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Game Thread Part Deux

Ph4_tiny by Paul Householder on Comment 245 comments

Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.
Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.
Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.
Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.  Just for Zach.

(If anyone else wants to post here, they can too.)

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Yesss I've always wanted my own game thread
Go reds!
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

1st on 2nd
*
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 4:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I guess its only fair
That zach be first on the game thread just for him.
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You were first
Because you called it.  He didn't call it.
"I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs, and four-thousand hits." - Pete Rose

by BK on Jul 18, 2007 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

When it's all said and done
we are all first because we are reds fans! :}
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, "last"
Is probably more accurate.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

NO our blog is better than any other NL Central
blogs, so we are NO.1
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok
If there is a next inning I want to see Bobby hit!
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey Zach you know so much about baseball!
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Zach
you aren't too bad yoruself
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looking good zach
Thanks zach
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hobbs comes back when?
I'll try again.... When does he come back, and when he is back, can we never see Norris again?
"If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing." - Sparky Anderson

by bphil2b on Jul 18, 2007 4:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Two weeks, apparently.
And I would bet that Keppinger gets sent down because he has less Veteran Presence than Hopper.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

IT would be movie like if he came back now!
Some how the Reds have roster space and Hamilton is coming up to the plate...swings and misses the first two pitches and then the next one is long gone...then he gets the save in the bottom of the inning
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude, I hope you're wrong...
"I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs, and four-thousand hits." - Pete Rose

by BK on Jul 18, 2007 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

U r a reds fan right..?
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love to see a Double play here
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

god damn
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BOHICA
"I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs, and four-thousand hits." - Pete Rose

by BK on Jul 18, 2007 4:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm ready for that double play
any time now...
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 4:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You got it
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet
I should be bench coach...
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd hire you
I'm hitting coach, I benched Dunn because he didn't bunt when he hit a HR, ha ha that will show him...oh wait we are in a game
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Phillips for MVP!
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

There ya go
"If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing." - Sparky Anderson

by bphil2b on Jul 18, 2007 4:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

alright Pete Dig down...
give Bobby a piece of lumber to win us a ballgame
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hot damn!
"I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs, and four-thousand hits." - Pete Rose

by BK on Jul 18, 2007 4:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm ready for a 3-run inning
any time now...
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 4:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Come on Freel
make yourself useful
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Paranto looks like he's aiming for Freel's nuts
on gameday...
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 4:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chad Paronto looks like...
...a younger, sexier Mike Stanton.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 18, 2007 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ooh!
Can he let inherited runners score like stanton? We'll take him
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He looks like a slimmer version
Of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, he IS sexy
His neck is wider than his head.
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

mmm Sweep
Hey Sarloos is back for a 3rd time...umm cool?
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does BP know about DP or what?
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 4:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Heck yes he does
he wants to get this game over with to go home and re-read the 6th harry potter book to get ready for the big night tomorow!
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who doesn't?
he shoulda hit a Home run then.
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Kelly Johnson
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gosling is going to pitch
cool
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BOHICA
"I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs, and four-thousand hits." - Pete Rose

by BK on Jul 18, 2007 4:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If we get out of this inning...
we may need Livingston to pinch hit for us after all.
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 4:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure glad Chad Moeller is on the team
I wouldn't want Joey Vottos bat now...
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 18, 2007 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i come back
not only are they still playing, but there's a second game thread?  been awhile since that's happened.

yes!  come on, reds!

Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 4:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm back...
I see that there hasn't been much movement on the game being over front.

We're now on our 5th inning of Dunn on the bench.

Frickin' Brilliant.

"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 4:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

D....
We both came back and posted within three seconds of each other..

People are going to start to talk :-)

"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shhh!!!
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

time for a 2-run inning
for the reds!
Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Jul 18, 2007 4:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the Braves
bench is empty.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 4:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

who's left on ours?
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This from Lance's Blog...
Rumors heard
The rumor going around MLB is Dunn to the Brewers for
Matt Wise, Tony Gwynn Jr., and some hot infield prospect.
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 4:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

huh?
when did they send him down?  and why?
Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Change it
to Tony Gwynn Sr., circa 1987, and we have a deal.

by ken on Jul 18, 2007 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man!
And I was sure David Ross was going to do something helpful in that at bat.
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

As I said in the other thread...
I just paid $80 to have a light bulb in my car's console replaced...

and they're still playing this one.  Wow.

I'd rather not have another BOHICA moment today...

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I say we PH Livingston and win this mofo!
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 5:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Has there ever been
a regular position player for the Reds ever hit below the Mendoza .200 line?

by buckeye22fox on Jul 18, 2007 5:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yes
Just depends on your cutoff...

If you make the cutoff 500 PAs though, the worst we've had is Bobby Tolan's .206 in 1973.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if you make it batting title qualified
Bill Bergen hit .179 in 1901.
It's not the negativity. It's the misdirected negativity.

by Red Menace on Jul 18, 2007 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ross
is heading back down to batting .190 again...

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

When your bench players suck this much....
you send your relief pitchers to the plate.  That's just the way it goes.  Thanks Wayne.
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gamecast on Gosling
Strike three (flailing)
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

We've been put to shame...
I just went over to Talking Chop to see what the Braves fans thought about trading Salty, and I looked at their game thread.

This game that featured Smoltz vs. Harang, and it currently in it 14th inning, garnered a whopping 26 posts.

"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

entertaining game
I left Columbus in the 8th inning and it got me all the way to Cincinnati (and then some).
It's not the negativity. It's the misdirected negativity.

by Red Menace on Jul 18, 2007 5:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

harang's no-love fest
mlb.com: "Smoltz shines in return from DL."

like Harang didn't pitch better?  

instead of being one sided, why don't they just say "reds-braves battling in extras" or whatever corny title they want.  at least it would be equal.

Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That was how they billed it
before the game started, too.  The headline--maybe the blurb, too--mentioned Smoltz, no Harang.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I only had parts of the game on the radio but..
..didn't Smoltz strike out five consecutive?

That's pretty impressive coming off the DL.

And.. Smoltz is a (probable) Hall of Famer.

And he's kinda cute.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 18, 2007 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

if you ever said that to him
he'd slug you, being the homophobe he is and all.
Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good gravy
I didn't think I'd get to see any of this game.  

But it's quittin' time, and the game's still on!  

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jul 18, 2007 5:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy Moses!
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is weird
Why is our bullpen pitching so well?
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it's been so long
you probably forgot about weather's blown save
Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but..
normally he does ok and the other guys screw it all up.  Today is like backwards day or something.
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

chub$ slaughtering giants 12-0
reality:  yeah, they are definitely going to win the division.

warped fantasy:  reds will defeat them in the final series of the season to win the division and have one of the greatest comebacks in mlb history.

the '69 mets were 10 back in August and they won the world series.

Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hi all
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What it is, Caleb
what it is?
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does the Reds curse
Relating to rookie starters also apply to rookie relievers making their ML debut?

They are hitting off a guy with no photo on Gamecast.

Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought game threads were happy hours?
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah! Fielding error!!
We'll take it.
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gameday is all confused.
Did Hopper get a hit?  If so, I can understand the confusion.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Kepp is the only Red player
who has played the whole game and hasn' gotten a hit yet.

Except Ross, but that didn't really need to be said, did it?

Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Time for Keppinger to bunt him over
Then the pitcher can walk Griffey for the third time since Adam Dunn was taken out as a defensive replacement.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Cmon Junior
Two run shot.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jr. should bat ahead of Freel every night
That way we can pad his OBP for the trade...

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Better to bat him in front
Of Castro or Moeller.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

End this thang, Griff!
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 5:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

perfect bounce for the RF
cmon freel
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Now do something positive Freel
hasn't two weeks passed yet?  Where's Hobbs?
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Because
MacMorron took out Dunn in the 8th as a defensive replacement because the bullpen was going to hold a one-run lead.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh right, i forgot
scotty is the best guy to have up now, though
Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Because Dunn
just wasn't getting the job done in that spot.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Norris Hopper.
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hattie
let's do it, be a professional hitter
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay Hattie
Win it for us again!

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Way to go Freel.
Dunn couldn't have done that.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am beginning to hate Ryan Freel
I never understood the love affair with him.  He's the kind of player that hangs around the roster of bad teams.  In Cincy, the gets a contract extension.
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I really do think
He's a pretty good player when he plays four, maybe five games a week.  Starting in CF, though, he's just not that good of a player.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

at least freel went down swing this time
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 5:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That had to be a squeeze
there is no way Freel bunts on his own in that situation
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

make them pay Phillips
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll take BP in this situation
Interesting.
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BP GS ASAP!
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 5:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BP
Please annoy me with a selfish grand slam now.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh no they dih-ent
just IBB the bases loaded ahead of BP.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I sure am glad Phillips got the day off...
He's only played 7 or 8 innings now..
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Did they ever say...
...why BP asked for the day off?  Just doesn't like getting up that early, or was he not feeling well?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jul 18, 2007 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that had some giddyup on it
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BP is THE man
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BP are you with me?
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

AW YEAH!
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 5:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wooooohoooooooo!!!!!!
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

get out the prayer beads..
artifacts and any other holy symbol you can. It's last round up time
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BP!
Voice in BP's head: Suck. My. Dick. Bobby. Cox!

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 18, 2007 5:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I guess Ross is going through another slump?
?
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

No...
That's how he's been all year long, actually.
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ross
Really made him work for it there.

Down to .190.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

gosling
Coffey, Burton, Belisle on the bench
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Also
uhhh, isn't Belisle a starter?

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah
but he could throw an inning today I think
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Go Go Gosling!
Let's sweep this baby!
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It makes me cry
A 1-2-3 inning... why couldn't we just have a 1-2-3 inning and go home.
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by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Because...
...the dregs of both teams are in now.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jul 18, 2007 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dental plan!
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

woo hoo
this guy might make a decent reliever yet
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The bullpen
doesn't look like we purchased it at the Toilet Store today, although Weathers pissed me off and made me waste 2 more hours of my life.

by buckeye22fox on Jul 18, 2007 5:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

mabye
i spoke to soon

by buckeye22fox on Jul 18, 2007 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me too
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ross
missed that ball twice
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

poopy
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

turn two and lets go home
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That's right
He was just trying to set up the DP.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh god
here we go again, we all spoke too soon.
Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Crap
Okay, we can handle one run...

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Urge to kill
Rising... Rising
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Fading
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rising
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

see ya
nice pitch
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

just cause...
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 5:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What's the delay?
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

crap
this will suck really bad if this guys gets a hit
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He is
5 for 25 on the year with a HR.  9/63 in his career...

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

geez
well, at least it's a pitcher, even if he can hit a little.

come on.

Fire DeWayno Sweaterpants!

by Daedalus on Jul 18, 2007 5:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

don't nibble
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

please, please, please
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Strike this fucker out!
Sorry
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

YES!
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well said
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I figured....
its what we all were thinking.
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And this one belongs to the Reds!!
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And this one...
Finally belongs to the Reds!!!!!
Please don't trade Adam Dunn.

by Paul Householder on Jul 18, 2007 5:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is it ever easy with this team?
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 5:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hallelujah
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jul 18, 2007 5:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is this our first series sweep of the year
??
Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Jul 18, 2007 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No
I'm pretty sure I've had reason to post that broom GIF before.  ;-)
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Jul 18, 2007 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No
Remember that they just swept the D-backs right before the break...

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That one was
the first sweep of the season, though.  Remember also: the final game of that series went 11 innings.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And with
games on each of the next 11 days...

At least this was a day game.  And it wasn't THAT long, in the end...four and a half hours?

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

fantastic
Guess how many regular games it would take to equal the entertainment content of this game.

It's not the negativity. It's the misdirected negativity.

by Red Menace on Jul 18, 2007 5:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Excellent!
But who in the bullpen shall be nicknamed "Colon Blow"?
Today is the first day of the rest of the season.

by satyanaas on Jul 18, 2007 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i think it is a title worthy
of sharing. maybe a nightly honor
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Jul 18, 2007 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No longer in the cellar
.5 games back of 4th!!!!!!!!!!!

by buckeye22fox on Jul 18, 2007 5:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is the shit over yet?
I was watching it with some Friends Who Are Braves Fans, but left after the 9th ended with the scored tied and Adam Mfing Dunn on the bench. Couldn't bear to watch, ran some errands, and just been reading through the game threads. fwiw, I really really like the Braves (and Chipper Jones). There are also a number of great Braves blogs; Talking Chop is not among them.

It's also fun to have Braves fans attempt to commiserate with me about the Reds bullpen. They're pulling their hair out over Wickman closing ahead of Soriano, who gave up the bomb to Dunn today, but who's been pretty filthy this year.

"California was when the punk scene started" -Zach

by Man Mountain on Jul 18, 2007 5:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Larry buys a coupla rounds at Hooters..
..and can even find a friend in Man Mountain?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 18, 2007 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Face it, Chipper's a really solid player
and I've never been to a Hooters. My brother, howevah, goes weekly.
"California was when the punk scene started" -Zach

by Man Mountain on Jul 18, 2007 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do like Chipper (a lil' bit).
It's hard to not root for a guy that stays on one team for a lengthy period of time and gets better during the course of his time there.

But I kinda like nearly every MLB player.

Was it Carl Everett that evidently believed that dinosaurs never existed because they weren't in the bible?

I kinda liked that guy.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 18, 2007 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Carl Everett
That dude was/is CUH-RAYZEE.

by jch24 on Jul 18, 2007 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Everett
goes back and forth on the reasoning for this, but I believe his initial logic was that he doesn't believe in things he's never seen. Like Abraham Lincoln.

If you think about it, without the proper frame of reference, it is kind of bizarre that giant lizards once ruled the earth. And by "without the proper frame of reference," I mean never having scene Michael Douglas in a love scene.

It's painting season, and you've got a lot of stuff to paint.

by Man Mountain on Jul 18, 2007 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate to admidt it
but i kinda like Gosling.  Why does he have the reputation for being a soft toser 91-93 isn't soft tosing.  

by justin0070000 on Jul 18, 2007 5:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

soft tosser
reminds me of Big Ray in Chino
"California was when the punk scene started" -Zach

by Man Mountain on Jul 18, 2007 5:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Game Summary
Harang - 1 hit
Lopez  - 3 hits
Dunn - CLUTCH HR
BP   - The new face of the team - Daedalus' new hero
Bull pen - Who are these guys
Stormy -Rough day at the office
Gosling  - No Complaino
Braves - Suck a Cox
Pete Macadania - Finding ways to make it happen

WEll 4W - WL with 11 to go - I Think I'm gonna make to at least 10W maybe 12W -  so take that FVA my man!

He was the greatest clutch hitter I've played with/ against.He always seemed to be there at the right time with clutch hitting." -Frank White on George Brett

by Madville on Jul 18, 2007 5:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh, by the way
From today's game preview:
The Reds (39-55) hung on to beat the Braves 6-5 on Tuesday despite giving up all five runs in the final two innings. They have not swept the Braves (50-44) in three games in Atlanta since April 13-16, 1990, and have not earned any three-game sweep against them since Sept. 2-4, 1996 in Cincinnati.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 5:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That game took years off my life
And if I had a laptop (or TV in my room), this game thread probably would have gone to three segments.

Big win for the boys today.  It almost makes you forget how well Harang pitched.  Nice to see Cancer with the continued heroics.  I am NOT looking forward to seeing the bullpen for the next week.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 18, 2007 6:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, we're taking our fat and tired bullpen..
..to another of MLB's hottest and humid-est cities.
"This may be representative of my nature as a middle American jerk-off." ~Pops

by Fat Vegas Alan on Jul 18, 2007 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Something I did not learn from Gamecast:
From the AP writeup:
Cincinnati employed an unusual defense in the 10th to extend the game.

With Chipper Jones standing on third with one out and Francoeur about to hit, Reds interim manager Pete Mackanin moved center fielder Ryan Freel in front of the bag at second, and the strategy paid off.

Second baseman Phillips made a leaping catch of Francoeur's liner before throwing to third baseman Jeff Keppinger to force out Jones, who had moved down the line to score the winning run. Jones' RBI double earlier in the inning off David Weathers tied it at 3.

by Gray on Jul 18, 2007 6:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, the ol' five man infield
Quoth Chip Carey (or possibly Joe Simpson): "Pete Mackanin has made some interesting moves, which didn't work out.  Like having a five man infield.  That ended up working out."

Oh.  Cuz about five seconds before, you said it didn't work.  Perhaps because the ball wasn't hit directly to Freel?  I dunno, I'll take an inning-ending double play any day, particularly when there's a guy at third with one out.  Yikes, the TBS announcers were awful.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 18, 2007 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I miss Skip Carey and Van Wieren
on the tv side. Twenty minutes of silence, punctuated by Skip asking Pete if he'd ever tried one of those Cherry Lime drinks at Sonic.

I'm not being kitschy; I really found that pleasant.

It's painting season, and you've got a lot of stuff to paint.

by Man Mountain on Jul 18, 2007 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude had a permed mullet...
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep...
It was a good move.  I don't know if it helped Phillips make the double play, but I liked that move.
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

just got back
from b-dubs, where i watched game with friend. started in 5th inning, watched though end, waitress angry. game kicked ass. kept saying reds would lose, didnt. hard to believe. much fun. comment of day, IMO, tHan and "I made pewpies... but i eated it." how true.
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Jul 18, 2007 6:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Glad to be able to entertain you :-)
"Give them this: they never let the fact that only half of what they posted was funny stop them from posting still more." - Rastronomicals

by chandrathan on Jul 18, 2007 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Man Mountain

Please forward your comment to Thom: "Twenty minutes of silence, punctuated by Skip asking Pete if he'd ever tried one of those Cherry Lime drinks at Sonic."

I guess I'm just from back in the past, but I really miss the days when TV announcers let the game do the talking.

He was the greatest clutch hitter I've played with/ against.He always seemed to be there at the right time with clutch hitting." -Frank White on George Brett

by Madville on Jul 18, 2007 9:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I love a good clean sweep.
Now I get to read all your funny comments, and look at the pictures.  The Reds need to make those outfits the new cheerleader uniforms.

by redlegrulers on Jul 19, 2007 12:23 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

For anyone who cares...
Phillip's DP in the 10th was Sportscenters Top play for yesterday!
"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed." -Tug McGraw

by Zach K on Jul 19, 2007 8:58 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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