Game 82: Reds at Indians

are they going to be able to play this one? i would definately be up for a double header tomorrow.

is everyone at the meetup?

Move him back to the bottom of the order!

than all of the Reds not named Dunn combined saw in the top of the inning.

nails Kepp in the back.

let’s see if he’s Patterson hittable

WTF

that’s a hit’n’run count?

The Counselor Stennis Way.

but we really seem to make more outs on the basepaths this year. Just looking at CS – we have 25 already with half of the season over (not counting today); last year we only had 31.

I didn’t know Fasano was back in the big leagues.

Why is Griffey in the field over Dunn?

I don’t get it.

Cueto wants to load the bases.

Cueto hs throwing pretty well. easy inning for him.

best in the game.

draw out a 3-2 count.

loads the bases.

He slowed down to a jog when he though Fasano wasn’t gonna throw.

Bad mistake.

i wonder if the other Reds players hate him as much as we do.

paying the witch. feeling the flow.

should know that the story they told about Paul Byrd’s first career start being a complete game shut out against Randy Johnson and the Astros in 1998 isn’t true.

That was his first start for the Phillies. His first career start was for the Braves against the Florida Marlins a year earlier.

in 48 years.

Marty quoting OBP stats now.

have one fewer hit, one fewer walk, and one more HBP than the Reds.

Oh, and four fewer runs.

Cherry injured?

big collision with Fasano and Cherry

that looked like it might have hurt.

would have been nice if he could have finished the 7th but still pretty good.

13 for 63 with 18 walks, 4 doubles and 3 HRs, which works out to .206/.383/.413.

Crazy.

way to preserve the SO, Stormy.

The major damage done by Bako, I see…

Dunn – HR, doing well in the 2 spot Dustbag

Wonder why Dustballs didn’t have him bunt…Moronic Toothpick Guy…
OOOh K

And not Lincoln or Affeldt?

Blah BlaH say the Crappy ‘ol Leftover

Does anyone know where I can find video of the Norm Charlton bowing of Mike Scioscia? Is MLB that Nazi to erase all traces of such a play just so that no one can reproduce it?

He took off running.

Why oh why oh why?

I’m sure that Toothpickdick figures he has ‘keep him sharp’
Dusty Baker is indecipherable he is such an idiot.

Anybody got the FLAG

Should Corey have gotten that?

Where’s bubbafan?

Fransisco (That’s right, full name here) K’s the side.

Tomorrow’s game will be close, and Coco blows the save with his tired 92-mph fastball.

G’nite all – Til tomorrow

says that Edward Encarnacion could play tomorrow. So that’s a relief.

5 run lead and Dusty has to use his two best bullpen arms. my brain hurts. i cant even enjoy a fantastic win.

weird

Actually… I’m not… fireworks… fire in general are really fun… especially when they involve combining fireworks and incinerating bottles…

so i was checking the scores of our minor league games tonight and these two guys had a pretty good game (again). and i got to thinking. Frazier is tearing up the FSL, hitting .310/.369/.500 in 158 ABs. Stubbs hasnt been as good, but still pretty respectable, hitting .256/.364/.381 in 273 ABs. his SLG is down, but i have to think a dude with his kind of power can fix that. he is stealing much better this year with 23 successes to only 7 failures. his OPS is .742 in a league where the average is .702, and of course his glove is great.

anyway, these guys need to be in AA real fast. Stubbs is 23 and Frazier is 22, both spent 3 seasons playing at the highest levels of college ball (the Big 12 and The Big East, respectively), and i have to think they should be on the fast track. Frazier’s movement im happy with, being sent to Sarasota pretty quickly after his hot start in Dayton. but Stubbs…come on. i dont know what the organization’s plan is for him, but personally i’d like to see him (and Frazier) starting in Cincinnati’s outfield sometime in ‘09. Frazier is playing mostly SS for Sarasota, but he wont stick there long. he isnt athletic enough to play SS, but i think he would make for an above average 3B or LF. and the more i follow Stubbs the more i like him. he takes a ton of walks and has speed to burn, though his K rate is a concern. sounds a bit to me like he could be a poor man’s Grady Sizemore. his glove would easily be the best on the team if he were in Bigs right now.

the whole reason i wrote about all this is with Frazier and Stubbs playing LF and CF and The Bossman in RF, our outfield would probably the best defensive outfield in the league. these guys arent ready for the Bigs yet, obviously, but getting them a step closer is the only way to find out. our upper minor leagues are kinda depleted since they all came to Cincy, and these guys (along with Valaika and Yonder) are really getting me excited for the next wave. i really hope to see these guys moved up in the next few weeks, but we’ll see what Jocko has planned for these guys.

These guys could be the greatest prospects since Willie Mays and dustbag would have Patterson in center, Hairstunned in LF and Jay in RF.

Silly me I still think that Reds might sign Adam Dunn