Any requests for yelling at WLW guys? I’m on hold.

Let us get Parker, everyone pray w/ me.

If those two suck, then this deal sucks. I’m dying for Parker, but I will be stunned if they actually get him.

Bye, Dunner. After ten years with the Reds, it’s kind of hard to imagine you in another team’s uni. Best of luck wherever you land.

(Unless it’s Boston.)

your turn to call in

I love how when you questioned the return of the trade, they ripped Daugherty for not knowing who they got back. Love it. Well done, man.

They were the only contender to pass on him and if they claimed him it would have just meant the Reds would have pulled him back and it would have blocked the trade.

I’m depressed. Go Bengals.

is, “You know.”

the story of Adam Dunn is 40+ HR and 165+ strikeouts and that’s it. The dude has a career .380 OBP. That’s good for 20th among active players with 3000 PAs or more. Oh, and he’s one of only 14 players to drive in 90 or more runs in each of the last 4 seasons. Oh, and he’s one of only ten players to score 90 or more runs in each of the last 4 seasons. The only players on both of those lists: ARod, Pujols, Ortiz, Miggy Cabrera, and Bobby Abreu.

They have to be a level lower when the trade is made or jsut period or what?

Dunn’s a great hitter, he’ll be missed. He didn’t really say a whole lot.

i hate working late.

Greg Smith/ Dana Eveland/ Carlos Gonzalez/ Chris Carter/ Brett Anderson/ or Cunningham, oh yeah their system got gangbanged by Beane

Remember all those times you were so pissed when the bullpen (read: Majewski) would come in and blow the game? Don’t have to worry about that anymore!

Nice.

From Slate:

Two rules govern player-to-be-named-later transactions. The deal must close within six months and the player must change leagues (which is why most players to be named later are minor leaguers).

I was wrong previously about saying the player must be on a different level. That is only the case in the NL (and therefore this deal) for the Reds. This means that it can’t be someone on the 25-man roster, unless there is special dispensation for clearing waivers, but I’m guessing we’re looking at people not on the 25-man roster.

Uh, you’d have a really good bat signed to a one year deal. What a shitty position to be in.

i woke up got online and checked repreporter to see if there were any off day posts, figuring it would be a quiet day. This just fucking sucks. At the begining of 2007 I honestly thought 2009 would be the year when everything woudl come togeather, I thought Bailey would have worked out the kinks, Cueto would be major league ready, some of the other low minor leaguge talent would have been ready to pitch in the big leagues, the Reds would extend Dunn, Harang and Arroyo would lead the staff.

In 2000 when the Reds traded for Griffey I thought that it would be great to consitently watch the Reds lose 12-10, which happened. now it will be great to watch the Reds lose 10-3 connsistantly.

Im pretty sure there is less than a .1 percent of that happening though.

-Tracy

I always appreciate you guys coming over to True Blue LA during Dodgers-Reds games, so I’d just like to offer my condolences on such a horrible trade.

So the Reds are now down to 1 maybe 2 runs a game offense. Though maybe those runs will come from Dusty’s patented Bunt for a small inning.

I really am tired of the Reds. I hope like crazy some of these PTBNL amount to something good.

if you’d like to share your opinions, we’d love to hear ‘em.

(Previous thread now closed)

The whole coaching staff and get some of those Fred McGriff baseball videos and have the players watch them.

“John Smoltz was a long way away when he was traded for Doyle Alexander.”

Yeah, so far away that he was in Triple-A after the trade and in the Majors for good the following season.

i loved it there.

Another file in the brief I have against Cinci area media: why can’t they simply criticize a player? Why must they always turn punitive and spiteful?

ryan freel is now the longest-tenured red, april 2003. harang is the longest-tenured active player, august 2003.

George Grande always Calls Jocketty Walt Jockerty

Even for a 2 month rental, Dunn should have gotten more than this. If this many GMs passed on him, it should mean that Dunn will not be getting a great FA offer. I’m going to guess he signs for 35 mil over 4 years but I just want to write something down so that I can obnoxiously reference it later in case I’m correct.

The other 2 players have been agreed upon, they just have to clear waivers.

So they must be on the D-Backs 40 Man.

What a way to finish up rehab. I was on the airdyne bike when it flashed in the screen.

Just arrived back in Santo Domingo after a great summer home in Cincy and in France.

Not sure what to think about this, not sure at all. Maybe if it were clear this franchise had a plan, this might almost seem sort of ok.

Do you know that I don’t really like baseball that much?

i won’t really make an effort to watch any games. If they are on and I have nothing better to do I’ll watch, I won’t check the boxscores everyday. I said that in 2003 after the huge fire sale, but I remember watching Jose Accevado fall in LA, Dan Sarafini actually start a major league bame, Todd Van Poppel start a game, Seth Etherton get some starts, Josh Hall, Ryan Wagner dominated etc… The Reds are kinda like an abusive spouse who I can’t divorce.

dear god… this is the end reds. enjoy finishing 60-102. Every damn person who comments on this blog is going to be dead before this team is competitive. I hate 5 year plans. I want a damn winning season. Go to hell, Reds “brain trust”