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If the season started tomorrow...

The Reds lineup might look something like this:

 

CF Dickerson

2B Phillips

RF Bruce

1B Votto

3B Encarnacion

SS Gonzalez

LF Hopper

C Hernandez

 

We need to see improvement in the leadoff spot. I know Dusty would be comfortable using a CF there but I'm not sure Quickerson is ready yet.  We have 3 outfielders on the roster, no viable backup if Votto gets hurt.  Only about 40 days until the players report so the Braintrust needs to get moving.

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Dusty's leadoff solution

Hopper plays center, bats leadoff.

Sorry for ruining Christmas.

by Brendanukkah on Dec 25, 2008 4:29 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

switch votto and bruce and I’d agree, and be happier

by sharks on Dec 25, 2008 9:34 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i should clarify

happier than last year, sorry I should read my comments a little more in depth before posting.

your lineup will be 100 times better than anything dustbag will come up with.

by sharks on Dec 28, 2008 2:35 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think some quality people can be had at a very reasonable price come Feb.

The shortstop of the future should be the main focus until the Yanks go broke or the other main FA’s are signed (one’s we can’t or wouldn’t want to afford). Please don’t ban me but Sammy Sosa wants to make another comeback. Perhaps an all big head platoon in left between Barry and Sammy lol, and medicare would pick up the medical expenses. Just saying.

by SadbutTrue on Dec 26, 2008 6:36 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Close Caleb, close

LF Hopper

SS Gonzalez

RF Bruce

2B Phillips

1B Votto

3B Encarnacion

CF Dickerson

C Hernandez

Close because you have picked the correct players, but you;ve forgotten who the manager is….the above is the Dusty package. Guaranteed.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Dec 26, 2008 11:49 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll eat Slyde's

sweat-soaked Fantasy Camp jock if Hopper is in our starting lineup on opening day. I would love to see us pick up Xavier Nady (under Infield Chatter). He would be the “Nady in Red.”

"I'm standing at the plate thinking, Where are my hands? Where's this, where's that? Before I know it, the pitch is there and I'm completely out of rhythm." -
-- Adam Dunn

by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Dec 26, 2008 3:46 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it would also be

the first X-man on the Reds since Hernandez, who I always dug.

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

by Cy Schourek on Dec 26, 2008 8:43 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I want this verifiably noted and followed up upon.

Do they sell special ketchup for jocks?

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck

by PeteyHendrix on Dec 26, 2008 10:42 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No Nix in center?

And no Nixon, right?

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck

by PeteyHendrix on Dec 26, 2008 10:44 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If the season started tomorrow...

I’d have to boycott, go cold turkey.

by obc2 on Dec 27, 2008 12:24 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think it would be great if the Reds did nothing more.

That would send a signal that they truly are going for 2010 and building a sustainable successful future for this franchise. THAT’s something I can get behind.

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. - Bill Veeck

by PeteyHendrix on Dec 29, 2008 5:24 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If the season started tomorrow

it would be one helluva long season.

by Brian B on Dec 29, 2008 7:07 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now withTaveras - everything changes, a la Dusty

 
CF Taveras

SS Gonzalez

RF Bruce

2B Phillips

1B Votto

3B Encarnacion

C Hernandez

LF Hopper

The only possible difference that Dustbrains might is bat Hopper 2nd and Gonzo 7th, w/Hernadez 8th.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Dec 27, 2008 3:23 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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