PHOTO PAGE UPDATE @ http://t.co/yzF6TznxxM WITH #BENGALS SHOWS PICS #BeyondTheStripes #WhoDey #LetsRoar #CINvsBUF pic.twitter.com/1roc4CTdPj
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 15, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Photos Page Update
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Autograph Page Update
#AUTOGRAPH PAGE UPDATE @ http://t.co/oiRAWLpVYr WITH ADAM JONES SIGNATURE #Bengals #WhoDey #LetsRoar #CINvsBUF #NFL pic.twitter.com/UHXj8Kpjfb
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 14, 2015
Autograph Page Update
#AUTOGRAPH PAGE UPDATE @ http://t.co/oiRAWLpVYr WITH CHRIS CROCKER SIGNATURE #Bengals #WhoDey #LetsRoar #CINvsBUF pic.twitter.com/WnhaQjpnFM
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 14, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
2016 Cincinnati Reds Bobbleheads Predictions Part 1
Since that the 2015 season has come to a close for my beloved
Cincinnati Reds, I think that now would be an appropriate time for some 2016
predictions. I am not predicting how the Reds will do next season but rather
what bobbleheads I think the team will give out to fans. There will be two
parts to this post. First will be the bobbleheads that I believe the team will
give out, and second will be the bobbleheads that I believe the Cincinnati Reds
Hall of Fame and Museum will give during the regular season.
After promoting a total of nine bobbleheads for the 2015
season, the number was later altered to eight after the final bobblehead was changed
to a figurine. While eight is still a lot and the most that the Reds have ever
given away in a season, the choice in players could have been better as a lot
of them were repeats. With the team undergoing a youth movement and period of
reconstruction, it is possible that the 2016 line will feature fresh faces as
bobbleheads. I think that Reds will reduce the number from eight and go back to
five bobblehead giveaways, and with that in mind, let’s begin with bobblehead
number one.
The biggest event for the Reds in 2015 was the Major League
Baseball All-Star Game as they were the host team for the game and its
activities. Todd Frazier and Arolids Chapman both made the team, and Frazier
won a dramatic Home Run Derby in front of an electric Cincinnati crowd. Therefore,
bobblehead number one of the 2016 season will be a special Todd Frazier
bobblehead in which is he decked out in the All-Star game uniform while holding
the Home Run Derby trophy.
Bobblehead number two will be of Rasiel Iglesias. The
undoubtedly 2015 Rookie of the Year for the Reds was the best pitcher in a
young rotation. He flirted with a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves before
giving up a hit in the 6th inning, and he recorded over 30
strikeouts through three straight games. He is the future ace of this team, and
I believe the Reds will capitalize on that by giving out a bobblehead of him.
The third bobblehead will feature Aaron Boone. Boone was one
of the most popular players for the Reds during his time with the team, and
with 2016 being an induction year for the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, I
believe that Boone will be on the ballot and inducted. The Reds always feature
a bobblehead of a Reds Hall of Fame inductee, and I believe that Boone will be
the one chosen to be immortalized as a nodder.
Fourth is Zack Cozart. He was having the best season of his
career in 2015 before an ugly knee injury ended his otherwise All-Star worthy
campaign. He has been with the team since 2011 and the starting shortstop since
2012, and I believe it is time for him to be honored with a bobblehead.
The fifth and final nodder of the 2016 season will be Joey
Votto, who had an incredible second half of the 2015 season. While I am not
thrilled that this will be the final bobblehead, the Reds just do not have
enough young stars on the roster that deserve a bobblehead, and based on what
he did in 2015, I think the team will go to the “Votto well” once again.
Those are my predictions of the bobbleheads that the Reds
will give out in 2016. While there is the potential for a lot of the new young
players to be featured as bobbleheads, the fact of the matter is that those
guys are not as popular with the fans as some of the older and more established
players on the Reds, and when it comes down to who will be featured as a nodder,
the main influence is whose bobblehead will result in the most ticket sales. If
my predictions are correct, then I plan on going to the Iglesias game, the
Boone game, and the Cozart game, as those are players who have never been
featured as Reds stadium giveaway bobbleheads. I will go to the Frazier game
only if he is in the All-Star uniform, and I will pass on the Votto game.
Hopefully the Reds decide to go with players who have never been featured as
bobbleheads so I can go to all of the bobblehead games!
Stay tuned for part two!
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Autograph Page Update
#AUTOGRAPH PAGE UPDATE @ http://t.co/oiRAWLpVYr WITH NEW #BENGALS SIGNATURE #WhoDey #LetsRoar #SEAvsCIN #NFL #MLB pic.twitter.com/2VM7bnYEGK
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 7, 2015
Photo Page Update
PHOTO PAGE UPDATE @ http://t.co/yzF6TznxxM WITH #BENGALS & #BEYONDTHESTRIPES PICS #WhoDey #LetsRoar #SEAvsCIN #NFL pic.twitter.com/WZfCXXWdhX
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 7, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Michael Johnson Follows Me!
Michael Johnson, one of the beasts on defense for the Bengals, follows me on Twitter! You should follow me too if you aren't already! Click @CincyFanZone to be directed to my Twitter page, and give me a follow!
Tyler Eifert Bobblehead Unboxing
Ryan of Cincy Fan Zone unboxes a Forever Collectibles Cincinnati Bengals 2013 NFL Draft Edition Tyler Eifert bobblehead.
Happy but Cautious
In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, “it's like déjà vu all
over again.” My Cincinnati Bengals have once again started the season in hot
fashion. After easily beating the Oakland Raiders in week 1 of the 2015
National Football League regular season, the home opener of the Bengals in
which they hosted the San Diego Chargers in week 2 was a tight game as a late
interception by Vincent Rey sealed the second win of the season for the men in
the black and orange stripes. Week 3 saw the Bengals blow a 14-0 lead to the
Baltimore Ravens only to recapture it with a few minutes left in the game in
route to a thrilling 28-24 victory that sent myself and the rest of Who Dey
Nation on an emotional rollercoaster ride. The win was the team’s third of the
season, and their current record is 3-0. Déjà vu. This time last year, the
Bengals had the same record and were considered to be one of the best teams in
the NFL. Then it all went south.
After riding a wave of momentum to three straight victories
to begin last season, the New England Patriots stomped the Bengals into the
ground on a nationally televised primetime Sunday night game. The swagger the
Bengals had during the first three games of the 2014 season vanished and was
never seen again that year. They finished the regular season with a record of
10-5-1 and limped into the playoffs where they faced the Indianapolis Colts who
handed them a fourth straight first round playoff loss to extend the postseason
victory draught of the Bengals to 24 years. It was a depressing end to a season
that started out fantastic.
So here we are in 2015 and my beloved Bengals have once
again started the season with a 3-0 record. Last year at this time, I was
thrilled. This year, I am happy but cautious. I am cautious because three games
are not enough to punch a team’s ticket to playoff success. The Bengals still
have 13 regular season games left to play, and in the NFL, teams who are
winners one week can be losers the next. I have seen my Bengals look like a
powerhouse team one week only to collapse the following week in route to a
loss. It is demoralizing for not only the team but for fans of the Bengals. Who
Dey Nation desperately wants this team to succeed, and if the 2015 Bengals
collapse like last year’s squad did, the city of Cincinnati will once again
feel that unwelcomed but all too familiar emotion of heartbreak. That is why I
am cautious.
However, I believe in my Bengals, and I am happy that they
have won their first three games of the season. They have played really good
football so far, but there is definitely room for improvement. The game against
the Ravens easily pointed out that fact. I am not going to dwell on that
though. Instead I am going to get pumped for the Bengals’ next two home games
against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks in which they hopefully
extend their wining streak to five games in a row. As a Bengals fan, I am happy
right now. Happy but cautious.
Who Dey!
Autograph Page Update
#AUTOGRAPH PAGE UPDATE WITH NEW #BENGALS SIGNATURE @ https://t.co/oiRAWLpVYr #WhoDey #LetsRoar #KCvsCIN #NFL #Reds pic.twitter.com/W6qkUAo2O1
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 1, 2015
Bobblehead Page Update
#BOBBLEHEAD PAGE UPDATE WITH NEW #BENGALS NODDER @ https://t.co/7szAEAxyiu #WhoDey #LetsRoar #Reds #KCvsCIN #NFL pic.twitter.com/p7vy8agMtQ
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 1, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Photo Page Update
PHOTO PAGE UPDATE WITH #BENGALS PICS @ http://t.co/yzF6TznxxM #WhoDey #LetsRoar #KCvsCIN #NFL #BeyondTheStripes #MLB pic.twitter.com/b2nQVu1elq
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) October 1, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Autograph Page Update
#AUTOGRAPH PAGE UPDATE WITH CLINT BOLING AUTO @ http://t.co/oiRAWLpVYr #Bengals #WhoDey #letsroar #beyondthestripes pic.twitter.com/rngbWUm2lC
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) September 30, 2015
Autograph Page Update
#AUTOGRAPH PAGE UPDATE WITH NEW AJ GREEN SIGNATURE @ http://t.co/oiRAWLpVYr #Bengals #WhoDey #LetsRoar #NFL #Reds pic.twitter.com/1JRULWY617
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) September 29, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
2015 All-Star Mr. Redlegs Bobblehead and Bobblestache Unboxing
Ryan of Cincy Fan Zone unboxes a 2015 All-Star Mr. Redlegs Bobblehead and Bobblestache.
Sayonara Sting?
Last Sunday, World Wrestling Entertainment presented the
pay-per-view wrestling event known as Night of Champions. This is the only
night during the WWE calendar year in which every title in the company is
guaranteed to be up for grabs. The biggest and most prestigious of these titles
is the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Since Wrestlemania 31, the WWE World
Heavyweight Championship has been held by Seth Rollins, and his most recent
title defense came against the vigilante and former cornerstone of World Championship
Wrestling, Sting. Rollins retained the belt after his pretty good match with
the icon was abruptly halted and seemingly rushed to completion. The reason for
this awkward ending was because apparently Sting was legitimately injured
during the bout.
For those of you who do not know, WWE was, is, and always
will be scripted. The outcomes of the matches are predetermined, and the
wrestlers already know who will win before the bout begins because at its core,
professional wrestling is more entertainment than it is sport. However, just
because the results are scripted does not mean that it is safe. Professional
wrestling is arguably one of the most dangerous professions in the world. The
wrestlers take huge risks every time they step into the squared circle, and
injuries are always possible no matter how trained and cautious the wrestlers
are.
What happened to Sting is an unfortunate example of what can
occur inside a wrestling ring. During the match, Rollins delivered a “buckle
bomb,” a maneuver in which a wrestler throws another wrestler into the corner
of the ring, to Sting. After the move had been completed, you could tell that
there was something wrong with Sting. He could barely stand and moments later,
he collapsed to the mat. The ringside doctor came into the ring immediately to
check on the vigilante, and the bout stopped for a few minutes. During this
time, the camera was focused only on Rollins, which was a huge clue for
everybody watching on television that this injury was not scripted. Sting
managed to finish the match with Rollins reversing the Scorpion Death Lock into
a rollup pin, but it was obvious that the ending was rushed. After the match,
the camera immediately focused only on Rollins and Sting was never seen on the
broadcast again.
The next day, numerous sites reported that Sting had
suffered a legitimate neck injury that was possibly career threatening. If the
match was truly the end of Sting’s time in the ring, it will be a sad ending to
what was an illustrious pro wrestling career. He won many world championships
during his time in World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action
Wrestling, and his feuds with the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair and the New World
Order were legendary. It was only last year when the icon finally signed with
WWE. Fans had been waiting 13 years for the Stinger to make his presence known in
the biggest professional wrestling company on the planet. Unfortunately, his
time in WWE could be short-lived should this injury indeed end his career. All
we wrestling fans can do is hope that this is not the last time we have seen
Sting distribute his iconic form of justice in a wrestling ring.
Bobblehead Page Update
#BOBBLEHEAD PAGE UPDATE WITH NEW #REDS NODDER @ http://t.co/7szAEAxyiu #GoReds #ATOBTTR #NYMvsCIN #MLB #Bengals #NFL pic.twitter.com/jThGvXr6Yr
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) September 24, 2015
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Autographs Page Update
#AUTOGRAPH PAGE UPDATE WITH NEW #BENGALS SIGNATURE @ http://t.co/oiRAWLpVYr #WhoDey #LetsRoar #BeyondtheStripes #NFL pic.twitter.com/PMdMPVGxbQ
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) September 23, 2015
Photo Page Update
PIC PAGE UPDATE WITH #BENGALS LINE & #BEYONDTHESTRIPES PICS @ http://t.co/yzF6TznxxM #WhoDey #LetsRoar #NFL #Reds pic.twitter.com/57XzHUlJyj
— Cincy Fan Zone (@CincyFanZone) September 23, 2015
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