Game 56 Thread: Reds vs. Braves
by Slyde
on May 31, 2008 1:45 PM EDT
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Atlanta Braves @ Cincinnati Reds
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Last night's win guaranteed a winning May for the Reds, but that doesn't mean they should rest on their 14-12 laurels. I could go for a big win today, say by 8-10 runs. It may be hard as Jurrjens has been pitching well for the Braves, but all things are possible with Bruce.
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FIRST!
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on May 31, 2008 1:52 PM EDT 0 recs
west coast trips shouldn't count - they're evil
without that trip, the reds were 12-7 in may. i’ll take months like that for the rest of the season.
by Daedalus on May 31, 2008 1:56 PM EDT 0 recs
line ups
Escobar, SS
Johnson, 2B
Jones, 3B
Teixeira, 1B
McCann, C
Francouer, RF
Norton, LF
Blanco, CF
Jurrjens, P
Jerry Hairston Jr. ss
Jay Bruce cf
Ken Griffey Jr. rf
Brandon Phillips 2b
Adam Dunn lf
Edwin Encarnacion 3b
Joey Votto 1b
David Ross c
Josh Fogg p
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on May 31, 2008 2:01 PM EDT 0 recs
Nice to see a pretty good lineup in the afternoon game
Josh Fogg is going to need all the help he can get.
by Brendanukkah on
May 31, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
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LET'S GO REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reds fan for 40 years!
by gejoe on May 31, 2008 2:18 PM EDT 0 recs
I keep a Jair of Jurrjens on my bedside table
(I don’t know, it just sounds dirty)
by Brendanukkah on May 31, 2008 2:21 PM EDT 0 recs
Over/Under on Fogg
I say he goes 6 innings – 90 pitches
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on May 31, 2008 2:25 PM EDT 0 recs
that would be wonderful - and a win!
Reds fan for 40 years!
by gejoe on
May 31, 2008 2:26 PM EDT
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Warning
No comment on whether it’s us who need to beware, or them…
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on May 31, 2008 2:27 PM EDT 0 recs
death pool
anyone have 50 cent’s house?
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on May 31, 2008 2:39 PM EDT 0 recs
Did you guys see this
I thought this was sort of cool.
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on May 31, 2008 2:53 PM EDT 0 recs
yeah
as you know from SOB, theyve done that before.
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on
May 31, 2008 2:56 PM EDT
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yeah
always cool when they honor those guys. Didn’t the Reds do a throw back game honoring the Negro Leagues a few years ago?
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on
May 31, 2008 3:03 PM EDT
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Ugh don't get me started.
I think that whole “Negro Leagues Draft” thing is just a lame dog-and-pony show that is pandering and quite frankly insulting.
According to MLB.com. "the individuals selected will represent all the black ballplayers that were denied a chance to play in the Majors because of their skin color."
Umm, yeah. They were denied their chance to play in the major because MLB ownership and players were a bunch of racist bastards.
You wanna know what MLB could do that would really honor the Negro Leaguers? Slap a big fat asterisk on ALL MLB records from before 1947. Call it the ‘Segregation Era’ and don’t consider anything a ‘Modern Era’ record unless it happened in 1947 and beyond.
To me, records from before 1947 are much more tainted than anything from the Steroid Era.
by cesarhernandez on
May 31, 2008 3:31 PM EDT
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really?
I agree it was pure racist motives but I don’t think you can dismiss the whole history of baseball up to that point.
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on
May 31, 2008 4:48 PM EDT
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Don't dismiss it
but just count all those records as Segregation Era records, not Modern records. Just think of how different, and less competitive, MLB would be right now with no players of color…no blacks, latinos, etc….
by cesarhernandez on
May 31, 2008 4:54 PM EDT
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So
who is the HR king?
Ruth segregation era
Aaron integration era
Bonds Steroid era
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on
May 31, 2008 4:56 PM EDT
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Well there ya go
Aaron is the most legitimate choice I guess. Of course, we don’t know how many of those homers Bonds hit were against ‘roided up pitchers. So the advantage that Bonds got from steroids may not be as significant as people think.
by cesarhernandez on
May 31, 2008 4:59 PM EDT
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How long is Griffey gonna be allowed to hit 3rd?
He’s really hurting us.
by Nick Papageorgio on May 31, 2008 2:58 PM EDT 0 recs
until he's got a C on his hat, i imagine
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on
May 31, 2008 3:03 PM EDT
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or, as long as he has a c on his hat, you know
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on
May 31, 2008 3:12 PM EDT
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So we should trade him here?
That would help us and hurt them, especially if they leave him at 3rd.
by Nick Papageorgio on
May 31, 2008 3:29 PM EDT
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prediction
fogg will have a great game.
for all his faults, i still feel bad for him having to sit most of the time. i think he’ll be fired up today.
by Daedalus on May 31, 2008 3:17 PM EDT 0 recs
Jurrjens, that's a kind of hand lotion isn't it?
Guess the Braves must get it for free.
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
by jgoodfri on May 31, 2008 3:17 PM EDT 0 recs
I heard that too
what are the Reds going to do after that? pray for rain?
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on
May 31, 2008 3:59 PM EDT
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That's the problem
Who’s the long guy out of the pen??
by cesarhernandez on
May 31, 2008 4:01 PM EDT
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Clement Vallandigham disagrees
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on
May 31, 2008 4:09 PM EDT
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actually, he AGREES
but Griffey just hit 599, so hey
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on
May 31, 2008 4:10 PM EDT
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16 Fogg pitches down, 59 to go
doesn’t sound like 5 innings.
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
by jgoodfri on
May 31, 2008 4:05 PM EDT
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those nicknames were terrific
but edwin didnt have one. whats up with that
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on May 31, 2008 4:06 PM EDT 0 recs
Bruce is just a poor man's jeff keppinger
all these singles are killing me
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on May 31, 2008 4:09 PM EDT 0 recs
So that's why he bats 3rd
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
by jgoodfri on May 31, 2008 4:10 PM EDT 0 recs
Please get No. 600
In this game and get it over with.
by cesarhernandez on May 31, 2008 4:11 PM EDT 0 recs
lets light em up, boys!!
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on May 31, 2008 4:11 PM EDT 0 recs
can we count that
as #600?
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on May 31, 2008 4:11 PM EDT 0 recs
Today's my 50th
Happy Birthday to me, from Jr. and BP.
anyone else (from the REDS)?
Reds fan for 40 years!
by gejoe on May 31, 2008 4:13 PM EDT 0 recs
Looks like they're really respecting Dunn's base-stealing ability.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
by BLee2525 on May 31, 2008 4:18 PM EDT 0 recs
Nice AB there.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
by BLee2525 on May 31, 2008 4:19 PM EDT 0 recs
give him something up and in
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on May 31, 2008 4:19 PM EDT 0 recs
josh fogg:
0 career homers
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on May 31, 2008 4:22 PM EDT 0 recs
I hate Joe Buck
During Mets-Dodgers
“The Reds are getting younger before our eyes; they have Votto, they called up that young outfielder…”
He finally identified “that young outfielder” when they put up a graphic showing his name.
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
by BLee2525 on May 31, 2008 4:24 PM EDT 0 recs
we called up hopper?
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on
May 31, 2008 4:24 PM EDT
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god damn it larry
let it go between your legs again
by thedecline19 on May 31, 2008 4:24 PM EDT 0 recs
Great first inning
we should bat around more often
Reds fan for 40 years!
by gejoe on May 31, 2008 4:27 PM EDT 0 recs
Love the MLB.tv blackout policy, btw.
Watching Mariners baseball is THRILLING.
by Nick Papageorgio on May 31, 2008 4:28 PM EDT 0 recs
Where are you that the game is blacked out?
I’m in Dayton and I’ve got the Reds game.
by cesarhernandez on
May 31, 2008 4:35 PM EDT
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you know the game's on fox, right?
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on
May 31, 2008 4:35 PM EDT
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Greg Norton?
Really?
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
by BLee2525 on May 31, 2008 4:32 PM EDT 0 recs
"Fogg can't afford to pitch poorly"
Really? He’s getting paid a cool million to pitch poorly. He probably has two houses and 3 cars from pitching poorly.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on May 31, 2008 4:34 PM EDT 0 recs
maybe thats why
he has a smile on his face at all times, regardless of suckitude
by thedecline19 on
May 31, 2008 4:35 PM EDT
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Are you planning on leading a peoples revolution against Fogg?
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on
May 31, 2008 4:36 PM EDT
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Ya Basta!
We demand more from our leaders (and our #5 pitchers)!
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on
May 31, 2008 4:39 PM EDT
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Is this for real???
Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy
by The Crushinator on May 31, 2008 4:39 PM EDT 0 recs
no live lookins from espn
manny’s 500 is ok though
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on May 31, 2008 4:40 PM EDT 0 recs
I'm getting one from Mets-Dodgers
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
by BLee2525 on
May 31, 2008 4:41 PM EDT
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Yup
"Karma - there it was. The meaning of life, straight from Carson Daly's lips to my morphine-laced ears." -Earl Hickey
by BLee2525 on
May 31, 2008 4:43 PM EDT
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Ya, i'm stuck watching M's/Tigers
they cut over for that AB, though
by Nick Papageorgio on
May 31, 2008 4:43 PM EDT
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