Game 119: Reds vs Astros
by Slyde on Aug 10, 2008 11:15 AM EDT
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Aaron Harang comes back from the DL today. Good luck, big guy.
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hanigan up, homer down, Ross DFA’d.
Merry Christmas, Marlins.
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Looks like when it comes to david ross
the reds are merciless
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Holy crap
Ross DFA’d? Why?
Given the current market, surely he had some trade value. Why didn’t they trade him last month?
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Hmmm...
Fay says this means the rebuilding has begun.
And commenter “Mr. Redlegs” explains:
This tells me that a waiver claim was made on Ross and a deal couldn’t be worked out. Ross cannot be exposed to waivers again. SO, by DFAing him, they have 10 days to trade, release or reassign. That means they can still work out a deal with someone, who will pick up the remainder of his salary this year and his option for next year. If not, they lose Ross at the end of the year anyhow.
Here’s a shock: Uncle Walt might actually know what he’s doing.
I guess this also means we can expect a lot more changes coming soon. This is just round 1.
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Don't forget that we have a new mascot - just the tip of the marketing iceberg!
Won’t be long before we one or two more sportcasters to the team as well.
New players ? No money for anybody good. spent it all on Coco
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker
That's a new mascot?
I thought the Reds always had Rosie Red. Was Trent making it up when he described the mascot races last year?
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The mascot races are done on the video board
with animated participants. Mr. Red, Rosie Red, and Mr. Redlegs run around the virtual warning track, with Gapper pulling some wacky stunt in the middle to mess one of them up.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
Oh
No wonder I was confused.
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The Reds like to stock up on
Mascots
Broadcasters
Former GMs
Catchers
The End
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
and
future Nationals
I think we overmeet as a society.
by Gray on Aug 10, 2008 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
by justin007000 on Aug 10, 2008 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
"Fay says this means the rebuilding has begun."
How sad is it that “rebuilding” a last place team starts with cutting a part time catcher? This is another worthless move that will change very little for the Reds – this year or next.
All I’ve ever done was be Juan Pierre," he said. "I don’t know why, for some reason, they’re just sticking it to me this year."
Well
FWIW, he seems to think there’s a lot more coming.
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I get it that the Olympics are in China
but does that mean that we have to adopt the creepy commercials?
And they’ve managed to tame Craig Sager’s wardrobe. Damn you, chicoms.
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I've been taking something of a sabbatical from the Reds
And have spent the time watching the Olympics. There’s been some really good stuff. Team USA is really fun to watch in basketball. 1.3 billion Chinese people are bearing WITNESS to LeBron. The men’s soccer team almost pulled off the stunning upset of the Netherlands, but the Dutch scored the equalizer on a free kick in the third minute of stoppage time. The USA needs to tie or win against Nigeria to advance now, and Freddy Adu and Michael Bradley will miss that game.
And Michael Phelps is phenomenal.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Phelps swallows never spitz
pete rose to tony perez "how can anyone as slow as you pull a muscle?"
A dumb foul by Stuart Holden 22 yards from the goal
Holden didn’t have a great game. He was on a breakaway near the end of the game that could have iced the outcome, and had an unmarked teammate running next to him. Instead of passing, he took a bad shot that missed. But he also scored the gamewinning goal for the USA against Japan. It was just a really bad time and location to foul.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
LeBron is The One
and did you see that dunk Yi had over Carmelo on the rebound? that was the most fun ive ever had watching a 30 point blowout.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to say, I admired Yao Ming
He had a decent game, and came out with about four minutes left. But instead of sitting down, he remained standing and was cheering like crazy whenever China did something good. It was great to see that.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
that was really cool
watching international basketball is so much more engaging than the NBA. its like the players actually want to be there.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
I know they have a World Championships, but I’m hoping that with basketball catching on throughout the rest of the world, they can turn it into something resembling the World Cup. It’s so fun to watch LeBron, Kobe, and Dwight Howard playing on the same team. And maybe it’s because it was a blowout, but it didn’t seem like there was many fouls that normally slow down the American game.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone else catch that they spelled Dwyane Wade's name wrong?
Which is to say, correctly?
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
The NBA on NBC music
brought back a lot of memories. Like when the League was watchable.
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Me too - Did you catch the beach volleyball - MMMM Kerri
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker
Ross DFA'd ?
Ross in 134 ABs OBP .381 Ave. .231
Bako in 241 ABs OBP .381 Ave. .231
Bako is simple terms sucks worse and has plenty of PT to show that he’s no better than he’s ever been.
This team is swirling around the drain.
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker
Yes
This team is swirling around the drain.
They are blowing up the team. “Krivsky’s team” is gonna become “Jocketty’s team.”
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God i still hate Dusty Baker
lineup:
Cabrera RF
Kepp SS
Bruce CF
Phillips 2B
Dunn LF
EdE 3B
A Phillips 1B
Hanigan C
Harang P
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 12:32 PM EDT reply actions
I actually kind of like this lineup...
though of course the batting order makes no sense—why the hell are those two are hitting at the top of the order?
But it’s nice to see that he’s actually playing Hanigan over Bako. Even Jolbert over Corey is an improvement.
I think we overmeet as a society.
rat meat is probably an improvement over eating an old boot
but im not an idiot so i’ll never know.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
There's a lefty on the mound
Or it probably would be Bako and Patterson.
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I'd have to agree.
I think we’re putting our best 8 on the field, however terrible that may be. Cabrera/Kepp might be the second worst 1-2 punch we’ve put out there this year though….
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
So it would seem
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/FantasySourceFastball/162901
I didn’t know Arroyo had it in him…
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Once El Caballo goes down with a broken limb
You have to put him down.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
It was pretty gruesome
took it right on the pinkie nail. Really bloody. FSN was all over it.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I are back... Now that I'm back can we start winning?
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
The Reds say no.
I emailed that lady to become an officer on the facebook app today. Still waiting for a response…
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by BK on Aug 10, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Sunday afternoon Baseball!!!!
This game gets me…PUMPED!!!
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:02 PM EDT reply actions
I just found a blog of a guy reviewing all the teams announcers
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:08 PM EDT reply actions
Hmmm
At least he liked the “Farmers Only” ad.
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Erstad gritted him to third
because there’s a good shot that Tejada and Berkman couldn’t get him in from 2nd.
And there it is…
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't get it.
He seemed like he did just fine in his rehab start. How does this keep on happening?
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by BK on Aug 10, 2008 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
But...
...at the current pace, that will be about 90 pitches.
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Apparently pitchers LOVE to threw to Hanigan.
Thanks, George.
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and "umpires love to call behind him"
you know, that’s a lie, George. There can’t be an umpire’s book on this guy that you know about. You’re just talking out of your ass.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
It's better than calling in front of him
They’d get hit by a lot more pitches that way. I gotta side with Grande on this one.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It's crazy what can happen
when your best four hitters are at the top of the lineup
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
chris said hanigan could learn a lot
in the next six months of this season
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:23 PM EDT reply actions
He'll be waking up to "I Got You Babe" at 6:00 am for the foreseeable future
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
also, he will come up with new ways to try and kill himself each day
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He could learn to carve ice sculptures with a chain saw
That would be pretty impressive.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
cut him some slack
he had one of the all-time games in Reds’ broadcasting history last night.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He's just off his game
because he spent all night out with Bronson celebrating it. They’re together again!
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by BK on Aug 10, 2008 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
i've been away this weekend ... what happed with votto?
"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.
He's on the Bereavement List for unspecified reasons
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, now the crappy hitters are hitting him, too.
Blum doubles? Seriously?
I think we overmeet as a society.
Blum kills us
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by BK on Aug 10, 2008 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Professor Blum, in the ballpark, with the maple bat
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Maple bat?
Apparently he’s killing spectators too.
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by BK on Aug 10, 2008 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mother Teresa
in an Astros uniform would kill us. Then pray for our sorry souls
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I will pistol whip the next person who says... oh
Aaron Harang is standing in Michael Bourn’s wheelhouse right now.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
my wife just said
she didn’t realize Berkman’s hair was so dark. “I only remember seeing him as he rounded third after a home run”
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well, that was quick ... i'm going back to the olympics.
"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.
It seems like every game for the last week and a half
We’ve had a coaching visit to the mound in the first inning.
Harang's plan was to make sure
that their pitcher leads off next inning.
I think we overmeet as a society.
I ike that he makes a plan and sees it through
We can count on him!
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
he should have furthered his plan and gotten the pitcher out
not given up a double to him
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I was starting to think...
...that inning would never end.
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Welcome to the 1st inning of 2008 Reds baseball
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by BK on Aug 10, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Admit it
You’re seriously considering abandoning us and just following the blog for whatever real estate company Bubba Crosby works for, aren’t you?
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, maybe
But not because the Reds suck. Because the new SB Nation is so freakin’ slow it makes Benjie Molina look speedy.
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and cabrera squares on the first pitch
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There is good news
I’m making chocolate chip cookies!
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:36 PM EDT reply actions
wow
13 pitches. way to work the pitcher and slowly get back in the game
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i don't like it when they drown the horses
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions
it's the kindest way, really
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
no horses were harmed or injured during the playing of these Olympics
only eaten by the starving locals
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Welsh was just warming up last inning.
He’s back now. Awesome.
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poor defensive positioning by our outfielders
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
this series is an example
of why turning a lot of double plays is a poor measure of a team’s defensive prowess.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, only one run...
And here comes the part of the order that can get on base!
I think we overmeet as a society.
They could
but they just don’t feel like it.
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Maybe not
Since they seem to be blowing up the team.
Then again, maybe calling up the entire Louisville Bats is the only way they’ll win.
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I'm actually sorta hoping they finish the year on a 50 game losing streak.
would ensure dustbag goes sayonara
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Sadly, I totally agree
I still think there’s little chance Dusty will get the ax, but a total mutiny coupled with that 50 game streak is about our only hope.
I'm just glad
That the young talent on the team isn’t going to get us a meaningless 83 or 84 wins, which would have the net effect of Dusty being labeled a genius for his “great managing job.” He deserves the 68 wins he’s gonna get.
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berkman just homered against the reds
now i’ve seen everything
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:53 PM EDT reply actions
The ultimate insult?
Today’s enquirer: Pirates passing Reds in pace of rebuilding.
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
did that factor in the Bavasi hire?
because I imagine that helps us
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Article sez:
So, which team do you think is going to be the first to .500? The team that sucked it up and said that to contend “we need more talent,” and then made moves to acquire It?
Or the team that fantasized about 82 wins and now says the reason they are losing so many games is because they are the team of former general manager Wayne Krivsky (who was fired 97 games ago), not the team of Reds manager Dusty Baker and general manager Walt Jocketty?
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
Quit monkeyin' around, Harangatang!
Gosh!
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
figures
Pence is the one Astro I have on my fantasy team and Harang just mowed him down on 3 pitches. Of course, I also have Harang, so I’m pretty much screwed
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caleb harang made it through three innings
now don’t you feel silly!
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
I do
because I am still watching this crap
And… I no longer think that Mr. C wants to win with the Reds
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I wish mark cuban had've bought the reds
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
too Communist
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by justin007000 on Aug 10, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I think he wants to
but I no longer think he has much on an idea about how to make that happen.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Somebody needs to tell the Astros that batting practice stopped an hour and a half ago
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
And my dad wants me to take him to a game
next weekend.
I have to sit and watch us get beat 11-0, ok. But didn’t it just have to be the Cardinals.
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
my dad bought tickets to the Giants friday night game
when the reds will be comfortably 25 games out of first
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This is OUTSTANDING
By the time I got to the bottom of the thread, 3 more runs scored.
Why was I stupid enough to activate Harang for today’s start again?
Excuse me while I bash my forehead into my desk for a while.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
he has to
the bullpen is totally gassed. not that it makes a difference.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Lets see if he can catch Bronson
For crappiest start of the year
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
You don't want to burn your bench this early in the game
What do you want to bet that Dusty puts in a new pitcher next inning anyway?
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
why the hell not
at this point?
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Dusty doing what Dusty does best
Hey, they’re not “his guys” so why should he give a s**t
since our only entertainment now comes from the team's failures...
let’s see if Wandy can throw a CG SO
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i bet
if Franz Kafka were alive today he would be writing a book on the Reds.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 2:04 PM EDT reply actions
I bet if Dusty Baker were alive today
he’d do a good job managing the Reds.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
So, Wandy Rodriguez has a perfect game going
Let me just repeat that for emphasis: Wandy Rodriguez has a perfect game going.
oh yeah?
Well Harang is throwing a no hitter!
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
The Reds are batting a no-hitter
That’s pretty… what’s the opposite of good?
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Classic RR
Common Aaron! Keep that no-hitter going!
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by BK on Aug 10, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
aflac trivia
who holds the record for the fewest number of pitches in a complete game?
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Wandy Rodriguez, in about an hour and a half
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by chesirecat on Aug 10, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
splat
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I got some driving to do, so I get to listen to Marty spout about this for a while.
Joy. Later dudes.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
Good news!
I’ve been assured by the fine people at Lookout Landing that Bill Bavasi can do some good things. They never elaborated what, exactly, but he can do some good things.
Yay!
Oh, and they also think we’ll be getting Willie Bloomqvist any day now.
looks like Dusty's kinda guy
just when you feel like youve hit the bottom, he tosses you a shovel and says “start diggin”.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
the fourth inning saw no runs by the astros!
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
I was pretty certain
that Tejada was going to end up with a 16 pitch walk.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
holy crap
Gameday looked like a Christmas tree, with all those pitches to Tejada.
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I will give Grande credit
He’s recappping the game as if it is potentially competitive.
Must have been some pretty powerful mescaline on his cornflakes this morning.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
I bitched about this last night, but George brought it up again
Dusty Baker is on record as saying he wants guys to be aggressive at the plate and not look to take pitches that they could put in play. He’s also clearly told Dunn to look to hit the first pitch he sees.
I realize that such a strategy is not exactly the opposite of “being patient,” but you’d forgive the players for thinking so.
How in the world can you say that Dusty’s been trying to instill patience in the Reds batters “just like Cecil Cooper.” Maybe he’s been saying that to the press lately (though I haven’t seen him quoted as such), but it doesn’t wash with what he came into Spring Training mouthing off about.
Horseshit. Horseshit, Horseshit.
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You know it's August for Reds fans
when ESPN doesn’t even give the score during its 20 minute update on the radio. Too inconsequential to matter at this point.
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One better
Try to find Reds highlights on Baseball Tonight when they are not playing a first place team.
There were entire games in the Washington series that went unreported. Which, come to think of it, was a blessing.
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
They happened
The world must never forget.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed
But how bad does it have to be that an hourlong program that is specifically designed to report nothing but your limited little sport…and even THEY won’t report on the Reds.
Ye gods…someone break out the ether.
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
HST rocks!
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
They're just depressed
Because of the way their batting prcatice pitcher was mowing them down before the game.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
They ARE that pathetic.
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Hot Damn!
Next week is Creation Museum day!
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:24 PM EDT reply actions
I think I'm going
mercy me is a pretty good group. I’d also like to visit the creation museum sometime
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I was going to when I was back home
Turns out admission is $25. My interest cooled after that revelation.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Natch
‘Cause thats…y’know…Rock and Roll Hall of Fame money.
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm not exactly sure where the creation museum is..
but i think it’s about five minutes from my house
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
That's pretty steep
And what is Creation Museum Day? Do they give you a free ticket or something?
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it's this...josh hamilton is going to be pissed!
Post-game concert from MercyMe and testimonials
from Reds players and other guests.
Presented by Creation Museum and Prasco
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
gotta know the secret handshake
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
The Reds seem appropriately limp-wristed
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm
Is this why the Creation Musesum was built in Kentucky rather than the Queen City?
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean, I know about the crazies' museum...
but how is this a day at the ballpark?
I think we overmeet as a society.
Haven't you seen or heard the commercials?
The CoC is marketing it as a regional draw with the Reds.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Really?
What day? I am perversely thinking about driving 8 hours to witness that.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Natch.
Shit, I’ll be out of town then. But in South Carolina, which is almost as good.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Affeldt and Bray
are offering “testimonials”
Is it too late to become a robber baron?
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 10, 2008 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
about their lack of evolution?
I think we overmeet as a society.
by Gray on Aug 10, 2008 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Does that make him
the Unfrozen Caveman Reliever?
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Where?
Has anyone gone to see the Jesus ponies?
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like a pretty good crowd, despite...you know
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unless I'm mistaken
I believe he’s working on a perfect game.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
On an unrelated note
How is it that everyone who has the last name “Wagner” ends up with the nickname “Wags” or “Daddy Wags?”
Get the scientists on this!
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DAMMIT!
There goes the only reason for watching this game.
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you can't spell michigan without the letters N-I-T
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Where is Votto again?
Is it too late to become a robber baron?
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 10, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply actions
Bereavement List for unknown reasons
Joey: “Well, skip, this season’s been fun, but frankly we stink so I think I’ll bereaving now.”
Dusty: [Starts humming the tune for “My Guy.”]
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
that's lacist
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Swinging at the first pitch and flying out to right
Is no way to play baseball, son…but you’ll fit in nicely here.
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Corey Patterson is in the corner of the dugout staring wistfully and humming "Memories"
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
There is nothing wrong with this club
that 24 more Corey Pattersons couldn’t solve.
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
i've said it before and i'll say it again
you give me a team of 9 corey pattersons and we’ll lose a lot of games
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but in this little utopia of yours...
...who’s gonna pitch, smart guy?
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
also, dusty's daughter is going to be very tired
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
9 Coreys + 1 Dusty's daughter = 10
It’s official!
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Clearly having Corey Patterson pitch nine innings is prohibitive to losing.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
But then you might have to pinch hit for Corey Patterson
and that’s against the law.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
How did GG react
when you told her your new girlfriend has a mustache?
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
she felt mighty silly about growing those mutton chop side burns
I can tell you
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
He may not know geometry
but hearing him and Grande discuss the Pythagoreum Theorem was enjoyable. Extra points to Grande for noting AZ’s anti-pythagoreum run last year.
Missed this last week
but read it today after the Pirates piece: Daugherty on what the Reds REALLY need to do
Forgiveness please if it was posted last week.
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Hal McCoy had a decent response
on his blog thinger
While the Reds were on the road, a columnist wrote that the trouble with the Reds is the leather chairs and couches in the clubhouse and they should be removed and replaced with upright chairs.That raised the dander of clubhouse Rick Stowe.
"Let’s see, Tampa Bay has couches in the clubhouse," he said. "Milwaukee has couches in the clubhouse. The Chicago Cubs have recliner chairs all over the clubhouse. So I guess if you are in first place you can have couches and recliners. But if you’re in last place, you can’t have them?"
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It's cute that the clubhouse has a name.
And is evidently sentient. That’s some smart house shit or something.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
Hmm, missed the Lo Duca to Marlins trade
Any ideas about where Ross ends up?
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Affeldt strikes out Berkman. Wow.
Nevertheless, Operation Throw At Berkman’s Ugly Head Every At-Bat is still a go.
Dunn really hustled to get to second on that one!
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions
So why did the Reds call up Harang again?
The guy didn’t sound positive before and pitched like it.
RALLY CAPS ON!
OHhh wait… it’s Andy Phillips, Hanigan and (probably) LLM
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Yeah, it looked like a well-hit ball on Game Day
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Erstad caught it on the track
He ran hard and left his feet to get it. Very nice catch that saved a double and probably two runs. Somehow I don’t think Carlos Lee would’ve reached it.
There juiced, but for who...
Patterson, please god no…. oh it’s Cherry!
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Aren't they PHing for Afflack?
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I didn't know they could play women's beach volleyball in the rain
but I really don’t mind.
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the Chinese are doing nothing for me
well, except poisoning America’s children. Wonder whom I make the check out to
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
i turned it over there
and it’s mens volleyball
by chandrathan on Aug 10, 2008 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
JESUS CHRIST DUSTY BAKER GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU FUCKING BASTARD
GOD DAMN YOU. TAKING DOWN CHERRY FOR LLM??? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT????
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by chesirecat on Aug 10, 2008 3:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Wow
That was an exceptional level of stupid.
That should inidcate to anyone still doubting that unless Dusty is given a bench full of .300 hitters, he will have no idea how to properly use it.
"Baker enjoys little league world series"
The jokes write themselves.
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
Dear Mr. Castellini,
What you just witnessed here is undeniable proof that the asshole masquerading as manager has no fucking idea of how to manage a baseball game. With a chance to possibly cut into a lead in a late game situation, Dusty managed to fail on an epic level. Make him go away, now.
Sincerely,
chesirecat
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Against RHPs
Hairston .328
LLM .256 (and now dropping)
The sad thing is
you know Dusty’s gonna have some quote at the end about how well LLM hits righties
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The thing is.....
...LLM wouldn’t have been the worst option, all things considered….except that you already had a superior hitter at the plate. Not only did he replace a good hitter with a lesser one, but he also wasted a player in a game that, if the Reds were lucky enough to score the 6 runs needed to tie the game, he might end up needing every player you have.
Dusty manages like he expects to lose, and he is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Oh sure
it’s Dusty’s fault that the Reds pinch hit Valentin there!? And not corporate greed and cronyisms’ fault!? God, am I the only TRUE Reds fan left? sigh
/guess
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
To be completetely fair....
I think corporate greed may have texted Dusty “OMG….PH LLM.”
Searching for a silver lining here
Y’know, the Reds could learn something from this game about keeping your boot on the neck of the opponent.
But its games like this that are going to make me pretty damn bloodthirsty when the Reds manage to have a good season again. There’s going to be payback to dish out a’plenty.
"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose
but shouldn't we have done that in the first game of the series?
Or are we giving that strategy a trial run?
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
When the score gets this bad
don’t the Reds get an extra fielder or something?
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Blame Edwin and Jolbert
Without them, we’d have been mercy-ruled by now.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder
what it must feel like for an opposing team to play us right now.
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It feels like they're Michael Phelps
and we’re the rest of the world.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 10, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Try, try try, to understand...
...he’s a Magic Man.
Obviously the correct move would have been to bring in LLM to pitch.
Masset is on
to attempt to staunch the bloodflow from the gaping, diseased wound that is the 2008 Cincinnati Reds
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Andy Phillips is a 1B
Jeff Keppinger is a SS
Jerry Hairston is a CFer
Jolbert Cabrera is a SS
LLM is a 1B
But there’s no way in hell that Brandon Phillips is a SS.
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Do I detect sarcasm?!
How bad has the season gotten that MM has gotten sarcastic? Woe betide us! :)
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by Officer Dibble on Aug 10, 2008 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Young Hanigan
Had a pretty good day at the office.
Our new starting catcher?
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Mr. Redlegs says it needs to be Bako
because he’s a horse whisperer, and I would understand that if I weren’t so into fantasy stats.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
For the record
I don’t mind Bako being here for the rest of the season “to work with the young pitchers,” but I do think that such a talent becomes overvalued when he’s an offensive hole and isn’t really a great defender either. And 36. So he probably shouldn’t be around for next season.
It’s like what I said about Juan Castro, if he’s so marvelous at helping other young players, pay him good money to be a coach. It also wouldn’t surprise me if Bako’s worth - at least in Dusty’s eyes - has more to do with being a LH hitter than anything else.
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by Man Mountain on Aug 10, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
my confidence in this team
is at an all-time low. it seems like everyday i can count on them to do something inexcusably stupid. good baseball teams just dont employ people like Bill Bavasi and Dusty Baker. the Pirates are better than the Reds. the Pirates are better than the Reds.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 10, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't mind him being with the team for the stretch,
but as far his mentoring value, I have to think that he’s passed on his knowledge to the younger guys at this point. It’s not as if Volquez and Cueto have gotten better as the season has progressed.
Bako is also much more of a known quantity for Dusty, going back to his Cub days. Between that and hitting lefty, I think we have our answer.
I'm Columbus today (Wife is from there)
Big family get together…Boy do Columbusites hate Dusry…Wow. My Brother in laws have all switched to following Cleveland. The Reds are the laughing stock og the major leagues…even more viley hated here than the Nationals.
I really thought that we’d have a significantly better season than this debacle.
SO THE FIRE SALE BEGINS!!!!!! Who’s next?
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker
so
i looked at gameday Harang’s velocity looked a little low 88-90 the first couple of innings, the last couple of innings he hit 92 a few times, still isn’t the 93 to 94 he could get it up to in the olden days. I thought he needed one more rehab start, and i feel like evidence of those thoughts have to be in the archieves of RR. I wanted to see him reach 90 pitches in Louisville.
Atleast they won’t lose tomorow.
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