Game 34 Thread: Reds vs. Cubs
Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds
Keith Srakocic/AP (Zambrano), Frank Franklin II/AP (Harang)
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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?
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by chandrathan on
May 6, 2008 5:21 PM EDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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by MixFMKyle on
May 6, 2008 5:43 PM EDT
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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
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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!!
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by jmgard6 on
May 6, 2008 5:53 PM EDT
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Im predicting a big run game
I dont think either “ace” is gonna shutdown the others lineup.
GL
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My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
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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.
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by Slyde on
May 6, 2008 6:19 PM EDT
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Good2know
:D
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My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
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by Rudey on
May 6, 2008 6:19 PM EDT
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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!
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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
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by Caleb on May 6, 2008 7:13 PM EDT 0 recs
Aaaaaand we're underway
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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
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by BubbaFan on May 6, 2008 7:24 PM EDT 0 recs
d'oh
I fergot. It’ll be back next week.
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by Slyde on
May 6, 2008 8:06 PM EDT
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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
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those that are too cool for it can just ignore it
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by Slyde on
May 6, 2008 8:26 PM EDT
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who the fuck sends Jr there?
Dusty Fucking Baker, thats who.
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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
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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
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by crolfer on May 6, 2008 7:41 PM EDT 0 recs
he really is struggling right now
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on
May 6, 2008 7:43 PM EDT
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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
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wow... uggggh
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by crolfer on
May 6, 2008 7:45 PM EDT
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AZ reference
everybody drink
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
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.
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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.)
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by BubbaFan on
May 6, 2008 8:38 PM EDT
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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
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
should have walked one more batter....
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by gejoe on
May 6, 2008 8:18 PM EDT
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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
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by Slyde on
May 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT
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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
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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
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by Slyde on
May 6, 2008 8:27 PM EDT
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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?
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by Caleb on
May 6, 2008 8:33 PM EDT
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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
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Kepp! Bako! Harang!
Sounds like a fight scene from Adam West-era Batman.
by Brendanukkah on May 6, 2008 8:33 PM EDT 0 recs
Gameday said Harang lined out for the third out!
Reds fan for 40 years!
by gejoe on May 6, 2008 8:40 PM EDT 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
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Did someone say...
Favorite images found on toast?

by Brendanukkah on
May 6, 2008 8:50 PM EDT
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'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
by Man Mountain on
May 6, 2008 8:52 PM EDT
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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
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maybe that should be our music theme
“Novelty songs.”
I like the classic Mets Slide Story.
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by BubbaFan on
May 6, 2008 9:14 PM EDT
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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



