Game 34 Thread: Reds vs. Cubs
by Slyde on May 6, 2008 5:00 PM EDT
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PrintChicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, May 6, 2008 7:10 PM EDT
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.
'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 up reply actions
Not much
I’m trying to think of a good Mother’s Day gift. I’m thinking a year’s subscription to Netflix.
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 reply actions
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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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.
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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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).
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?
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
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.
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.
Soriano
I like him as lead off against us. Hope they don’t switch him until they leave town
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
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 reply actions
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 reply actions
We shouldn't have let the baby out
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
d'oh
I fergot. It’ll be back next week.
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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.
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 reply actions
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.
Votto gets picked off second
and joins the base running school for dummies along with Freel, Patterson and Hairston
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
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 reply actions
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.
Scott Sauerbeck
was released from his minor league contract.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
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?
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.
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.
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 up reply actions
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
I demand novelty to picque my interest!!
Novelty!
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
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.
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?
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!
So...
they have drawn 2 walks, and both scored.
While we have drawn 3 walks, and none of them have scored. On top of that, they have committed 2 errors, and we still haven’t scored!
I just don’t get it.
Reds fan for 40 years!
What's not to get
For one thing we don’t hit with men on and we don’t stop the other team with men on—On those rare occassions we get men on.
Harang's quality start tonight was brought to you by the letter
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
First pitch swinging!
what the hell is wrong with this team?
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
the pitching's looked okay tonight
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
so we could print it on his pink slip
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
Wow, this is pathetic... no freakin run support AT ALL for Harang...
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
Burton sure seems in a hurry to leave... nice start to the inning...
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
I'm tired...
...of these bleepin’ snake eggs on this bleepin’ scoreboard.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Pen gives up 2 runs, Reds score 2 in the bottom of the ninth
ashbakerfistpheasant
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
were you involved with the fratteberg shirt, btw?
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
very much
I received it on the day the trade rumors started
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
you caught me relaxing in my music nook
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
Welsh: "that's not a batting problem, that's an approach problem"
thank you, Dr. Zaius, for calling me Taylor
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
this is frustrating
the starting pitcher and the bullpen is good and the offense sucks. Oh well the Florence Freedom open up in a few weeks. Maybe they can put togeather a good season. GO FREEDOM!
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
no shit
ive been on the Freedom bandwagon for three seasons. dollah beers, bitches.
and ive caught two foul balls while smoking in the sole bar on site.
for $9 you sit behind homeplate and get a waitress
I got a fall ball at a freedom game the summer they were in hamilton.
you are kind of a drunken bastard aren’t you?
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
Well, the last time I remember something like this happening
Clemens was rogering all the Astros’ teenage daughters, so….
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
If the Reds have at least 4 batters in the ninth
they will win
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.
With 2 outs and a runner in scoring position
We actually stopped the other team from scoring. Good job Lincoln. Two nights in a row.
can we say that Lincoln was a good find?
but i guess he could also break down at any second.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
assination jokes are always in good taste
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
Lincoln sends his Sherman to pillage the South
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
in my civil war and reconstruction class yesterday the prof said
“and then Sherman e-mailed President Johnson” We laughed at him told him Al Gore wasn’t even born yet. He said it again and proccedded to beat his head against the table furiously. Sadly he won professor of the year last year.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
first pitch swinging against a new reliever
I load that.
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.
no way that was strike three
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because he has a bionic arm
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
Is that enrico palazzo behind the plate?
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
1-5???
Aaron Harang sucks.
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.
well they tried
at this point the reds are like the special olympics, it doesn’t matter if they win or lose it is all about the post game hug.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
Welsh's logic confounds me
The Reds scored zero earned runs last night and no runs tonight. Ergo, back-to-back shutouts.
Cause as we all know, unearned runs don’t actually count.
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.
wasn't he going on
last night about getting big hits? Runs are runs jerk
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
except when they don't count
like unearned runs.
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.
They were sooooo close to connecting the dots
between the Reds not seeing many pitches and Dusty’s “be aggressive” philosophy.
We were almost there.
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
I'm working on it
If I can get some clear proof, it will be in the paper on Sunday.
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.
Get something and make it stick
or your ass will be back blogging a beat so fast it’ll make your dead spin.
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
They can still win this series
by winning tomorrow with our all scrappy throw away game line up
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
He's so cherry
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.
He's flyin' like a fly in a sky blue sky
he’ll be important to the important people when he dies…
'cause something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.
BTW
I wasn’t around last night, but I dug your Koko tributes. However, I will not stand idly by while you California vagina sailors stab the american airwaves in the balls with your shit … music!
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.
Just watching the post-game
...since I am apparently a glutton for punishment…and I am struck by one thing.
How is it that Harang can go through the entire post-game interview without uttering the word “FUCK!” at least once, cause I’ve been doing that all night watching how the team around him played.
I would say it’s unbelievable, but we all know it’s not. Sometimes I hate loving the Reds.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
Gavin Floyd has a no-no in the ninth against the Twins
one out
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.
it's on ESPN right now, if you are intersted.
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.
Damn
I said we should of left the baby under the basket…....
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I just returned from the game - Depressing
So many first pitch swings
Everybody swing for da fences
The Cubs were brimming with energy (as were their fans)
The Reds weren’t brimming with anything.
I love Adam but I’m wearied of his inability to hit the ball the other way,
Go ahead send Grif back to Seattle now…screw 600
Freel,EdE, Bako, BP all seemed overmatched.
Maybe we need a new hitting instructor?
Hell bring up the kids, lets get started on ‘09
Blow it up while you can still get something for CoPat, Hari-stunt,Freel and Hatte
"There's more to being in the big leagues than just stats. Everyone is so stat-conscious." Dusty Baker
the reds deserved to lose
when about 10,000 reds fans (the other half being cubs fans) show up for a game. I know it was a tuesday night but that was pretty pitiful. Griffey was about the only one to do anything tonight, I know he didn’t homer and has been struggling mightily but he did have one half of our hits. I hate Cubs fans and hope there is a special circle of hell for them.
by johnny cueto thinks we're sellouts on May 7, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
were you at the game tonight?
it did seem there were more cubs fans than normal tonight (if that’s possible)
my section contained a total of four reds fans…
the pro cubs chants were loud and plentiful.
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 7, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
also, no way there were 10,000 reds fans there tonight
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 7, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
well i'm getting them back
i have tickets the July 8th game when Cincinnati plays at Wrigley. I’ll show those fuckers.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on May 7, 2008 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, obviously
The reason why Reds fans don’t like to go out to GABP to see the Reds play the Cubs is because there’s so many Cubs fans there. Once you’ve been, you think twice about ever going again when the Cubs are in town.
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by BK on May 7, 2008 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
The 3 biggest reasons that Reds fans don't show up in droves:
1. The team is dismal
2. the stadium entertainment is tired, dated and boring
3. It costs a lot of money to see a dismal team with a boring and dated evening format
"There's more to being in the big leagues than just stats. Everyone is so stat-conscious." Dusty Baker
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