Game 138: Reds vs Pirates
by Slyde on Sep 2, 2008 5:00 PM EDT
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PrintPittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds, Sep 2, 2008 7:10 PM EDT
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A matchup of two very disappointing pitchers. The Pirates had hoped that Snell would perform like an ace this season, much like the Reds expected from Harang. Despite Harang's consecutive good starts, I'd still like to see him shut down for a month, but I'm overly cautious when the season doesn't matter any more.
Then again, the Reds STILL haven't been eliminated from the division. If they keep winning and the Cubs keep losing for the rest of the season, who knows, right? Stranger things have never happened.
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Stranger things never happened, huh?
Then how do you explain that every time I type a zinger in a game thread it spontaneously turns to gold?
Count it.
if there was ever a game worthy of a good game thread, this is it
if we get to 250 comments, will that be more than people at the game?
by chandrathan on Sep 2, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Most likely
Will there be more people attending the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh game tomorrow night, or the US Open Cup Final between DC United and the Charleston Battery? I can tell you which one I’m going to.
It varies
DC will typically draw around 20,000 for a Saturday game. Some teams will have attendance down around 10,000 but the average yearly attendance works out to probably between 17,000-19,000 a game.
how many red blooded Americans go to watch soccer
and i don’t count those latte drinking, new york times readin commie bitches.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
New York gets really bad attendance
But they’re finally getting their own stadium, so they don’t have to play in cavernous Giants Stadium anymore. United still plays in RFK, and will for the foreseeable future, since Nationals Park caused the DC Council to sour on building stadiums. But even though it’s big, United often sells out the lower bowl, and visiting fans will often sit in the top bowl behind the north goal. Lately, a pretty big contingent of the Sons of Ben – fans of the to-be-formed Philadelphia MLS franchise – have been coming to games.
The great part about going to see games at RFK is that the seats for the supporters sections aren’t fully secured (thanks, dual-purpose stadiums!), so they shake and bounce like crazy. It’s amazing.
im looking for tickets
for the Crew game against the Galaxy on Oct 4 and ticketmaster is sold out. at least, i think it is. i dont know. but Crew Stadium is a damn nice place to see some sports.
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a soft spot for Crew Stadium
Since it was the first soccer specific stadium ever built in America. I’ve seen some Crew games there, the US Men’s National Team beat Mexico 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier, and some Women’s World Cup games. It’s definitely fun.
The Galaxy game will be tough to get tickets to, cuz that’s the Traveling Beckham show. Never mind the fact that the Crew have the best record in MLS this season…
i am kind of against shutting Harang down for the season
mostly because I feel that if there is somethign wrong with his tendon the damage has already has been done. We might as well see if his arm is sound, if it is he will be fine, if it isn’t well, he cna get the surgery done now, and will have more value for 2010, then if nothign happens until next Spring.
The Dusty Path to the World Series!*
*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.
In honor of Crolfer's return from Texas
I submit the following:
maybe I should be submitting this:
Someone said he was doing ‘missionary’ work somewhere….Texas or Alaska
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
what the hell is that 1st picture...???
it looks like a plane wing or a burning kite. is it a raft?
Could be a dolphin.
Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.
by Paul Householder on Sep 2, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Obviously your new around these parts....
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're not the plumber.
I didn’t call for a plumber…
Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.
by Paul Householder on Sep 2, 2008 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
RIP Jerry Reed
eastbound and down for the last time.
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Amos Moses was a man! The man could play the guitar pretty good too
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
lineup
lifted from gameday:
Dickerson LF
Kepp SS
BP 2B
Votto 1B
EdE 3B
Bruce RF
Hanigan C
Patterson CF
Harang P
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 6:43 PM EDT reply actions
Why is C-Pat playing?
It should certainly be Wilkin Castillo in LF, Dickerson in CF. No excuse not to play Wilkin over C-Pat. Dusty will give a lefty-righty matchup excuse, forgetting that his favorite new “tool” is a switch-hitter.
I get Dusty trying to defend his players – good managers do that. But there’s no explaining this contradictory action of playing a veteran who might be the worst player in the game INSTEAD of playing qualified youngsters. What’s more, we DESPERATELY need to know if Dickerson is “for real” and can play CF in the bigs. Not knowing this will CRIPPLE us in the off-season player personnel search.
If Jerry Narron would have dropped dead at the right time, Piniella would be our current manager. Unfortunately, Jerry’s wife always reminds him to wear a jacket so he “won’t catch cold”.
Thanks for nothing, Mrs. Jerry.
Defending his players
And yet, he’ll rarely come out and defend them to an umpire during the course of a game. And he tells the press they have injuries that they themselves are unaware of. Dusty’s a peculiar cat.
Seriously, Patterson can't play left field?
There’s no reason he should figure into our future, whereas Dickerson at least has a chance to. He’s been pretty decent in his time up here, and I’d like to see him as a bench player next season. But I’d really like to see what he’s able to do in centerfield. So how ’bout we play him there, Dusty, instead of CoPat?
You mean game thread, or stadium?
There’s a guy named Nyjer at the stadium. He just grounded out to second.
There are more people here than there are there
It looks depressing
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 2, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He's the best in the biz when it comes to working with young base stealers
that’s the kind of stuff that you don’t see show up in the box score if you don’t read them.
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If he helps 'Zona win the World Series?
I think it has a fair shot of happening.
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let's hope tonight it's chicken blows
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Oh man,
my computer doesn’t even think the inning has started yet
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
In Kep's defense,
There’s no need for him to be patient once Dickerson got Ian to throw 10 pitches and he wasn’t wild. If we were between innings after our starter had taken the hill…perhaps a different story.
Let's try that again....
If Dickerson has already worked Pittsburgh starting pitcher Ian Snell for 10 pitches before the first out, I think it’s OK for Keppinger to be aggressive and swing at the first pitch of the SECOND AB of the game when we’re at home – perhaps he’ll sting a get-ahead fastball.
If we’re on the road, I’d want Kep to be a bit more selective, as he’d be batting while OUR starting pitcher was trying to rest in the Reds dugout.
I hope that’s much clearer…cuz my previous post was about as clear as a fogged-up car window at a drive-in….or the reason C-Pat is playing today.
I think you're still mixed up on home/road
We’re at home tonight, and Harang pitched first – he WAS resting in the dugout while Kepp was at bat.
Not to mention that if we had a team of 9 CDicks, we’d be through the starter before the fifth, every game.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
You're right.
I wasn’t watching the gamecast carefully enough at work…shut my hole. So Kep should have been more patient, maybe.
Just hand me the gun. I’ll load it myself.
dickerson
on the 10th pitch? his plate discipline (taking pitches, not SO) has been the most impressive thing about him. he spoils plenty of pitches
Well, it might have been the 9th pitch
But it’s a far cry from what Patterson was giving us from the top of the order.
I was all set to talk about how Harang was cruising.
Who the hell is Brandon Moss? And two LaRoches? Huh.
the younger laroche was in the man-ram trade
he sucked it up for the dodgers. figures that he’d be the one to hit a homer off harang.
i personally doubt we get burrel
likely he’ll sign back with the phils, unless they decide to dump some salary
I thought they were?
Ken could probably speak to this better, but I thought they were looking to get rid of Burrell, and I’d even heard Ryan Howard’s name thrown around as a possibility to leave Philly. Of the two, I would imagine they would keep Howard instead of Burrell.
Aaron Harang's season
Is probably the second most disappointing thing about this season. The first being Corey Patterson, obv.
Holy jeez
BJ Upton just made a spectacular catch in CF. Call the cops, A-Rod was robbed.
Upton was a third baseman, but they moved him to the outfield, and it’s looking like a brilliant move.
Not that I’m suggesting anything…
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
He played mostly SS in the minors
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Yeah
He wears #2 because Jeter was his idol.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
That's also the reason he was moved from SS
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Ouch
It’s always sad to watch an athlete decline with age. It’s even sadder when he wasn’t very good at SS to begin with…
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
are you using Safari?
SB Nation seems to throw those around a lot
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once the thread starts to get full
it will get worse.
Thus, I think you might be in luck for the rest of this season.
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jeez
That’s worse than Freel.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Here are some appropriate anagrams for today's starting Reds CF:
Let’s pick a favorite:
Coronary Septet
Attorney Corpse
Sorry, Potent Ace
Try, Reenact, Oops
On Career: Spotty
Career’s Not Typo
Career’s on Potty
Secretary On Top
Create Porn Toys
create porn toys, hands down
secretary on top close second, you think of those off the top of your head. if so impressive
GameDay now says that Unknown advances to third on a throwing error by the catcher
Do we have a ghost man on third?
Is there anyone who DOESN'T want Sean Casey back next year?
Surely we can get him 165 ABs like the BoSox did.
id take him
i think raul ibanez could help a lot in the short term to for a cheapish price too
I see Casey as a lefty pinch-hitter
and spot starter. Mostly a clubhouse influence signing, and we could use one right now. I see Votto or Pat Burrell in LF for the Reds next year, so getting Casey one start per week seems doable.
I think BP might get jealous...
…of Casey’s GIDP prowess
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Honestly
I REALLY hope the Reds address many other roster needs in front of adding Casey. This team’s talent deficit is far more important than their charm deficit.
That said, I wouldn’t be averse to having him back on the cheap.
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they definately need someone who can bat in the 3/4 spot.
who you ask? not a person in the world can predict that.
dunn…?
dunn is probably done with this team for awhile
i know i would be
wont happen
they have Eric Byrnes in LF and Conor Jackson at 1B. they dont have a place for him. but im sure this honeymoon has our boy dbackskins sayin’ awww shucks.
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
good point on byrnes.
of course bob melvin could just use him in RF or 1B…lol
when they traded for him
they were joking about where they would play him and they mentioned 2B. the mental picture i had for the next 30 seconds of dunn at 2nd was very very entertaining
i do
no one else is willing to take on the baggage, even though its probably worth it.
"No one else" seems harsh
I would wager a lot of GMs would like to have Dunn’s production. I bet a bunch of AL guys are wondering how he’d look as a DH.
i'll agree
i guess i meant it for effect. its tough to say what teams will pony up for him once the better FA are gone
Casey for VEEP
He was a more popular mayor than Palin, but she could probably run faster with those legs…
ive seen this picture
4 times too many ’round these parts. RR has a liberal bias!
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
i dont mind the cheesecake
but this dude is flat out bad at photoshop.
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
If we had leggy pictures of Joe Biden
we’d post them here, too. Or not.
Here’s Joe demonstrating how most dudes react to this photo of the GOP VP Nominee:
Shwiiiiiiing!
harang isn't right
I don’t care what Welsh, Dusty, Dick Pole, Brantley or anyone else who’s paid to know better than me says, his delivery is different and his arm angle is wrong, wrong, wrong.
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i know very little about pitching mechanics
but i was saying the same thing. it looks like he isnt using his hips the way he used to. he’s all arm, and that isnt good.
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm glad to see that while I was playing mario 2 there were a lot of comments made
after reading through the thread, I’m sad to see that most of them were about baseball
by chandrathan on Sep 2, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions
i was all up ons the Dr. Mario this weekend
i had forgotten how unresponsive the OG nintendo controller is. ahhhh memories….
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
yes the controller has to be pressed down pretty hard
and kung fu made my thumb hurt
by chandrathan on Sep 2, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
i never could get the hang of kung fu
it took me more than a few tries to just get past the first guy.
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
having not played it in close to twenty years, it took me a few tries to get the cartridge to work
by chandrathan on Sep 2, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
did you blow on it?
push it to the right?
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
yes
but to make mine work, you have to bang it against the side of the nintendo as you push the cartridge down.
by chandrathan on Sep 2, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
that game was sick
i liked that better than 3. cept for the battle games.
2 was the only one i could beat
using the warp points of course
All right, the thread has gotten big enough
that Safari has started to throw my posts through space and time like the Island on Lost.
And seeing’s how my new version of Firefox won’t recognize the comment section of Red Reporter, I bid you all good night.
Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
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I've had it working just fine for the majority of the evening.
FF3 on Mac OS X, I’m assuming?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 2, 2008 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
if push comes to shove
we could just start up a fanpost. if an admin comes around they can move it to the front page.
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
i'd be ok with that if it helps out our old pal man mountain
by chandrathan on Sep 2, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
i'll do the honors
if y’all dont mind.
Dusty Baker is dumb.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 2, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
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