Game 8 Thread: Reds at Brewers
by Slyde on Apr 8, 2008 6:00 PM EDT
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Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, Apr 8, 2008 8:05 PM EDT
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Cincinnati Reds
@ Milwaukee Brewers
Tuesday, Apr 8, 2008, 8:05 PM EDT
Miller Park
Mostly cloudy with a 70-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 40.
Al Behrman/AP (Cueto), Morry Gash/AP (Suppan)
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Suppan has started 11 games against the Reds, allowing seven home runs with a 6.05 ERA. We split with the Brewers in four Suppan starts last season.
I'm looking forward to the second installment of the Johnny Quest adventures.
NEW TUESDAY NIGHT GAME THREAD FEATURE: Tuesday Night Music Club
We're going to try something new in tonight's thread. We're always looking for new ways to help the group show off their total nerd arsenal, and tonight we'll try to feature some music nerds. Sort of.
The plan right now is that every Tuesday night game thread will have a featured "Tuesday Night Music Club" theme. It will then be your goal, if you choose, to find the best use of that theme for our entertainment. It could be by posting the perfect lyric at the perfect point in support of the conversation or action going on in the game. It could be that you find a crazy gif that goes with the theme and is a perfect response to a Geki rant. Or maybe you link us to a mind-blowing YouTube that causes us to rethink everything we've ever thought about anything. How you use the theme is totally up to you.
And I know, like Ray Kinsella you've played all of our games and never asked what's in it for you, but now you want to know what's in it for you? Well, in an attempt to encourage the usage of comment recommending, we'd like you the reader to vote for those comments that really knock your socks off. At the end of the month, the commenter with the most rec'd comment from a Music Themed game thread gets to pick our BBRef ad tagline for the following month. It's a prize that keeps on giving the whole month long.
So we'll give it a try tonight and see how it goes. It could be fun or it could be a flop. And if it fails, we'll likely go to Plan B: Topless Webcam Night. Just have fun with it and remember to rec your neighbor before he wrecks himself.
Tonight's Theme:
The Beatles
We're starting easy to get your feet wet. Tonight's theme also includes all solo projects by the members of The Beatles and their offspring. So, feel free to break out the Wings comments, or John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band, or Julian Lennon, or The Travelling Wilburys. You get the idea. Now let's head down that long and winding road to victory!
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so only geki gets .gifs?
where is my .gifs??? i want my .gif(t)s!!!
"Never perfect but perfectly forgiven." -Petra
i still don't understand this comment
ive been trying to figure it out since last night. any help?
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
lineups from fay
Corey Patterson CF
Jeff Keppinger SS
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Joey Votto 1B
Paul Bako C
Johnny Cueto P
Rickie Weeks 2B
Gabe Gross CF
Prince Fielder 1B
Ryan Braun LF
Bill Hall 3B
Corey Hart RF
J.J. Hardy SS
Jeff Suppan P
Jason Kendall C
"Never perfect but perfectly forgiven." -Petra
I don't want to rush him
Let it Be.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Apr 8, 2008 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Awesome.
Now a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch...?
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 8, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm appreciating the consistency.
No more Narron-esque rabbit-out-of-a-hat lineups.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Apr 8, 2008 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
If you're Jason Kendall, and you're hitting behind the pitcher
Is that officially your moment of clarity?
Johnny C. Goode
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Apr 8, 2008 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
That idea is going nowhere, man.
Now a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch...?
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 8, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Should be a fun night.
Don't know what it is with Cueto and bad weather. Here comes the rain again tonight. But I've Got a Feeling he can Carry That Weight, unlike Bronson Yesterday, where seemingly every pitch it was Hello, Goodbye.
Geki, I'd rec you but I'm afraid of what you'd come up with BR.com if you won the contest.
"Red Reporter: Don't post anything stupid. In fact, don't post anything at all because it'll probably be stupid. Because you are stupid."
Now a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch...?
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 8, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't really refute that
But it needs to be said that Geki has gone from being an almost exclusively nay-saying misanthrope to being... less so. He's downright positive under certain circumstances. I no longer cringe at the acidity of his posts.
I don't know if my point is really coming across, but I just wanted to publicly commend Geki.
Seriously.
I'm excited about watching Cueto pitch tonight in fabulous high definition
And in the end, the runs they make will be greater than the runs the Brewers take.
WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!
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Excellent use of the theme
If I could rec you twice, I would. But this is a family blog...sort of.
WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!
So, basically...
I'm calling "you say goodbye, and I say hello" after the first homerun... just so you guys know
suggestions, anyone?
solid lineup
this is the way it should be, not like *yesterday* when it was all *helter skelter*
Abraham Lincoln said that if you're a racist, I will invade you with the north.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 8, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply actions
Oh yeah, also...
We definitely have to do one of these Tuesday night thingies for Arrested Development
suggestions, anyone?
yeah im down with that
I hate the beatles and all those other Oasis rip off bands.
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on Apr 8, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
And I just noticed that picture
of the Beatles with the Red Reporter in it. Well done!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
It well again
if Cueto's breaking pitches have great Revolution.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Apr 8, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Unnamed journalist
Hal McCoy on some unknown beatwriter:
That means some extra packing for writers, although I have known a couple of writers in the past who took two week trips carrying a duffel bag - and half the space was occupied by a laptop. The rest of the duffel: One pair of jeans with regulation holes in the knees, one extra shirt (in case he got spaghetti sauce on the other one), one extra pair of socks and one extra pair of underwear (seriously). No extra shoes, though, because his dirty sneakers with holes in the toes were just fine, thank you. The guy sat by himself a lot.
C. Trent?
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. --Oscar Wilde
Let's hope tonight's lineup makes Suppan look like a...
Fool on the Hill.
"Glory is upon us, Reds fans! Glory!" ~ F.V. Alan
Did you guys notice who's hitting number 9
number 9
number 9
number 9
number 9
WHACK!
Sorry about that...
number 9 for the Brewers tonight?
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
by TheC on Apr 8, 2008 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Excellent lead-in on the Brewers' broadcast
Jimmy Buffett - "Fins"
This being music night, bonus points are available for the first person to correctly answer why this song makes sense for tonight's game.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
I don't think I can award bonus points for that
If you were close on the lyric, I might, but you were way off
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
Damn
Guess I'm not the Buffett scholar I thought I was.
"Glory is upon us, Reds fans! Glory!" ~ F.V. Alan
She came down from Cincinnati
it took her Three days on a train
lookin' for some peace and quiet
hoped to see the sun again
but now she lives down by the ocean
she's takin' care to look for sharks
they hang out in the local bars
and they feed right after dark
true story, fins is my second least favorite buffett song
"The only people who like Jimmy Buffett are frat boys and alcoholic girls in the south" ~ Eric Cartman
by chandrathan on Apr 9, 2008 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Gotta ask..
Least favorite?
Now a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch...?
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 9, 2008 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Same with me
all of his other songs are tied for first.
WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!
this is comment of the night
even though it took you more than 12 hours to think of it
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
actually, I only commented 2 hours after he posted it
and 30 seconds after I first read it.
WHY SHOULD I CHANGE IT? HE'S THE ONE WHO SUCKS!
Braves top prospect suspended 50 games.
DENVER -- Jordan Schafer spent the month of March showing why many consider him to be one of the game's top young stars. Now, the 21-year-old Braves Minor Leaguer finds himself staring at the embarrassment of a substance-abuse suspension.
Major League Baseball announced late Tuesday afternoon that Schafer has been suspended 50 games for using human growth hormone, a performance-enhancing substance that is in direct violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Apr 8, 2008 7:58 PM EDT reply actions
That's pretty big.
Shafer's a damn good prospect, and there was a good shot he was gonna see time with the Braves this year. I'd be surprised if that happens now.
I was gonna go Richard Marx here.
Seriously.
Aw, fuck it
"Than to fall in love with yoooooooouuu
Now love is just a faded memory."
And, yes, I am ashamed I know that.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
man mountain made me cream my pants in the other thread
oh, hi crolfer
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
I'd place 5 bucks on them accidentally...
... playing Click Click Boom before they realize he's not a Brewer anymore.
Either that, or they'd play it to remind Gagne that he sucks.
you say yes
i say no
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
If he does...
"This is for Francisco Cordero, who thinks he hasn't seen anything good today."
by Brendanukkah on Apr 8, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
redreporter and johnny cueto
we're together again
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
why is fielder wearing his socks up?
they look way too big to be worn up
"Never perfect but perfectly forgiven." -Petra
When I saw the Brewers playing the Cubs
He was wearing high socks and big baggy pants. I thought he looked like Babe Ruth. The erudite Cubs fans kept calling him a clown. Is he still wearing them?
yeah he is
he looks awesome
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
you're not the same
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
My Concern..
... with Cueto remains the same. He gave up a lot of fly ball outs.
we just need to build a larger park
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Flyball outs > Groundball hits
Just sayin'.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
I don't argue...
But someone probably said that about Eric Milton once upon a time.
gameday says cueto's pitching 96
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Uecker said 96 and 95 on his first 2 pitches
So, apparently, gameday is right.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
im sorry 97
and it's the first inning
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Hey Cueto!!
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
yeah, his cutter is 91
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Man Mountain decorates his room with S Club 7 posters
and sings "Spice Up Your Life" into his hairbrush.
My brother emailed this to me this morning
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
by BLee2525 on Apr 8, 2008 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I will never understand
How its cool to be as fat as fielder is and play pro ball. I cant understand that.
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
what dont you understand
why it's ok to be fat?
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
The Reference to Him in Moneyball
Made me laugh.
He's so heavy.
Now a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch...?
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 8, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I know but shit...
Your a pro ball player. stop eating cheese fries... Im just saying
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on Apr 8, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I Love The Video Highlights on Gameday
Really neat feature.
Grande loves Billy Hall
more than Prince Albert and Juice Edmonds put together. There, I said it.
I've got a plan and it's as hot as my pants...
"Bako sure pulled his weight"
grande almost said it
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Interesting pick of the Beatles
They hail from Liverpool and their "football" team is nicknamed none other than the Reds.
good observation
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
And advancing on to the Champions League semifinals after a thrilling win over Arsenal today!
"Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone!"
A friend TIVO'd it. I was going to go watch it tonight after the Reds game,
No worries, lad, you weren't to know. ;)
I've got a plan and it's as hot as my pants...
It's a helluva game
Plus I already wrote a more detailed outcome in a previous thread (where Verka and I were wanking each other with World Cup stories). So if you really want it ruined, check that. Want to know about Chelsea-Febernahce?
Avert your eyes if you were joking
Chelsea won 2-0 on goals by Ballack and Fat Frank Lampard to meet Liverpool in the semis.
The reason my Dad
supported Liverpool when lived in England from '75-'81. And also they were whipping an ass and he was a no-good bandwaggoning yank.
I've got a plan and it's as hot as my pants...
Same here.
I decided on them as my team to support about 5-6 years ago when I first started following EPL, for that same reason. Now that I think about it, it's even better because my brothers are Arsenal and Chelsea fans and they're sponsored by Carlsberg, which is decent.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Apr 8, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I went to
a Hertha game vs Schalke in Berlin when I was there a couple weeks back. Unbelievable tailgating outside Olympia Stadion. Beer was 1 euro and many types of wurst for a euro as well. I wish they put the Bundesliga on as much as the Barclays.
And being a Buckeye
I had great appreciation of the street between the stadium and u-bahn station is Jesse Owens Allee.
I've watched a Bundesliga game on TV a few weeks back.
It was pretty good, definitely deserving of more airtime. FSC has some sort of Serie A fetish though, seems like they show at least one of those games a day.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Apr 8, 2008 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently
the Bundesliga is by far the most affordable top league in Europe
I've got a plan and it's as hot as my pants...
It's not quite as "top" as it once was
England, Italy, and Spain are at the top, then Germany, then I'd say Dutch and French.
Just wait til
Bayern wins the Champions League next year. Schalke is 5th best Bundesliga squad right now and they had a pretty good showing at the Champions league
My grandmother
is a huge Schalke fan. She's from there. They're awesome, they'll be one of the top teams in Bundesliga soon enough.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Apr 8, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
My mom's an East Ender
and grew up supporting Millwall, but my cousin over there really liked Crystal Palace. So I "follow" Crystal Palace, in the way only a pretentious, faux-intellectual white American male can follow an EPL team--I have a scarf.
I've got a plan and it's as hot as my pants...
when i first read this, i thought it said your mom was an "Easter ender"
as if, she was always ending Easter.
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Two World Wars, One World Cup
I wonder if we could find a Beatles recording of this. That would be pure gold.
hes swinging wayyyy too slow
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
if you cant bunt in this situation, you shouldnt be in the game
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
a soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the national trust
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
thats it
someone put up the stapler ( i learned that yesterday, that works right-Mr. Late to the party)
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on Apr 8, 2008 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
um, i think you're a little mixed up
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
No im pretty sure thats right
trust me. I know what im talking about
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on Apr 8, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
just act naturally
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Please be a rickroll, please be a rickroll, please be a rickroll
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
Sick!
We found someone who can strike out Bill Hall!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
oh my god
more cream (tangerine) in my pants
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
i used it earlier on accident
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Keuto
Abraham Lincoln said that if you're a racist, I will invade you with the north.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 8, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply actions
Kyoto Now?
Damn, it's not Bad Religion night...
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Apr 8, 2008 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
i think the sample size is large enough at this point
quick, whats a beatles song about sample size?
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Not a Second Time
Now a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch...?
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 8, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
George just said Johnny B. Goode!
...which the Beatles covered on one of their live albums. He's participating in the game thread!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
But, hey....
No called third strikes!
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
Ob la di, ob la da
And the rest of that shit.
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
oops...
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on Apr 8, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I get a hart on when i watch coutlangus
but i don't know if that's what you were getting at
Ahhhhhh
That's kind of frustrating. Welcome to Cincnnati, Quest.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
That's Why He's...
... in the 9-hole. A beast hiding in the lineup.
Kendall after checking tonight's lineup" "Number nine?...Number nine?.."
Now a question of etiquette; as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch...?
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 8, 2008 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I've just about given up on Cueto
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
a new thread with which dunn can lace his glove
http://www.redreporter.com/2008/4/9/390958/game-8-thread-reds-at-brew
Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah
Fuck
Has Dunn ever caught the ball while charging it? That ball gets by him 99% of the time.
And THAT is why the pitcher should hit 8th.
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