It wasn’t Pete Mackanin’s team either and they went 41-39 under him.

Thowing your team under the bus? How has local sports talk not picked up on this?

Oh yeah, and I can’t wait until Dusty gets “his guys” in here. 24 more Corey Pattersons on the team really bodes well for the franchise’s future.

you can add this to my rant in the Farmer’s thread. i dont think there is a curse word vile enough to express how i feel about Dusty Baker and Walt Jocketty right now.

But chooses not to own up to it – What a small balls thing to do.

Too bad we couldn’t have thrown him in on the trade.

Like I could honestly buy the argument that he is an acceptable manager because he keeps things togeather in the clubhouse. But as I have said before his comments have either shown that he doesn’t know his players, or at least fails to communicate. Remember when he told the press Arroyo was hurt and he wanted Arroyo to get an MRI? Than the PRESS told Arroyo about Dusty’s statements and Arroyo seemed baffled. Cueto had a bad game in New York, and Dusty said well it is probably because he has family in New York and was too amped up. He didn’t actually you know ask Cueto if he had ramily in New York, because he is Dominican and just has to have family in New York.

Like what does he do? He doesn’t seem to prepare for games, judging that he doens’t believe in stats as much as he believes in his gut. (Statiness?) He doesn’t seem to communicate well with his players. About the only thing he has done since he got here was seduce Matt Belisle.

has heard about this, or I would think (hope?) that one of them would confront him about it.

In any event, this is pretty unbelievable.

But why in the world would a player block a trade from the Padres to the Red Sox?

I cannot believe that this quote slipped through the cracks. Heres another example of our wonderful Cincy media. If this was said anywhere else the manager would be bombarded with questions on what he means and why he is throwing his team under the bus.

I mean there’s only one Neifi Perez to go around.

1. I agree with many of the posters above. The guys we assume Krivsky wanted>>>>the guys we assume Dusty wanted. I’d be sorely disappointed if we got a team of Pattersons.

2. Slyde, I’d give Jockety a pass so far, in terms of remaking the team (if that’s what needs done).

If we give him the benefit of the doubt (that he knows what he’s doing), the in-season market may have tied his hands. For instance, I think the team still needs a solid #2 starter (Volquez has reverted to his old self the past couple of months, though his troubles started immediately after The Game). During the season, when everyone’s trying to make the playoffs, those guys are much more expensive (prospect-wise) than after the season, when some might even be available for “free” through free agency.

Plus, I’d divide the major league roster into guys you need to keep (Dunn, Votto, EdE, Bruce), guys you’d be selling low (Arroyo), and guys with no value (Patterson, Freel (because he’s injured), any of the catchers). Only 3 guys are really tradable, and in my mind expendable – Weathers, Lincoln, and Hairston. We don’t know if Jockety tried to move any of these three. If I had to guess, he couldn’t get anything of value for the relievers, and he didn’t try to move Hairston (or severely overvalued him).

One thing he didn’t do, which is the basis of my hatred of The Trade, is panic. Given his track record, I confident he won’t in the future, either.

For Dunn? Outside of Red Reporter? What is this world coming too?

Dunn is Bowden’s Guy. Bruce is O’Briens Guy. EE is Bowden’s Guy. BP is Kriv’s guy. Harang is Alamazar’s Guy. Etc, etc, etc.

So Alonso’s is Jocketty’s guy, right? Go get ‘em, fucko.

Dusty is a joke and the losing is pissing me off

Thank Cool God that the Olympics are started!!!!

I hope that was a joke.The Reds has been lifeless,incompetent, and all around dreadful before Dusty became there manager.