We still have a shot at third place!

and the Reds pitchers had none. There is something between Dusty and Tony, they had problems when Dusty was managing in Chicago.

to the pitcher?

Christ on a cracker.

Though he’s still 2,985 behind Connie Mack.

          Hey, he stunk it up today but we did manage to win 5 of the 7 games he started and before today he was 2-1 with a 3.79 ERA in 6 starts. I’m not saying we shouldn’t kick him out the door, but considering how crappy the bottom of the rotation was doing in August, Kip deserves some kudos, doesn’t he?

Hal seems to think Bronson will get the ball when the Reds retake the field against the Cardinals on that beautiful spring day next April that we call Opening Day.

I’d still give it to Harang, if nothing else he has gotten it every year since 2006, might as well keep that streak going.

13-0? That is disgraceful?! A grandslam to the pitcher?! After all that cheating talk, I really hate the Cardinals. I will cheer for them to be immediately swept in the playoffs.

Well done sir.

but when I load up RR and see that picture of Carpeneter and the score it is like a giant obscene gesture. Hopefully we play well for the last two Pirate games. I wonder if they will cry foul and try to “muddy” our pitcher’s reputations

i’m going to pretend that he did that.

he’s in town for his wedding and got uber excited when our skipper called him to fill in. nobody knew who he was despite wearing a louisville bats under armor shirt with his number on the back. i don’t think i’m at liberty to say who it was, but we talked baseball a little bit. so much fun.

my questions were:
1. what’s drew stubbs like? quiet but witty. tremendous instincts. most talented player in the minors. fastest ballplayer he’s ever seen in person.
   1a. why didn’t he hit a lot of home runs this year at AAA? the organization put him on a “plan” which limited him to trying to get on base and steal as many bases as possible. they told him to try to hit a line drive every time at the plate. they’re grooming him to be a lead off hitter though he puts on a show during batting practice.
2. what’s jonny gomes like? his best friend on the team when he was at AAA. they were roommates together on the road. big practical joker, hilarious sense of humor, extremely nice. he called gomes the hardest working player on the team when he was down. if the reds don’t lock him up he’ll be an everyday left fielder for somebody else.

some other guys talked to him a lot more, and i heard him say that homer bailey is dominant but easily distracted. heisey is a ways off from a shot, no matter what organization. he also thinks he himself will probably never make it up to the show. we laughed, but he knows the plan for him and the others around him. he doesn’t see his name on baseball america’s lists, nobody talks about him on the national stage. he’s ok with it because he gets to play ball for a decent living.

Could you imagine Henderson as a the lead-off guy for the Reds…Dusty’s entire body would have exploded.