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Game 133: Reds at Astros

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Cincinnati Reds @ Houston Astros


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Cincinnati Reds
@ Houston Astros

Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008, 8:05 PM EDT
Minute Maid Park

Josh Fogg vs Roy Oswalt

Clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Josh Fogg 2-6 7.66 1.62 42 25

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Roy Oswalt 11-9 4.23 1.33 132 39

You know what I realized today?  The Reds are 7 games away from being mathematically eliminated from the division title and 12 games away from being mathematically eliminated from the wild card.  So, as long as we don't see a combination of Cubs wins and Reds losses that total up to 7 for the rest of the season, we're still in this thing!

Oh, and Josh Fogg is facing Roy Oswalt tonight, so as long as the Cubs don't win 6 games tonight, we're still in this thing!

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Frist

Dusty Baker is dumb.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2008 6:01 PM EDT   0 recs

bill frist is secretly a muppet.

yes? no?

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Aug 27, 2008 6:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I know this will come as a shock to most of you

But Scott Boras is a dick.

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 6:17 PM EDT   0 recs

Very sneaky

This looks like it’s much bigger than Boras, but to pull the “we never really had a deal” stunt is pretty low. So is commenting on another player’s (Hosmer) contract.

by ken on Aug 27, 2008 7:57 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The lineup

from the Fay:

Dickerson, lf
Keppinger, ss
BPhillips, 2b
Votto, 1b
Bruce, rf
Encarnacion, 3b
Patterson, cf
Bako, c
Fogg, rhp

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

by BubbaFan on Aug 27, 2008 6:23 PM EDT   0 recs

He was the Giant Killer last year, or whatever

He made a reputation of pitching well against the other team’s ace. Go figure, huh?

by Brendanukkah on Aug 27, 2008 8:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Better that way.

We’re probably going to lose against their ace.
We’re probably going to lose when Fogg pitches.

This way, that’s one loss instead of two.

“Always look on the bright side of life…. dee doo, dee doo, dee doo….”

by bbjones on Aug 27, 2008 11:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I just got my daily donate to barach email...

and i’m drinking bud select to get into the spirit of the football draft

I ain't often right but I've never been wrong.

by chandrathan on Aug 27, 2008 6:41 PM EDT   0 recs

Good call.

I’ve got a full fridge too. Let’s do this!

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

by BK on Aug 27, 2008 6:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Didn't Obama bomb the US Capitol?

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 6:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm about to head home

Might stop and get something on the way. Suggestions? Remember I have to go light, it’s a busy week for me. :)

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 6:43 PM EDT   0 recs

Nah

I duplicate that at home. Easy as pie.

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 6:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You think I'm an asshole?

You should ask the kidnapped employee I keep in my basement what he thinks of me.

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 6:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Race weirdness

I have only seen asian employees at the cajun restaurant in the Kenwood Towne Center. It baffles me why I don’t see a huge guy with a beard back there speaking unintelligibly while sucking the insides of a crawfish from its boiled shells.

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 6:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It's funny.

I only see hispanic/latin employees at mall chinese food court places.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Aug 27, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

There's a chinese place there, too

Also staffed by Asians, which makes “sense”.

Truth be told, I don’t care if it’s an Inuit midget amputee serving Ethiopian food, as long as it’s fast and what I ordered. :)

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm already All In

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm in the beer league

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:19 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's the problem with Ehtiopian food, though,

there’s no such thing as “just what I ordered.”

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

by Man Mountain on Aug 27, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

1500 calories of light

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Aug 27, 2008 6:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Miller or Bud?

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 6:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

It must be hard to be a Major League hitter

It seems so easy, I know. But check this out:

Said Bruce, "I know I have to be aggressive in the zone. These pitchers up here know right now that they don’t have to throw me a strike, so they won’t. Why should they? I wouldn’t either if I didn’t have to.

"This is all a learning process I need to shorten that process as quickly as I can," he added. "I haven’t struck out seven times in my life, ever. In your whole life you are always experiencing first times and hopefully that’s the last time I experience that.

"But at this point I was going up there more trying not to strikeout than get a hit," he said. "That’s a bad approach. That’s like playing not to lose rather than playing not to win."

Gotta a good head on his shoulders. I wish his manager wasn’t trying to make him be more aggressive.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Aug 27, 2008 6:47 PM EDT   0 recs

When does that draft take place?

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

7:45

and we need one more…this is first in the league notes

Your Head-to-Head league will not be able to start the season if it contains an odd number of teams.

I ain't often right but I've never been wrong.

by chandrathan on Aug 27, 2008 7:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

wait

didn’t we have 12 earlier today?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 27, 2008 7:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

There was 10 earlier, back down to 9 though.

Wonder who backed out.

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

by BK on Aug 27, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

what a cun

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

by Man Mountain on Aug 27, 2008 7:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well...

We’re gonna need a hero to back out to save the rest of us. As a disclaimer, it ain’t gonna be me, my life’s too pathetic to not play fantasy football

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 27, 2008 7:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

want me to jump over?

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:21 PM EDT   0 recs

Help us Obi-Wan JCH, you're our only hope

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

by BK on Aug 27, 2008 7:22 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I thought

it just went back to our original time

by CamIam on Aug 27, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i hope it does...

but it’s reverted to an autopick draft right now

I ain't often right but I've never been wrong.

by chandrathan on Aug 27, 2008 7:25 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm in

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah looks like an autopick draft...

lovely

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 27, 2008 7:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just saw that

I guess we will not be drafting tonight

by CamIam on Aug 27, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweet

I’ll head home and get ripped, I don’t think I’ve ever drafted a fantasy team drunk. The results could be interesting.

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:33 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yay jeremy joined!

now we need to contact menace…

let me see if i have his number

I ain't often right but I've never been wrong.

by chandrathan on Aug 27, 2008 7:26 PM EDT   0 recs

Nope

Slyde does I think

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

by jch24 on Aug 27, 2008 7:31 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs