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Thursday Playoff Thread

Dunn_tiny by Slyde on in Playoffs

Brewers at Phillies, 6:00 pm

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - CC Sabathia 11-2 1.65 1.01 128 25
W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Brett Myers 10-13 4.55 1.38 163 65

Dodgers at Cubs, 9:30pm

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Chad Billingsley 16-10 3.14 1.34 201 80
W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Carlos Zambrano 14-6 3.91 1.30 130 72

White Sox at Rays, 2:30pm

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Javier Vazquez 12-16 4.67 1.32 200 61
W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - James Shields 14-8 3.56 1.15 160 40

So, our NL Central brethren failed to represent yesterday.  The Brewers were shutdown by Cole Hamels.  It could have been nerves, or it could just be that Cole Hamels is a badass, even if he is named after a Tom Cruise character.  The Cubs did what the Cubs do.  That should be no surprise to anyone, except maybe me since I picked them to sweep this series.  My favorite part of last night was the astonishment from the announcers that Ryan Dempster could walk so many hitters.  That's the 41st time in his career that he has walked more than 5 batters.  That's Ryan Dempster.  He is who we thought he is.

I'm looking forward to watching the Rays play.  I'm disappointed that they are the afternoon game since I have to sit through HIPAA training like I do every year, but I should be able to catch a few innings.  Plus it'll be fun to see Griffey taking in the playoff experience.  I'm of the mindset that I don't care who wins that series, as long as the winner goes to the World Series.  In fact, that's kind of how I feel about the Brewers-Phillies series as well.  Which all but guarantees that we'll see a Dodgers-Angels series.  Yawn.

If you are not all into this playoff stuff and are just hoping for a shread of Reds information, well Doug has been thinking about Drew Stubbs.  No mention of Stubbs's chances at winning the NL Cy Young this year though...

And Shawn has been reviewing the season (SPOILER ALERT: they sucked).  You can see what he says about the offense, pitching, and defense all at his site.

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Now hitting leadoff,

the catcher, No. 11, Thundering Turtle. Turtle.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Oct 2, 2008 12:05 PM EDT   0 recs

computer geek

i thought it was, “Number 11 in your program = number 3 in your heart.”

by bbjones on Oct 2, 2008 7:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

There are 10 types of people in this world......

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 3, 2008 9:14 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Those who understand geeky catchphrases and those who don't?

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 3, 2008 9:17 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Precisely

Or 011100000111001001100101011000110110100101110011011001010110110001111001 if that’s what blows your hair back.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 3, 2008 9:18 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

For marrying an axe murderer?

No, we don’t award bonus points for that.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 3, 2008 10:00 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I have decided what I want Walt to do this offseason.

Trade for Jake Peavy.

‘Huh, WTF? Our rotation is already awesome’

Yeah, well Jake would make it even awesomer. Imagine Cueto as our No. 5. Now imagine doing two chicks at the same time. Yep, just as I expected, boner before you even read about the two chicks.

‘San Diego would never trade Peavy, and if they did, it would take a huge haul.’

A competent owner would never trade Peavy. But when an owner is going through a crappy divorce and the wifey is trying to get half of everything, you take drastic payroll measures, i.e. even thinking about not picking up B.Giles option. Sure it would wipe out the farm, think six-seven of our top prospects. But we would have Peavy under contract for four years. Our team is young already, we could just plug the holes with free agents.

by jacob brumfield on Oct 2, 2008 12:26 PM EDT   0 recs

two problems

Peavy has a full no trade clause until 2010 and Kevin Towers is a good GM. But thanks for the stiffy.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 12:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Towers is a good GM...

….thats why he will give him two chicks to drop the clause.

by jacob brumfield on Oct 2, 2008 12:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Assuming Kevin Towers is a millionaire... I think he could hook that up.

Chicks dig dudes with money.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 12:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not all chicks

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 12:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, the type of chicks that would double up on a dude like Kevin Towers would.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 1:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good point.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 1:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The smoking hot guest judge on Project Runway last night?

That was Harvey Weinstein’s wife. Case closed.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

She has sharp knees

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 2, 2008 1:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not for much longer

they’ll grind down soon.

Vote Pops in '08. I promise nothing and I'll do it!

by Pops Daniels on Oct 2, 2008 2:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

she has a thing for bowties.

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 2:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

cincinnati bowties?

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I wanted to know if this was a thing, so I went to urbandictionary.com

Turns out it’s about five things, and they are all horrible. Just what are they teaching you in Cuba/ONU?

by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 3:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i actually picked that up from the unrated version of the 40 year old virgin

At the end of February you can add Argentina to the list. Unfortunaly I will be out of the country for opening day, but I will be back just in time to go to the Reds Indians Series in Cleveland.

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow.

I was thinking “how horrible could it be?”. The answer? Really, really horrible.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

can we put it in the wiki?

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i thought the first one was horrible

but they successively got more and more horrible as it went along.

"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

the one involving the tracheal hole wasn't so bad

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

we can't help our fetishes

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If you've actually done that, you're my new favorite RR

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 4:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it was her idea really

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

being the legal guardian of an invalid

can also come in handy sometimes, re: the last one

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2008 5:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

giggity giggity

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 5:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

sometimes?

"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Peavey

I heard someone (Kurkjian?) the other day all but guaranteeing the Padres will try to move Peavey this offseason. The thinking is whoever loses out on CC can make a strong play for him. Since he’s locked up for a few years (at a few years ago market rate) he should command a lot.

by Red Menace on Oct 2, 2008 2:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

two chicks at the same time?

When most guys can’t even handle one?

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 5:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

funny how none of the studs

responded to you, lol

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 7:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

But couldn't they do that without you?

This place is like a sexy preschool.

by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 7:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think some women have already figured this out.

This place is like a sexy preschool.

by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 8:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You mean...

…the ones who are Lebanese?

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

by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 8:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yep

ask them how things are in Beirut and they’ll be eating out of your hand (or where ever you’d like)

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 8:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Peavy rumors, per Rosenthal
The Padres likely will wait to explore the trade market for right- hander Jake Peavy until after Sabathia, Burnett and Lowe sign their free-agent contracts. As each new deal is signed, Peavy’s deal will look even more reasonable.

Peavy is signed for $56 million over the next four seasons, with a $22 million option or $4 million buyout for 2013. He holds a full no-trade clause through 2010, and the Padres would need to consult with his agent, Barry Axelrod, to determine the teams to which Peavy would approve a trade.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8634130/Could-this-series-impact-Vlad’s-future-in-Anaheim?

by ken on Oct 3, 2008 3:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The AL JayHova goes yard, 1-0 Rays

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:05 PM EDT   0 recs

Drew Stubbs = 2012 Cy Young Award Winner

Wait what?

Evan Longoria is good at baseball.

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Oct 2, 2008 3:08 PM EDT   0 recs

We drafted Stubbs

We could have drafted Tim Lincecum instead. Tim Lincecum has a good shot at winning the NL Cy Young this season. What are Drew Stubbs’s odds of doing the same?

…is what Slyde was getting at.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 3:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Lol

No, I understood what he was saying. I understand not taking Timmy at the time. It looks poor now, but certainly made sense at the time to me.

Oh, and yeah, Longoria is still really good at baseball.

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Oct 2, 2008 3:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

not me

I called Lincecum before the draft that year.

Have i said that before?!?

by obc2 on Oct 2, 2008 5:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

you may have

Good call by you, but I have to ask….. given his terrible walk numbers in college, did you ever expect him to hone those in so quickly?

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Oct 2, 2008 5:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

look, that dog has a poofy tail....

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2008 5:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Unbelievable.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Teams that score 50% of their funs from HRs don't go to the playoffs

oh wait…..

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 3:19 PM EDT   0 recs

funs=runs

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 3:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Runs are fun!

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Oct 2, 2008 4:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Longoria hit a homer?

Bruce would have hit 2 already

"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker

by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 3:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Just hit his second

which is like Bruce hitting 5

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 3:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bruce will have his chance to top it next year.

It’ll be the “Reasonable Doubt” to Longoria’s “Illmatic”

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dickie V

is being interviewed by the Rays’ announcers right now.

Evan Longoria is a diaper dandy and a PTPer!!

by ken on Oct 2, 2008 3:46 PM EDT   0 recs

Can somebody help me out?

In the mid-90’s ESPN’s college basketball promos featured Vitale in a fake sitcom called Hoops Malone. George Gervin played his next door neighbor and his family included an alien puppet named O’Hoolix. I can’t find those videos anywhere. Actually I found an advertising industry site that has them behind a pay wall. Can anyone flex their google skills?

by Red Menace on Oct 2, 2008 3:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I googled "O'Hoolix" and it asked me if I meant "o'holic"

Google knows me better than I know (hic!) myself.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 4:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"o'holic"

strikes me as a vaguely offensive term for an Irishman. But that may just be me.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2008 5:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

offensive, appropriate...

you say potato, I say famine…

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2008 5:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I won

http://www.redreporter.com/2008/9/28/623596/game-162-reds-at-cardinals#comments

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:52 PM EDT   0 recs

Shenanigans, Brendan used his shiny new utility belt to close the thread, I think.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

thanks

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

what are you thanking him for?

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 4:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Gentle iron fisting

is why I picked ’nukkah to help out with the, uh, adminning.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 4:14 PM EDT