I missed Elliot-thon to be stabbed in the face by Bill Hall for the 28th time
by Rick House on Apr 19, 2008 4:39 PM EDT
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I think the story of the game was the bottom-left corner. Suppan and Cueto were hitting it all day, sometimes getting strikeouts and sometimes getting walks. It was pretty much a coin-flip whether Hunter Wendelstedt would call it a strike or a ball, and the pitch led to the ejections of Paul Bako and Ryan Freel and several other arguments. It's where Weathers was going when he threw out his arm. Both of Cordero's strikeouts were there. I think Hunter was giving away so many strikes there that it was really tempting to go there a lot.
So with a 3-2 count, and RISP, Bill Hall had a pretty good idea where Weathers was going to throw it. He had a beat on it the whole way, and the at-bat was probably over before it started.
Ballgame.
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he's getting an MRI later today
keep your fingers crossed
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
I would DL Weathers and call up Bray before tomorows game
and demote Coffey and activate Belisle on Monday
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*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Apr 19, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I would not at all be surprised if Weathers went on the DL with "soreness"
(Read: “sorriness”)
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 19, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
This one hurts
a little more than the other 10 losses so far, I think. Wasting the comeback HR from Votto is gonna sting for a while, and Stormy’s troubles in the 10th are the negative icing on the cake.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
and missing elliot-thon
right?
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Elliot Spitzer?
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on Apr 19, 2008 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Spitzer-swallows>
EH-OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Apr 19, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember this from 2006
He was awful, he hurt his arm, he didn’t pitch for a week, was awful for another two weeks, and was ok for the rest of the year.
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*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
did anyone notice the on air fight today
I was listening to the radio, it was in the top of the first. Marty was calling the play by play and Brantley was doing color. Cueto throws a pitch and Marty said somethign to the effect of Cueto throws a ball, and Brantley corrected him and simply said “Strike”. At that point Marty hits the cough button, and you can here him chewing out Brantley, mostly inaudiable, Finally Marty said either “You do not show me up” or “you do not correct me”, and then they went to an announced station ID, and came back several pitches later.
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*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
Anyone got any audio of this?
I would be fascinated to hear it.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Apr 19, 2008 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, someone mentioned it in the thread
i really wanna hear the audio of this. after the cubs comments, it would go deadspin immediately. JCH or anyone have this?
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
i just listened to the archieve
they cut it out.
MLB Audio Archieve
Marty-”1 ball 1 strike the count with the bases empty. Down and away a ball…”
Brantley-”Strike”
Unnatural Cut
“Pitch is outside the count evans at 2 balls 2 strikes…”
We will need a personal copy to listen to it. But I doubt we could get MLB’s exclusive permision.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Apr 19, 2008 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
jch might be able to get the raw feed
but I imagine putting something like that on the net might be hazardous to employment.
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He should do it Rove style.
he gives it to a guy who gives it to a 527 group, and along the way the 527 group outs an American Spy.
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by justin007000 on Apr 19, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
re: Rove style
I’ve got a cousin in Miami who can help launder this.
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sMarty is so self absorbed that he really believes that he is the greatest broadcaster presently on the air.
Sure as hell Joe wouldn’t have put up with any shit from sMarty. Clownboy has gotten too full of his new ‘persona’ and I think it is annoying sMarty.I look forward to the day when I can listen via the internet to Man Mountain and BubbaFan do the play by play or Slyde and Red Menace. It won’t be long before ‘black market’ broadcasting will become a new and exciting way to enjoy the game.
Radiohead killed the Video Star
I wouldn't count on it
It won’t be long before ‘black market’ broadcasting will become a new and exciting way to enjoy the game.
I think our MLB overlords are aware of the danger and are doing everything they can to prevent it.
Farmers Only quickie
Paul Janish, the pride of Rice University, just hit another home run tonight. Put the Bats up 2-0.
Janish flashes the leather
Caught a ball “that had hit written all over it,” then turned the DP by doubling Curtis Granderson off 2B.
watching this offense > waterboarding
it seems like Kepp, EdE, Dunner, Votto, and Jr (and Bako, natch) are all hitting alright, but never in the same inning. and nobody is working pitch counts. for it to be such a team-wide disease it must be a Dusty thing. things will start clicking eventually,, i mean, they have to, but if doesnt happen for a few weeks we could dig ourselves into a hole we cant dig back out of. another righteous start from Cueto goes to waste, and we lose another game in the standings.
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 19, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
This could be nothing but...
I went looking for excuses this afternoon and this is all that I cold come up with:
The 2008 Cincinnati Reds have a lot of new parts and those parts are just not synchronized yet.
To wit:
- new starters (three of ‘em!)
- new catcher
- new closer
- new shortstop
- new centerfielder
- new leadoff hitter
- new manager (with a new offensive strategy)
All of this is happening to a team that by most accounts had something of a leadership “vacuum” prior to all of these changes.
I think that many of us who were not impressed with the hiring of Baker at least thought that the new “Camp Dusty” atmosphere in Sarasota was an intriguing step in the right direction. Let’s give it just a little more time to see if it comes back around.
Look, the offense didn’t produce in the first two week of the season but things were going well enough. (Their record was 6-4!) Then, the two one-run losses in Pittsburgh were followed by the only ugly performance from either of the “rookie” starters. No doubt about it, being swept by the Pirates is depressing. That sucked but only one game was completely out of hand. (Some of this season’s losses have been really boring but oddly, the Reds have only been “blown out” twice.) The bats came alive (a lil’ bit) in Wrigley and there were some crooked numbers put up. And yes, some of those crooked numbers were put up against a Reds starter. But as of today, that Reds starter is no longer a Reds starter. (See! Things did improve today!) Yesterday, Ben Sheets was on and he pwned us. Whatcha gonna do? It happens. (Consider: so far in this very young season the Reds have already faced B Webb, C Zambrano, B Sheets and C Hamels. I’d be surprised if any NL team has faced stronger opposition.)
I guess I’m rambling now but my point is: “Don’t give up. Don’t ever ever give up!”
Not on this team. Not with exciting young stud starters and a newbie slugger at 1B getting things warmed up for you-know-who.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 19, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
oh im not close to giving up
alls im saying is this bad luck needs to subside right quick or we could bad luck ourselves into a 3rd place finish. this team could rock some socks, but they need to get going on that path by May or it’ll be a long summer. they can do it. im definately a believer.
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 19, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
If it makes you feel better...
...the Yankees have watched their young guns implode and their bats disappear lately. Ian Kennedy didn’t even go three innings tonight. The Orioles are kicking their butts in this series. The Orioles.
FVA - Dude no onesgiving up///throwing up might be more like it
One of the bew starters has a chance in hell of sticking
The new catcher is a place holder
The new closer is great
The new shortstop played there last year and should also be the new lead off batter
The new centerfielder is still in Louisville
And the new manager has an offensive strategy that is anything but new.
BUT we have a great new 1bman, closer, 2 good looking young starters, a couple of guys that have to get going and some great talent on the very near horiazon. I AIN’T GIVING UP…throwing up yes…giving up NEVER
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I pretty much agree with this
our offense will still be pretty good, improving when Bruce comes up. Belisle pretty much has to be better than Fogg, and if not, Bailey is down in AAA. Arroyo worries me quite a bit because I think his arm might be shot, but others seem more optimistic.
I expect the offense to start rolling pretty soon.
bases full
“Cincinnati is 2-for-21 this season (.095) when the bases are full” http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/pro/reds/2008/04/19/ddn042008spredsnotes.html
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Well...
Ain’t gonna win too many with that stat, huh? And as people’ve been saying, it WILL come around.
Patterson, Castro, and Bako, oh my!
135 lob
in 18 games. 7.5 per game. I don’t know how that measures up with the rest of the league but is something to be concerned about.
Also, from that article I have some advice for Coffey. Piss on it
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
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since 2000, the average team has left 7.14 runners on base per game.
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Sundays line up
Corey Patterson CF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Adam Dunn LF
Jeff Keppinger SS
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Paul Bako C
Aaron Harang P
C’mon Dusty give the Patterson lead off thing a rest. Play him if you must but bat him 7th. Lead off with Kepp and hit Votto 5th
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Dusty is brilliant
That lineup is almost exactly the order of OPS from worst to best over the last week. The four highest OPS over the last week: Votto, Dunn, EdE, Kepp. The three worst: Patterson, BP, Griff. Sweet!
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