Game Thread 8/30

First...

And actually, I don't really mind this lineup.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 4:33 PM EDT reply actions

This is basically the same lineup

That did pretty well over the past couple of weeks, except that Sea Bass is in for Keppinger (and who could argue with that, given the way Sea Bass has been playing the last couple of games).

I have given up advocating that Dunn and Griffey bat next to each other. That is a hopeless cause.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

actually

the exact same lineup that produced 8 runs last night.

No Hopper, no Ellison: appreciate small mercies

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 30, 2007 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah.

That too.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm with Justin, sorta

I'd like to see Hatte second. And EdE moved up. I'm not a huge momentum guy; I'd rather see the better hitters hit earlier.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, too

I really expected Kepp at 2nd tonight.

Pete was making noises about giving Brandon a day off on Sunday.

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

No Way

Ride Brandon while he is hot. Once he takes an 0-Fer, then give him a rest.

Find me on MySpace- http://www.myspace.com/mixfmkyle

by MixFMKyle on Aug 30, 2007 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm beyond whining about lineup structure.

If the right players are in there, I'm happy.

by Geki on Aug 30, 2007 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

I agree.

I don't think this a giant WTF lineup--we've seen plenty of those. This one has a few minor things that make me go, "huh?" but nothing more.

by Gray on Aug 30, 2007 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Vegas

Isn't tonight 600+ comment night? No hype.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 6:56 PM EDT reply actions

I yall let me comment

on LSU-Miss State game after I get back in tonight, I promise I can get us there.

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 30, 2007 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh shit. I'm called out.

It all started Monday when I went to Cleveland for a Indians game instead of posting my diary hyping "600+ Comment Night."

Then, I saw that this afternoon was going to be the only time that I could take my boys to the Millersport Sweet Corn Festival and I idn't know if I'd be back in time for the first innings of the game.

And, with Boobs out playing Sal Paradise, Slyde on another hiatus, and Man Mountain presumably preoccupied with purple and gold tigers tonight, and 'Than madder than a wet hen at us, I thought I might unofficially postpone "600+ Comment Night."

That doesn't mean this cannot be a dry run. (Although with my wife in Albany for business, I'm pretty busy until Tommy goes down at 9. That, and I'm also interested in those purple and gold tigers. My apologies to the Belisle family.)

I apologize if I left ya hangin'.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Not at all

I just wanted to see if the goal could be reached, given the depression that the doubleheader seems to have put everyone in. Looking forward to whenever it happens.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions

And also,

Is it college football season already? Yikes, I was not paying attention. VT on the TV noon Saturday.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

GIDP for Jr.

At least he put the ball in play. :-P

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 7:11 PM EDT reply actions

Dunn!

Play 1st base already would you

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 7:17 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

I know a lot of people hate the idea of Dunn playing 1st base, but it's worth a shot. People say that he doesn't want to play there or that he sucks in the OF so he would suck at 1st base; but I just can't see any harm in trying it out for a few weeks. Especially with all the talk that Votto isn't well-liked by the higher ups. It would free up a spot in the outfield and who knows, maybe he would blossom at 1st base. He's not a stupid person, he was recruited as a quarterback. So I say give it a shot.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought...

...they already did give it shot. That's why people think he sucks there.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions

for how long?

I honestly don't know how long it was. But I don't remember it being for much more than a few games here and there. I would just like to see him given a legitimate shot. I'm also not against trying Griffey there, although I realize it might be hard to persuade Griffey to do that.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions

before my time

But Baseball Prospectus shows Dunn has played first base quite a bit over the years.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Granted...

...thats a lot more than I thought it would be, haha. I guess my point is to just try some new things. Instead of complaining about Dunn every year and threatening to trade him, why not make him the everyday 1st baseman for awhile. I don't know, maybe I just put too much faith in Dunn's abilities.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Just at a glance

Pujols had 5 errors in his first season as 1st baseman. He played in 42 games. Dunn had 6 errors in his first season at 1st base, and he appeared in 44 games. It isn't much of a sample size, but I digress...Given an everyday chance, he may improve at 1st

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions

He may

But from what I heard, he made it pretty clear that he didn't like playing 1B.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

True.

And it is a good point. I think player morale does a lot to a team. However, Dunn doesn't run the team. Petey does (sigh). Nevertheless, the manager should make the decisions, whether those decisions are well-informed or not, is debatable.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, there's the "run"

now all we need is the 6 innings

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 30, 2007 7:26 PM EDT reply actions

I have a feeling

That we are seeing the Bad Belisle tonight.

Get ready to see more "In play, run(s)."

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Ahem

We on pace to hit 600 posts tonight!

(If the game goes 24 innings or so.)

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 8:01 PM EDT reply actions

holy baserunning

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:07 PM EDT reply actions

Dunner

is having a bad night. Did anyone see if he actually missed the base?

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:09 PM EDT reply actions

I have no clue what happened

I'm following the game via Gameday.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 8:10 PM EDT reply actions

missed 3rd

dunn missed 3rd (apparently) on his way to score. petey took forever to go argue the call and it was to no avail anyways. The eventually took away Griffey's run too, because Dunn's out was the 3rd out of the inning.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

And what is the score?

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

1-0

pitt

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Thom is annoying

when he's bitching about stuff. Here we go with the anti-dunntite talk from the brennemans.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:11 PM EDT reply actions

well, not defending, but is was a bone head play

by Dunn

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah

he should have turned around after/if he missed 3rd. But hearing Thom and marty continually go over it is annoying.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

So are the Umps

They are most likely Anti-Dunntite too, They made him make a dum mistake to make sure tHom and Marty bitched about it. It is quite genius.

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions

ouch.

i think we can all agree the Brenneman's are extra hard on Dunn. I love Marty, but his pessimism towards Dunn got old a LONG time ago

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions

what a mess

and why no replay that is worth a shit

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:12 PM EDT reply actions

You have to ask?

It is FSN, you know.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Trent says....

EE singles, 2-1. Nevermind, Dunn didn't touch third. 1-5. Ouch. Bad, bad night for Dunn. Redlegs 1, Peglegs 1
The umpires are conferring right now... Wally Bell called Pete Mackanin out to the field and is talking to him right now. And still....
Not sure what this is.
Still talking. Nady's ready, Belisle's ready. I think maybe they're gonna take the run away, that Griffey hadn't scored before Dunn crossed third. It could be 1-0. Yep, Wally Bell called in. It doesn't count because of the force play. 1-0 Pirates. Two runs cross the plate, no runs score.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 8:12 PM EDT reply actions

and that would be correct

griffey had not reached the plate before dunn missed third

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions

OK.

That was bad. Dunn is not having a good night. Time to make up for it with a three run, non-clutch home run.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

EdE

gets screwed out of two RBI

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:14 PM EDT reply actions

official scorer

EdE doesn't get a hit either on the play

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:16 PM EDT reply actions

What the hell happened?

We had 2 runs and then not so much

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 8:16 PM EDT reply actions

Ede at the plate bases loaded

line drive to left Griffey scores Dunn scores. The Pirates appeal that Dunn never touched third. Appeal upheld, Dunn out no runs score because Jr did not cross the plate before Dunn missed third

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Chezball:

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

Most. Ironic. Signature. Ever.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I hate damn gamecast

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 8:17 PM EDT reply actions

how the hell do you miss third?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:18 PM EDT reply actions

funny story

I supposedly missed 3rd in high school once. I thought I hit the corner, but they appealed it and took away the run. I think its a bullshit call, because it happens so quick and sometimes the ump doesn't have the best view for that call. Maybe I'm just bitter from High School...

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I missed 3rd as well

in high school...and me and her where having such an awesome night as well...

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you throw at her afterwards?

cause after I got called out, i threw at the kid who appealed the call. It was all in good fun, i guess.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions

in jest

I miss third far too often . . . so say the ladies.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I miss Coutlangus...

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Welcome back, Colonel Angus

He's back with the team. They could use him if they wanted to.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

BubbaFan,

You just brightened my day.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

do you think the umps payed attention

to the order of touching bags? or just made it up

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions

3rd base ump was watching

at least it looked like he was

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions

doesn't matter

If the third out is made on a forceout, the run can't score. So even if Griffey crossed home before Dunn reached 3rd, the run wouldn't count.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

AFLAC trivia

4 players hit 175 or more hrs while playing for the Pirates. name them

Willie Stargell
Roberto Clemente
Barry Bonds?
Ralph Kiner?
Dave Parker?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:23 PM EDT reply actions

bonds had 144 i think

not bonds

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions

i wasn't sure about him

I think Kiner probably makes the list. parker had some really good years for them

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions

i lied, it's 176 if i can add

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions

rr trivia question

name the 7 reds to hit more than 200 hr's

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:34 PM EDT reply actions

hmmmm

bench
foster
perez
dunn
griffey
klu
robinson (frank type)

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions

umm

Dunn
Bench
Foster
Rose
Killebrew
Conception
Perez?

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

killebrew was never a Red

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

oh my bad

I ment Ted {oh god I will misspell his last name} K...

He was a coach on hte 1970s team

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions

*Rose

Robinson haha oops

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

replace your griffey

with eric davis and you have the other 6 right

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions

What?

Shouldn't Dunn be 8?

I thought he had like 229 or something

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions

i was referring to this one

bench
foster
perez
dunn
davis(not griff)
klu
robinson (frank type)

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions

hopefully dunn can redeem himself

why did the reds look recharged last night and like they are in a funk today?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

dunn... a chance for redemption

and in a clutch situation

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:42 PM EDT reply actions

Trivia?

As Reds?

Wally Post (?)
Frank Robinson
Ted Kluzewski
Tony Perez
Johnny Bench
George Foster (?)
Adam Dunn (and counting)

Duh. I think?

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 8:44 PM EDT reply actions

nice

Wally Post

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Ted Kluzewski!

thats him! Wow why did I put Killebrew

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions

good at bat

by Dunn

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:45 PM EDT reply actions

Grande

"High Flive"

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:46 PM EDT reply actions

Let's go Redlegs!

ClapClapClapClapClap.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 8:47 PM EDT reply actions

You know...

...it's kinda disappointing to see "run(s) scored"...then find out it's a GIDP.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 8:47 PM EDT reply actions

That's scrappy baseball, right?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Well...

...I guess it's better than MISSING THIRD BASE and taking away a 2-RBI hit and erasing two runs...

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

gameday is evil

that GIDP killed us as bad as missin third

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

valentin 0-3 & 5 LOB

ouch

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:49 PM EDT reply actions

And he's "protecting" Dunn.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions

BOOM BOOM CLAP

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:51 PM EDT reply actions

Smiles

... from Edwin!! Holy Cow! thats good to see

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:51 PM EDT reply actions

cheertastic

this is not a cheerocracy

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 8:52 PM EDT reply actions

Can I be the Cheerator?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Save the cheerleader, save the world

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions

cantu!!

reds lead 5-2=3 - 2

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 8:53 PM EDT reply actions

Can do!

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 8:53 PM EDT reply actions

Cantu

sweaterpants could look smart if he works out.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:53 PM EDT reply actions

Jorge can't hit!

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 8:53 PM EDT reply actions

Cliche' coming....wait for it

Cantu!!!

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think we're going to make 600...

And that was a pretty dumb call by whoever the Pirates manager is to leave Morris in there...

by Gray on Aug 30, 2007 8:54 PM EDT reply actions

I will pledge to post 100+ comments if...

..two other folks pledge to post 75+ each.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Starting now. (post #1)

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Hamilton

looks frustrated at the plate

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 8:56 PM EDT reply actions

Redsssss!

Cantu is awesome, he will be a great back up 1B for Dunn in '08...oh sorry I was day dreaming

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 8:57 PM EDT reply actions

OK.

I haven't been watching, but was Belisle struggling? Why take him out now after only 81 pitches?

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 8:59 PM EDT reply actions

i think he was going for the "clutch"

RBI situation there. batting cantu instead of belisle in tie game with 2 outs is the right call, IMO.

at least this isnt pittsburgh

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 30, 2007 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus,

the 'pen is fresh thanks to yesterday.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Hamilton



            BA     OPS

VS.  LEFT: .219 /  .598

VS. RIGHT: .306 / 1.021

Can't really blame Mackanin for sitting him in favor of Hopper against lefties. (Hopper is .359 / .831 vs. lefties.)

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 9:00 PM EDT reply actions

Shoulda traded for Wily Mo

That would have been one heck of a platoon.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions

take this chris welsh's stache

bid mcphee

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:02 PM EDT reply actions

G-Magic with a 1-2-3 inning.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:03 PM EDT reply actions

belisle

has looked stellar the last two games he's pitched

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:03 PM EDT reply actions

Probably I would say

"Stellar" in the last start and "not bad" today.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you know..

..that you can rearrange the letters in "Matt Belisle" to spell "Not bad to stellar"?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

you can't

TRIPLE STAMP A DOUBLE STAMP

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I heart ANAGRAMS

Beat Em Still

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Cool. Now do Norris Hopper.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions

nothing's worse than amateurs

Hire Porn Pros

If I add in his middle name, Nor Represents Hiphop.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice. Now do Kim Ng.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

touché

Kim Ng.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

M. King

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I award Majewski

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

I think

this was the "settlement" from the "grievance."

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

That, and $.05 in ass pennies.

Totalling a buck-o-five.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Ass pennies

Best. Sketch. ever.

That, and Truth Bucket.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Channeling TLR

Mackanin's burning relievers like nobody's business

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

im starting to hate this righty lefty stuff

is it that big of a deal?

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

to put it succinctly...

no

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Grrrrr

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

See...

It obviously worked here

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:21 PM EDT reply actions

Ruh roh...

in play, run(s)...

by Gray on Aug 30, 2007 9:21 PM EDT reply actions

so much for all that righty lefty stuff

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:21 PM EDT reply actions

I Blame Pete

for Burton giving up that HR, even though thats his 2nd HR given up...

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

Mackanin

enjoy scouting for the Delmarva Shorebirds next year

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

hahahahahaha

i really hope so

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions

not burtons fault

hes allowed to give up some runs

but bray looked nasty and was taken out dumb baseball

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

blech.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

Looks like...

we're gonna need some late inning Feroics to keep any hope alive

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:23 PM EDT reply actions

Newbies.

Everybody drink. And dance.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:23 PM EDT reply actions

Speaking of which...

Can you drink and dance if you're an old fart??

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

It depends..

..do your friends dance?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

'Cuz if your friends don't dance...

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Ess ess ess, Ay ay ay, Why why why, Eff eff eff...

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions

For anyone who cares

UC 31 SEMS 3...:}

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:23 PM EDT reply actions

i dont

OH-IO

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Dude, you we're supposed to stop at "H"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey I'm a UK Football fan all the way

but I like to see my school do well, and OSU kind of gets owned by the SEC..Big Ten is pretty overrated in my book with football and basketball, but damn good in wrestling

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Any conference with names like

"Boilermakers" and "Golden Gophers" canNOT be overrated. (Spartans is kind of pedestrian, andromache. Sorry.) But it beats hell over a conference that features two "Bulldogs."

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

And Tigers is super pedestrian

(Sorry Man Mountain.)

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

So now we're judging schools

by their mascots? I can picture your brackets.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions

W/o a playoff, it's as a good a way as any

Herr's mah brackets.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions

tigrmetrics.

It's hard to think "pedestrian" when you think "Boiler Makers," except, you know, literally, as people who would have to walk places...and their 3-8 record every Fall. Otherwise, you're right.

Also, they totally match the drapes in the breakfast room and the dark cherry stain you used on the wainscotting. Maybe Ikea will have an endtable to pull it together. Let me pull it up in Bookmarks. Buffering....

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 31, 2007 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Ahhhhhhhhhhh...

Conference USA... football the way it was meant to be played

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep

Since UC is in the big east now that makes lots of sense

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

On Thursday nights...

..because people have shit they'd rather do on Saturday afternoons.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

i was undecided on mccanin

untill hamilton did not start in either double headers......how do u sit hamilton even against leftys?

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:24 PM EDT reply actions

Dunn's Up!

Maybe he'll hit a 450-footer and forget to tag home in his delirium.

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:25 PM EDT reply actions

Nice Job.

3 pitches you fat piece of s%^&

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:27 PM EDT reply actions

shit

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

now thats what i call clutch

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions

haha great

He has been one of the best hitters since the ASB, behind hopper and Jeff K and because of one bad game he gets bitched at...awesome

As long as we stay positive

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

LLM

0-3 why isnt ross starting???

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:27 PM EDT reply actions

mendoza line was scared

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice one

and that 2 bagger is why Javy was

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

One thing I keep noticing

throughout all of the nice camera shots are all of the empty seats. Field level seats. On a Friday night. On one of the busiest baseball weekends of the year.

How do they keep a team again?

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 9:29 PM EDT reply actions

ummmmmmmmmmm

thursday

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Dibble, are you watching tomorrow's game?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

are we winning???

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, since when don't weekends

start on Thursday?

maybe I'm channeling my inner college student.

But the point remains that there are bushels of empty field level seats.

On a Thursday, even.

Which is still pathetic.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

uhhh.............its thursday

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

This is

Thursday

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Is an old guy like me

supposed to know who in the hell these long haired punks are?

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Heh

I always thought of these guys as the short-haired punks.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions

these guys don't register

in my pop culture knowledge either.

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know who they are..

..but I recognize their jackets from my church's donation box.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Swing and a miss

I guess I'm the only one who remembers the brief late-90s glory of Thursday.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

No

I have "Full Collapse" and some assorted mp3s. As popular emo bands go, they're actually pretty decent. Despite my love of all Dayton bands, Hawthorne Heights can suck a dick, and don't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Thursday (although I guess I'm the only one that did that).

I got to see them at the Warped Tour several years ago. I enjoyed.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I hated that "emo" tag,

but agreed, Thursday had their day.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm in a rediscovery period with them

I started listening again after a long layoff, and dig. "Understanding In a Car Crash" is a banger.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions

i really dont get the lefty righty junk

i play ball and i dont find any differnce facing lefts or rights

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

Unfortunately

we don't pull much better with the Pirates in town

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

The International Dateline

Uh, it's Thurday here.

You watching in Japan?? :)

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

clutchy mccluchcluchpants is up

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:32 PM EDT reply actions

odd

Hatteberg's 2-2 today...
If this doesn;t work Mackanin, your ass is mine

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:33 PM EDT reply actions

his ass is yours

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

question is

what are you going to do with it

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

we need the rbi machine

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

Is that the machinr that goes "ping"?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Here you go

img scr <http://crave.cnet.com/i/bto/20070320/manny_grill_270x360.jpg>

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

nvm I blew it...

I am a disgrace to you Alan

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

weedhopper

you have much to learn

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by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Weedhopper?

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions

It's be a lot cooler if you did.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Posting blind for ya, Zach.

This better be good.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I like that pic.

That's just Manny's grill being Manny's grill.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I guess

You have mastered the art of "timely pics", I have much to learn

I just typed in RBI Machine and that came up, rumor is he was trying to sell that grill on ebay

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

He was

What goof he is. Just Manny being Manny.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

haha thats great stuff

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions

you broke it!!!

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

the only time we need ellison

and hes not in pinch run for llm!!!

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:36 PM EDT reply actions

touch third ahole

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:37 PM EDT reply actions

Things have changed since I was a kid.

I don't remember that hole being part of getting to first, second, third or home.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Fifth base

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I always heard that..

...was "extra innings."

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

How would Phil Rizzuto call it

in a Meat Loaf song?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL

He wouldn't. He didn't even get that that bridge he did in "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" was about sex, He was pretty annoyed when he found out.

RIP, Scooter.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I've heard different things about this.

Meatloaf has said that he's talked with Phil about the song, and that Phil was fully aware and on board with its theme. Who knows.

BTW, I saw this at BTF shortly after Rizzuto died. Almost pissed my pants.

Looking to kill a few hours, several players and writers decided to take in the popular X-rated movie of the day. Phil Rizzuto was invited to join the group.

"Oh, no," said The Scooter. "I can't be seen at something like that."

Off we went, Scooterless, to the theater. We were sitting in the dark for about an hour when, on the screen, flashed a particularly ribald scene. Suddenly, from the back of the silent theater, a familiar shriek was heard.

"Holy Cow!"

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions

ROFL!

I wonder what movie it was? Deep Throat, maybe?

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Does Edwin get to

count that weekend RBI?

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 9:37 PM EDT reply actions

y was ellison put in to pinch run there???

i almost pooped my pants becase i thought llm was gonna be nailed at the plate

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:39 PM EDT reply actions

well...

at least he tied it, not much for the baserunning tonight, eh?

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

mlb.tv crapped out

good thing i spend money on something that works 80% of the time.

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:41 PM EDT reply actions

you bought a city worker?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Chuckle

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

utility man

Keppinger remains in the game as the first baseman.

???

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 9:41 PM EDT reply actions

dont mind it

but woulda liked to see cantu

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

plus side is...

we tied it and didn;t have to take burton out. Otherwise's Stanton's sucky-ass would prob. be in

Is it me, or did Dunn greatly improve all facets of his game for his contract year?

by chesirecat on Aug 30, 2007 9:42 PM EDT reply actions

Is "sucky-ass" considered third base?

Or "all the way"?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

cubs update 3-3 bottom of 4

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:42 PM EDT reply actions

KEPPY!!!

nice play

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:44 PM EDT reply actions

takebacks

I hereby rescind any irony or implied sarcasm regarding my comment on Keppinger's installment at first base.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions

has cantu already pinch hit?

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:45 PM EDT reply actions

PH 1b

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Cantu PH

Yes, in the top of the 6th for B'shizzle.

Single, RBI. Done for the night.

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

nm

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:45 PM EDT reply actions

burton's been solid recentlyexcept for last inning

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

nice

we need to see that on September 19.

Talk like a pirate day

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions

God I do not want to lose a series

to the pirates

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:47 PM EDT reply actions

how many teams, do you suppose,

feel that way about the Reds?

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 30, 2007 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Help us, Obi-Chacon

You're our only hope.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 9:48 PM EDT reply actions

what the....

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

what happened to cantu batting??

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:48 PM EDT reply actions

what channel is wgn on dish network?

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:50 PM EDT reply actions

Try 307

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

please get some runs

taco bell run needs to get done

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:51 PM EDT reply actions

Speaking of which..

Chris just said "there's usually some serious gas up there."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Trent's in the booth?

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions

C'mon Roy,

knock the cover off the ball

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 9:52 PM EDT reply actions

Hopper will probably replace

whoever makes the last out

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 30, 2007 9:53 PM EDT reply actions

get griffey up

and we'll win

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

bay doesnt like to lay out?

whata wuss

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:55 PM EDT reply actions

nope

likes playing a full season

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

lol nice!

Caleb I'm confused, you are one of the few people on this blog who is upbeat about everything

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

woo hoo

good job Gonzo

Lets go Griffey

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:55 PM EDT reply actions

BOOM BOOM CLAP

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:55 PM EDT reply actions

when was the last griff game-winner?

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 9:55 PM EDT reply actions

Not Tuesday

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Aug 30, 2007 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

before tonight?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

593...

right here

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 9:56 PM EDT reply actions

yikes

that was close

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

musta been the wind

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions

zach thanks

gonna watch the cubs game after we win

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:58 PM EDT reply actions

Fun!

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 9:59 PM EDT reply actions

YESSSSSSSSSS WHOOOHOOOO

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 9:59 PM EDT reply actions

How about that?

The Bad Luck Bears finally catch a break.

Nice hustle by Gonzo.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 30, 2007 10:00 PM EDT reply actions

as opposed to lack of by Griffey

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll take it!

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:00 PM EDT reply actions

great hussle gonzo

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:00 PM EDT reply actions

wtf jr?

why still at first?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:01 PM EDT reply actions

Because Dunn missed third.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions

lol

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions

hahahaha

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Nice running by Gonzo

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:01 PM EDT reply actions

Nice job Jr

sheesh man

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:02 PM EDT reply actions

griffs lack of hustle

on the popup cost us a run

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 10:02 PM EDT reply actions

I hate it when tHom is right

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions

id rather see llm then dunn here anyway

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:02 PM EDT reply actions

Wow

A-Gon scored on a popup to SS? How did that happen?

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:03 PM EDT reply actions

running on the pitch

hesitation by the ss and 3b. he kept running hard all the way.

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks

Muy scrappy, Sea Bass.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions

it was a texas leaguer

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions

BP is killing the ball

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:03 PM EDT reply actions

Dunn

0-2 K, .600 OBP, can't run bases

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 10:04 PM EDT reply actions

you forgot

his two miscues in left also

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions

HAHAHA

Thom: "i'm not gonna sit here and beat the guy down"

after talking about it for two batters.

nonetheless, Griff was doggin it big time

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:04 PM EDT reply actions

Buscemi

I'm going to be quiet, starting now.
See how you like it.
Just silence.
Not going to say a word.
Total silence.

by DevilsAdvocate on Aug 30, 2007 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Is that tHom in the woodchipper?

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

keep burton in?

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:05 PM EDT reply actions

In the dugout.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions

hopper ph for him

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Griffey

didn't hustle out of the box on that play. I don't get it

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:05 PM EDT reply actions

me either

he does it a lot too. and gets caught doing it a lot too. I'll never understand that

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Will Hopper be in RF now?

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 10:06 PM EDT reply actions

i'd put him in left

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Louisville has put up 70

and there's still a quarter and a half left.

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 10:07 PM EDT reply actions

wow

they must be shooting 70% or better :)

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions

How is Brohm doing?

5TDs 6TDs? Beat West Virgina! U of L!

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by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions

we should call all of the lousiville bats up then!

jk

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions

watching a little of the cubs game

marmol has some dirty stuff

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by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:08 PM EDT reply actions

it's a miracle

Jr has been healed and can run again

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:09 PM EDT reply actions

forecast confirmed stormy

by buckeye22fox on Aug 30, 2007 10:11 PM EDT reply actions

think we resign weathers?

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:11 PM EDT reply actions

You mean past next year?

It's a 2-year contract.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Josh Phelps

The Yankees' Rule 5 pick this year is en fuego for the Bucs.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:12 PM EDT reply actions

i'm sorry...

but i can't stand Weathers. I don't care how many saves he has. Don't like him.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:12 PM EDT reply actions

More fun!

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:13 PM EDT reply actions

BRANDON PHILLIPS IS MY HERO!!!!!!!!!

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:13 PM EDT reply actions

BP!!!!!!

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:14 PM EDT reply actions

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:14 PM EDT reply actions

It ain't nuttin' but a thang.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow.

That was lucky. Was it a particularly good play?

by Gray on Aug 30, 2007 10:16 PM EDT reply actions

Think lucky, bitches.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Niiiiice effort by BP.

But I think Phelps could have scored.

Not enough hustle. Not enought scrap.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

he should have slid

or leveled javy

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

A slide would have tied it.

But I think he could have simply altered his route and "ducked in."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions

A different situation

But Marlon Anderson lost the game for the Mets last night with a desperate takeout slide last night. I've never seen a game end on an interference call.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions

That is...

...one reason the Yanks gave up on Phelps. They liked his stick, but every other aspect of his game sucks big green warty pickles.

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by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions

kinda like Jeter?

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 31, 2007 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions

No way

Jeter's defense is overrated, but it's still good. He's been above average the past three years. (Maybe A-Rod's presence is letting him cheat to left?) His range isn't spectacular but he's got a good arm. If he gets to the ball, he can handle it. The problem is that he doesn't always get to the ball, especially if it's to his left.

He's an excellent baserunner, with both speed and smarts on the basepaths.

Phelps has a huge hole in his glove. He misses even the balls that go right to him. I'd say he throws like a girl, but I know a lot of girls who throw better than he does. ;-)

And he's not particularly speedy or smart on the basepaths, either.

I think if he'd been even average at anything else, they'd have tried to keep him because of the way he hits, but he was just too much a liability. They couldn't do it.

BTW, Phelps' OPS since he went to the Bucs is 1.346. o_O

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 31, 2007 7:08 AM EDT up reply actions

The good book

Bill James wrote an essay in the Fielding Bible about Jeter's defense. The essay is now a couple of year's old and so it predates most of Jeter's fielding "renaissance." James compares Adam Everett with Jeter, first by the numbers and then by video, to see what separates them. IIRC, James found that Jeter's shallow positioning prevented him from reaching a lot of hard hit GB and LD. You'd think that a strong arm would allow him to play deeper.

by ken on Aug 31, 2007 7:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Interesting

Maybe no one ever told him that when he was younger, and now he's set in his ways.

I've heard Jeter was very raw when he first came up. They had to teach him the basics (how to catch a ball, etc.).

It may be different now, but the Yankees' farm system had a reputation for only teaching players how to hit. They just didn't care about the rest. Players would come up to the big club without the fundamentals you'd think a player at that stage would know. (Baserunning, bunting, fielding, etc.)

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 31, 2007 7:45 AM EDT up reply actions

I was only kidding about Jeter

He is terribly overrated defensively, but that's not his fault.

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 31, 2007 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

amazing

phillips was falling back and after he barehanded the ball he threw it while he was in the air

"strikeouts are usually a bad thing"

by Shortstop2 on Aug 30, 2007 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought it was a good play.

Weathers was stormy as always, but Phillips made a great play on the ball. He gets this team pumped up. I love it.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

best play by a 2nd baseman

that I have ever seen

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Passing through...

Brandon Phillips is The Shit.

That is all.

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Aug 30, 2007 10:16 PM EDT reply actions

Yay.

Despite the bullpen being...the bullpen, we win!!!

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Aug 30, 2007 10:16 PM EDT reply actions

How long...

...before that play is up at MLB.com?

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:18 PM EDT reply actions

And this one belongs to the Reds!!

holy shit what a play

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:19 PM EDT reply actions

Gold Glove

if he does not get it this year they should stop giving it

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:22 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed.

I mean, he is hitting well enough to win it.

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Aug 30, 2007 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions

30/30 and a gold glove?

I wonder how often that's been done before?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

never at 2b

Soriano is the only 2b to go 30/30

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

from Reds.com

The 30-30 club: 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season.

Phillips, who entered Thursday with 26 homers and 25 steals with 29 games remaining, preferred not to dwell on it.

"The more y'all keep on coming up to me, the more I think about it," said Phillips, who hit a solo homer in Wednesday's 8-0 win. "My goal was to be 20-20 this year. I achieved the goal. And then [Ken Griffey Jr. said], 'Since you reached your goal, you might as well shoot higher.' It'd be nice to be in that category with Barry Larkin and Eric Davis. It would be a good accomplishment."

Davis (1987) and Larkin (1996) are the only Cincinnati players in the 30-30 club. The only other Reds second baseman to produce at least 25 homers and 25 steals was Hall of Famer Joe Morgan in 1973 and 1976.

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Brandon gets mad when the focus

is on individual achievements. Hence the "Cancer" tag. (No, it doesn't make sense, but dammit I like the nickname).

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I wonder

Slyde might know..

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but Slyde..

..is busy blogging the WNBA playoffs. Or something.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Hudson will be tough to unseat

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Web Gem

For all the poor souls following this on Gameday or a reasonable facsimile, Brandon Phillips made the most incredible play I've seen a 2nd baseman make in a LONG TIME.
Blooper over his head, he pursues, backhands the ball, pivots and throws off-balance to Valentin, who tags out the tying run at home plate to end the game.

AND THIS ONE BELONGS TO BRANDON!!!

Just wow, man.

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

Lonesome

I can't remember a play that good by a second baseman

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Sorry to nitpick..

..but I think that BP did somehow manage (with the help of an awkward stutter step) to get his feet planted so I might not call the throw "off balance."

But I would still call it "Just wow, man."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions

right foot

pushing back and up counts as off balance

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Okay. If you believe the Warren Commission.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

...Piss

Sounds great. I'll have to catch on SportsCenter or Baseball Tonight, but I'm sure the case of hives I'll contract will be worth it.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't care what numbers you show me

Phillips should win the gold glove over Utley hands down.

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 10:31 PM EDT reply actions

Neither can hold Brett Boone's jock.

J/k. Utley is a good defender, very steady. But I'm with you about BP.

See my comment above about Hudson. He's won two straight GGs, the most recent with Arizona. Always difficult to beat incumbents.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I forgot about Vina

He was a dick, He always tried to get hit by pitches when down in the count and put his cleats up when slideing. Hated him

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions

You and Joey Belle.

Vina is painful to watch on BBTN, btw.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

BBTN is painful in general

The plummet of that show is just a disgrace.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Not sure what HR exactly did at that Outback,

but BBTN needs him back. Bad.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought it was a Boston Market...?

But yeah. The glory days of Ravech, Gammons, and Reynolds are fading memories. And the jokers that they've brought in make John Kruk look like a genius. It's pathetic.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I remember when I would

watch it twice a night. Now, TiVo wants to record it, and I lunge for the remote to change the channel.

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Aug 30, 2007 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I can't watch it...

..for a different reason.

The glowing red set hurts my eyes and makes me angry.

Grrr.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Doesn't SportsCenter

have a pink set now? The hell is up with that?

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Aug 30, 2007 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Woman's disease awareness?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Women's disease?

Shopaholism?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 31, 2007 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Howard Tied Dunn for 2nd in HRs

to add on to his bad night

If the Reds are tied with the Cubs/Brewers/Cardnials when there is 5 games left in the season. Zach will join the band wagon

by Zach K on Aug 30, 2007 10:38 PM EDT reply actions

and if that wasn't enough

it is almost September and Dunn don't do well in September

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Book 'em, Danno!

Reyes.
Tomorrow in St Louis
Right hander that's 2-13
Dunn has a big night.

Be there. Aloha!

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

It's a brand new year

Dunn's having one of the best years of his life, plus he's got a healthy Griffey (and Phillips and Hamilton) to help him with the offensive load. I'm making a bold prediction and saying that Dunn will have a good September and finish ahead of Howard in the dingers column.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Here's to Dunn passing Prince

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Yanks sweep Sox

Seriously Boston, what's up? This has shades of that 5 game sweep from last season all over it.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:39 PM EDT reply actions

That's baseball

In a short series, anything can happen.

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 30, 2007 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I know

I just think that

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Umm. Is she mad at me?

What'd I do?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

You went to Original Famous Ray's

Instead of Famous Ray's (Original!).

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Tangent

Famous Rays

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Mo' Famous

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions

How could a man who loved coke so much

shill for Diet Pepsi?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Although...

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Ahh, the joy of Pepsi.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions

The joy of Pepsi is thermonuclear war?

I'm confuzzed.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Are you prepared?Is your basement stocked?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Britney Spears broke the thread.

Somehow, I'm not surprised.

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Aug 30, 2007 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions

It looked good in Empire Records

"Well Sinead O'Rebellion. Shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behavior."

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions

beef.ge

is not what I expected.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Love don't pay the rent, 'Nukkah.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions

would you care?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions

It depends.

Does she choke up on that bat?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone

you know?

Witless as usual

by Lonesome George on Aug 30, 2007 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Better than

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Wango Tango, baby

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions

which one is Tab Hunter?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I went to a restaurant yesterday

Where the menus were glued to classic album covers. I had Loverboy's "Get Lucky."

Made my week.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Get lucky

...bitches.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Well...

Did you?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions

A gentleman never...

No. Not at all.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 31, 2007 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions

Cubs are beating the Brewers

5-3 in the 8th.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:41 PM EDT reply actions

I LOVE REDS BASEBALL

Ya know, after all the dust has settled on the controversy surrounding Krivsky, Mackanin, Dunn, etc, everyone one of us will still be watching Reds Baseball. Every year they tease us with winning streaks, walk-offs, and 2-hit shutouts. They give us hope that we might once again see a sweep of some "unbeatable" American league team. Sure, its hard to sit through some of the decisions made by the front office, but when its all said and done, we love the Cincinnati Reds. We love to see those Red Caps bobbing up and down on their way out to the field. We love to hear Marty say, "...and this game is under way" and of course "and this one belongs to the Reds." So yes, it has been a while since we've seen a postseason in Cincinnati. But, its nights like these when we can all step back and thank the baseball Gods for this great game. We can go to bed and dream of the next Big Red Machine. Brandon Phillips was the hero tonight. Who knows who it will be tomorrow. It really doesn't matter, because we get to watch the CINCINNATI REDS play baseball again tomorrow. And that, my friends, is a wonderful thing.

by krousee22 on Aug 30, 2007 10:53 PM EDT reply actions

I like when he announces the attendance

"...for tonight's titanic struggle."

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions

for tonight's ... titanic struggle

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Get the hell out of here

and go join the RR fantasy football league

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Aug 30, 2007 10:58 PM EDT reply actions

Some of us are shooting for 600 comments

Dare to dream...

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Make me.

YOU get out of here.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions

You know what, Fat Vegas Alan?

I'm tired of your lip. I want the younger, movie star Alan back.

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on Aug 30, 2007 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey woman,make me a sandwich.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions

"And don't be stingy with the pickles

and fried bananas."

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions

You know what?

The Reds won six in a row and then Harang bitchslapped the doubleheader losses with a two fucking hitter and then BP turned that awesome fist pumping play to preserve a win in an otherwise sloppy and indifferent game...

I'm not predicting a run at the Brewers and Cubs but maybejustmaybe something special is about to happen with this team.

Howabout Harang no-hitting the Giants on the road trip?

Griffey getting hothothot and getting to 599 for the season-ending series against the Cubs?

Anyone?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:19 PM EDT reply actions

Eh, I'll be here regardless.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I mean

That'd be cool.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Ya wet blanket.

Well, we'll still have "600+ Comment Night" to look forward to.

Tuesday night against the Mets?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I was driving today and missed the game itself. Pennsylvania tried to kill me by having a torrential rainstorm, with buses and trucks whizzing past, on the edge of a mountain. Whoo! Driving!

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions

With a little push here

We can at least get 400 comments. 2/3 ain't bad.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Double post.

Yeah, I dropped the ball on hyping this thread up to 600.

We coulda been contenders!

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions

The little game thread that could

I'm trying to do what I can.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Look!

A stuffed jackelope!

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Ever see "A Scanner Darkly"?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Or...

..Howabout that Larry Craig? Pretty gay, right?

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions

No

I wanted to, having enjoyed "Waking Life," then never did. If there's a jackelope involved, I'll have to fast track it to the top of the must-see list.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I dunno.

I've never seen it.

I bet BubbaFan would know.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Still around?

Let's get this bitch to 400 and then see what the night owls can do with it. (450, maybe?)

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Isn't that LSU game over yet?

Shouldn't we be getting a drunk Man Mountain any time now?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, it's over.

Speaking of over, I bet "the over."

45.5

Final score: 45-0.

LSU's offense played like girls in the first half.

Grrr.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 30, 2007 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions

D'eaux!

by Brendanukkah on Aug 31, 2007 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions

president

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 31, 2007 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Dutch country?

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Nah, closer to Shittsburgh

God spares the righteous in Lancaster.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions

There's always Rumspringer break!

Ouch.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Tuesday

Ash is making noises about having the fantasy football draft that night. Can you guys involved with that do double duty?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 30, 2007 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll settle

for catching the deadbirds and ruining the chub$' season during the final series.

by ken on Aug 30, 2007 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions

that would be awesome

to kill the Cubs chances.

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Aug 30, 2007 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm convinced

Let Dunn go.

In fact, while we're at it, excommunicate the fucker.

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 31, 2007 1:46 AM EDT reply actions

Saw the Phillips play on SC

interspersed between multiple takes of Brandon Lafell's pointless helmet 2 helmet hit of poor Zach Smith. Both gave me an erection. I would tell you which one was bigger, but I got photos, so I'll just post those tomorrow (with an explanation of the penis tatoos).

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Aug 31, 2007 1:51 AM EDT reply actions

"What a deke job by Valentin!"

Since I missed it last night, I watched the video of the play on mlb.com. It truly was spectacular, only they didn't show Phillips throughout the whole thing. Not even a reaction shot afterwards.

I just wanted to give some props to Javy too. The announcers said he deked the runner, which he may or may not have done, but at the very least he handled the awkward throw very well and got a nice tag on the runner, who probably would have been safe if he'd slid.

But no one expects a throw like that from the second baseman.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 31, 2007 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions

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