October 1, 2025 • 9 mins
Tito, the Reds, and the Tattoo That Came Full Circle. Some tattoos you regret, some you don’t — and mine just came full circle. Years ago, I got a Boston Red Sox tattoo on my foot because of my love for Terry Francona. Fast forward to today: Tito is now managing the Reds, they’re in the playoffs, and suddenly this tattoo feels like destiny. We dive into the invisible string theory — not in the romantic way, but in the Cincinnati way — and how life has a funny way of tying everything together, especially when it comes to baseball.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're waking up with fifth in the morning. H kiss,
let us even one. Oh my god, I have a
tattoo on my body permanently because of one man in Cincinnati.
I cannot believe that the invisible string theory has nothing
(00:23):
to do with romance in my life, and it has
everything to do with the Cincinnati Reds. God, we need
to win tonight. Okay. I want to know tattoos that
you don't regret. Quite the opposite of a topic we've
done on my show before. Typically we do ones that
you do regret. No, I want you to think about
the tattoos on your body right now and be like
that one's a little lawless. Can't believe I got it,
(00:45):
but I don't regret it. Start talking back with Tiff
right now in the iHeartRadio app while I'm chit chatting.
You can participate in the show for free. We're here
every day. Search Kiss on the app. Microphone is in
the top right hand corner. You'll hold that down. You
have thirty seconds. So back in two thousand in an
eight when the Red Sox won the World Series for
the second time, and I was eighteen at that point.
(01:06):
If you didn't know this by the way, I'm originally
from Boston. I've lived in Cincinnati for a long time now,
enough to call it my permanent home. But I'm a Bostonian.
And my best friend and I at the time, after
we won the second World Series with Tito. By the way,
I forgot to mention that I'm so overstimulated and like
(01:29):
this morning, it's my ADHD stimming right now. Tito was
the manager of the Red Sox at the time. He
broke an eighty six year Kirk curse and that's how
we won in two thousand and four, and then we
want to get in two thousand and eight or seven. Rather,
my best friend and I at the time, we just
had turned eighteen, and we went and we got matching
tattoos for the Red Sox. I have mine on my foot.
(01:52):
I don't really want to post a picture of my
feet on social but if you really want to see it,
I can do that at the tiff to F's Potter
like the Wizard's. It's a clover with the Boston symbol
in it. And I don't regret it ever because it's
just a piece of my heart, right but it is
so wild to me that the invisible string theory exists,
(02:12):
and it has nothing to do with romance. How's theerendipitous
that Taylor's album comes out on Friday? And I'm using
your own lyrics again in the show this morning? Yeah.
And then Tito, I don't know where he went after
the Socks, but of course now back in Cincinnati and
the Reds are fighting for their lives to keep things
going tonight. We lost last night, but you know, if
(02:32):
there is if I have faith in one man, I
got this. I got a tattoo on my body because
of this man. If I have faith in one man,
it is this guy. And you know, I do think
we're gonna win tonight. And I'm putting all the good
juju out there. If by chance we don't see if
he is the one, we might have to be a
little patient, is what I'm saying. Might have to be
a little patient with Tito and the Reds. But for
(02:53):
him to bring us to the playoffs in his first
year as a manager. Okay, did you hear what he
was talking about with the the guys at the club.
I played this audio and three things you need to know.
I'll play it for you quick quick.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Well, we told them on day one the things that
we wanted to live by and believe in. So we
you know, com spring training and now what you're together
what on probably two hundred days, maybe a little more,
and we never had somebody late for a meeting.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Love that all right, So tattoos you do not regret?
Join me in this conversation. Five point three seven seven one.
Hy good morning. You're waking up with Tiff in the
morning on a kiss one oh seven one. So the
invisible string theory does exist, and it has nothing to
do with romance. This morning on the show and everything
to do with the reds, we're chit chatting about tattoos
(03:43):
that you don't regret. Let's pop over to our talk
backs and start there this morning. Honestly, I don't think
I regret any of my tattoos. I got them all
about like ten years ago, like all together.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I got a rose and a butterfly and a wildflower
like the rainbow colors, and I don't know, I mean,
I like them, I really have an.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Issue with them. Sometimes I just forget that they're there.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
And this is faith from Botata.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Well, good morning, Faith. I appreciate you waking up with
Tiff in the morning. And using that talkback feature. Don't
stress about it. It's an alternative way to get in
touch with our free show every day. If your voice notes,
person phone lines worked to whatever is easiest for you,
don't overthink it or panic. They come directly to me
and no one else checks them. So the reason why
we're even talking about this this morning and what the
(04:32):
invisible string theory is is I have a tattoo on
my body because of a man in SENSEI, and that
is none other than Tito. When the Red Sox won
the World Series back in two thousand and seven Slash eight,
when I turned eighteen, I went and got a Boston
Red Sox tattoo. I remember talking to my parents about
it and then being like, you know, it's a permanent fixture. YadA, YadA, YadA,
(04:53):
all the things that parents say that are true. And
to this day, I don't regret it, and I think
it's wild at that if you didn't know this, by
the way, I Cincinnati is my permanent home. I've lived
here for a long time, but originally I'm a Bostonian
and it's wild to me that when I was eighteen
years old, I got a tattoo and decades later, the
(05:13):
same manager for that team, of course, is now the
manager for the Cincinnati Reds, and they're fighting for their
lives and they need all the good juju we can
get and give them. So we're talking about tattoos that
you don't regret this morning.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
I used to go on this camping trip every year.
It was like the same group of friends, like in
college and throughout like our mid twenties, and we got
this idea that we were all gonna get the same
matching tattoos.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
And I'm glad you don't regret a girl, maybe a
little bit, but this morning, you don't. Speaking of invisible string,
I was so caught up an incitement excitement for this
that I forgot to mention the keyword for the Taylor.
So how funny, right, Hey, we're talking about Taylor Swift,
and I've got Taylor Swift AMC passes for Newport this Saturday.
(06:00):
She's doing a private screening with Kiss one oh seven
one for Life of a show Girl, if you would
like to go. I had mentioned that the keyword was tattoo,
so I'll say it again. It's my bad for forgetting
to mention it. If you would like to go five one, three, seven,
four nine, one oh seven one. I've got a four
pack of tickets for you because you're waking up with
fifth in the morning on Kiss one O seven one.
(06:21):
Good morning, you're on the air.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
What number was I?
Speaker 1 (06:25):
You are calling number ten? My gal? Awesome. I'm hoping
of a keyword for me. If not, I can't hold
it against you. Tattoo tattoo. That's it, you got it.
You're going to the Taylor Swift screening with Kiss one
O seven to one for Life of a Showgirl on Saturday. Awesome, sappy. Yeah,
she bring a couple of friends too. It's four tickets awesome, great,
(06:46):
and her birthday's coming two so's birthday? Oh my god.
I love that. I love it when it works out. Simple, simple,
Similar to the tattoo conversation that we're having. Do you
have any tattoos that you don't regret?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Actually?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yeah, few.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
One that really stands out to me is I have
a mama bear with three cubs, and that simplizes each
one of my kids.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
That's cy you. I actually forgot to get your name
in what neighborhood you're.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
In im It's Jennifer Benware and I'm from Middletown.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Well, Jennifer, thank you for listening to Tiff in the morning.
If you took an l on these, we'll do it
again tomorrow in honor of Taylor's album coming out Kisses
Your Home for all Things Taylor Swift. We're talking about
tattoos that you don't regret because I have a Boston
Red Sox tattoo and I got that after the Socks
(07:35):
won the World Series back in two thousand and eight.
When I turned eighteen, my best friend and I got
matching tattoos, and Tito was the manager at the time.
So one man in Cincinnati is the reason why I
have a permanent tattoo on my body and I don't
regret it. As the Reds continue to fight for their lives.
I'll have the audio by the way from him and
three things you need to know coming up around seven
(07:56):
fifty ish. We do that every day right around that time.
So if this happens to be the first time you're
listening to my show, welcome, come on in, sit down,
hang out. If you'd like to participate, you can leave
me at talk back with Tim. Let me know if
there's a tattoo that you also don't regret. I love
that song and you want to know what? You can
see it live in Cincinnati three days from now. Isn't
(08:20):
that wawllless? You're waking up with Tim in the morning
on Kiss one seven to one. Pretty Ricky bow Wow,
Soldier Boy, Lil John, Chamillionaire Pde Pablo, twist Up, Mike Jones,
Bubba Sparks and Paul Wall are all gonna be in Sincy.
You know that Tacos in Tequila Festus happening at Florence
y'all Stadium, So you gotta go, you gotta report back
(08:42):
and let me know. Oh wild. I never thought I
would say, Hey, you're gonna see Pretty Ricky in Cincinnati,
But here we are, all right. Speaking of Cincinnati, the
Reds fighting for their lives. I have the best quote
from Tito. I'll get that for you. And three things
you need to know. Coming up next, she said, Say
yoke Un was smash
You're waking up with fifth in the morning. H kiss,
let us even one. Oh my god, I have a
tattoo on my body permanently because of one man in Cincinnati.
I cannot believe that the invisible string theory has nothing
(00:23):
to do with romance in my life, and it has
everything to do with the Cincinnati Reds. God, we need
to win tonight. Okay. I want to know tattoos that
you don't regret. Quite the opposite of a topic we've
done on my show before. Typically we do ones that
you do regret. No, I want you to think about
the tattoos on your body right now and be like
that one's a little lawless. Can't believe I got it,
(00:45):
but I don't regret it. Start talking back with Tiff
right now in the iHeartRadio app while I'm chit chatting.
You can participate in the show for free. We're here
every day. Search Kiss on the app. Microphone is in
the top right hand corner. You'll hold that down. You
have thirty seconds. So back in two thousand in an
eight when the Red Sox won the World Series for
the second time, and I was eighteen at that point.
(01:06):
If you didn't know this by the way, I'm originally
from Boston. I've lived in Cincinnati for a long time now,
enough to call it my permanent home. But I'm a Bostonian.
And my best friend and I at the time, after
we won the second World Series with Tito. By the way,
I forgot to mention that I'm so overstimulated and like
(01:29):
this morning, it's my ADHD stimming right now. Tito was
the manager of the Red Sox at the time. He
broke an eighty six year Kirk curse and that's how
we won in two thousand and four, and then we
want to get in two thousand and eight or seven. Rather,
my best friend and I at the time, we just
had turned eighteen, and we went and we got matching
tattoos for the Red Sox. I have mine on my foot.
(01:52):
I don't really want to post a picture of my
feet on social but if you really want to see it,
I can do that at the tiff to F's Potter
like the Wizard's. It's a clover with the Boston symbol
in it. And I don't regret it ever because it's
just a piece of my heart, right but it is
so wild to me that the invisible string theory exists,
(02:12):
and it has nothing to do with romance. How's theerendipitous
that Taylor's album comes out on Friday? And I'm using
your own lyrics again in the show this morning? Yeah.
And then Tito, I don't know where he went after
the Socks, but of course now back in Cincinnati and
the Reds are fighting for their lives to keep things
going tonight. We lost last night, but you know, if
(02:32):
there is if I have faith in one man, I
got this. I got a tattoo on my body because
of this man. If I have faith in one man,
it is this guy. And you know, I do think
we're gonna win tonight. And I'm putting all the good
juju out there. If by chance we don't see if
he is the one, we might have to be a
little patient, is what I'm saying. Might have to be
a little patient with Tito and the Reds. But for
(02:53):
him to bring us to the playoffs in his first
year as a manager. Okay, did you hear what he
was talking about with the the guys at the club.
I played this audio and three things you need to know.
I'll play it for you quick quick.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Well, we told them on day one the things that
we wanted to live by and believe in. So we
you know, com spring training and now what you're together
what on probably two hundred days, maybe a little more,
and we never had somebody late for a meeting.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Love that all right, So tattoos you do not regret?
Join me in this conversation. Five point three seven seven one.
Hy good morning. You're waking up with Tiff in the
morning on a kiss one oh seven one. So the
invisible string theory does exist, and it has nothing to
do with romance. This morning on the show and everything
to do with the reds, we're chit chatting about tattoos
(03:43):
that you don't regret. Let's pop over to our talk
backs and start there this morning. Honestly, I don't think
I regret any of my tattoos. I got them all
about like ten years ago, like all together.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
I got a rose and a butterfly and a wildflower
like the rainbow colors, and I don't know, I mean,
I like them, I really have an.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Issue with them. Sometimes I just forget that they're there.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
And this is faith from Botata.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Well, good morning, Faith. I appreciate you waking up with
Tiff in the morning. And using that talkback feature. Don't
stress about it. It's an alternative way to get in
touch with our free show every day. If your voice notes,
person phone lines worked to whatever is easiest for you,
don't overthink it or panic. They come directly to me
and no one else checks them. So the reason why
we're even talking about this this morning and what the
(04:32):
invisible string theory is is I have a tattoo on
my body because of a man in SENSEI, and that
is none other than Tito. When the Red Sox won
the World Series back in two thousand and seven Slash eight,
when I turned eighteen, I went and got a Boston
Red Sox tattoo. I remember talking to my parents about
it and then being like, you know, it's a permanent fixture. YadA, YadA, YadA,
(04:53):
all the things that parents say that are true. And
to this day, I don't regret it, and I think
it's wild at that if you didn't know this, by
the way, I Cincinnati is my permanent home. I've lived
here for a long time, but originally I'm a Bostonian
and it's wild to me that when I was eighteen
years old, I got a tattoo and decades later, the
(05:13):
same manager for that team, of course, is now the
manager for the Cincinnati Reds, and they're fighting for their
lives and they need all the good juju we can
get and give them. So we're talking about tattoos that
you don't regret this morning.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
I used to go on this camping trip every year.
It was like the same group of friends, like in
college and throughout like our mid twenties, and we got
this idea that we were all gonna get the same
matching tattoos.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
And I'm glad you don't regret a girl, maybe a
little bit, but this morning, you don't. Speaking of invisible string,
I was so caught up an incitement excitement for this
that I forgot to mention the keyword for the Taylor.
So how funny, right, Hey, we're talking about Taylor Swift,
and I've got Taylor Swift AMC passes for Newport this Saturday.
(06:00):
She's doing a private screening with Kiss one oh seven
one for Life of a show Girl, if you would
like to go. I had mentioned that the keyword was tattoo,
so I'll say it again. It's my bad for forgetting
to mention it. If you would like to go five one, three, seven,
four nine, one oh seven one. I've got a four
pack of tickets for you because you're waking up with
fifth in the morning on Kiss one O seven one.
(06:21):
Good morning, you're on the air.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
What number was I?
Speaker 1 (06:25):
You are calling number ten? My gal? Awesome. I'm hoping
of a keyword for me. If not, I can't hold
it against you. Tattoo tattoo. That's it, you got it.
You're going to the Taylor Swift screening with Kiss one
O seven to one for Life of a Showgirl on Saturday. Awesome, sappy. Yeah,
she bring a couple of friends too. It's four tickets awesome, great,
(06:46):
and her birthday's coming two so's birthday? Oh my god.
I love that. I love it when it works out. Simple, simple,
Similar to the tattoo conversation that we're having. Do you
have any tattoos that you don't regret?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Actually?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Yeah, few.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
One that really stands out to me is I have
a mama bear with three cubs, and that simplizes each
one of my kids.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
That's cy you. I actually forgot to get your name
in what neighborhood you're.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
In im It's Jennifer Benware and I'm from Middletown.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Well, Jennifer, thank you for listening to Tiff in the morning.
If you took an l on these, we'll do it
again tomorrow in honor of Taylor's album coming out Kisses
Your Home for all Things Taylor Swift. We're talking about
tattoos that you don't regret because I have a Boston
Red Sox tattoo and I got that after the Socks
(07:35):
won the World Series back in two thousand and eight.
When I turned eighteen, my best friend and I got
matching tattoos, and Tito was the manager at the time.
So one man in Cincinnati is the reason why I
have a permanent tattoo on my body and I don't
regret it. As the Reds continue to fight for their lives.
I'll have the audio by the way from him and
three things you need to know coming up around seven
(07:56):
fifty ish. We do that every day right around that time.
So if this happens to be the first time you're
listening to my show, welcome, come on in, sit down,
hang out. If you'd like to participate, you can leave
me at talk back with Tim. Let me know if
there's a tattoo that you also don't regret. I love
that song and you want to know what? You can
see it live in Cincinnati three days from now. Isn't
(08:20):
that wawllless? You're waking up with Tim in the morning
on Kiss one seven to one. Pretty Ricky bow Wow,
Soldier Boy, Lil John, Chamillionaire Pde Pablo, twist Up, Mike Jones,
Bubba Sparks and Paul Wall are all gonna be in Sincy.
You know that Tacos in Tequila Festus happening at Florence
y'all Stadium, So you gotta go, you gotta report back
(08:42):
and let me know. Oh wild. I never thought I
would say, Hey, you're gonna see Pretty Ricky in Cincinnati,
But here we are, all right. Speaking of Cincinnati, the
Reds fighting for their lives. I have the best quote
from Tito. I'll get that for you. And three things
you need to know. Coming up next, she said, Say
yoke Un was smash
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