138th edition of My Random Thoughts: Sports, TV, music, food, life.....

September 5, 2025

Ken Anderson sent me a Happy Birthday text last week! I felt like nine year old me reading it.

This morning, I mowed patches of grass that are growing in my yard.

The way NYPD Blue was written, characters were developed, and was filmed, makes it a Top 5 show all-time.

If the Bengals were to lose Sunday............

Still think the Reds issues were David Bell?

Gus Johnson has become a caricature of himself.

I drive Kelly crazy because I like to get rid of stuff we don't use around the house, cabinets, closets, drawers. Last night I tossed a bottle of Vicks sore throat spray that expired in.....2019!

Song I cranked the car radio to this week: 'I Wish" by Stevie Wonder. 'Songs In The Key of Life' is a killer album.

I thought of Chris Stynes and Jon Nunnally this week. They came to the Reds in a trade from KC in July of 1997. Stynes hit .348 the rest of the way, Nunnally .318.

I'm not sure there is anything more uninteresting than watching/listening to people pick games.

David Portnoy? I’ll pass.

We are checking out The Red Clay Strays for the first time this weekend.

Remember the TV commercial at the two-minute warning of NFL games: “Alcoa Presents Fantastic Finishes”? I can hear the jingle in my head!

I miss Terry Hoeppner. When Casey was in the hospital, he sent him a signed IU football schedule magnet. It's been hanging on the side of our fridge for 20 years. Such a good dude.

Uh, Elly?

Brent Musburger, Irv Cross, Phyllis George, Jimmy The Greek, and later Jayne Kennedy: What an NFL pregame show.

Every time the Bengals play the Browns, I think of the night on Bengals Line that Marvin Lewis referred to QB Johnny Manziel as a midget.
I looked at Lap and we thought "did he just say what we think he said?"

I came across Smokey and the Bandit while flipping the channels the other night. Classic. What a cast.

The Reds will not spend the money to sign Kyle Schwarber or Pete Alonso. The most they've ever spent on an outside free agent was 4 years/$64M for Nick Castellanos and Mike Moustakas.

The best HS football player I've seen in person was QB Jeff George, Indianapolis Warren Central.

When was the last time anyone actually thought the Dallas Cowboys were America's Team?

We are watching Waterfront on Netflix. What a garage scene with Holt McCallany and Michael Gaston.

If I were the Reds, I'd be happy to hear fans blaming the hitting coach. Just another shiny object I could wave at them. Much cheaper than adding more quality ML hitters.

I never watched an episode of The X-Files.

Mark Grace had a sweet swing....51 doubles in 1993, 551 for his career, and a lifetime.303 average.

Spencer Steer is a .230 hitter over his last two seasons and 1,100+ plate appearances.....and injured both seasons.

Ever collect Wacky Packs? They were packs of cards that spoofed products of the day. The artwork was fabulous.

So much of media today has become saying/writing something outrageous just to try to stand out. It's exhausting and cheap. See Ryan Clark, yesterday.

Don't worry about things you don't care about