Daily Archives: November 27, 2011

November 27, 2011

Baseball’s Brightest Stars at Redsfest 2011

I dunno…the fact that the only bona fide baseball activity coming out the Reds world is Brandon Phillips tweeting about his lack of contract kinda has me down. But gosh, it’s a little early to be getting all negative already doesn’t it? So rather than go off on a rant, I clicked on another of the unnecessary navigation buttons in the Redsfest landing page on Reds.com and copied out the list of Cincinnati-land celebrities who will be in attendance:

Major League Roster

  • Yonder Alonso
  • Jose Arredondo
  • Bronson Arroyo
  • Bill Bray
  • Jay Bruce
  • Aroldis Chapman
  • Zack Cozart
  • Johnny Cueto
  • Todd Frazier
  • Ryan Hanigan
  • Chris Heisey
  • Jeremy Horst
  • Mike Leake
  • Sam LeCure
  • Devin Mesoraco
  • Logan Ondrusek
  • Scott Rolen (Friday only)
  • Drew Stubbs
  • Chris Valaika
  • Joey Votto (Friday only)
  • Travis Wood
Coaching Staff

  • Dusty Baker
  • Mark Berry
  • Billy Hatcher
  • Brook Jacoby
  • Juan Lopez
  • Bryan Price
  • Chris Speier
  • Mike Stefanski

Minor Leaguers

  • Tucker Barnhart
  • Brad Boxberger
  • Yasmani Grandal
  • Billy Hamilton
  • Drew Hayes
  • Ryan LaMarre
  • Denis Phipps
  • Josh Smith
Alumni

  • Todd Benzinger
  • Jack Billingham
  • Tom Browning
  • Leo Cardenas
  • Clay Carroll
  • Eric Davis
  • Doug Flynn
  • George Foster
  • Wayne Granger
  • Chuck Harmon
  • Tommy Helms
  • Tracy Jones (Saturday only)
  • Jim Maloney
  • Lee May
  • Ron Oester
  • Jim O’Toole
  • Ted Power
  • Chris Sabo
  • Mario Soto
Broadcasters

  • Jeff Brantley
  • Marty Brennaman
  • Thom Brennaman (Friday only)
  • Jim Day
  • Jim Kelch
  • Jeff Piecoro
  • Chris Welsh

Brandon Phillips is not on the list, but then, neither am I, and I’ll be there.