Hunt for a Red October

CBS Sportsline's Clay Travis wrote the Cincinnati Reds preview on Deadspin today. Of course I read it. Seems like he and I had similar tastes growing up.

1. Wristbands with a picture on them. I had these for a time in youth baseball - Barry Larkin, actually - but I didn't like playing with wristbands.

2. I didn't have a gold chain with a Cincinnati Reds pendant like Eric Davis (my idol growing up) or Clay (I didn't like jewelry, either), but I did (and still do) have a red Eric Davis #44 BP jersey. It's pretty sweet.

3. High top cleats: check. I wore red or black high top spikes from youth baseball through high school. The only reason I stopped in college was because my college coach mandated us wearing low top Ponys.

4. I had a red Cincinnati Reds turtleneck for awhile, through middle school. I wore it fairly often, most notably with my black Los Angeles Kings sweatpants. Yeah, I had it going on in middle school.

5. I also had a number of those MLB caricature shirts. Eric Davis, The Nasty Boys and The Hunt for a Red October, specifically. Some more middle school-era gear.

Those were the good old days. Clay's preview brought back a lot of solid memories.

Looks like the "Kings" are back on track after a brief two-game losing skid. They've since won two in-a-row, including today's triumph over Toronto. All hail the "Kings". Reds rule.