Game 40 Thread: Part 2

brantley seems to think since the marlins havent been very good, Beckett would not have pitched well for them. “it happened to Dontrelle Willis” he says. sheesh…

If you don't get a good-night kiss, you get Kafka dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 13, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

they just aren't a clutch team

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the year of magical thinking

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

tHom felates Schilling

drink

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Gargle?

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yuck dude. yuck.

If you don't get a good-night kiss, you get Kafka dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 13, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can't give Gonzalez the error on that one...he's a former Diamondback

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And a "veteran"

and one hell of a model American

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jim Carrey?

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Double Cherries!

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not a chance

I do a GIS for that. No sir.

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stolen base!

God I love that guy!

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

tHom

Thinks Gonzalez shouldn’t get an error. Think he’d feel the same way if it were the donkey?

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 13, 2008 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

marlins walking dunn with 2 outs to get to Ross-Volquez

drink?

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

by Cy Schourek on May 13, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Protection is a myth.

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ross reminds us

“It takes two to make a thing go right. It takes two to make it out of sight.”

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

1.2.3. Get loose!

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who's on deck?

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ROSS WITH A BUNT SINGLE?????????

IS THAT POSSIBLE???

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ross bunt single

Now I’ve seen it all.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But you've never been to Boston in the fall...

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no I haven't

but how did you know that?

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nice

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be damned

Very LaRussa-esque.

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

quite

by JoseRijoIsGod on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

david ross

he’s been practicing his bunting

by JoseRijoIsGod on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sac squeeze

without the sac. Nice! :D

by iamwallaman on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone see a ball down there?

Only the biggest pair ya ever seen, dingleberry!

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

clerks

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn

small ballin’ tonight

For good!!

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Volquez at the bat....

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A big mistake.

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn Dusty

Stubbornly holding onto his old ways….

by chesirecat on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ross

a bunt?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Harriston scores. Pestilence seen watering his steed on Mansion Hill.

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Goddammit!!!!

Why is Volquez still in?

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

we need a win?

by JoseRijoIsGod on May 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think putting, say, Bako up

Gives you a better opportunity to drive in more runs, to cushion whatever the bullpen would give up.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe to bunt.

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We had two outs

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

We had two outs and Ross bunted, didn’t he?

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hasnt pushed 100 pitches yet

if he gets into trouble this inning Dusty will pull him. im alright with it, as long he doesnt let him go like last game…

If you don't get a good-night kiss, you get Kafka dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he should start the inning with someone up in the 'pen.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone up in the 'pen?

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we're prayin' like hell

If you don't get a good-night kiss, you get Kafka dreams.

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 13, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

gomer pyle reference?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 13, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

tHom keepin' it fresh

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, geez

Pretty timely Rob Bass science you were dropping, Slyde.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wanna rock right now...

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is where it starts

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I wanna punch Dusty right in the toothpick.

by Geki on May 13, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

eight pitch inning

pretty please???

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 13, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

OK

Why tell the starters you want them to go seven innings when you just spent $43 million to shore up the bullpen????

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 13, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Burton and Bray in the bullpen

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yank him... please...

by chesirecat on May 13, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Reliever in now?

Please?

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A lot of 0-2 counts tonight.

But he doesn’t put them away. He will learn, hopefully.

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Keppinger has a fractured patella

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

fgjhfghszfhsfgg

by JoseRijoIsGod on May 13, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

After what should have been ball 4

fuck the umpire

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dammit!

Can our shortstops stop breaking their patellas?
Hope we’re ready for Janish time…

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

by Cy Schourek on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i broke mine

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

radio had an idea

i think it isn’t a bad idea, move Brandon Phillips to SS. Freel could get the bulk of the time at second base.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

how long is he gonna be out?

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dont know

likely a long time

by JoseRijoIsGod on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

MRI tomorow

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damnit

Please Note: I may be totally full of shit.

by jch24 on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love Cherry Hudson, but

FUCK!

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Crap.

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fucking hell, I need some fantasy SSs fast

Why does my favorite Red go down in flames????

by chesirecat on May 13, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

didnt bako

play ss?

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on May 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kepp with a fractured patela...

by iamwallaman on May 13, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i had a bad feeling when it happened

i had memories of kearns injury when it happened.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh?

That one involved the RKFA.

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jerry Harriston Jr.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

tHom and Brantley sound like they are gonna start crying

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jermaine Dye hasn't been the same player?

In 2006 he hit: .315 .385 .622

So yeah, maybe the Reds should start breaking everyone in Chattanooga’s knee so they can be like Dye a few years later.
I’m sure that if Kremcheck reads this, he’ll be giddy as hell at the opportunity.

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

by Cy Schourek on May 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's already polishing the Injury Stick.

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Idea!

Let’s put Bruce at SS! :D

by iamwallaman on May 13, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

whoah whoah whoah

Keppinger is important, but he is not the Reds best player…maybe 3rd or 4th…

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But you don't understand...

There’s no one else who can flat out hit on this team!

This will prevent the team from getting that all-important 70th win!

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on May 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

pretty valuable for a SS

its a huge loss

by obc2 on May 13, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

like I said

he’s important, but importance and best aren’t the same thing.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but it does mean that

Jerry Harriston Jr. will see more playing time. If Gonzo was ready I wouldn’t be nearly as conerned.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

not quite a youth movement

but its time for Bruce, clearly. godspeed Kepp…

by obc2 on May 13, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

looks like kepp will be

flat out sitting on the DL for a while… this sucks

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on May 13, 2008 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

108 pitches

shut it down…

by obc2 on May 13, 2008 9:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

WTF dusty?!?!?!

those toothpicks must be getting lodged in his brain

"I never should have given up the animation rights."

by BobbyO on May 13, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

and he leaves him in

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Keppinger has

a fractured left kneecap

by cesarhernandez on May 13, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lesson

in patella fracture Orthopedics for those interested.

by buckeye22fox on May 13, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

oh, jesus that was close

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

painfully close

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he dials up his fastball to 95 on pitch 110

ruh-roh

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Reds cameradudes

always pan way out to make every flyball look like a Bunyan shot

by buckeye22fox on May 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sure, but the swing looked good too

tigrmetrics

Buzzards and dreadful crows: necessary evils, I suppose

by Man Mountain on May 13, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

110 piches isn't that bad

even though he is lucky he didn’t give up a two run home run from what Marty said.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

95 pitches is more not bad.

Especially after 118 in his last game. No point in riding him like this with a three run lead.

by Geki on May 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i would have lifted him after the 5th

but atleast he didn’t run it up to 120 or 130.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, he just didn't need to go that long

Dusty could have spelled him.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This could mean Bruce.

Unless they call up Janish, I could see Hairston as the starting SS and Freel getting time backing him up. Mind you, that would require a lack of Corey Patterson man-love, which isn’t likely, but maybe there will be a positive to come of this.

by Geki on May 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

radio said janish has already been called up

In the end, life and business are about human connections. And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake. And to me the choice is easy.

by chandrathan on May 13, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

110 pitches

Volquez is pitching the 7th too, isn’t he?

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Andy Phillips

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hairston

statistically is one of the worst MLB players in recent years.

my eyes are deceiving me, however. i wonder if we can trade Majewski for a SS.

by obc2 on May 13, 2008 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Royce Clayton is out of baseball.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My eye is twitching.

Thanks, Justin.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dusty ball

Brandon ss, Freel 2nd?

lemme be the first to toss it out there.

by obc2 on May 13, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I al ready pointed it out.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty sure the radio guys already did

And they formatted it properly.

by Brendanukkah on May 13, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just bringing some color to RR

no idea how i did that, lol.

by obc2 on May 13, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i did steal it from the radio

i think it isn’t a bad idea.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My guess is

Janish at SS

by cesarhernandez on May 13, 2008 9:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that's a soft j

“yanish”

by buckeye22fox on May 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

like Yogging?

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

rec'd

by buckeye22fox on May 13, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i've been "rec'd" twice in 4 days

i am on a fucking role.

But really I want to thank Will Farrel.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

milk was a bad choice

and im a glass case of emotion!

by obc2 on May 13, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hairston 2-2

after 3-4 wow

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on May 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

*patterson

"God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. This is more important than anything I could do in baseball." -Albert Pujols

by shortstopv2 on May 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and the average skyrockets to .239!

by chesirecat on May 13, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

getting closer to his career average.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and because i will be on TV or Radio

the fans won’t even notice that I am a worse speller than the close captioned typers.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 13, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

New threads

http://www.redreporter.com/2008/5/13/509070/game-40-thread-part-3

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on May 13, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Man... Volquez is having a terrific season

Its early, but I think we should be fairly happy to think we may have a solid rotation in the next few years if Cueto and Bailey can figure it out – and I think they will.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on May 13, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs