*** My impression of Jenn ordering from a menu at Applebee's****

"Well, I can't have the riblets. They always leave me a little gassy. Maybe I should get the Bourbon Street Steak..... oh, nope. It comes with onions. I don't want my breath to smell like a Kenyan marathoner's feet."

10 minutes pass.....

"Maybe I should just get a salad. Yeah, definitely a little salad. Besides, I need to get into my bikini for this weekend........ but the shrimp pasta looks good too. I wonder if they'd let me trade the broccoli for a side salad."

Another 15 minutes pass. Her date is beginning to look visibly annoyed.

"Geez, that's the third time the waiter has hounded us. He must be on commission or something. I just need a few more minutes. Maybe I'll have dessert first. Does that sound too crazy?"

Thirty more minutes. Jenn's date is now flirting with the girl's at the next table over. Jenn is oblivious as she begins to make origami swans out of the napkin.

"I have to admit, the riblets do look pretty good. I wish I wouldn't have worn this yellow blouse. I'd make a huge mess of it with the bbq sauce."

Twenty minutes pass. The assistant manager begins to put the empty chairs on the tables. Jenn's date excuses himself to the restroom and escapes out the back window.

"Maybe I should ask the waiter what he likes. There's just too many choices here. The menu is like almost four pages long. OMG!"

The manager turns off the lights and locks the door behind him as he leaves.

"This place has some pretty nice ambience for a chain restaurant. Lots of privacy. Maybe I should text my BFF and ask her if she's in the mood for blackened chicked or jerk pork."

Two hours pass.

"Man, I am soooo starving. Where the heck is the waiter?"

Great choice Jenn! The trip from Indy to Cincy is easy, and the beer and sausages at the end of the road are great. Even though the Reds are in last place, you can cheer Ken Griffey, Jr.'s march to 600 home runs.

Pete-- this was a great public service to humanity. Keep up the good work.

Sorry to burst your bubble Jenn, but there will be many years of misery to come for the Reds.

Pete - I hold you personally responsible for the pain that she will surely endure over the coming years.

By the way, who's her favorite football team?

The Great American Ball park is great in name only. The views for most of the seating stink. That stupid overhang hides the outfield from you completley. I have seen little league parks with deeper fences. I once saw CC sabathia hit one out there to center field. Then again he probably just put his weigt into to. Plus for any of the big series they raise tickets prices at the box office. Nothing like being scalped by the team. Anyways welcome to the wonderful world of baseball fandom Jenn.

Son of Papi,

She's a Colts fan, and thus riding high on the NFL side of things. -- Pete

Next step -
Establish a focus group (represented by a diverse cross-section of nationalities, genders and country of origin, of course) to decide what shoes go best with the skirt Jenn is wearing today.

A wonderful park that any fan would love to go to?!

Yeah, right. Have fun at the Somewhat Crappy and Nondescript American Ballpark.

If she picked the Reds because their colors are pretty, I don't want her as a fan of my team.

Jenn, Congratulations on your selection of the Reds. If recent rumors prove factual, next year your new favorites potentially could feature the most overrated manager in recent baseball(T.Larussa with his appendage Duncan the bad pitching coach). You can marvel as G. Kenneth Griffey appears in over 40 games for the third consecutive season and you are only 15 plane crashes/train wrecks from superiority in the National League. The best feature is that tickets are always available.
Enjoy!

what a long not funny post by anonymous Aclown.

Congrats on your pick!! I hope the Reds fulfill the hole in your baseball heart. If not, there's always the Tigers:)

She's from indi...who do you think her fav. football team is son of papi....

Hi Jenn,

Glad to hear the Braves were in the running despite your ex's allegiance to them. It shows you were open to all ideas.

I think the best news out of this is that you come out being a baseball fan. The game's better for it. And once you learn all the nuances and idiosyncrasies of baseball, you’ll quickly learn you should have picked a different team. ;) But, you know what, as a real estate man myself, location is indeed everything, so I completely understand the attraction to the Reds. I don’t agree with it, but I understand it. Best of luck and may your only disappoint in life be those said Reds.

Cheers,
Alan

Who cares? Is this the most pressing sports issue of the day -- what team his random girl should cheer for? C'mon Pete, you can do better than that ... don't be so lazy.

Anon. 11:59,

Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the 10 Spot. There is certainly plenty of information on the most "pressing sports issue(s)" of the day elsewhere on SI.com, starting with "Top Stories." We generally take a different, and decidedly lighter, approach at the 10 Spot. If you're clicking on this link for hard-hitting polemics or breaking sports news, you will generally be disappointed.

Still, there's little denying that I am "so lazy."

-- Thanks, Pete

Travis,
C'mon, it was at least a leeetle funny.

It goes to show, it's never iffy if it's Griffey.

I have sen Bronson Arroyo before, a picture of Jenn, particularly in a Reds hat, would have been a much better match for the post.

Aclown:
I'll give you credit for being the first person include the word "riblet" in a post. Since riblet is a pretty funny word I'll change my critique to long and semi-funny.

This " There is always next year" remark sounds more like a Cubs fan than a Reds Fan. We've been saying that for years and years and years now. Maybe she should rethink her decision? Who wants to be a cummy Reds fan anyways?

Son of Papi is a loser.

As a fan of the Cincinnati Reds that lives near Indy I want to congratulate your decision to help support the team. Here are 5 great things for you to look forward to;
1. You can listen to all the games from Indy on strong station 700 WLW
2. Their AAA team (Louisville) visits your Indianapolis Indians 7-10 times every year~ gives you a chance to see prospects
3. Great radio broadcasters with Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman and his son Thom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Brennaman
4. Great new stadium much like Indy's
5.. Griffey Jr. is amazing to watch.

But be preparred....the Reds will break your heart by upper management decisions to trade favorite players as bigger teams (Yankees, Red Sox) push for the playoffs. Budget cannot compete with the large market teams.

so apparently she didn't need help picking a team, she just needed a map....glad I cared.

Wow, I am glad myself and 300 other 10 spot fans took their time to post a comment on why Jenn should pick such and such team - just to have her pick a team....which is close by. That was lots of fun.

Perhaps this was all just one big rouse by Pete "No more hat" McEntegart to drum up ratings. I sure hope this isnt the case, as that would be the biggest scandal currently (there are none other going on right now, right?!) and biggest since SI.com decided to digitize all contributor's profile picture's smile to bright white. I mean c'mon your guy's dental plan can't be that good!

Random ranting aside, I hope Pete in fairness suggests a new contest to loyal readers which is truly fair and would not be decided on locale.

My original suggestion was The Brewers but I think Jenn made a better choice. Games should be accessible to the fans, if at all possible. The Reds have a long history and a decent fanbase. Don't listen to all of these people trashing the Reds. Winning is cyclar. The Reds won the World Series in 1990 and were a playoff team throught the 90s. Good choice, Jenn!

-Astros Fan

First, Anon 1:56PM? I think you mean 'cyclical', thanks for using a dictionary.

As far as Jenn's decision, it sounds to me like most of you out there are bitter she didn't choose your team, and that you all have a small issue understanding what fandom is all about. Lets not forget that the whole point of BEING a fan is backing the team of choice no matter what. It should never enter someone's chain of thought how the team is doing right now, or in the recent past... one must look at the ENTIRE body of work, and select someone they can truly put their heart into.

Instead, it sounds like most of you think front-running is the way to go, and whats more some of you see fit to mock people for putting a little more thought into it.

It's one thing to talk smack about teams, it's another to talk smack about fans. Grow the hell up.

Dear Anonyous A**clown:
When I go to Applebee's I always order the same thing, the club sandwich. It has BBQ sauce on it so it is like totally awesome. And I rarely were skirts and generally am a Jeans and Flip-Flops kind of girl so choosing shoes is like so frakking easy. I wanted to choose a different team, but then people gave me practical advice and I went with the practical decision. I am nothing like you think.
Dear Everyone Else:
Thank you for all of your advice. And while I wanted to really make a much more interesting decision, it did make more sense to make a practical one. AND the friend who is a Red's fan did not force me into this. She doesn't know yet. And I have been cheering for the Colts for over ten years, so I know how to stick by my men!!! GO REDS!!! And thanks again to everyone for all of your great advice!

Jenn- are you a Battlestar Galactica fan, or was the 'frakking' just a coincidence?

Pete, substitute football for baseball and you have a Brady Bunch episode where Marsha picked the winners of games by the colour of their helmets. Seinfeld was right, we are now cheering for jerseys.

Jenn,
Are you asking me out on a date to Applebee's? Because if you are, we're going to have to go dutch. Or better yet, the first one's on you (it was your idea after all).
Things have been kind of rough, financial-wise, since i lost my job. But that's mighty nice of you to lift my spirits by treating me to dinner. I'll meet you at the Waffle Steak right off I-70 by Post Rd.

Jenn,
PS - try to wear something nicer than jeans and a t-shirt.

I actually randomly heard the word FRAKKING and fell in love with it, since I don't cuss. But the Reds fan is a big fan of the F word so I had to have sonething to compete with her. So, no Battlestar...
Annoymous Assclown... Why do I have this odd felling that I know you from my past. Where did you go to HS/College? Or am I just confusing you with some other random Assclowns??
And thanks again for everyone helping me out. Sorry, I went with what seems like the obvious choice, but trust me, it wasn't just about location.
GO REDS!

There's only one true Assclown, sweetheart.
Either way, I didn't go to HS or college. I dropped out in the 5th grade to pursue my lifelong ambition of being Lee Majors' new sidekick on The Fall Guy. That didn't work out, but I did end up getting my GED.
You're not going to start acting all intellectually superior now that you know I'm not Joe College, are you? Because a GED is just as good (at least that's what that lady at truck driving school told me).

great choice, the Reds will give you roller-coaster thrills every year.

A great way to get into the spirit of the organization is to get a copy of the LP album that recapped the '75 season. You can get them on eBay.