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Pittsburgh Pirates
@ Cincinnati Reds

Wednesday, Jul 2, 2008, 7:10 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

John Van Benschoten vs Daryl Thompson

Clear. Winds blowing out to left field at 15-20 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - John Van Benschoten 1-2 8.31 2.32 9 6

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Daryl Thompson 0-1 3.60 1.80 4 6

Milford High grad and Kent State attendee John Van Benschoten makes his hometown debut tonight after getting called back up to the Majors earlier this week.  I'd like to say the Reds should put the smack down on him, but you and I both know how these things tend to turn out.  Honestly though, wouldn't it just be super swell to score some runs early and have a nice relaxing walk to victory?

Thompson makes his 3rd start of his career and his first at GABP and against an NL team.  I think it would be just dandy if he got his first MLB win too.  Don't you agree?

Lineups from CTR:

Pirates

  1. McLouth cf
  2. Rivas 2b
  3. Bay lf
  4. Doumitc
  5. Nady rf
  6. LaRoche 1b
  7. Bautista 3b
  8. Van Benschoten p
  9. Wilson ss

Reds

  1. Bruce cf
  2. Keppinger ss
  3. Griffey rf
  4. Phillips 2b
  5. Dunn lf
  6. Encarnacion 3b
  7. Votto 1b
  8. Bako c
  9. Thompson p

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Dandy.

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 5:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Righty-lefty straight down the board

Van Benschoten won’t know what do with himself!

Oh, and I wonder if John Van Benschoten gets mad at Jarrod Saltalamacchia for pipping him to the longest last name in major league history, sort of the same way I have a hatred of David Aardsma for stealing the first spot in the MLB Encyclopedia from Hank Aaron.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 2, 2008 5:25 PM EDT   0 recs

Votto-Bako

will throw him off.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 5:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So, um.

The Courier-Journal has a piece on Josh Fogg’s latest start in Louisville, where he allowed four hits and walked two in eight-plus innings. He took the opportunity to whine that the problem was that he wasn’t pitching enough in Cincinnati:

Fogg made three April starts for the Reds before being moved to the bullpen. He made seven relief appearances.

“I sat down there a month and a half and didn’t pitch,” Fogg said. “I wasn’t stretched out whenever I got the chance to start again, so the opportunity to come down here and get stretched out was big for me.

“I needed to be able to throw 115 pitches every five days instead of throwing 12 pitches every three.”

So I know this is premature and all, but if Thompson keeps it up, and Volquez and Cueto keep looking good, what do we do with Fogg?

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 5:26 PM EDT   0 recs

trade him

I want a hamburger. No, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake. I want potato chips...

by Slyde on Jul 2, 2008 5:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

This is annoying.

Has anybody else been able to get a blockquote to span line breaks?

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 5:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I have successfully....

Blockquoted a ton of shit I never meant to. If I figure out how I did it, I’ll let you know.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 2, 2008 5:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I have no trouble blockquoting single paragraphs

but I had blockquote tags around the whole part quoted above, and it dropped the block after the first paragraph.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 5:43 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

trying
Fogg made three April starts for the Reds before being moved to the bullpen. He made seven relief appearances.

“I sat down there a month and a half and didn’t pitch,” Fogg said. “I wasn’t stretched out whenever I got the chance to start again, so the opportunity to come down here and get stretched out was big for me.

“I needed to be able to throw 115 pitches every five days instead of throwing 12 pitches every three.”

Chris Dickerson produced all the game’s runs.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 2, 2008 5:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Weird

I just copied/pasted from the article and dropped it between the tags. Must be you. :)

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 2, 2008 5:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

cut him

im sure we could get a PTBNL. he really isnt worth anymore than that. he isnt very good in the pen and i dont think i’d want his sultry attitude around.

Stephen A. Douglas was a great debater, but Abraham Lincoln was the Great Emancipator.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 2, 2008 5:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I wasn't gonna post any cheesecake tonight

But “sultry attitude” too much to resist.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 2, 2008 5:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

im proud of you Brendan

very proud.

Stephen A. Douglas was a great debater, but Abraham Lincoln was the Great Emancipator.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 2, 2008 5:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

... Does her tattoo say "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies"?

...

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 6:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yep, King Lear.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 6:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sure it wasn't King Leer?

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 6:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, I get it.

That’s a pun!

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Aha aha

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was pretty impressed that Fogg has pitched into the 8th inning in his last three starts

I don’t really blame him too much for whining, since we did sit him for so long. But I also don’t blame Dusty for sitting him because he was terrible when he did pitch. If he is starting to put things together, then I think that makes it a lot easier to try and trade Bronson Arroyo. I love Bronson, but he’s about to get a huge salary bump next year, and I don’t think he’ll be worth the money. He’s basically league average at this point (with some wild swings towards both good and bad), which is what I’d expect of an improved Fogg. If we could get something decent for Arroyo, and if Fogg keeps pitching well in AAA, I’m happy to ship Bronson off and stick with Fogg for the rest of the year.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 2, 2008 5:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

How are we gonna win tonight?

C Trent says the Buccos put Matt Capps on the DL.

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

by MixFMKyle on Jul 2, 2008 5:53 PM EDT   0 recs

How you know your fantasy team sucks

I read that and thought, “oh, saves help for my crappy NL-only team!”. Looked at the league, and I already had two of the possible three replacements. Had no idea.

sig lines are for suckas

by jch24 on Jul 2, 2008 5:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Looking at Van Benschoten's numbers

He certainly pitches like he’s from Cincinnati.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 2, 2008 5:57 PM EDT   0 recs

Hmm

My g/f’s cousin played with Johnny Van Benschoten at Kent State. He always tells me how big of a mistake it was for them to make him a pitcher. Claims he could have been an above average hitting RF with a plus plus arm.

by kennythered on Jul 2, 2008 6:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Anyone?

Anyone know the extent of Freel’s injury? mlbtraderumors.com reported a few teams had interest in him but I haven’t heard how bad the hammy was and if he’d even play again this year.

by kennythered on Jul 2, 2008 6:52 PM EDT   0 recs

Atleast he didnt do this...

per yahoo…
Jul 2 The Diamondbacks placed Chris Snyder on the 15-day DL Tuesday with a left testicular fracture.

by kennythered on Jul 2, 2008 6:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That may be the most painful injury in the history of mankind.

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Likewise... I wonder how he went about GETTING that... Madonna?

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:03 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Replied.

Check it.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice...

When I read that I literally laughed out loud… And could not stop for a full three minutes. The excuses people find to diss Dunn are astounding.

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I think they've run out of arguments on there, so they're just making them up now.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Makes sense... Not sure they had real great ones in the first place.

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They didn't.

This is the worst one so far. The reason why Dunn gets on base consistently is controlled by the pitchers, and he’s gotten lucky the last 5 years. Any way you read that argument, it’s completely stupid.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Stupid and then some... I was amazed when I read that...

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

What is the name of the app?

There are like 10 of them

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 2, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

This should work

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That was fast.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:11 PM EDT   0 recs

Let's go DT!

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:12 PM EDT   0 recs

Ack, balk.

Where is last night’s third base ump tonight?

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Whoa... we're losing... already...

It must be Adam Dunn’s fault.

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:14 PM EDT   0 recs

Did Rivas double, too?

GD is confused.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:15 PM EDT   0 recs

... Well... This is not a real great start...

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:16 PM EDT   0 recs

TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS, DARYL.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:17 PM EDT   0 recs

He made the Doumit... get a hit...

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Psst... Daryl... you're facing the Pirates, not the Yankees.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:22 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm the only one here to see the Pirates BATTING AROUND in the first?

Might as well post another one of these.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:27 PM EDT   0 recs

Look! We got out of the inning... Must be a connection

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Seabass gone for the year, Freel reinjured maybe a month maybe more

pete rose to tony perez "how can anyone as slow as you pull a muscle?"

by dunnateher on Jul 2, 2008 7:30 PM EDT   0 recs

That could be bad...

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Babe Bruce!

We’re 1/4 of the way there!

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:33 PM EDT   0 recs

BRUUUUUUUUUUCE!!!!!!!!!!

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:33 PM EDT   0 recs

BBRRRUUUUCCCCEEEEE

pete rose to tony perez "how can anyone as slow as you pull a muscle?"

by dunnateher on Jul 2, 2008 7:33 PM EDT   0 recs

You can put it on the board.....YES!

Jay Bruce will single-handedly bring it back….to win the game on a walk-off

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 2, 2008 7:33 PM EDT   0 recs

Van Benschoten's ERA

Lets keep it at a sideways 8

by kennythered on Jul 2, 2008 7:34 PM EDT   0 recs

Haha, nice.

The math nerd in me appreciates your comment.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Shit

I was too busy listening to “America! Fuck Yeah!” to see the homer. Screw Canada Day!

by Brendanukkah on Jul 2, 2008 7:34 PM EDT   0 recs

I like Bruce leading off...

but I’d rather have Hairston #2.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:35 PM EDT   0 recs

Personally

I’m a fan of Cherry leading off.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 2, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, those are my favourite 1-2.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Canadia has changed you, man

I want a hamburger. No, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake. I want potato chips...

by Slyde on Jul 2, 2008 7:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

GD is confused again.

Did Griffey make an out?

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:37 PM EDT   0 recs

Yep.

BP, too.

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Anyone play Beat the Streak on mlb.com? I see someone is at 46.

pete rose to tony perez "how can anyone as slow as you pull a muscle?"

by dunnateher on Jul 2, 2008 7:37 PM EDT   0 recs

Is he allowed to play?

pete rose to tony perez "how can anyone as slow as you pull a muscle?"

by dunnateher on Jul 2, 2008 7:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

As long as he doesn't bet on a Reds player

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, the second inning is starting well.

We ain’t no last place team are we Pops ?

by Gray on Jul 2, 2008 7:40 PM EDT   0 recs

thats

sectarianist!

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Jul 2, 2008 7:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

So The Bruce is Scottish then?

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

by BK on Jul 2, 2008 7:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Aye

The first King of the Scots, in fact.

I want a hamburger. No, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake. I want potato chips...

by Slyde on Jul 2, 2008 7:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Bruce with a busy inning

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

by crolfer on Jul 2, 2008 7:46 PM EDT   0 recs

DUNN.....GONE

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 2, 2008 7:48 PM EDT   0 recs

remember the "I would rather have one run every inning than 4 in one inning" guy?

well, I think we’ll win this 9-4

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Jul 2, 2008 7:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

thats a good plan

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Jul 2, 2008 7:50 PM EDT