From redscommunityfund.com:

See Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo perform a benefit concert on Sunday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m. at the Madison Theatre in Covington! Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Reds Community Fund and its baseball outreach programs.

General Admission tickets are $20 per person. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $150. The VIP ticket includes seating, food, drink, meet and greet with Bronson, and the chance to sit with Reds players during the concert.

In 2004, Arroyo released a 12-song album called “Covering the Bases,” which featured cover songs that he would play for his teammates as a member of the Boston Red Sox.

Screaming Mimes, a favorite local band, will open the concert. A number of Reds players are scheduled to join Arroyo at the concert.

Event Location: Madison Theatre in Covington, 728 Madison Ave., Covington, Kentucky

Please note that the concert is open only to fans 16 and older.

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I just saw a commercial for an Infiniti luxury car. Its console was all decked out in shiny fake wood.
Which led me to wonder: doesn't it seem like if it were a real luxury car, its console would be decked out in shiny real wood? Not only would it be classy, but it would have the added benefit of making the car lighter than a duck.

Yeah, I know that this game happened yesterday, but I actually watched this one, plus--hey--our boys actually won!

Aaron Harang put in 122 pitches worth of a start, and managed to come out of the ordeal with the win despite the ill-advised decision to send him back out in the sixth. However, you know good things are happening for the team when Mike Stanton comes in to get the last out and doesn't allow any runs.

The pinch hitter was ready to take over Stanton's position in the bottom of the sixth, but then David Ross went and cleared the bases with a 2-run homer (w00t!1) and Stanton got to take his turn at the plate after all. He made some good contact but was thrown out, so I wondered whether that was the reason that he didn't take the mound at the beginning of the seventh.

Actually, he pulled his hamstring and is now on the DL. After he left, Brad Salmon, Jon Coutlangus, and David Weathers each got a turn with only Coutlangus giving up a run in the eighth. It was OK, though, because Ross hit another homer (double-w00t!1) in the eighth inning to get the run back.

Ken Griffey, Jr hit a couple home runs, too, the day before Father's Day for a change. I think I heard them say that he hadn't hit any home runs on the date of June 16th before, so that's something special, too.

Oh, and some guy no one has ever heard of, let alone wants to trade for, hit a home run, too.

The win brought the Reds' record to 27-42. They went on to finish the series today, but we'll just be glad that they managed to take this one from a team the quality of Texas. Tomorrow they'll be in Oakland for a game that starts at 10 p.m. I bet you'll all be staying up for that one.

Mike Stanton got to his for himself last night, but then didn't come out to pitch the next inning. We soon found out why:

CINCINNATI -- The Reds purchased the contract of left-hander Michael Gosling from Triple-A Louisville and placed left-handed reliever Mike Stanton on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday.

Stanton is suffering a pulled hammy. Lest you think it was one of those nagging injuries that had been hurting his performance all along, it appears that he actually suffered this ailment during that fateful at-bat.

He *did* make good contact, though.

Speaking of nagging injuries that might quietly be hurting our team's performance, I do hope that they're giving Bronson Arroyo a full-body MRI sometime in the near future.