A couple of questions people had about Wednesday's game.* Why did Dusty Baker take Bronson Arroyo out with one out in the ninth?Because Arroyo asked him to. Baker said he went to check on Arroyo, and Arroyo told his manager...
Blogs: C. Trent Rosecrans: September 2009 Archives
Good things last night from both Homer Bailey and Jay Bruce. "These are guys who are former No.1 draft picks, you draft them to build around them," Dusty Baker said. "Joey (Votto) continues to perform well and Brandon (Phillips) and...
Carson Palmer was asked if he heard the boos for him and his team in the first half of Sunday's game against the Steelers. "Oh yeah," Palmer said. You feel like they were for you? "I assumed," he said. But...
I don't want this to come off wrong, but hold with me here...I'm still not sure if this whole carzy experiment will work, but yesterday's coverage of the Bengals-Steelers game shows what this could be. I can't tell you how...
Earlier this week Bengals defensive end Antwan Odom was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week, and he ended his week by welcoming a new baby boy, Memphis.Odom missed Friday's Bengals practice to be there for the birth of...
I can't tell you how stressful yesterday was. Let's just say, I'm glad it's over. Long story, won't get into it.* Fourth place! Woo! And now the Reds have a chance to solidify that with the series in Houston.I'm hearing...
With the win last night, the Redlegs still have a chance at .500 -- they're 71-81 -- a win the rest and they're .500, and that's all that matters, right?And they officially won't finish in last, so there's that, and...
As part of the normal Wednesday press conferences, we always get a teleconference with an opposing player in addition to the opposing coach. Today's player was Pittsburgh linebacker James Harrison.At the end of the call, I asked him what he...
In these days when Washington beats USC, Central Michigan beats Michigan State, Northern Iowa takes Iowa to the brink and Navy is a two-point conversion from winning at overtime at Ohio Stadium -- why is out of the question for...
It must be football season, I messed up my ankle good. Real good.Thanks to the folks at Beacon Orthopedic, I now have a stylish boot, which is fun. And I got to see why I spend money on COBRA every...
Got to give Marvin Lewis and the Bengals a lot of credit for coming back from last week's debacle to win a game nobody (myself included) gave them a shot to win. Really, an amazing comeback for the Bengals.The biggest...
When I was in college, I not only wrote sports for our student paper, The Red & Black, but I also served as an entertainment writer and for one quarter the entertainment editor and I loved it.I loved talking to...
Last night's tribute to Hal McCoy was amazing. I'm so happy I could be there and even happier I can call Hal a friend.In 2007, I was lucky enough to "Drive Ms. Daisy" as we call it.Aaron Boone gets a...
It's Hal McCoy night at the Reds game tonight, and you can go for half-price if you order online.As Mr. Redlegs wrote to me in an e-mail, "Wednesday is "Hal McCoy Night" at GABP and his paper, the Dayton Daily...
I used to strongly dislike white helmets. And then the Jets went retro and then the Chargers. And last night, those Pats and Bills unis were awesome. And I like Texas' uniforms (despite being orange). Maybe I was wrong. (And,...
So, yesterday's game was best summed up as i was walking down the stairway after the game and it was pretty quiet and some guy just scream "fuuuuuuck."Everyone laughed and understood.* One Bengals employee asked me to kick the crap...
So, as the last TOL before the Bengals game, is this where I give my prediction for the season?I'm going 8-8.I think there are some good parts to this team, but still a ton of holes. The things I worry...
Today I expect the Bengals to announce Sunday's game with the Broncos will be blacked out locally.Despite some who want to take credit for a losing team not selling out during a recession, I'm sure there are some people who...
I'm going to be sad to see this series end. I think it's been well-done and just about everything the Bengals had hoped it'd be (you know, besides helping sell-out Sunday's game).So, as it's about to start and I watch...
It's Beatles Day!And yeah, I might pick some up (well, actually, I probably won't, because it's a Wednesday and that's tough for me during the NFL season). I'm also thinking about getting The Beatles: Rock Band, but I'm just not...
I know it's been said, but the Bearcats have to be the favorite in the Big East.UC looked just dominant against 5-point favorite Rutgers. And he'd have to put up some huge numbers, the Bearcats would have to make a...
Rookie linebacker Rey Maualuga told reporters earlier on Monday that he'd be starting on Sunday, and he was with the starting defense at SAM linebacker in Monday's practice.The only injured players held out of practice were cornerback David Jones and...
Sorry, used Labor Day to sleep.Will be back tomorrow....
For entertainment purposes only, of course, but got this from our friends at BoDog.com:Team Odds Odds to win the 2009 Super Bowl XLIV Cincinnati Bengals 60/1 Odds to win the 2009 AFC Championship Cincinnati Bengals 28/1 Odds to...
There's nothing quite like the start of college football season.I've made this analogy in public before, and, I still like it even if others who know me do not... I think of baseball as a wife, college football as a...
You know what's the dumbest thing in the world? Blackouts.I don't know why anyone thinks that a game not selling out will encourage anyone to go. If the game's not sold out, there's a pretty good reason -- and it's...
Well, in the 4,315th meeting of the Redlegs and Pirates this year, we've got a gorgeous day here at Great American Ball Park.Aaron Harang and his wife Jen were honored before the game. Harang is the team's Clemente Award nominee....
I do believe I will break the rule of "No Cheering in the Press Box" on Sept. 16 -- that's the day the Reds will hold Hal McCoy Day at Great American Ball Park. I'm excited to honor my friend...
And away we go, yet another Reds-Pirates tilt* Top 1: Lehr walks McCutchen, but then has a hell of a move to pick him off. With two outs, Garrett Jones singles past a diving Brandon Phillips to fracture the no-hitter....
So, would you rather face Kyle Orton or Tom Brandsteter? (Or is there really a good choice for the Broncos -- Kyle Orton?) That's the possibility for the Bengals in the season-opener against the Broncos. That's gotta be good news...
