Corey Patterson is a Red once again

by BK on Jun 4, 2008 1:11 PM EDT Comment 63 comments

Today the Reds placed on the 15-day disabled list IF/OF Ryan Freel (strained right hamstring) and recalled from Class AAA Louisville OF Corey Patterson (#23)...Freel and LHP Kent Mercker (lower back pain) are scheduled to be examined in Cincinnati later this week...Patterson began the season with the Reds and hit .200 in 45g and 29 starts before he was optioned to Louisville last Wednesday to make room on the roster for Andy Phillips...for the Bats Patterson hit safely in 4 of his 5 apps and produced a 2-hit game and two 3-hit games (9-22, .409, 2 2b, 1sb).

Way to give the people what they want, Walt.

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Damn it

Bruce Bonser? Boone Bonser? Boot Bonser? BOOSE BONZER?

by Lakeman on Jun 4, 2008 1:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

"Reds Call Up Hardplace"

“Rock to start in CF for Louisville tonight.”

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 1:19 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Its hard to fault this move. Freel is out for a while and Griffey seems to be hurting. You need an outfielder and you don’t really have any left at AAA. We have tapped out our minor league system for now and need to wait a bit for it to re-load.

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by TheC on Jun 4, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you are right

As sad as it sounds, we only had two CF options, in Patterson and Dickerson. Drew Anderson can’t play center. Dickerson has not had a good year at all with a strikeout every three at bats.

Let’s hope Dusty doesn’t lead him off, and doesn’t start him every game. If Jr. isn’t back tonight though, you know Corey will be in the starting lineup.

All of this is kind of why I think we need to lock up Dunn for next year. We aren’t deep in Outfield talent in the minors now that Jay Bruce is here.

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by MixFMKyle on Jun 4, 2008 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

how about dfa'ing patterson

and promoting sean henry. dfa’ing patterson makes room for henry on the roster. he’s been hitting .293/.370/.492 in 39 games for the lookouts. or even cody strait or shaun cumberland.

no, none of them are probably ready for the majors, but neither are patterson or dickerson (and never will be). none of them would be worse than patterson.

I like Jay.

by Daedalus on Jun 4, 2008 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think, by itself, the move makes sense.

As far as having a reserve outfielder off the bench that can pinch run and play defense, Patterson’s a decent option, but I think the real source of worry with this move is how Dusty will use him. If he’s going to start twice a week and bat leadoff, then I don’t like the move. At least if Dickerson was called up, I think it’s a better bet he’d bat 8th and almost never start.

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

by BK on Jun 4, 2008 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

RR response questions: What do we think?

1. Does Patterson start in his first game back with the team?

2. If he starts, does he bat leadoff? Why or why not?

Some muthafucka’s always trying to ice-skate uphill

by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 1:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If he starts, he will bat 1st or 2nd

because if he starts, that means Junior is not playing, which means that Bruce bats 3rd in Knifey-Spoony.

I don’t think he’ll start tonight because the rumor was that Junior would be starting.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on Jun 4, 2008 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He only starts if Junior sits

I will go out on a limb and say that he doesn’t bat leadoff. Dusty seems to be riding the hot hand of Cherry Hudson. Even before Freel got hurt, he was batting second with Cherry leading off. And with the Ascension of the Bruce, either Dusty came to terms with the fact that Corey wasn’t any good, or Walt was right there in his ear making sure that the higher-ups knew that Corey was no good.

But this call up is sort of like watching Girls Gone Wild on rewind: You hope they’ve learned their lesson.

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

/attell

Some muthafucka’s always trying to ice-skate uphill

by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Without credit, it's really more of a

/Mencia

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was listening to that Attell album a few months ago

and I noticed that he kind of rips off a Todd Barry joke. He reshapes it a bit, but the ingredients are all there.

Some muthafucka’s always trying to ice-skate uphill

by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My answers

1. I do not think Patterson starts tonight. I’m not sure even Dusty is that cheeky. It will be easier to justify using Patterson during Thursday’s 1:05 game in lieu of Dunn or Griffey.

2. If Hairston is in the same lineup as Patterson, I can see Dusty batting Patterson second as he’s done at least once this season and dropping Bruce to third. The reasoning having something to do with Hamel’s being a lefty.

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by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You underestimate Dusty's cheekiness.

Tonights lineup, per the Fay:

Hairston ss
Patterson cf
Bruce rf
Phillips 2b
Dunn lf
Votto 1b
Encarnacion 3b
Bako c
Volquez p

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

by BK on Jun 4, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Argh

I feel like Charlie Brown with Dusty playing the part of Lucy.

"Got a bump on the ole noggin, but otherwise god. And I get a new vehicle probably, w00t!"

by jch24 on Jun 4, 2008 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's gone Biblical with me

Lord, Deliver Us from This Mighty Pestilence.

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by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why Can't Votto hit #2

Edwin #6
and Corey #7?

Hairston
Votto
Bruce
Phillips
Dunn
Encarnacion
Patterson
Bako
Volquez

is much better.

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by MixFMKyle on Jun 4, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or

Hairston
Bruce
BP
Dunn
Votto
EdE
Patterson
Bako

He can keep the same order of everybody else and just bat Patterson 7th instead of 2nd. It’s not that hard.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on Jun 4, 2008 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

I actually like yours a lot better

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by MixFMKyle on Jun 4, 2008 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Personally

I’m a fan of Bruce batting in the 2-hole. At least this year.

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're gay for Jay too?

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on Jun 4, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Call me the Say Heeeeeyyy Kid

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bruce can't bat 2nd he doesn't play shortstop.

"When I got my award, I just wore my usual stuff," Dunn said.
"Was it for the Reds organization or all of baseball?" Bruce said.

by Madville on Jun 4, 2008 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bruce has batted 2nd five times this year

That’s once for every time he played CF.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on Jun 4, 2008 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly, someone should ask Dusty about this.

One of the “beat writers” needs to grow a pair and ask why Corey Patterson is starting and batting 2nd. That’s a complete joke. I mean, if you’re Dusty, how can you come up with a defensible response to that?

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

by BK on Jun 4, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

corey ran and got me some pheasant

When it comes to Phil Mickelson...Marty's not a fan.

by chandrathan on Jun 4, 2008 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It would involve pictures...

Dusty's head needs an MRI. Beeeeeeeepppp...

by Paul Householder on Jun 4, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speed at the top?

You know Patterson won’t clog up the basepaths.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 4, 2008 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How many here

think Jr. is really hurt, as opposed to waiting to hit # 600 at home?

by ken on Jun 4, 2008 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not even at home

I could possibly condone that for my own selfish reasons. But he’s only waiting until they go to Florida, when his family can be there.

"Got a bump on the ole noggin, but otherwise god. And I get a new vehicle probably, w00t!"

by jch24 on Jun 4, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And yet

the smaller ballpark in Philly would be a great place to try and get it.

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fathers day...

Hit 500 on Fathers day.. Will hit 600 on Fathers day..

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on Jun 5, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least he's not leading off

I figured he would, because, as Slyde put it, of “knifey-spoony.”

Double lefties twice in the lineup. Dusty’s getting wild and crazy.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 4, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

DaCub is going to be so happy!

When it comes to Phil Mickelson...Marty's not a fan.

by chandrathan on Jun 4, 2008 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe another move is coming

Fay Says:

A little later, the Reds added this: In addition to the Freel and Patterson transactions, today was also outrighted to Louisville OF Drew T. Anderson.
That opens a spot for another outfielder, I would assume

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by MixFMKyle on Jun 4, 2008 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We've sent today to Louisville?

Then what is it in Cincinnati? Tomorrow?

Oh right. In the outfield in Cincinnati, it’s The Future!

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

haha

I wondered if anyone else would catch that. The Fay got a bit confused.

Anyway the 40-Man is now at 39. Maybe Walt is cookin up something.

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by MixFMKyle on Jun 4, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have this sinking feeling...

That it’s a deal for Griff to happen after he hits 600, allowing Bruce to play RF everyday and for C-Pat to go back to starting in CF.

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

by BK on Jun 4, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought this might happen

I heard that the Reds had cloned Jay Bruce back when they drafted him. Looks Facsimile Bruce is ready to be added to the 40-man.

"Hard being everybody’s hero, I suppose." - Buck O'Neil on Willie Mays

by Slyde on Jun 4, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd be torn on Facsimilie Bruce

While I like the idea of having his talent out there twice, the whole ethical issues involved are kind of sticky. My good Catholic school training has taught me that cloning humans is wrong. Facsimilie Bruce isn’t gay is he? Because that would really make this an issue.

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by TheC on Jun 4, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Junior is a fucking joke.

This is the third straight game he’s sitting out for completely selfish reasons. How can he even claim to be a competitor anymore if he’s taking his $12.5 million this year and sitting the bench because he doesn’t want to hit 600 without his family there? He’s not exactly lighting the world on fire anyways, but it’s a joke that he and this organization can claim to be about winning and then do crap like this. I’m done with Ken Griffey Jr. I can’t think of any way to throw your team under the bus more than this crap, and it’s absolutely humiliating that our manager is complicit in it.

by Geki on Jun 4, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

was his pinch hit walk last night a sham?

I’m not asking rhetorically; I didn’t see the game. Was it a clear IBB situation?

Some muthafucka’s always trying to ice-skate uphill

by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't see it either.

But I absolutely do not buy “general soreness” as an excuse when it just so happens to have come out that his family couldn’t make it for the Philly series.

by Geki on Jun 4, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

I was at the game Saturday, and he walked with a noticeable limp inbetween innings on a couple of occasions.

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by MixFMKyle on Jun 4, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ow, my arm

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by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

So Rec'd..

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on Jun 5, 2008 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not to be a smartass

But what is his family doing? School’s out for the summer, I’m pretty sure his wife isn’t trying to hold down her HR job at the insurance company. Do Ma & Pa Griffey have that hectic of a schedule?

"Got a bump on the ole noggin, but otherwise god. And I get a new vehicle probably, w00t!"

by jch24 on Jun 4, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ma and Pa Griffey are on separate schedules

But both involve beating cancer.

by Brendanukkah on Jun 4, 2008 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damnit

I forgot about that. I rescind my previous snippiness.

"Got a bump on the ole noggin, but otherwise god. And I get a new vehicle probably, w00t!"

by jch24 on Jun 4, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dad is at the draft this week

he couldn’t be in philly

I like Jay.

by Daedalus on Jun 5, 2008 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nobody on base, in a 3-2 game.

I suppose the decision to IBB is at the discretion of the pitcher at that point, but he didn’t throw him anything close to the strike zone. It was clear he didn’t want to give Junior anything to hit.

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

by BK on Jun 4, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thx

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by Man Mountain on Jun 4, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who wants to

give up Griffey’s 600 and become a trivia question?

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on Jun 5, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw it. He didn't get close to a pitch to hit.

"When I got my award, I just wore my usual stuff," Dunn said.
"Was it for the Reds organization or all of baseball?" Bruce said.

by Madville on Jun 4, 2008 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is good old fashioned bitterness about someone for making a lot of money

This sounds like my dad whining about Eric Davis. sorry, Geki. But you’ve had more rational moments.

by Brian B on Jun 4, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

link?

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by justin007000 on Jun 4, 2008 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

still searching. Damnit, I know it's out there somewhere.

by Brian B on Jun 4, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i can't believe i'm the first to rec this

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by chandrathan on Jun 5, 2008 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you really think that Junior is sitting for Florida just for 600?

I do not really find it that improbable that the oft-injured outfielder is actually, well, injured. I have been called naive on more than one occasion. I believe Oswald acted alone in the Book Depository and that the World Trade Center Buildings came down because of planes.

by CrimsonKing on Jun 4, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

in this case

The number of people who have to be involved in the Griffey-sitting-healthy-until-Florida conspiracy is one. I think it seems likely. Was he really so injured that going into this series he knew he couldn’t play the fourth game? His family made no plans. I dunno…

by Red Menace on Jun 4, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK!!!!!!

no other options? Fuck! How about Tony Womack, my dead grandmother, a tree, that guy who was traded for some bats? Fuck! And he goes straight into the starting lineup! This is why it’s embarrassing being a Reds fan. Hello again losing.

I work my ass off all day and then find that Patterson’s back in the lineup. Fuck I’m pissed! When’s Griffey hitting the DL?

by Brian B on Jun 4, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

didn't the reds say that Womack was an option for the outfield too?

not that it made any sense at the time because they had Griffey, Kearns, Pena, and Dunn.

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by justin007000 on Jun 4, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Yankees DID use Woe-mack in the outfield

He played something like 65 games. He was the worst MLB player in the league that year. And he blocked Bubba Crosby, who was playing much better (but was sadly lacking in veteran presence). The Yankees ended up winning the division via tiebreaker. They had no time to set up their rotation or anything. They were exhausted. If Torre hadn’t insisted on running Woe-mack out so often, it wouldn’t have been that close.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 4, 2008 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs