Thursday Playoff Thread
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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
number 11 in your program number 1 in your heart

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on
Oct 2, 2008 6:55 PM EDT
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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
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There are 10 types of people in this world......
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on
Oct 3, 2008 9:14 AM EDT
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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
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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
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So I married an axe murderer
do i get bonus points?
by chandrathan on
Oct 3, 2008 9:52 AM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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She has sharp knees
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on
Oct 2, 2008 1:59 PM EDT
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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
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she has a thing for bowties.
I think we overmeet as a society.
by Gray on
Oct 2, 2008 2:42 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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sometimes?
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on
Oct 2, 2008 4:24 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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that's why you get two girls
they can handle each other
by chandrathan on
Oct 2, 2008 7:47 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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.
by dougdirt on
Oct 2, 2008 3:34 PM EDT
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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
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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?
by dougdirt on
Oct 2, 2008 5:46 PM EDT
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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
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Unbelievable.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Oct 2, 2008 3:19 PM EDT
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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Behold the Iron Fist of your new administrative overlords, Red Reporters!
by Brendanukkah on
Oct 2, 2008 3:57 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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





