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@ Cincinnati Reds

Sunday, Jul 27, 2008, 1:15 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Ubaldo Jimenez vs Josh Fogg

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Ubaldo Jimenez 6-9 3.98 1.45 102 65

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Josh Fogg 2-2 7.09 1.50 25 14

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)

by joshuar9476 on Jul 27, 2008 11:17 AM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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'

by Madville on Jul 27, 2008 12:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Brian B on Jul 27, 2008 5:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

If you are throwing in the towel..

might as well put LLM at first or third. It would only make sense.

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by xjjeep90 on Jul 27, 2008 12:20 PM EDT   0 recs

I like this line-up

Dusty is playing for 79 wins. Good for him.

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 27, 2008 12:30 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

by ken on Jul 27, 2008 12:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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. ;-)

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by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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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by xjjeep90 on Jul 27, 2008 12:39 PM EDT   0 recs

Link

Not sure how McCoy is reading lips, but there you have it.

by ken on Jul 27, 2008 12:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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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by xjjeep90 on Jul 27, 2008 12:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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   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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 12:55 PM EDT   0 recs

O Hai Guyz.

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

by crolfer on Jul 27, 2008 1:02 PM EDT   0 recs

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'

by Madville on Jul 27, 2008 1:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

... what closet?

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

by crolfer on Jul 27, 2008 1:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:10 PM EDT   0 recs

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.”

by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:11 PM EDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

Did he just drop a popup?

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

EdE,

you stink.

by ken on Jul 27, 2008 1:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

No no boys

There’s two “E’s” in EdE.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just remember gentleman

There are no points for second place!

Put on your Reds shoes and dance the Dusty Blues.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 27, 2008 1:18 PM EDT   0 recs

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

by BK on Jul 27, 2008 1:19 PM EDT   0 recs

In fact...

he looks like an officer AND a gentleman

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by xjjeep90 on Jul 27, 2008 1:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

This is going well.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:21 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 27, 2008 1:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Yeehaw!

Jester’s dead!

Baker down on strikes.

by Brendanukkah on Jul 27, 2008 1:22 PM EDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

he did look like he tagged him

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by xjjeep90 on Jul 27, 2008 1:23 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He can run

but he can’t hide.

by ken on Jul 27, 2008 1:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good grief

Is Podsednik going to steal home next?

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by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:24 PM EDT   0 recs

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.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:24 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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?

by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:28 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

HOLY CRAP PATTERSON TOOK THE FIRST PITCH

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:28 PM EDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

5 pitches

baby steps

by ken on Jul 27, 2008 1:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

For Patterson...

that’s a huge step.

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

was he...

...stalking or chasing the rabbit?

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by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm shocked.

In play, out(s).

I'm not having even a mediocre year.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:29 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   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.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:31 PM EDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

At least Janish

has a SS’s range. Unlike Keppinger or Hairston.

And he can hit lefties, unlike Andy Phillips.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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.

by Gray on Jul 27, 2008 1:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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?

by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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?

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by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2008 1:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs