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St. Louis Cardinals
@ Cincinnati Reds

Sunday, Aug 17, 2008, 1:15 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Kyle Lohse vs Edinson Volquez

Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Kyle Lohse 13-5 3.92 1.28 88 36

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Edinson Volquez 14-5 2.86 1.32 146 66

It's Faith Day at the ballpark, brought to you by the Creation Museum.  I have no comments on that, but I often wonder if there is an intelligent design behind the Reds.

The season is starting to get tense.  I don't know if my nerves can handle this chase for the end of the season.

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Big day for Reds' baseball.

(prepare to believe)

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 17, 2008 11:29 AM EDT   0 recs

For the first time ever

dinosaurs and cavemen can watch the Reds together in harmony

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 17, 2008 11:36 AM EDT   0 recs

Did you hear about

the “faster pastor” contest happening after the game?

It sounds cool but it is basically a dizzy bat race.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 17, 2008 11:38 AM EDT   0 recs

I can't link to it

but that photo of the guy with the NASCAR sunglasses on and his arms upraised in the promo for today’s game really brightened my day.

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 17, 2008 12:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

the pastore who wins get to sit with Jeremy Affeldt in his soecial stadium seating area and

gets his choice of an overnight with Gapper or Rosie Red

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 17, 2008 12:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Creation Museum/Faith Day

this is even more hokey than the new age funeral I attended on Friday.
With this kind of a promo it really is no wondering why the Red’s are so far out of it. They’ve a management that is faith based and a field manager who’s hearing impaired.

What’s up CC – Verka ?

I will not be drinking today so no worries guys, we’ll have a regular old RR thread.

Hi my name is Mads

Hi Maville

And I am a drunken spammer.

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 17, 2008 12:21 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm sick of being on my fucking computer all day. But if I have to be,

I personally am in favor of making the threads as completely unintelligible as possible, Mads

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 17, 2008 12:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'll try to write using the 'hilljack' dialect

which is spoken fairly rarely these days. But when I first went Madison Bowl 30 years ago there still many members of early Hazard Man (stupefactus homininbredus) walking among us.

’Shee yuz msfrkrtboards fuckjsbowl dwown thar and oiland shit a strike."

translation: It was hard to find a consistent line today because of all the oil on the lanes,therefore difficult to bowl a strike.

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 17, 2008 12:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dang ol' bowlin', man.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 17, 2008 1:12 PM EDT to parent up   1 recs

Recognizing you have management problem.

…first step towards winning baseball.

Welcome back Mads.

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 17, 2008 12:32 PM EDT   0 recs

Dammit Grande, stop calling him Prince Albert.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 17, 2008 1:19 PM EDT   0 recs

Great half-inning

Volquez looks sharp

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 1:20 PM EDT   0 recs

Isn't Votto off the bereavement list?

Why havent we seen him?

Is it too late to become a robber baron?

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 17, 2008 1:22 PM EDT   0 recs

We saw him yesterday

As a pinch-hitter.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 17, 2008 1:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

If you would have told me on April 3rd

that the top 3 in the order in the middle of August would be Dickerson, Hairston, and Bruce, I would have laughed in your face.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 17, 2008 1:26 PM EDT   0 recs

But Cherry's the man!

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 17, 2008 1:29 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Cherry Hudson Junya!

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 17, 2008 1:28 PM EDT   0 recs

Dickerson is doing a great job so far at lead off

Small sample size alert but he’s doing all the things you want in your top spot.

Thank God he’s fast, looks athletic and plays the outfield. Otherwise he’d be batting in front of Bako.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 1:31 PM EDT   0 recs

Hova!

So does the ptcher have a direct correlation to the am?ount of offense we get

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 17, 2008 1:32 PM EDT   0 recs

baseball tonight'd

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 1:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Harang certainly thinks so

and its nice to see the Lohse I’ve missed for so long

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:35 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Holy crap, LLM beat out a double play

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 17, 2008 1:36 PM EDT   0 recs

seriously

“that play developed in slow motion” according to Grande. Do you think that LLM could run to second in the time it would take Dickerson to run around all the bases?

And he goes to third on a single!

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

also

looks like Bruce needs a haircut…

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:38 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In all seriousness

George Grande should have the decency to recuse himself from calling Cardinals games.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 1:38 PM EDT   0 recs

What were the referencing just now about the slide, or lack thereof?

They sure seem to love the Cards (who’s Grande’s partner?).

Also, it can’t really be Faith Day…can it?

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 1:40 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

oh it can...make your own punchline

quite ironic, if you ask me, since when I think of Cincinnati, I think of the capital of Reform Judaism and Hebrew Union College, but hey.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:47 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow

You weren’t kidding.

Well, I can’t just let them win. Join my wicked church:

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 1:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Do not, under any circumstances, click this link.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 1:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

How did I know that was coming?

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 17, 2008 1:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah, me too

I walked right into that one.

But I stopped at the link to shitsniffer.com, thank you.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I considered disguising it with TinyURL, but I figured that would be a little too unfair

At least this way, you have some idea of what you’re in for.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 1:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't get it

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 17, 2008 2:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rock me sexy Jesus

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Anyone see the Eric Davis interview before the game?

Man…he is awesome. One of my favorite Reds of all times.

www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com

by xjjeep90 on Aug 17, 2008 1:39 PM EDT   0 recs

dang, I missed it

I was a litttle too late to watch him, but I hearted the heck out of his comeback. I tried his batting stance back when I was a kid and generally wanted to be like him. Too bad I maxed out at 5’9"

Hes in the dugout wearing a #44 jersey, thoguh. warrants mentioning.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Brings back those good memeories when the Reds were owned by an unabashed faith based racist

Here she is with one of her owned Negroes…

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 17, 2008 1:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I ran into Eric Davis

on Halloween when I was dressed as Franken-Hitler. I was sooooo high, I didn’t think to get a picture. But he complimented my costume. True story.

by PeteyHendrix on Aug 17, 2008 2:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Franken-Hitler

Outstanding idea. Might have to steal that one year.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 17, 2008 11:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I found...

that going with a plain red armband without a swastika was key. My Jewish wife agreed.

by PeteyHendrix on Aug 19, 2008 3:35 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Your wife

Has a great sense of humor, you’re a lucky man. I’m a fan of funny things involving Hitler:

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 19, 2008 9:00 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Mel Brooks

said that he felt it was a great accomplishment/mission to reduce Hitler’s legacy to a punchline.

by PeteyHendrix on Aug 19, 2008 12:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The Wagon is on track today

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 17, 2008 1:46 PM EDT   0 recs

sooo, uh, why is Bako our #1 catcher?

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:48 PM EDT   0 recs

He'll continue to catch Volquez and Cueto

since he’s feted as an excellent handler of young pitchers.

Also, he’s left-handed, which means everything.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 1:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

also, any word on Jared Burton?

is he in hiding, or has he just given up on the season like the rest of us?

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 1:57 PM EDT   0 recs

i love baseball

but not more than my lovely lady. I have a hot girlfriend.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:02 PM EDT   0 recs

thebaseballcube.com has ads all over for an Indian marriage service

so I’m assuming thats how you met?

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 2:04 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm Russian, actually

That’s what the whole war is about. Georgia wants me for their own.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

no response?

aren’t you surprised that battlekow has a hot girlfriend?

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:04 PM EDT   0 recs

I would require evidence, say a photograph

I am not faith based.

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 17, 2008 2:06 PM EDT to parent up   1 recs

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Eh

She’s kinda flat.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 17, 2008 2:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I feel like a hypocrite for mentioning this, but...

please remember, as we heap scorn on Christianity and other “faith-based” pablum, that there are a number of valued readers here who are practicing Christians and that many of us have our own sacred cows that we tend to feel very protective about.

Except for Madville, who has a different relationship toward cows.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 2:05 PM EDT   0 recs

thank you that kind introduction

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 17, 2008 2:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'd like to think I'm the only sacred kow for all of you

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I would certainly be willing to lead you to a altar and knife you

if I thought it meant the gods would smile favorably on the Reds.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 3:21 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

We're equal opportunity scoffers

After all the railing against new agers yesterday, we’re overdue for some Christian-bashing.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 17, 2008 2:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

All scoffings

are equal, but some scoffings are more equal than others.

by blandonseid on Aug 17, 2008 2:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

you are absolutely 100% correct

I really respect the more religious folk I know and genuinely have no problem when people talk about their faith and all that sort of stuff. I just feel a little funny when it enters the public sphere.

The Reds teaming up with heavy Christianity puts me in a funny position as a Reds fan. I’m not a Christian. I would feel very, very, awkward at the game today. It’s not mocking what I don’t know/understand, its just that I wouldn’t like being treated as an outsider at a baseball game.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 2:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"Christians" != pseudo-science-spewing people making money off the faith of others

Free speech for the dumb!

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

dumb

as in deaf and, or dumb as in stupid?

Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.

by havanaconnect on Aug 17, 2008 2:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Discharge didn't specify

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Why should it make you feel awkward?

It’s not as if they’re denying admission to non-Christians. Would you feel like an outsider at Little Leaguer day?

Anyway, my original post was silly. I sort of have a scorched earth policy as I can’t really think of anything that actually offends me personally. I have certainly been upset and angered on behalf of people I care about, but not really for myself. There might be something, but I can’t think of anything at the moment.

Just a passing moment of empathy for people like Thundering Turtle, Caleb and Crolfer. But they’re big boys and don’t need any old henning from the likes of me.

Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers

by Man Mountain on Aug 17, 2008 2:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thing is

by “Faith” I get the impression they really mean “Christianity.”

Phone's ringing, Dude.

by rjdio on Aug 17, 2008 8:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Reds sign Yorman Rodriguez:

International scouts contacted by BA indicated they believed the bonus was for $2.7 million, although the official number has not been confirmed. That bonus would be the largest signing bonus ever given to a player from Venezuela.

Rodriguez, who just turned 16 this month, is a four-tool player who draws praise from scouts for his athleticism, speed, power and arm strength. Scouts say his hit tool lags behind his other abilities–a significant concern for several scouts–but his athleticism and ceiling are both high.

Ha. Your TV guys were just joking about “five-tool” prospects who forgot to pack their hit tool.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 2:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Cy Schourek!

was the AFLAC answer

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 2:18 PM EDT   0 recs

and now they ramble about not having an ace

and Harang is punching a wall.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 17, 2008 2:18 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Voltron

Defender of Reds Blogosphere!

Part of his right leg is made of Patrick Duffy.

by PeteyHendrix on Aug 17, 2008 2:23 PM EDT   0 recs

Fuck!

There goes the no-no, mere seconds after I relaized he had one going!

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 17, 2008 2:25 PM EDT   0 recs

I wonder when bob will include the Gay/Lesbian community as he identifies the demographics of folks who can actually afford to attend a game.

But today is not for Christians per se…more like Churchgoers, I believe there for I am.

I wonder if you shake Him will it snow?

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