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Cincinnati Reds @ Atlanta Braves

Saturday, May 3, 2008, 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Matt Belisle vs Jo-Jo Reyes

Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 70.

 

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Gene J. Puskar/AP (Belisle), Dave Martin/AP (Reyes)

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Matt Belisle 1-1 9.00 2.11 5 2

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2007 - Jo-Jo Reyes
 2-2 6.22 1.68 27 30


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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Go new-and-improved-lineup Reds!

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on May 3, 2008 5:21 PM EDT   0 recs

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?

by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 5:28 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by Madville on May 3, 2008 5:43 PM EDT   0 recs

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.

by kennythered on May 3, 2008 6:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sigh

Where’s Tom Shearn when you need him?

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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 7:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Nice inning, Matt

at this rate (24 pitches), you should be good for another 3!

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 7:28 PM EDT   0 recs

2nd inning

only 8 pitches

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

now

we need some offense.

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 7:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

C'mon, boys

How about some run support here?

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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 7:39 PM EDT   0 recs

*cricket*

Has everyone already lost interest in this team?

The season is far from over… even if it feels like it now.

by iamwallaman on May 3, 2008 7:41 PM EDT   0 recs

As I recall...

...Saturday nights are usually slow. I guess most people have lives. ;-)

Maybe they’re all down in Kentucky, swilling mint juleps.

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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 7:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 7:41 PM EDT   0 recs

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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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 7:46 PM EDT   0 recs

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.

by joektoe on May 3, 2008 7:49 PM EDT   0 recs

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.

by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 8:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I dunno

JD’s post sounded like a writeoff to me.

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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 8:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 8:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I read that....

...as a writeoff of this season, anyway.

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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 8:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 8:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 8:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"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.

by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 8:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 9:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

decent inning

only 15 pitches. Maybe Matt can go 6 or more this time.

WE NEED RUNS

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 7:53 PM EDT   0 recs

Please...

...don’t waste a decent start by Belizzle.

Get a hit!

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 7:56 PM EDT   0 recs

When's the last time we hit a homer?

or even scored???

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Edwin hit one on Wednesday, in the 2nd inning.

Votto scored later in that inning. That was their last run.

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

At what point...

does Jacoby get the axe?

Not saying he necessarily deserves it…

by iamwallaman on May 3, 2008 8:02 PM EDT   0 recs

That sound you hear

is the flood gates opening…

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:05 PM EDT   0 recs

My bad

way to work out of it Matt, and with only 17 pitches

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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….

by joektoe on May 3, 2008 8:15 PM EDT   0 recs

Adam Dunn

doesnt just strikeout or walk…he can hit into dps! :/

by Santo from Smithfield on May 3, 2008 8:15 PM EDT   0 recs

2nd this season

'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.

by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 8:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

he should hit into more

diversify his suck.

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm really getting concerned

'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.

by Man Mountain on May 3, 2008 8:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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

by BK on May 3, 2008 8:20 PM EDT   0 recs

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's 21 innings, folks

without scoring a single run.

Anyone know the record?

Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?

by jgoodfri on May 3, 2008 8:20 PM EDT   0 recs

for the Reds?

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey

at least he finally threw more than 20 pitches in an inning (Reyes, that is).

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Let's. Go. Reds.

I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:24 PM EDT   0 recs

Damn.

I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:26 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by BK on May 3, 2008 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:27 PM EDT   0 recs

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!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:30 PM EDT   0 recs

Easy mistake to make

I often mix up Glavine and Belisle.

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by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 8:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

There's also one for Jone's double.

Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?

by jgoodfri on May 3, 2008 8:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Slyde on May 3, 2008 8:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

18-pitch inning

82 on the night.

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Woo hoo! Freel!

PLEASE don’t run yourself out of this…

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on May 3, 2008 8:36 PM EDT   0 recs

lets go brandon

theres an rbi just waiting for you

by Santo from Smithfield on May 3, 2008 8:38 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

losing 2-0, and we have 3 hits

now where have I seen this before? (Scratches head)

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:38 PM EDT   0 recs

thank God (or Freel and Phillips)

that’s over

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Freel...

...is doing a good Ichiro imitation.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 8:39 PM EDT   0 recs

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!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:40 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Edwin Elpidio Encarnacion

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on May 3, 2008 8:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

YESSSSS!

WE SCORED!

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on May 3, 2008 8:40 PM EDT   0 recs

OMG, a run!

"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."

by Ash on May 3, 2008 8:40 PM EDT   0 recs

Does McCann have a weak arm?

3 stolen bases in one inning – me likey!

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:42 PM EDT   0 recs

Common Joey!

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by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:42 PM EDT   0 recs

Blow it open, Edwin!!! (please)

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by gejoe on May 3, 2008 8:43 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by BK on May 3, 2008 8:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Who's coming in now?

I missed it.

I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 3, 2008 8:48 PM EDT   0 recs

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