Slyde is back!

gettin the job done

Gooooooooooooooo – Farney!

“When I talked to Brian Shouse in Texas, I asked him what his job was. He said to get the guy out. I said well, no. The first job is to keep the ball in the park.”

And that is why Orel is no longer a pitching coach.

Was it productive?

just asked Billy Hatcher if lee came off the bag

Forgetting Sean Marshall.

With the Hopper-esque hit.

on a 2-0 count

No need to top Dunn.

Would get caught off the bag again?

for tHom and Chris

It’s about to get Stormy.

I realized today that I currently have SIX different pork products in my fridge at this very moment. It’s amazing I don’t weigh 300 lbs.

Start of a new phase of his career?

The juicer’s on again.

That Catcher Witch deserves a raise.

Is it time to officially crown CP as McPatterson?

too much of a stretch?

He drinks it up!

Now it’s time head over to Coco’s Boathouse. Keep the fire!

The Reds have a closer, and we might get to see him

But a red sky last night is a sailor’s delight.

The songwriting duel at Coco’s Boathouse is as good as won.

Are we actually going to see a David Weathers set up for a save in the 9th by Cordero ? Yes!!

Just gave BOTH of my boys their first ever shot of NyQuil. Holy snot, their reactions were priceless.

I, of course, am a bad dad..

Anybody seen my lucky harpoon?

This isn’t going so well.

that was a Holy Moses, wasnt it?

man that was close to being bad.

Can’t let Daryle Ward beat you.

change the plane, koko

This isn’t fucking Chicago, Cubs fans.

metal health will drive you mad….bang your head!

If we wanted an exciting 9th, we should have just left stormy in.

Xenu commands it.

I gots to roll. Good night all, please get out of this CoCo.

HOLY CRAP he’s out!

wild pitch bounced away

should have bowled him over. he stopped short!!!

Just wow.

I don’t get it. Down by 2?

What alternate universe am I in?

What alternate universe am I in?

GameDay is still in shock.

D Lee up. I am scared

just grabbed a Woodford Reserve on ice

They made it interesting though

and this one belongs to the reds!

REDS WIN!

Votto slides into first to get the force.

have a good night all

Let’s Dance!

Maybe we can spook the smooth into the bullpen… with the help of Coco’s ghost!

Dunn homers. Weathers pitches a scoreless 8th and Cordero gets a nice, easy save. This is the way we drew it up back in March. I wish it was happening more often.

Time to bring up Bailey. Im an Arroyo guy, but i think he needs a couple weeks to do something.

Last year, we’d have lost this game.

Sox are up 5-1 with tow outs in the 7th, but the Tiggers have the bases juiced. What’s gonna happen next?!?

It’s almost painting season. And I’ve got a lot of stuff to paint.

Dunn strikes out with the bases loaded
Cueto gives up ANOTHER homer
Dinero Cordero forgets how to pitch
and it all adds up to another GD loss for cincy. ive just about had my fill….

oh. sorry folks. all this losing has me blogging on auto-pilot. we won! woo-hoo!

Let that marinade for awhile.

And boy they made me nervous. There were way too many Cubs fans but it was nice wishing them luck over the next 100 years of losing.

I said the baby under the basket would work. It did. I still think it stays under there until the reds take 3 in a row.

Another Cubs loss, never fails.

Simple Recap:
Great to see J. Quest grind through it – Thanks Mario
Great not to see CoPat (except for his cameo)
Pitching, Pen and O all good enough
Cubs lose Cubs lose
Dunn hitting the ball hard
Jr. experiences the wheel of Kharma
Damn I miss Sweet Lou.
Going to the game Tomorrow night w/ Daughter #2 her boyfriend and Mrs. M.
Can’t wait for 2 in a row!

JoePos was at the game and has a good blog entry up.

The game was OK. The Cubs kicked the ball around a bit. The Reds started Johnny Cueto, and this kid’s got some electric arm action, no? You know, some people throw hard, and some people look like they’re throwing hard, and a few (Bob Gibson comes to mind first, but other lesser lights like Jose Valverde too) are both — they LOOK like they’re throwing and they really ARE throwing hard. That was Cueto.

We’ve all seen the side-by-side video of Cueto and Gibson, right? The way they both fall off the mound? Anyway it’s jinx-y to even bring it up. JoePos on the Pie theft of 598:

Then all the cheers turned to groans, all the groans turned into cheers, people standing sat, people sitting stood up, the stolen homer is the greatest reversal in sports. And suddenly I’m at this rather blah game in a half-empty stadium, and my mind is 99.44% pure mush … but I had a moment. I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because, well, baseball is boring, But then, suddenly, it isn’t. And that’s why it’s so great.

I wasn’t able to join ya’ll in the thread and I still haven’t read through it but I wanted to say that other than Griffey looking overmatched, I think at times the Reds looked like an actual MLB team! (Let’s ignore the fact that they didn’t score any unearned runs.)

Weathers looked both impressive and he also looked liked David Weathers. I think he gave up a two-out double and then went 3-1 to ? before getting his second strikeout to end the inning.

And Cordero didn’t have his best stuff and he knew it and the Cubs knew it but he still got the save in a game that the Reds really needed. Bad.

Good times.

Go Reds.