s coda as well.
Let’s all wish Stu Weinstein a speedy recovery after he swung and missed and fell over last night.
Finally in this week in Rogerworld he is selling used hats, and a couple caught my eye. A painter’s hat for the old CBA team the Cincinnati Slammers, some old Cincinnati Rockers arena league team (no truth to the rumor that roger used to be the life guard of the hot tub they had in the endzone at those games) and my personal favorite, a 1988 Seoul Korea summer Olympics hat. Keep up the good work Roger. I’m sure there is someone out there who wants one of those.
See you guys next week!