Game 31 Thread: Reds at Braves
by Rick House on May 3, 2008 5:00 PM EDT
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PrintCincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves, May 3, 2008 7:10 PM EDT
Gene J. Puskar/AP (Belisle), Dave Martin/AP (Reyes)
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Notice those are Reyes' stats from last season (and his career totals). He was called up to replace John Smoltz. Two of his 11 appearances last season came against the Reds, and he gave up 9 runs in 9 innings. He's been terrific in Richmond this season, striking out 25 in 23 innings and allowing just 3 runs. He's a 23-year-old who throws a low-90s 4-seamer, according to BA, and he also has a plus curveball and changeup.
Belisle was OK last time out, certainly not as bad as his season debut but not great. He's only struck out 5 so far in 9 major league innings, and he's given up 17 hits. He looked much better in the minors, so maybe he'll come around tonight.
G'Reds.
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First!
Go new-and-improved-lineup Reds!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
The Lineups
REDS
Ryan Freel CF
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Adam Dunn LF
Jeff Keppinger SS
David Ross C
Matt Belisle P
BRAVES
Kelly Johnson 2B
Yunel Escobar SS
Chipper Jones 3B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Brian McCann C
Jeff Francoeur RF
Mark Kotsay CF
Gregor Blanco LF
Jo-Jo Reyes P
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yunel Escobar and Gregor Blanco sound like characters from Kafka.
Go Reds.
"There's more to being in the big leagues than just stats. Everyone is so stat-conscious." Dusty Baker
Supposedly
We turned down Jo-Jo and Yunel for Arroyo. We will see how that one plays out.
I get the feeling the Braves wouldn’t mind having Dunn or Griffey added to that lineup, but I doubt we will get that kind of return.
Sigh
Where’s Tom Shearn when you need him?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Nice inning, Matt
at this rate (24 pitches), you should be good for another 3!
Reds fan for 40 years!
C'mon, boys
How about some run support here?
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*cricket*
Has everyone already lost interest in this team?
The season is far from over… even if it feels like it now.
As I recall...
...Saturday nights are usually slow. I guess most people have lives. ;-)
Maybe they’re all down in Kentucky, swilling mint juleps.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
there've been a number of warnng track shots this road trip
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
The Louisville game
...Dickerson was just robbed. Terrible throw got him out at first anyway. The ball bounced off the first base umpire and into the first baseman’s glove.
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isanyone else watching Jeopardy.....
Just kidding…..It is dissapointing how many people have quickly written the team off becuase of the poor start. Yes they are in the tank to so to speak but this is an extremely long season that is just satrting.
I don't think anyone here has written off the team
Expressions of pessimism and frustration seem warranted
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
I dunno
JD’s post sounded like a writeoff to me.
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A rather weak one if it is
Maybe the first month of the season has been a fluke, but as things stand right now I have to say that I’m more pessimistic than optimistic when it comes to the 2008 Cincinnati Reds. I’m pretty sure we’re not going to be seeing a cover like the one above this November.
This isn’t the end of the world. A lot of smart people have been pointing towards 2009 as the Reds year to start contending again. But while I know that’s always made sense, I still had hope that things might fall the Reds way in 2008. Not looking like that’s going to happen.
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
I read that....
...as a writeoff of this season, anyway.
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what happens if you never wrote them on?
I still watch them and enjoy it, for the most part. I just never thought they’d be better than .500 this year.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Proof
That I’m right!
Some here have indeed written this season off.
FWIW, some have also written the Yankees off. Lotta Yankees fans are out on ledges right now. It was worse last year – much worse – and the Yankees still made the postseason. But don’t try to tell them that.
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The comparison is no where near valid
The Yankees and Reds might as well be playing different sports when it comes to determining a season’s success.
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I know
My point is that you’re almost guaranteed to be wrong if you say something lifke “no one here has written off the team.” Someone has written off the team, no matter what team is. Probably lots of someones.
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"I don't think anyone here has written off the team"
I haven’t seen anyone write on this blog “The Reds will not win be competitive this season”
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
I kinda just wrote that up above
and I picked them to win 78 games this year. I don’t consider that competitive in a playoff sense of the word.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
This thread here
reminded me of this conversation between some old friends:
Kramer: It’s a write off for them.
Jerry: Write it off what?
Kramer: They just write it off.
Jerry: You don’t even know what a write off is, do you?
Kramer: Do you?
Jerry: No, I don’t.
Kramer. Well they do, and they’re the ones writing it off.
Jerry: I wish I had the last 20 seconds of my life back.
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decent inning
only 15 pitches. Maybe Matt can go 6 or more this time.
WE NEED RUNS
Reds fan for 40 years!
Please...
...don’t waste a decent start by Belizzle.
Get a hit!
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Edwin hit one on Wednesday, in the 2nd inning.
Votto scored later in that inning. That was their last run.
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Oh
and they’ve scored over 4 runs in a game just 8 times this year. Last year after 30 games, they had scored over 4 runs 16 times.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
two outs and how many pitches....
Edwin has already come a long way just this season…if only we could get Dunn to get some more hits….
Adam Dunn
doesnt just strikeout or walk…he can hit into dps! :/
by Santo from Smithfield on May 3, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions
he should hit into more
diversify his suck.
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He also doesn't run out to his position
lacks savvy and veteran presence, and would rather be playing golf or fishing.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not a big fan of this Jo-Jo character.
Or Braves pitching. Whatever.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
He thought he was a loner
but he knew it couldn’t last
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
That's 21 innings, folks
without scoring a single run.
Anyone know the record?
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
for the Reds?
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The quickest answer I can find is 30 innings
in 1989, they were shutout from the start of the game on April 18th until the 4 inning on April 22nd (3 whole games + 3 innings). That’s the only time they’ve been shutout 3 straight whole games in the last 52 years, but they’ve been shut out 2 times in a row 25 times, so the record could be longer than 30 innings.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
34 in the 1964 pennant race
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939549,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
I HOPE that’s the record.
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
eek
one of those games was a 16 inning game that they lost 1-0. My query did not check for such an occurrence.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Hey
at least he finally threw more than 20 pitches in an inning (Reyes, that is).
Reds fan for 40 years!
Wow.
Really impressed by that throw by Freel. That was perfect, even though it didn’t get the out.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
He's looked pretty good tonight.
I’m sure he did something Freely silly while I was watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang but that throw and that running catch to end the last inning have him looking like a ballplayer in my mind tonight.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like he's playing for a job tonight.
Which is great. I think when Dusty put him into the lineup for today and tomorrow, he was pretty much saying, “Okay, C-Pat sucks. Bring me a pheasant and you can play everyday.”
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Larry's up w/ RISP.
This could be not good.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
Game Day has a video of Matt Belisle striking out in the 5th
and has it labelled “Glavine’s K”
Reds fan for 40 years!
Easy mistake to make
I often mix up Glavine and Belisle.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
It looked like Ross was going to try to pick Escobar off
and since Keppinger was going to cover for that, he was perfectly positioned to field that ball.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Woo hoo! Freel!
PLEASE don’t run yourself out of this…
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
lets go brandon
theres an rbi just waiting for you
by Santo from Smithfield on May 3, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply actions
and freel almost just ruined it...
but in the process made it much easier.
by Santo from Smithfield on May 3, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
losing 2-0, and we have 3 hits
now where have I seen this before? (Scratches head)
Reds fan for 40 years!
Freel...
...is doing a good Ichiro imitation.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Runner on third with 1 out, down 2-0
Who would you want up at this point of the season the way the Reds have been playing?
Reds fan for 40 years!
Edwin or Votto.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Edwin Elpidio Encarnacion
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
by Ash on May 3, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Into their bullpen first, nice!
That has to be the first time that’s happened in a week.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
Who's coming in now?
I missed it.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
Oh, man.
thx
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Not necessarily..
..this guy.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Certainly not with the way he's been to start the season.
I’d probably go with Keppinger at this point.
Reds fan for 40 years!
The symbol
I knew Dunn would strike out as sure as I know the sun would come up tomorrow. Man am I getting sick of this guy. He is symbolic of the last 8 years.
I hear ya.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Adam Dunn
Our Pet Goat?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
you're right
He has been a pretty terrible pitcher over the last 8 years
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
I think the problem is hoping to give up zero runs instead of 2 (I know you were being facetious)
This is the first year in Dunn’s tenure where it could clearly be said that the offense was the problem. The Reds have been sacrificing offense to build up pitching over the last 3 years, and this is what it has wrought us.
And yes, Dunn has failed a lot so far this year, but he’s hardly the only one. I don’t understand why Griffey is not the symbol for the last 8 years. He’s been worse than Dunn and he’s been expensive that whole time. Dunn’s only been expensive the last 2 seasons (and given his production last year, he was still cheap for his performance).
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Does JTM stand for "Just the Meat"?
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
Dunn's out of the game.
Now shut up.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure, I'll take some trivia
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
No peeking.
Name a Hall of Fame pitcher who managed the Reds.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Christy Mathewson
What do I win
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
An internet butt pat.
Attaboy, BK.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Now I see why Crolfer hasn't been around lately.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Dave Miley
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Problem
He’ll be back tomorrow. I’d second guess Dusty for not pinchhitting a right handed batter, but then I realized, we don’t have a rightt handed batter. But then I realized Bronson or Volquez probably had a better chance of making contact then Dunn.
I'm starting to think you don't like Dunn
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Not true
He may be a big dope but he’s our big dope. But lets face it, eight years is enough. We need to try something different. And this might be the worst start by an individua;l in the history of baseball. 11 RBIs? He might end up hitting under .200. I’ve run out of patience.
Hyperbole much?
It’s not even the worst start by a player on this team.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Nice pitching by Belisle - too bad he can't get a win (can the Reds?)
Nice bullpen work, so far, too!!!!
Reds fan for 40 years!
Ross
Ross was upset he flied out. I consider it a victory he actually made contact.
I'm starting to think you don't like anybody
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
You're down on
Harang?
Volquez?
Votto?
Keppinger?
Affeldt?
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
First base ump
is going to mess up his arm with out signals like that (sacrifice bunt play)
by Santo from Smithfield on May 3, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions
OH MY GOD PLEASE KILL YOURSELF COREY PATTERSON
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
what happened?
my wife decided to catch up on Grey’s Anatomy.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Base hit, hit to him
Bobbles it before trying to get it into the infield. They lucked out that the runners weren’t going, or it would have scored easily.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
You know...
...according to Baseball Prospectus, Corey Patterson is really a pretty awful CFer. Freel or even Hairston would be better.
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Crud.
I was having good feelings about this game when the Reds were down 1-0.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
Why can't Dunn ever come to bat for the other team???
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
I blame Grey's Anatomy.
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
I blame Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Dammmmmmmmit.
Freel almost made the diving catch, ball went off his glove, 2 runs score.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
correction
freel almost made the catch, but decided he had to dive
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
wow... we're sucking it up...
And what’s worse, my mom and sister have Juno on… and it’s in the same room as the computer…
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
There you go.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure Freel wasn't saying "it's a game of inches", George.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
HelllllloooooooOOOOOOOOOO!
I said…”More trivia?”
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
No peeking.
Name the last five Reds starters to record at least 100+ strikeouts in at least two consecutive seasons.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
hmm
Harang
Arroyo
Rijo
Harnisch
Villone
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Harang, Arroyo, Harnisch, Tomko and....
Mike Remlinger
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
And Burba also did it. Just prior to Remlinger.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
hmmm
Harang and Arroyo. Maybe Pete harnish. and I have no idea after that
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
Good start.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got Harang and Arroyo
Harnisch, Neagle, Villone. Complete crapshoot on the last three.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
The bullpen decided to get in on the action.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Realization
I thought this team was better than our record(2007-08). I was wrong. How did we finish only 18 games under .500?
It's Adam Dunn's fault.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
The genius and guile of Pete Mackanin.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm...
When a batter’s stat line says “Single in 7th”, and you’re in the 7th, that’s not a good thing.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Can they fire someone just to make us feel better?
The team won’t be any better off but maybe it will feel like progress until some more players start pulling their weight…
Is Blaine Boyer the Braves' Todd Coffey?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
You mean, since yesterday?
No, we haven’t.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
wow wtf?
I just got back from seeing Ironman, and see the Braves score 6 to go up 7.
This team needs Tony Stark to give them some sort of heart
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
I liked it
They did a nice job of updating the original story line to fit today. Downey does a surprisingly good job. Plus it is hard to not like a movie that opens with Back in Black and ends with IronMan. I think it will have a nice run with at least 2 sequels.
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
or iron boots and swimming trunks
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
rub his nose in this
Dusty knows how to blood a bullpen for the hunt
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
Nice.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I can only assume...
...he needs the work.
I wonder if Dusty would ever do something wild and crazy, like put the closer in while the game is still in reach, even if it’s only the 7th inning?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Corey Patterson needs to be euthanized.
Too soon?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on May 3, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He's certainly new to words over four syllables
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
It shoulda been you, Dunn. It shoulda been you.
/Deadspin
It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely legal pornography.
Put him out of our misery
Why Patterson tonight, and not Hairston?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Skip Caray:
“And the bases are loaded. I bet Dusty Baker wishes he was”
Joe Simpson: “You got away with one there”
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Swung and missed.
I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.
by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Which was worse Last nights Ballet or tonight's Red's?
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