Game 124: Cardinals at Reds
by Rick House on Aug 16, 2008 4:55 PM EDT
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Here we go, another pivotal matchup. This is one of the most important games for the Reds in the past few weeks, so we really need to capitalize. The Central race is far from over, and we have nearly a 50 percent chance of winning today. Everything rests on what happens in this game.
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The Lineup
Chris Dickerson, LF
Jerry Hairston Jr. SS
Jay Bruce RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Javier Valentin 1B
Jeff Keppinger 3B
Corey Patterson CF
Ryan Hanigan C
Aaron Harrang P
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Just Phillips and Harang, huh
No Bruce?
Overserved and underwhelmed.
by Pops Daniels on Aug 16, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions
My mistake
I thought you were using “bat” as a generic term for shitty fill-in player. Like “body.” I’m a bit slow.
Overserved and underwhelmed.
by Pops Daniels on Aug 16, 2008 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
But...
…Keppinger didn’t start the year as a Bat.
Neither did Patterson, though he was sent down later.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I'm confused
If Andy Phillips were in the lineup, would he be a Bat or a Crappy Bench Player? Or a Crappy Bench Player Bat?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Probably only for the rest of the season
I’m sure when spring training arrives, we will all once again be full of hope.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
as opposed to Castellini
who’s just full of shit.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
Gonna be a lively thread tonight.
Saturday…3-12 pitcher on the mound…20 games out of first…
Politickin' in God's Country
I'm watching replays of the olympic rowing finals online
but I’ll be here to comment snarkily away anyway. Who’s up for a Harangatastic start today? (I mean, old-style harang)
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
I've lareday began drinking!
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
Fay on Alonso
Talked to Walt Jocketty about Yonder Alonso today. Two things:
—They think he’ll be ready in the 2010. “He thinks he’s ready now,” Jocketty said. “I like that.”
—The Reds will consider moving Joey Votto to the outfield. Left is the obvious spot. Alonso will work out at third base as well as first.
Was it a good signing? It depends on how Alonso turns out. I think he has the potential to be a Lance Berkman type — a good hitter with power and a great on-base percentage. His on-base was .534 this year. The Reds need more hitters like that. This team is terrible at running up pitch counts.
But it’s a huge step from college to the majors. We saw that with Brandon Larson, who the Reds took over Berkman by the way.
Here’s the details on the contract:
—$2 million signing bonus. $1.5 million paid at approval. $500,000 paid June 15, 2009.
—$50,000 in salary for the rest of this season.
—$400,000 in 2009; $500,000 in 2010; $600,000 in 2011; $1 million in 2012.
—Tuition payments of three semesters at $26,000 each ($20,000-tuition; $6,000 expenses.)
—Family trip to Major League Debut
—Bonus money: $25,000 Rookie of the year; $100,000 MVP; $25,000 Gold Glove; $100,000 World Series MVP; $50,000 League Champion Series MVP; $25,000 Silver Slugger; $50,000 All-Star MVP; $25,000 All-Star selection.
—2012 may be voided if he has enough Major League service time to qualify for arbitration.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
The tuition payments are a nice touch
and I love this line from Fay:
His on-base was .534 this year. The Reds need more hitters like that.
Well, yeah. Getting on base more than half the time would be great, now that you mention it. I think that the 1976 Reds could use more players who got on base half the time.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
Yonder only had an OPS of something like 1330 in 2008
Miami has a very good program. One of my daughters went to school there and the baseball program is more consistent than their Football program. This kid could be ready really quickly. He knows how to take a walk….of course Dustbag will cure him of that.
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
New age small fucking ball does work, but you gotta have some guys who can hit the ball out. Period.
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
Hey the game has statred and Cherry H. has already had an impact.
Go Aaron!
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
Hey Mads!
Yeah Mads? Harang is in a shitpot full of trouble already!
Yeah Mads – Trade his ass.
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
Top of the 2nd game over.
Harang is toast.
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
Fuck this
this team blows on an epic level. Our opening day starter is soon to be 3-13. Whoo hoo! Look like it’s just you and me Mads. Sadly, I can’t be drunk with you as I’m on the clock.
Politickin' in God's Country
Then for every beer I drink CC, I drink another for you!
Plus one for every run that Harang gives up, one for every Copat K and one for home run by LLM.
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
Wasssup blandon!!!
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
One thing I just don't get
Why do the Reds keep rushing players back from the DL?
They brought Hopper back when he could hardly throw. They activated Keppinger when his knee was still sore. They brough Cherry back when he wasn’t ready…twice.
And now we have not-ready-for-prime time Harang.
I mean, WTF? It’s not like the Reds’ season is on the line.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yeah you have a damn good point.
Maybe it’s just because we have no other players…
Politickin' in God's Country
Trying to put folks in the stands?
Oh look Dickerson has a chance to hit a salami
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
oh look we suck even more
at least Albert’s helping my fantasy team, although Aaron’s kinda blowing chunks.
Politickin' in God's Country
Oh he K'd
Based loaded 1 out = 0 runs. Ain’t no clutch on this team.
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
Could be that
But honestly, does Norris Hopper put a lot of buns in the seats? Or Cherry?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Ariz clobbering 'stro's
Dunner 1 AB, 1 single, 1 RBI and 1 run
this guy is just a s selfish playing for the dbacks as he was here
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
Middle of the order up
Jayhova
Burton Philpots
and LLM the HR machine
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
Yay
Three up, three down.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Dickerson
3 extra base hits one night
multiple Ks another
Which one is the real one?
Reds fan for 40 years!
He so rookie that even he doesn't know who's up to bat when he's at the plate.
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
BTW - (belch) did i tell you guys that I attended a new fucking age funeral?
It was bizarre to say the least. I am not easily phased by trendy shit. Esp. old trendy shit. But these people (holding the funeral) were like my age (I’m 59)..and I don’t believe they had a clue as to what they were talking about. I wish Man Mountain could have been there just to give the contrarian opposing view at the reception afterwards,I wanted to slip a little blotter acid into the Perrier just to spice things up but Mrs. Mads gave me ‘that look’ and I chickened out.
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
Dunn now 2 for 2; D-backs 6 - Hou 1
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
Lets see I think I said I'd drink one for every home run Harang gave up.
Shit…I’ll gotta make beer run,,,damn i’m gonna get stanky tonite
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
Who's warming up, Dusty?
For whatever reason Harang is truly toast,
WE DID once have a play a lot like Albert. But he was fat and lazy and selfish, He struck every time the pressure was on and he was really disliked by the most important baseball mind in town – sMarty. Maybe someddaay we’ll get another one and he can be run out of town two.
The End
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
Whoops it appears the last HR was off Magic Dick?
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
You guys ALL remember the J. Geils band...
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
My blood runs cold
my memories have just been sold.
Overserved and underwhelmed.
by Pops Daniels on Aug 16, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe they just suck
I really find this conversation you two are having quite funny, btw
Politickin' in God's Country
+WElcome to my world+
I’m sending you this unsugned personal photo as a keepsake
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
This photo (blaat)
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
If you please
No I’m new motherfucking age Tibetian
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
Storytime for gJoe
Dear gejoe:
We once had a really good pitcher on our hometown team. Our team is called the ‘Deads’, This pitcher was a good guy and pitched all the time, many many innings pitched he, He volunteered once to pitch in an extra innings game for like 5 innings to help out the ‘team’.
Our manager was so grateful that he pitched him again 3 days later and now our pitcher is toast. This story has a happy ending, tonight out pitcher only had to pitch 3 innings!
The end.
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
You forgot one important point in this tragic story
When that pitcher went out and pitched in relief he was absolutely unstoppable, striking out 10 in that time. he’d never looked better. Sad that he used up all his decent abilities in that fucking loss.
Politickin' in God's Country
I wanted this to be a tradegic story, CC
Therefore I tried to downplay the heroic accomplishments our toasted pitcher, godfuckingdamnit,
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
by Madville on Aug 16, 2008 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
tragedy?????
wait, but, it has a happy ending, right?
they only made him pitch less than 3 innings tonight
happy ending, right????
Reds fan for 40 years!
Obviously you don't know the difference between a 'tragedy' and a 'tradegic story'
Where did you go to college ,,,? Don’t they teach the art of the short story there?
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
BTW - Adam Just had a base clogging walk and then had the nerve to score another run
Boy I am relieved that we don’t have him on our team
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
Andy's still interested in this game
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yeah well our small balled manager don't like Andy
He can hit HRs but can he become a Buntmaster?
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
Props to everyone - They're on me, Propskeeper!!!
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
Josh Fogg??!
Didn’t he start, like, two days ago?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Dusty hates his team
Rumor is Corey Patterson’s starting in Fogg’s place next start
Politickin' in God's Country
This is quite the thread
to go with quite the game
by chandrathan on Aug 16, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions
Yo 'than..whatcha been doing?
Fogg’s ERA is down to 796, give the guy a break…he only makes $400,00o per baseball year, BB year is about 9 months (if you’re a Red) That’s $37,000 a month.
Here he is in the off season.
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
I went out to the grocery store...
stocked up on some coke…
by chandrathan on Aug 16, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Hope you got some beer,,,say about 3 - 12 packs to make it thru the rest of the game
My fav…MMMMM
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
fuck everything...
Did I tell you guys that I was forced to attend a new age fucking funeral p
Fucking astral wind lessons and the officiant wa a bull lesbo.
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
fuck him he's dead...lucky bastard didn't have to sit through a bunch of simpering
crap about personal angels and consciousness massages.
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
Madville
my mental picture of you sitting around your computer drinking beer and bitching non-stop about this funeral makes me crack up
Politickin' in God's Country
by chesirecat on Aug 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
my brain on Blatz
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
You know
If LLM were an everyday player for the reds he would hit 30 home runs
in about 4 years
by chandrathan on Aug 16, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions
Obviously you've been hanging around Madison Lanes a little too much
BTW the REGULARS at ML tell it is 30 a YEAR. 30 HRs a year for the fat man.
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
Hey buddy...I'm no gay jesus or gay sombrerro
I’ll defend to the death What you (and slde too) do in the privacy of your own home…does chandra know?
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
fuckin' A -= slYde
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
'than, oooh what a lucky man...
you am….
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
I forgot to mention that fat lazy turd of a RF for the dbacks also stole a base 2nite.
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
by yourself or with,,,,nevermind I'm getting too drunk
Uh, me too,,,go Jayhova
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
Is it? Is he clutch....
He will definately hit better in LF, he won’t have to think so much…
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
Dunn just walked...I hate him
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
2 aboard for the man sMarty call out 'best player'
go get’m Jr.
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
BTW - this is a little off thread, but it reminds me of the manage team for 2008 Reds
Being a Reds fan however is NOt priceless rather brutally painful.
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
No this was his punishment for being a closet Reds fan in Arizona.
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
All right the heart of the line up!
Burton Philpots
HomeRun Valentin
and Sludge the wonder SS
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
Rally caps - hight caps all the smne to moi
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
Corey attenpts to hit a 5 run homer
Sheeit, he night as well go screw the cow
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
tonight's RR performance was about as bad as the Reds
me included. g,night all
Politickin' in God's Country
Madville
has dropped no less than 8 jpgs.
by blandonseid on Aug 16, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
you're just about as useless as JPEGS to Helen Keller
I oughta do the world a favor, and cap you like old yeller
by chandrathan on Aug 16, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
no offense meant
it’s a weird al lyric that i think of whenever i see jpgs
by chandrathan on Aug 16, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
My response to this game thread:
I don’t get it.
Clearly I need to drink more and come back.
I think we overmeet as a society.
bedtime for gramps - time to scewr the cow
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
by Madville on Aug 16, 2008 10:06 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
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