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Game 140: Reds vs Pirates

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Pittsburgh Pirates
@ Cincinnati Reds

Thursday, Sep 4, 2008, 12:35 PM EDT
Great American Ball Park

Tom Gorzelanny vs Josh Fogg

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Tom Gorzelanny 6-9 6.61 1.78 60 66

W-L ERA WHIP K BB
2008 - Josh Fogg 2-7 7.29 1.58 44 26

Skyrockets in flight today.  And a helluva pitching matchup to boot.  Plenty of good seats still available, I'm sure.

BTW, the Cubs backed into eliminating the Reds from the division title last night.  They've lost 5 in a row now.  Oh, and the Astros have won 8 games in a row for the second time since the start of August.  They very well could end up finishing in 3rd place in the division.  Trading for Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins are looking like brilliant moves now, huh?

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I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!1111111

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Sep 4, 2008 10:37 AM EDT   0 recs

It's like opening day all over again.

"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 Sep 4, 2008 10:38 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Lineup

Chris Dickerson CF
Jeff Keppinger SS
Brandon Phillips 2B
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Jay Bruce RF
Ryan Hanigan C
Wilkin Castillo LF
Josh Fogg RHP (2-7, 7.29)

"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 Sep 4, 2008 10:39 AM EDT   0 recs

We should see this lineup the rest of the year.

No Corey. No Bako. C-Dick in CF.

It's so watery - and yet, there's a smack of ham to it.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Sep 4, 2008 10:51 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I found this interesting

From Fay:

The most correctable mistake came in the seventh with the score 4-4. Wilkin Castillo led off with a single. It was the first big league hit for him. After Chris Dickerson struck out, the Reds put the hit-and-run on with Jeff Keppinger at the plate. But Castillo missed the sign. Because he didn’t run, second baseman Freddy Sanchez didn’t break to cover the base. He was right where he needed to be to start a 4-6-3 double play.

"Kepp hit that ball right where he was supposed to," Baker said. "That was a big play. It would have been first and third. You can’t make mistakes like that in a one-run game. You’ve got to get the signs.

It’s good to see them making base running mistakes even when they are not running. You would think that Dusty would learn to stop putting on plays since they never work, but I guess if you put on a play and it fails, you can always blame the players then.

"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 Sep 4, 2008 10:45 AM EDT   0 recs

thing.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 10:57 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

An excellent point was made by someone on Hal's blog

Dusty consistently defends Patterson’s mistakes and failures, but doesn’t he seem to toss other, younger players under the bus an awful lot? Am I exaggerating this in my mind? I can think of a couple of instances where he defended a mistake by Patterson (most recently the failure to score on the non-forced double play), but he seems to consistently emphasize the mistakes the young players make (i.e. so-and-so is young and he has to learn you can’t make these kinds of mistakes).

"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 Sep 4, 2008 10:58 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

im tired of complaining about Dusty

just once i want to congratulate him on a job well done. i really truly want that.

Dusty Baker is dumb.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 4, 2008 12:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Congratuwelldone, Dusty, congratuwelldone.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 12:37 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's some flat-out aim

for Kepp to place the ball exactly where he was supposed to. Next time Dusty should tell him to put it between the thirdbaseman and the foul line.

by ken on Sep 4, 2008 12:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow, good for us

The game went by like that!

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 12:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

What're you on?

And where can I get some?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Sep 4, 2008 3:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You weird, wonderful

fucking psychic you.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 4, 2008 3:56 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ta Da! :)

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

by jch24 on Sep 4, 2008 3:59 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Fucking Remel Bradley

He blows goats all game, then gets hot just in time to cost me money.

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

by jch24 on Sep 4, 2008 4:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

GameDay's off to a promising start

Nate McClouth’s been sitting on an 0-1 count for about five minutes now.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 12:41 PM EDT   0 recs

nice

this blog has people on here for the early games? who needs work…..

man i love watching josh fogg….er wait i mean i love watching john cueto, watching fogg sucks!

by sharks on Sep 4, 2008 12:41 PM EDT   0 recs

what up everybody

does anyone remember me?

Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy

by The Crushinator on Sep 4, 2008 12:41 PM EDT   0 recs

welcome back Crushinator

things have sucked since youve been gone.

Dusty Baker is dumb.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 4, 2008 12:44 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

awww your a sweet heart

Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy

by The Crushinator on Sep 4, 2008 12:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

unless Crush brought CoPat with him to the site

to get him out of the lineup, things will continue to suck.

by bbjones on Sep 4, 2008 6:48 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I bet the bats have better attendance over the next couple weeks than the reds

thats a good sign right?

Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy

by The Crushinator on Sep 4, 2008 12:45 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dayton might have better attendance

And before you laugh, they were consistently outdrawing the Expos for a time.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 12:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

they are in the post season too

neftali soto, remember the name

by sharks on Sep 4, 2008 12:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I prefer the name Keltavious Jones

Sure Neftali has the better chance of being a contributing player, and his name is good as well, but c’mon!

Keltavious Jones.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 12:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

how about...

kahaulelio

freakin mouthful

by sharks on Sep 4, 2008 12:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Throw that man a party.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 12:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I hereby propose a resolution

forcing Steve Pearce to name is next male child ‘Dirk’

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 12:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, I just personally think that all children should be named with

one-syllable acts of violence.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 1:00 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And now to show off my ignorance

Dirk? Act of violence? Estoy confused.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 1:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

dirk means stab, archaically.

Or something.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 1:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah, ok

Dictionary.com tells me that it’s a Scottish knife, and the noun can be verbed. Like if you were to shiv someone.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 1:05 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, Douglas Adams wrote a series about a detective named Dirk Gently

and it was ironic or funny or something.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 1:07 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I really liked that.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 1:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Especially in the movie.

Where Mos Def tries to introduce himself to the car.

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

by andromache on Sep 4, 2008 1:10 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I want one of the LaRoches

to name their son Lyndon.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 1:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

or Lash

Dusty Baker is dumb.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 4, 2008 1:16 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I heart Josh Fogg's late season surge

He’s one young guy we should keep an eye on.

Overserved and underwhelmed.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 4, 2008 12:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Dickerson with another double...

most extra base hits through first 20 games in mlb history

Flamenco strikes back!! Return of Don!

by chandrathan on Sep 4, 2008 12:52 PM EDT   0 recs

Really?

Well, that’s something. I love when all of our callups have their “Keppinger phase.”

by Brendanukkah on Sep 4, 2008 12:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

really?

thats pretty cool.

we might have someone beat the mendoza line this year too,

by sharks on Sep 4, 2008 12:55 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs