It always feels weird going Cincinnati for non-baseball things.

The Reds are in the radio as we make our late-night trip to Cincy. Marty was talking about Travis Wood before the game, saying he’s either very good or very bad in his starts. But isn’t that the story on all the Reds pitchers? Unfortunately, none is always very good; thankfully none is always terrible.

So far so good for the team, though they failed to score in the top of the first, but the Cards/Brewers game is further along. Both teams are ahead of the Reds in the division, so ideally both would lose, but since this isn’t the All-Star game, I’ll be pleased with the Cards getting blanked.

Just one hour left on the road. Tomorrow we run!

Go Reds!

Blech. The West coast trip. The worst time of the season.

Summers are busy enough, and finding unconflicted time to sit down to some good baseball watching ain’t easy even when the Reds are competing for my attention with little league games and yard work. When the Reds are competing with my sleeping time, no matter who wins, the big loser ends up being me in the morning. Heaven help me if they go to 19 innings again.

Tomorrow is the last day before the Blog Jog. To train or not to train the day before? On the one hand, I read a blog post from a marathoner who said she mostly stays off her feet the day before a race. On the other hand, she’s running real races, not the baby 5K that will, nonetheless, knock me entirely on my ass. At least there’ll be beer afterward. Though probably not baseball. I’ll be too tired to stay up that late.

FOX Sports picked up the Reds game yesterday. Yay! Wait, the blue is where they showed it:

I might point out that the coverage would have been better if they’d just left it on FSOH, but thousands of Reds fans who didn’t get to see the game last night already know that.

We got our training done early today because we’ll be off to Milwaukee this evening for a long weekend of getting away from it all. Milwaukee may not sound like much of a party town, but they’ve got beer, cheese, and a team that has gone 8-2 their last 10 instead of 2-8.

Don’t worry, we’ll still find time before we leave to write some actual content. As much of a diversion as all this training is, it’s no substitute for proper smart alecry regarding the cluster of the last couple weeks.

As usual, here’s the info on how to get involved:
1. Go to http://reds.com/5k to register for the Redlegs Run.
2. Email blogjog@reds.com to say you’ll be at the Blog Jog events before and/or after the run.
3. Go to Cafe Press to order your Red Hot shirt, in styles for women or men.

You pay to register for the run, but there’s no additional charge for hanging with the bloggers.