"Joseph Gregory Randa" is a former Major League Baseball player. He was primarily a third baseman during his career. His nickname is "Joker (comics)/The Joker" due to his resemblance to the comic book character (arts)/character in Batman and his ever-present smile, especially during his plate appearances. It was given to him by Tony Muser, the Kansas City Royals manager (baseball)/manager during Randa's second tour with the ballclub. This had resulted from Muser having to constantly answer questions about why Randa was always smiling. "I'd tell them that's not a smile, it's his normal look," Muser explained.

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Chemistry is important, but it can mean a lot of different things.

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I went to [Kettle-Moraine High School], 20 miles outside the city [in Wales, Wis.], and I've stayed in touch with some of my friends. So it's definitely special coming here. I got to spend time with everybody when I came in earlier in the season [with the Reds], but this is business now.

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I think there's a lot of hidden agendas there. With the revenue sharing and all the money he's getting with the TV revenues, he's making money and they're losing games. Hopefully the Glass family will try to sell the team and get somebody in there that cares and wants to win.

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My two older sisters and their families live here.

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I didn't get drafted my senior year, ... I got offered a contract by the Brewers for $1,500 from Sal Bando. I decided to go to college instead, and it worked out pretty well.

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I think every situation is unique. You can get along great, but if you go out on the field and don't communicate well . . .There's a lot of things that happen in sports that are unexplainable.

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A lot of things are unexplainable.

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Believe me, there's no sense of complacency in here at all. We're going out and giving it everything we've got. Bottom line, we're not getting a lot of love in key situations. We've had some good at-bats and hit balls hard, but we're not getting any breaks. We're going to work our way out of it.

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Everybody's at the point now where they're getting mad.

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