Monday, January 26, 2009

This has nothing to do with Bronson but...

It's friggin' hilarious:

Reports: Torre takes swing at Yankees:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-yankees-torrebook&prov=ap&type=lgns

Hahaha, A-Fraud. I love it!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Ya know what?

I am so sick of people blaming Bronson's enjoyment of playing music WHEN HE'S NOT PLAYING BASEBALL for him struggling at certain times during the season. Could it be that it's just not very easy to pitch sometimes? No way...


Arroyo's sideline as a rock musician, Brennaman noted, may have hampered his pitching.
"It's always been a distraction,'' he said. "He's got to concentrate on baseball and put music in the backseat until the baseball season is over. He's got to put two good halves together, and there's no reason why he shouldn't be able to.''

GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Please trade him now.

Apparently the Reds are done spending money this off-season. What exactly have the Reds been spending money on? This season should be fun.

http://news.enquirer.com/article/20090122/SPT04/301220085/-1/

Just thought I'd pass this along...

23 days until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training. HIP HIP HOOOORAAAAY! Yeah, I'm bored.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

It BETTER be five (good) years, mister!

"I feel I'm in the peak of my career right now," Arroyo said. "With Boston I was finding my way in the league. Now, I feel like I've established myself and the pitcher I'm going to be. I feel like I can ride it out. I feel I've got three, four, five good years in me."

Baseball without Bronson? Blasphemy!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Boston Herald article 3/21/2006

Bronson, the joke is on you
By: Gerry Callahan

"You bleeped up. You trusted us."-Otter to flounder in "Animal House"

Maybe someday we'll understand why the Red Sox traded away a 29-year-old pitcher who never iced, never whined, never called his manager an idiot and never wanted to play anywhere but Boston. And maybe we'll eventually fall in love with young Willy Mo Pena, who was "No.1 in the big leagues" as Theo Epstein explained yesterday, "in strikeouts-per-at-bat last season."

Pena may thrive in FenwayPark and in the Sox' lineup. And he may make Theo look as smart as the last big, powerful, underachieving Dominican slugger made him look. Maybe Pena will turn out to be another Papi-sized steal, a guy who finally reaches his potential and becomes a super star, not just a serviceable major leaguer. And maybe Arroyo will never again win as many as 14 games.

Maybe it will all make perfect baseball sense by midseason. For now, however we can't overlook the grave injustice the Sox have committed. This better turn out to be a brilliant deal because what the Sox did to the entire baseball world is close to the unpardonable sin.

The Red Sox yesterday, made agents and the player's union look good.They gave tons of ammunition to all those smarmy charactors who tell the players that there is no loyalty in the game, that they must live their lives like mercenaries and never, ever trust the fat cats across the table.

It wasn't a violation of the rules of baseball, but it's like steroids or greenies: maybe someday.

While kids across New England were taking down the Bronson Arroyo posters from their bedroom walls yesterday, agents were doing the opposite. Arroyo is their poster child now. They're going to put his picture up in their offices, a pointed reminder to any client who might be thinking about giving his ballclub a hometown discount.

This is what happens, son. This is what they do to guys who give away two years of arbitration and sign for below market value. They ship them off to Cincinnati. Do you want to be the next Bronson Arroyo?

Indeed, there's a new verb in the agents' lexicon. If you get traded after giving the team the hometown discount and telling everyone how much you love your employer, than you've been Bronsoned.

Do you want to get Bronsoned? Wake up, kid, or you're gonna get Bronsoned.

The Red Sox yesterday denied ever assuring Arroyo that they'd hang onto him after he signed a three-year, $11.25 million deal on Jan. 19.
"There was no handshake, no gentleman's agreement." Theo Epstein said.

That may be true, but so is this: Arroyo thought he had atleast bought himself another season with the Sox by stepping over his agent's dead body and signing the deal.

Here's what he said when he reported to spring training a month ago: "As long as they gave me somewhat of their word that they weren't planning to trade me right away, I felt comfortable."

The irony is that Arroyo probably still would be with the Sox if he wasn't so determined to, well, be with the Sox. Do you think the Reds would have wanted a guy who was on his way to arbitration after one season? Another 14-win season, and Arroyo would have approached Matt Clement on the salary scale.

When Jed Hoyer and Ben Cherington, the Red Sox' temporary co-GMs, signed Arroyo, they had to be thinking, "What a sucker." Which is precisely what Gregg Clifton, Arroyo's agent, was thinking. And shortly thereafter, the Sox' phones started ringing. Nice job tying up Flounder Arroyo , guys. So what do you want for him?

What the Red Sox untimatly got was 245 pounds of potential. In his last 647-at-bats, Pena has 224 strikeouts. His on base percentage last season(.304) was as ugly as Carmela without makeup. And his career OBP (.303 total, .285 against right-handers) is even worse. Of course, in Boston, he can be handled like a Hummel figurine, used only against left-handers and hidden behind Manny and Ortiz in the line up. And if it works out as the Sox hope, he'll be ready for full-time duty next season, when Trot Nixon's contract is up and/or his body gives out.

If the trade doesn't work out, the Sox still have six starters, including the anti-Arroyo, David Wells.

Still more irony for Bronson to digest as he departs: Wells, who demanded a trade in the offseason, still is spreading his charm throughout Red Sox camp. He showed up out of shape. He called his manager an idiot. He called the commisioner a piece of bleep. He complained about possibly being left out of the starting rotation at the beginning of the season.

Arroyo did none of the above. On the contrary, he said he'd gladly go to the bullpen. He'd do whatever his manager asked, whatever the team wanted.

Yesterday, the team wanted him to pack his bags and head to the Reds. The Sox played their resident rock star like a bass guitar and rewarded him for his loyalty with a bus ticket to Sarasota Fla.

In baseball, they've got a phrase for that now: He's been Bronsoned.

Three years ago today...

January 19th 2006-Bronson signed the deal that would eventually ship him out of Boston. I remember being so excited that day, and thinking that there was no way the Sox would screw him over so quickly after he gave them such a huge discount and had nothing but good things to say about the team and the owners...I was wrong.

http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/articles/20060119/697773-p.html

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Slow news day!

Good atricle about The Reds pitching staff:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090118&content_id=3749186&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp

I can't wait until Spring!

Where are they now-2004 World Series Style!

This is fairly self explanatory. :)

Alan Embree-Colorado Rockies
Bill Mueller-Retired
Bronson Arroyo-Cincinnati Reds (duh!)
Curt Schilling-Free agent (probably retiring...I can't see any team picking up 300 pounds of injured pitcher...unless they're stupid.)
Curtis Leskanic-Pro scouting talent for Red Sox
David Ortiz-Red Sox
Dave Roberts-San Francisco Giants
Derek Lowe-Atlanta Braves (He just signed a SWEET contract! Congrats D-Lowe!)
Doug Mientkiewicz-Free agent
Doug Maribelli-Free agent
Gabe Kapler-Tampa Bay Rays
Jason Varitek-Free agent (If the Red Sox let him go...Theo is going to a deeper level of hell than the one he's already going to.)
Johnny Damon-New York Yankees (BOOOO!!!HISSS!!!!!!!BOOOO!!!!!!!)
Keith Foulke-Free agent
Kevin Millar-Free agent
Kevin Youkilis-Red Sox (Another guy who just signed a SWEET contract)
Manny Ramirez-Free agent
Mark Bellhorn-No teams appear interested but he does own 4 Dunkin Donuts in the New England area, so don't feel too bad for him.
Mike Myers-Free agent
Mike Timlin-Free agent
Orlando Cabrera-Free agent
Pedro Martinez-Free agent
Pokey Reese-Free agent
Tim Wakefield-Red Sox
Trot Nixon-Milwaukee Brewers

Random side note: After seeing all of those guys on no actual team right now, I'm kinda glad Bronson is on the Reds...I will probably be taking that back within like a month of the season, after their horrible defense and hitting costs Bronson like 5 wins. For now, I'm happy.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Don't mention it...no really, don't mention it.

So Lance Berkman won the MVP award the other day and he thanked Mr. Arroyo for helping him:
“I want to thank (Cincinnati Reds pitcher) Bronson Arroyo for breaking Carlos Lee’s finger because he would have been up here instead of me,” said Berkman

Poor Bronson! He didn't mean to breake that dude's finger...I think.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Forget swinging a stick...

Could he even pick one up back then?

"I didn't want to pitch," Arroyo said. "I didn't want to sit on a bench for four days watching and twiddling my thumbs. But when you're 6-4, 150 lbs. in high school, I don't think they believe you can swing the stick."

Damn, I thought he was skinny NOW.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

No Nomar!

There are rumors that the Reds are going after Nomar Garciaparra.

Dear Walt,

Do not...DO NOT! Go after Nomar!
The last thing you need is this washed up, overrated, crazy person influencing your young team. He was a good player for about five years...he is now a cancer in the club house.
Thanks! :)

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Thank God for MySpace image search!


Hi there! *wink, wink*

Anybody remember this story?

Okay, this is insanely random, but does anybody remember Bronson telling a story about how when he was in a game as a rookie, he couldn't seem to focus and was getting pounded until his coach came out and called his catcher to come out to the mound, and the coach says "Bronson has pretty lips, doesn't he?" to the catcher and than he walked away. Bronson said that he was so distracted/freaked out by what his coach said that he pitched lights out for the rest of the game. lol.
I wish I could find that article. I'm not crazy, I promise!

Monday, January 12, 2009

Quote of the day :)

"At the end of the day, I get the win or loss and the ERA," he said. "If I'm going to look like an ass in the spotlight, I want to be the one deciding the pitches."

Sunday, January 11, 2009

A few pics from Friday




So here are two pictures from Friday night. The concert ones were really dark so these are the ones from meeting him.


Keep in mind the pic of me and him is weird because I just had to open my mouth. lol.




Saturday, January 10, 2009

Last night! :)

There will be new pictures posted, I'm just waiting for my friend to send me them.
The picture of me and Bronson is pretty funny because I was telling her to "Hurry up"(because the people around him were insane, and he looked scared. lol)...so yeah, my mouth is open. He looks pretty damn hot though.

Songs of the night: "Painted it all Yellow" (which is the name of the song Bronson wrote according to my favorite blog, Toeing the rubber) and "Free Fallin'"

Quotes of the night: "I really didn't mean to hit A-Rod with that pitch."
"Obviously they want us to take a break so they can sell more alcohol..."

He has a bad cell phone

This is a pretty interesting interview from WEEI (he finally says he felt a little betrayed by the Red Sox!), even though his phone breaks up in the middle. lol.
http://audio.weei.com/m/audio/21744651/bronson_arroyo_reds_pitcher.htm

Friday, January 9, 2009

Bronson tonight :)

I'm gonna post a full review tomorrow (when I'm sober) but I did get to meet him again, and he was soooo nice and soooooooooooo cute, lol. We were not supposed to be taking pics together... but I made sure he bended the rules. lol.

Me: Bronson, can we do something really quick?
Bronson: Yeah, what do you wanna do?
*I grab him, we smile*
Me: Thank you! :)

Thursday, January 8, 2009

A super cool Bronson Blog!

This is the blog that inspired me to start mine:
http://www.toeingtherubber.com/tag/bronson-arroyo/

This girl is awesome!

How did I miss the memo?

So Bronson was on Sports Late Night last night and I missed it? What on earth was I doing...ah yes sleeping, but that's besides the freaking point!

Anyway, luckily the good people at NECN have posted the videos already:

Ladies and gentlemen, the song Bronson wrote (I have no idea what it's called so for now it is "The song that Bronson wrote", wouldn't it be funny if that's really what it was called? That would be so Bronson):
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Sports/2009/01/08/Bronson-Arroyo-trades-in-ball/1231447270.html

There is also a nice lil interview:
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Sports/2009/01/08/Arroyo-Fighting-uphill-battle/1231448015.html

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Things to watch for...and other crapola.

So Friday night, I'm going to see Bronson at Patriot Place in Foxborro. When I told my best friend that I made this blog she said that she would take pictures with her nice camera so that I can post them here(because she totally rocks!). So be on the look out for those! I'm sure they'll be super hot.

A few new songs Bronson would sound good covering:
Whatever it takes-Lifehouse
Leave the light on-David Cook
Turn the car around-O.A.R

Did anybody see him sing his own song at Redsfest this year? I saw it live online, and it was REALLY good.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

More Old Schoolness (is that a word?) and some random crap...

Favorite Bronson quote of the day (I'm paraphrasing here, but you get the general idea):

Reporter at '06 All Star Game: So Bronson, where were you during the press conference this morning?
Bronson: I was asleep.
Reporter: Oh...late flight?
Bronson: No, I was hungover.
Reporter: Ohhhh....

Some more articles for ye:

Arroyo makes pitch for himself, father:
http://www.sptimes.com/News/030500/Hernando/Arroyo_makes_pitch_fo.shtml

Arroyo strikes out in Red Sox trade (Grrrrr...Theo is going to hell, TO HELL I SAY!):
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/03/21/Hernando/Arroyo_strikes_out_in.shtml

Arroyo pitches for grunge:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7539531/arroyo_pitches_for_grunge

Favorite quote about Bronson of the day:
(From Sons of Sam Horn)
"Friday is going to be a legit struggle, got a team fighting for its life against a kid making his first ever post season start, FWIW I take the kid Friday night, he's got nuts the size of Saturn." - Curt Schilling, posting in the Game thread before Game 3 of the 2004 ALDS

Monday, January 5, 2009

Hot Pics and shoutouts!

First of all, here is some eye candy:
http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t89/LaurenandBronson/

I update that Photobucket thingy whenever I see a picture of Bronson that makes me drool.

And I would like to recommend my very favorite Bronson Arroyo Yahoo group (It might just be the only one, but I have never wanted to look for another one)

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/bronsonarroyoclub/messages

Old School Articles

This one is about Bronson's father Gus. It's so sweet...the lady who gave him the kidney is a frigging saint:

'Why not share a kidney?'
http://www.sptimes.com/News/122301/Pasco/_Why_not_share_a_kidn.shtml

This one encourages stalking in my opinion...not that I have a problem with that. ;)

The Biofiles:Bronson Arroyo
http://www.bronsonarroyo.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/2689/pid/302740

This is just a good article...and he was in the All Star game which basically made my life:

All Star/Rockstar
http://www.bronsonarroyo.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/2000/pid/302740

All about Bronson's crazy life:

The show must go on
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/25/Floridian/The_Show_must_go_on.shtml

Hi there!

Hey! If you're reading this that means that you stumbled upon my crazy lil blog! YAY!

Anyway, this blog is going to be completely devoted to my obsession (when I say obsession, I mean OBSESSION) with Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo. You can expect up to date news, videos, articles...and sometimes just my complete randomness.

Hopefully I'll be updating this at least five times a week, so check back often...and please, please, PLEASE leave comments. I love talking with other Bronson fans...and I'm pretty much chipping away at my families' sanity.

Lauren :)

P.S-I'm not actually from Ohio (I'm from Boston...Theo still blows for that horrible trade) so don't be shocked if I constantly spell Cincinnati wrong. I do it all the time.

P.P.S-I pretend the cornrows never happened...so if they are brought up ever again, I will get scared and start rocking back and fourth in a corner somewhere...just so ya know.