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Chicago Cubs
@ Cincinnati Reds

Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 7:10 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Carlos Zambrano vs Aaron Harang

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-15 m.p.h.
Game Time temperature: Around 75.

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Keith Srakocic/AP (Zambrano), Frank Franklin II/AP (Harang)

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Carlos Zambrano 4-1 2.11 1.17 35 11

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Aaron Harang 1-4 2.98 1.08 41 11

This game is exactly why we have Aaron Harang:  Going up against the other team's ace while trying to string together back-to-back wins and begin to turn this season around.  We need the big guy to come through here.

What's been the big difference between these two pitchers this year?  Run support.  Harang's received just 3.16 R/G from the offense while Zambrano has gotten 5.61 R/G from his teammates.  Lots of Reds players like to face Zambrano.  Hopefully we can switch those R/G numbers around on them.

This game will mark the 6th time that Zambrano and Harang have faced off, with the Reds winning 4 of the previous 5, including all 4 matchups last season.

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This is the tenth anniversary of Kerry Wood striking out 20 Astros

Let’s not give him a chance to strike out three Reds.

Harang is the meastliest 1-4 pitcher that e’er there were.

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 5:15 PM EDT   0 recs

'sup brendan?

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 6, 2008 5:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not much

I’m trying to think of a good Mother’s Day gift. I’m thinking a year’s subscription to Netflix.

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 5:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I just got given a ticket

section 105 row a!

I’m on my way to the game. Enjoy yourselves!

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 6, 2008 5:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Lineups

Chubs

Soriano, LF
Theriot, SS
Lee, 1B
Ramirez, 3B
Fukudome, RF
Soto, C
Cedeno, 2B
Pie, CF
Zambrano, P

Redlegs
Freel, CF
Griffey, RF
Phillips, 2B
Votto, 1B
Encarnacion, 3B
Dunn, LF
Keppinger, SS
Bako, C
Harang, P

Find me on MySpace- http://www.myspace.com/mixfmkyle

by MixFMKyle on May 6, 2008 5:22 PM EDT   0 recs

Crap, Ramirez is back

Their 3-6 hitters are STRONG. And The Riot is having a good year too, I believe. Gonna be tough night, but we’ve got our revamped lineup going again. I’d love to see Junior hit one over Pie’s head for 598 tonight.

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 5:32 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah

I think I would like to see this batting order:

Freel
Dunn
Edwin
Jr.
Phillips
Votto
Kepp
Catcher
Pitcher

It gets Dunn and his OBP on ahead of Edwin and Jr. I think it would make our lineup a lot stronger

Find me on MySpace- http://www.myspace.com/mixfmkyle

by MixFMKyle on May 6, 2008 5:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmm

And you’ve got the righty-lefty thing going too. I approve of this lineup construction (although our current one is averaging six runs a game).

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 5:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

agreed

on their 3-6 hitters. Does anyone else get the feeling D. Lee is going to crush the ball every time he steps to the plate? I’ve seen him several times from about field level and, damn, he’s huge!!

Either way, i am encouraged by this lineup that Dusty is running out there, and with our ace on the hill, i like our chances. we have hit zambrano pretty well the last couple of outings if i remember correctly. i’ll be heckling the hell out of him from first base side. enjoy the game!!

Worse lately: Being a Bengals fan or Being a Reds fan?

by jmgard6 on May 6, 2008 5:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Im predicting a big run game

I dont think either “ace” is gonna shutdown the others lineup.

GL

My 08 Cubs record 4-0
My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
Updated April 26th

by Rudey on May 6, 2008 6:11 PM EDT   0 recs

I don't think either ace will too

except for our ace. He will.

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 6, 2008 6:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good2know

:D

My 08 Cubs record 4-0
My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
Updated April 26th

by Rudey on May 6, 2008 6:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

First!

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on May 6, 2008 6:28 PM EDT   0 recs

For the gamblers..

Tonight’s game is a textbook example of a disparity in the marketplace.

It’s ace vs. ace so neither team can be counted out before the first pitch. The Reds are at home so they’ll get that last at-bat thingy. Thousands of computer simulations have the Reds winning more often than losing. And yet because of all the heavy money being put down by “Cubs Nation”... the Reds are dogs according to the casinos.

It’s not “easy money” but this is the kind of action a wise gambler looks for.

Enjoy!

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

by Fat Vegas Alan on May 6, 2008 7:08 PM EDT   0 recs

Soriano

I like him as lead off against us. Hope they don’t switch him until they leave town

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:13 PM EDT   0 recs

bloop

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Aaaaaand we're underway

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on May 6, 2008 7:15 PM EDT   0 recs

runner scores

Ramirez hit a good pitch

Abraham Lincoln said that if you're a racist, I will invade you with the north.

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 6, 2008 7:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Aw, down already?

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

by BK on May 6, 2008 7:22 PM EDT   0 recs

one pitch, one out.

welcome to Reds baseball! Catch the Fever!

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

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 6, 2008 7:23 PM EDT   0 recs

We shouldn't have let the baby out

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

by BubbaFan on May 6, 2008 7:24 PM EDT   0 recs

d'oh

I fergot. It’ll be back next week.

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 6, 2008 8:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

do we have to?

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

by Man Mountain on May 6, 2008 8:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

those that are too cool for it can just ignore it

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 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

who the fuck sends Jr there?

Dusty Fucking Baker, thats who.

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

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 6, 2008 7:28 PM EDT   0 recs

EdE

why do you continue to do that crap. be patient son

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:39 PM EDT   0 recs

Great At Bat Dunn...

Although technically since he walked I guess it’s not an at bat

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on May 6, 2008 7:41 PM EDT   0 recs

wow

that was horrible

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Votto gets picked off second

and joins the base running school for dummies along with Freel, Patterson and Hairston

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wow... uggggh

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

AZ reference

everybody drink

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT   0 recs

well they screwed that up

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT   0 recs

Zambrano looks shaky out there

and we have 2 of 6 outs as baserunning mistakes. its like we love making it hard on ourselves.

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

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 6, 2008 7:49 PM EDT   0 recs

no fundamentals

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Zambrano

one of my favorite Z moments:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F-uLUlyWSi8

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

by Man Mountain on May 6, 2008 8:00 PM EDT   0 recs

This could be one of those 1-0 games

and for the moment we don’t have the 1

by xjjeep90 on May 6, 2008 8:04 PM EDT   0 recs

Scott Sauerbeck

was released from his minor league contract.

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

by BubbaFan on May 6, 2008 8:07 PM EDT   0 recs

dunno

They needed to make room on the roster for Tom Shearn, so they released Sauerbeck today.

(Shearn had been stashed on the Billings roster to make room for someone else. He never left the Bats, but on paper, he was with Billings. But he’s pitching tonight, so he had to be put back on the roster.)

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

by BubbaFan on May 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Walks to the opposing team

always seem to hurt us more than vise-versa.

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 6, 2008 8:12 PM EDT   0 recs

And it continues......

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 6, 2008 8:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

2 on, no out

Only one team could screw this up.

Sadly, we are that team.

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

by Man Mountain on May 6, 2008 8:12 PM EDT   0 recs

3-0...

Don’t like our chances now…

unless we can get Z to walk in a couple runs. :)

by iamwallaman on May 6, 2008 8:15 PM EDT   0 recs

I agree

very sad

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 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

it looked like that ball rolled form second to the catcher

bako was just standing there waiting on it…

It would have been a great throw in rolley-bat

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 6, 2008 11:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Is it just me

or have the Reds been extremely unlucky on line drives this year?

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

by Man Mountain on May 6, 2008 8:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Z seems to have found his groove

but he’s at 74 pitches through 4 innings. If we can make him throw more next inning, maybe he’ll be gone after the 6th (or during).

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 6, 2008 8:25 PM EDT   0 recs

this is usually right about the point where the Reds start swinging at everything

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 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I started reading "Soul of Baseball" in a Borders after work

I was literally moved to tears by it, and so I bought it and was feeling great about baseball. Then I got to my car where I got a parking ticket in a freaking parking garage and come home to the Reds playing like this.

Time to start the drinking.

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 8:31 PM EDT   0 recs

how do you get a ticket in a garage?

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on May 6, 2008 8:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's what I want to know

Apparently there’s an entire floor of reserved spaces. And this is for the Metro. The public transportation. And the ticket is for more money than if I had just been ticketed on the street.

Congratulations Metro, you’ve lost a rider. One more single passenger car on the road to fuck up the environment.

God, I hate this town.

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 8:36 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmm

The thread is very sluggish when we don’t have our music theme.

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 8:42 PM EDT   0 recs

I demand novelty to picque my interest!!

Novelty!

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

by Man Mountain on May 6, 2008 8:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Did someone say...

Favorite images found on toast?

by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 8:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by Man Mountain on May 6, 2008 8:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i would have gotten away with it too

if it weren;t for you pesky kids and your internets

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

by Man Mountain on May 6, 2008 9:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

maybe that should be our music theme

“Novelty songs.”

I like the classic Mets Slide Story.

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

by BubbaFan on May 6, 2008 9:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If we take some pitches, this could be Z's last inning

Come on boys, let’s score some runs for our man.

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on May 6, 2008 8:47 PM EDT   0 recs