Marty and Thom Bobblehead

Yet another bobblehead to add to my collection of Reds nodders. I was on the fence about whether or not I should pick this one up since I had the Marty and Joe bobblehead, but I decided to bite the bullet and grab this one from eBay for less than $8 shipped. I do think it's cool that father and son broadcast games for the Reds and while I have Marty's autograph, I'm still lacking Thom's. This bobblehead was given out on August 22, 2007 when the Reds faced the Braves. Cincinnati won the game 4-2 with the help of a Josh Hamilton (when he was with the Reds) dinger. I'm still upset with the Hamilton Volquez trade so I won't go there.

Austin Kearns Bobblehead

A recent addition to my Reds bobblehead collection. I was able to pick up this Austin Kearns bobblehead last week on eBay for less than $8 shipped. There were 30,000 of these little nodders given out July 19, 2003 when the Reds took on the Houston Astros. Cincinnati lost that game 9-8, but Jason LaRue did hit a home run in the bottom of the 9th in a comeback that almost resulted in a win. I like the blue base but the portly body is not very desirable.

TTM: Chuck Harmon

Did you know that on April 17, 1954, Chuck Harmon became the first African American to play for the Cincinnati Reds?

TTM: Terry Francona

A former Red AND a two time manager of a World Series team, Terry Francona is now the skipper of the Tribe. Let's hope he can turn their fortunes around.

TTM: Jim O'Toole

Did you know that in 1964 Jim O'Toole had a .708 win-loss percentage? That was third best in the National League behind Sandy Koufax and Juan Marichal. Not too shabby.

10,000!

Today I passed the 10,000 visits mark. Sure, most of you other card bloggers out there probably average that in a month, but not me. Anyway, that's to everyone that stops by to read my meaningless rants about a hobby I've enjoyed for twenty seven years.

TTM: Johnny Edwards

Did you know that during the off-season while with the Reds, Johnny Edwards worked as an engineer for General Electric in research and development for nuclear fuel elements. Very impressive!