Game 106: Reds vs Rockies
by Slyde on Jul 27, 2008 11:15 AM EDT
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This is Fogg's first start since Joey Votto executed Canadian style vigilante justice on him last week. Rumor has it that Fogg will be wearing one of those Phantom of the Opera type masks to keep from frightening the children ("Don't look at me. I'm hideous!").
Jimenez apparently throws the ball 100 MPH, which is about 2 Josh Fogg fastballs combined, am I right? It only takes a couple of days of bad hitting and pitching to make me lose interest in a team that is 10.5 games out of it so they better take me to bed today or lose me forever. See, the Reds aren't the only ones that can make 80s references.
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are you ready for some patterson?
Corey Patterson CF
Jeff Keppinger SS
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Joey Votto 1B
David Ross C
Josh Fogg RHP (2-2, 7.09)
vs. Rockies RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (6-9, 3.98)
three worst hitters (arguably) are 1-3
I see no way in which this could work out badly!
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Jul 27, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Could be bleak - but
Maybe Corey is dues – DLOA (Dusty’s law of averages)
Keppinger could break out today – DLOA
Kriffey hasn’t been terrible of late.
At least Andy Phillips isn’t starting and David Lee is back in there.
I know grasping at straws…
My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'
Griffey is hitting .324/.425/.677 over his last 14 games
I know you said “arguably,” but I don’t know that we’re even to that point yet.
dammit
ive been away from baseball this weekend so i didnt see what happened in the first two games. i think i’d like to keep it that way. but to welcome me back with the likes of Corey “even my mother makes fun of me” Patterson is crossing the line. somebody needs to kidnap Jocko and force him to DFA him. i cant even get angry about it anymore.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 12:09 PM EDT reply actions
If you are throwing in the towel..
might as well put LLM at first or third. It would only make sense.
www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com
I like this line-up
Dusty is playing for 79 wins. Good for him.
Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.
The fish start biting on the Ohio River around 3:30
Dusty wants to make sure he’s there in time.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
He already got some in yesterday
"We went fishing against [De La Rosa]," said Baker. "We went fishing but we weren’t catching anything. He was throwing a lot of bait at us."
Baker’s quote about Bruce is better:
"He’s chasing that rabbit instead of stalking it," said Baker. "You never catch a rabbit by chasing it. You have to stalk it."
From the link below.
You can catch rabbits by chasing them
You have to guess whether the rabbit is going to zig left or right, and if you guess right, the rabbit runs into your hands. If you guess wrong, it gets away. But hey, you’d be batting .500. ;-)
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Apparently Griffey mouthed an F-bomb toward Brantley
after the home run. One person also called in and said he made a throat slash motion toward the booth as well.
This was after Brantley said the fans “weren’t booing enough” after the second ball dropped in front of him during the game.
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Yeah exactly
he said on the pre-game show during the rain delay that he was legally blind and all he could see was fuzzy shadows.
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Corey! You're supposed to be in sick bay.
What are you doing at the top of the order?
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Corey's holding on too tight.
He’s thinking about his wife and kid up there. He nearly orphaned him (despite the fact that his mother’s still alive) and he’s never even met him! He’s lost the edge.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
If Corey Patterson screws up just this much
He’ll be DFA’d and flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!
(I want this to be a Top Gun themed thread)
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions
No sir,
You’re holding on too tight. You’ve lost the edge. Sorry, Brendan, sorry…
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by Man Mountain on Jul 27, 2008 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I will make thread themes when I am goddamn good and ready!
YOU GOT THAT?
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
This is what I call a target-rich environment.
Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.
by Pops Daniels on Jul 27, 2008 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
After chasing sunsets
One of life’s simple joys is playing with the boys!
So, the actual video is even gayer than the beach volleyball scene in “Top Gun,” but it does make me glad that Griffey no longer plays for the Mariners.
Crolfer when did you come out of the 'closet' ?
Maybe it that’s youth minister you’ve been hanging with….
My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'
Okay, so maybe Bruce needs a day off...
(though against the rightie? doesn’t make much sense)
But why the HELL is patterson batting leadoff? Seriously, Dusty, FTH?
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
Let's see...
Talismanic Terri Nunn?
“Take my breath away, Reds.”
...or Talismanic Kelly McGillis?
“I was afraid that everyone in the game thread would see right through me, and I just don’t want anyone to know that I’ve fallen for you.”
start teh day off right
thanks EdE
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:18 PM EDT reply actions
easy pop foul about 8 feet from the dugout
Ross ran in front of him, but it flipped right off his glove. i love the guy, but he’s gotta clean that shit up.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Just remember gentleman
There are no points for second place!
Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.
Josh Fogg looks like a gentleman today.
And someone who just got beat up.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
it'll only get better
there’s already one out in the bottom of the 1st
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
CoPat will swing and miss today
lean over, give a sniff and say “slider, you stink.”
Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.
FUCK WHATEVER!!
pods was dead. dead as hell.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:23 PM EDT reply actions
Good grief
Is Podsednik going to steal home next?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Kind of lost here...
I don’t think I’ve ever actually watched top gun all the way through.
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
same here
i wasnt going to say anything because i didnt want to embarrass myself, but since you spoke up i will too. i rode the ride at King’s Island but thats about it.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Geki wants to speak with you about the mess you left on the flight deck
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
that havent cleaned that up yet?
that was like 15 years ago.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
When you started this game thread, all you could think about was winning it all
I gotta be honest with you, Gray. At this point, you should just be worried that you graduate.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Same here
All I remember is my parents coming home from seeing it, and my mom complaining about how sexually explicit it was.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Jimenez is probably saying, "Oh great, it's Patterson and Keppinger."
“Yeah. I bet he’s saying that.”
one Corey Patterson
one out
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:29 PM EDT reply actions
baby steps are for the GCL
dude’s gotta grow up.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
was he...
...stalking or chasing the rabbit?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
He's given up on that.
All he does is hope the rabbit runs into him at this point.
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
That was one of the best at-bats I've seen to date
right up until the part where he made another out
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by xjjeep90 on Jul 27, 2008 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Have we ever started a 1-2 hitting worse
than these two are right now?
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
Hey, that top of the order was ours, all right?
We didn’t slide into anything.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Just this year.
Freel/Castro
Patterson/Janish
Patterson/Cabrera
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Jul 27, 2008 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
At least Freel wasn't hopeless...
But I think the current Keppinger might be hitting worse than Janish and Cabrera were.
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
i dont think so
Janish was inexcusable. he wasnt even close to ready for the bigs.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
He was only up in the bigs because of injuries to everybody else
But you’re right, it was inexcusable to bat him second. That batting by position bullshit is maybe the most maddening thing about Dusty.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
At least Janish
has a SS’s range. Unlike Keppinger or Hairston.
And he can hit lefties, unlike Andy Phillips.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
i like Janish
i only meant batting him second was inexcusable. like Brendan above, i was only harping on the batting order by position crap.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Batting order
It’s actually the least of Dusty’s sins, IMO. They say it really doesn’t make much difference. And players say they just like consistency, so if he wants to bat the CFer and SS first every day, I don’t mind too much.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I can't help thinking
that it doesn’t particularly boost the team’s confidence to see the first two outs of the game made so quickly, every time.
But the lineup construction is a bigger problem than the batting order, of course.
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
There is that
And maybe Patterson would actually hit better if he hit 8th. There’s a lot of pressure on the leadoff hitter.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I take exception when you're giving Corey Patterson the most at-bats
of anyone in the lineup. That is inexcusable.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
it bothers me
because even if the difference isnt huge, its still a difference. and its the most visible (and easy) part of Dusty’s job. batting bad hitters ahead of good hitters shows such a lack of basic knowledge and common sense its easy to rail Dusty for it.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
What about those...
...sabermetrical lineups that have the pitcher batting 8th? If every little bit helps, then why not get annoyed at managers who bat the pitcher last?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
old-school managers
pitchers have been batting last forever and nearly every manager does it. thats just part of the game that will not change unless there is a huge league-wide philosophical change. but batting your best hitters at the top of the lineup is not a radical idea.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Fogg was robbed
that ball 3 was a beautiful pitch. Reds cant catch a break.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:44 PM EDT reply actions
His name ain't the cleanest in the Navy
He needs to be doing it sharper and better than everybody else. Now what is it with him?
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
It'll be Patterson's second at-bat
On the first one he crashed and burned. Wasn’t pretty.
“And the second?”
I don’t know, but it’s looking good so far.
Ross isnt helping much either
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Sometime after forgetting how to catch
The passed ball was an old trick, but a favorite.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
called strike 3 to Holliday
Dragon Slayer!!
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 2:00 PM EDT reply actions
Ugh
Come on, Fogg! Buckle down!
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Patterson caught the sac fly
and threw a wild one back in to Kepp, who didn’t cut it off. It went over to the wall where Foggy was cutting it off, the runners advanced, E-8.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Jul 27, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Posting from the stadium, I see...
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Jul 27, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
They should bat him second
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Well, we're losing again.
I’m gonna find something to do. Like stick my head in the microwave. I may be back later.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
brantly ans marty talking about their experiences wearing high heels
this game just keeps getting worse and worse
Marty just asked the Cowboy
if he used to dress in women’s clothes as a kid.
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Jul 27, 2008 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
Kepp hit the ball well
but right at the pitchers glove.
so what of Fogg? is this guy worth anything? would someone be willing to toss a Maloney-type prospect at us for him? am i grasping at straws?
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
welp
that’ll about do’er. this sucks.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
Baker is great
at replacing the pitcher as soon as he’s completely sure we’re out of the game.
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
well...
he hadn’t quite reached a baker’s dozen.
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Jul 27, 2008 2:34 PM EDT reply actions
Hey Corey Patteson-
Who’s butt did you kiss to get in here?
Corey: The list is long but distinguished.
Me: Yeah, well so’s my Dick Pole.
Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.
Holy Jesus on a Bike - we are sucking hind teat the last few games.
Beautiful day to be working in the yard, cleaning the gutters painting the garage….but I’m not that kind of fair weather fan.
My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'
Keppinger in July
83 ABs, .447 OPS.
Patterson’s July OPS is .368, but in his defense, that’s only over 13 ABs.
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
It's either that, or go out and buy The Baseball Project CD
I’m listening to their song about Harvey Haddix on their MySpace page. It’s pretty good, and has a Tom Browning shout out.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Runners on second and third, one out, Encarnacion and Votto up
And we can’t score anybody. Cripes.
Me : The Reds :: Goose : Canopy
by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
RR has tried their best, but i will not give in!
8)
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
This is just pitiful.
Now they’re going to be shut out by the freaking Rockies?
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
I was going to post something moderately witty
about the soul-numbing inconsistency of this team, but I discovered that they have even sucked that away from me.
Congrats Reds.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
wow you said it
if there was any deliberation in the front office, that has been silenced with authority and alacrity. so who’s on the block? does Dunn get dealt? Arroyo? i hope neither, but Weathers and Affeldt should be on the ways. and those new John Morrell commercials with the Australian dude. cripes, i prefer Chris Welsh.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
my guess is Dunn has played his last game in Cincinnati as a member of the Reds
but I really hope I am wrong
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
Keppinger needs an MRI
and Patterson needs a trip to Louisville. And neither of them should be in the top half of the batting order.
We can bring Dickerson up in Patterson’s place.
Hairston needs to get back soon. And can we talk about moving BP to short? That yawning hole in our defense certainly isn’t helping.
Of course we need to sign Dunn, and do something with Fogg, Weathers, and Affeldt.
But could we just start with getting rid of Patterson?
I'm not having even a mediocre year.
send Patterson to Louisville?
how about sending Patterson to Timbuktu. or Abu-Dabi. or Walla Walla. or some other far-away-sounding place.
today’s line: 0-4 with a K, GIDP, and an E.
please dont shit on my dreams. i dont want shit on my dreams.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2008 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Damnit - Fell asleep on the sofa - missed the 2nd half o the game thread
What a team.
The fire sale begins – Tomorrow me thinks.
The same brain trust that brought us Dusty ergo CoPat will now go about the business of keeping Jr. (he’s ‘earned it’) and selling off Adam Dunn.
After Bronson’s impassioned plea to keep the team together (echoing Merker) he will be gone faster than you can say “Together Again”.
Don’t worry Jerry Jr. and Bako will get nice 3 year contracts….
Why do I even care…because I really enjoy going to the park, watcing Voltron shut ‘em down. BP (who should be SS) make great plays and especially Adam Dunn hitting one way the hell out of the place.
See what happens.
My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'
Slept through the last half of the game
Boy FIRE SALE is correct
The same brain trust that brought us Dusty – ergo CoPat
Will now give Jr. another year (he’s earned it)
While trading Adam Dunn for 16 maple bats and another broken pitcher
Bronson who made such a plea to keep the team together will be gone faster than you can say ‘Together Again’
But Don;t Worry!
Cherry, Bako and LLM will get 2/3 year contracts for their scrappiness
And BP will remain at 2b
Jeez – do I sound jaded – nah this Cincinnati
My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'
Two post almost identical - guess I need to wake up and get to work
My Indian name is "Runs For Beer'
I missed the entire game
But I see the lineup and . . . Fogg . . . yeah, I see Dusty threw in the towel again.
Glad I didn't waste my time.
Saw Fogg pitching with the Rox on the verge of a sweep and that shit-ass lineup and said, “Nope, going to the record shop.”
Phone's ringing, Dude.
Yep!
Johnny Cash at San Quentin—2CD/1 DVD set
Brian Wilson – Smile
Genesis – Duke, Genesis, and We Can’t Dance
all used…trying to put all the Genesis remasters together. Need to find Abacab now.
I need to make a trip to Cincy and pop into Shake It sometime. Not much in Indy I haven’t worn out.
Phone's ringing, Dude.
"That was absolutely the worst game I've watched this year"
Holy sh#$, what the hell happened? My Indian name is “bobby, how can I help you?”
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