Red Reposter - 4/23/09
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 23, 2009 11:15 AM EDT
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Print- David Weathers is impressed with the way the Reds are playing so far. "That’s how it’s going to be," Weathers said. "We’re going to win with pitching and defense. It’s been a long time since we were winning this early in the year, scoring so few runs. We're going to hit. It's not good hitting weather right now."
- Baker had this to say about Cueto's performance last night: "He pitched outstanding. That's what we needed too. We got our bullpen straight. That's what we hoped for in the game. He had electric stuff tonight. No walks, that's the key. He kept the same tempo and same velocity throughout the ballgame. He stopped a very good hitting team over there."
- Aramis Ramirez, responding to questions about why Cubs fans boo Dusty so much when he comes to town, said, "We just had a bad team, and it's not his fault. If you give Dusty a good team, I guarantee he'll be in the playoffs, too."
- Hal says hitting coach Brook Jacoby has been very busy of late, with so many guys struggling at the plate.
- Chris Dickerson, left fielder, environmentalist, and well-dressed "man-about-town", had a special green glove made to wear for Earth Day. But with lefty Ted Lilly going for the Cubs, Dickerson did not play the field. He struck out in a pinch-hit appearance. The glove will be auctioned for charity at his website weplaygreen.org.
- Yahoo's Big League Stew is on board with the "Sam LeCure for Bobblehead" campaign, and LeCure's wife thinks its HI-larious.
- Remember Matt Murton? Well, he's killing AAA. And he's right-handed. And he's probably better than Jerry Hairston in LF. Just sayin'.
- FanShot time! Red Moskau gives us an article from Joe Posnanski on Brandon Phillips' hitting philosophy, while andromache is not so excited to hear that Demetri Martin will play Paul DePodesta in the upcoming "Moneyball" film. She's cool with Brad Pitt playing Billy Beane though.
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SHHHHHH! There's symbolism happening here.
I actually went over to the site to see if the glove was manufactured in any special way (like Steve Nash’s recycled shoes), but I didn’t see anything about it.
So I guess it’s just a regular glove that’s green; I would bet MLB has a special code about glove material anyway.
Poor Chris, Dusty’s knife and spoon ate up all his greens.
Will you stop it with the vegetables
by Man Mountain on Apr 23, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Um, green cows are really dangerous for the environment
duh.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
Was it made out of the skin of a dead animal?
Or was it a synthetic made from petroleum products…
I want to be there when a trailer full of coffins slams into a an ambulance full of terminally ill Bolivians. Or when the Reds win a WS..whichever comes first....
Matt Murton is a red-haired baseball player.
I therefore hate him.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
thats racist
and i am a red haired baseball player so F YOU
"strikeouts are a lot sexier than groundouts"
Just for you, smitty
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
Good call on the FanShot inclusion.
I rec it..
Education is what you get from reading the directions. Experience is what you get from not reading them.
I've been infatuated with idea of Murton to the Reds since the end of the '06 season
Won’t happen — perhaps it shouldn’t — but, regardless, it won’t.
Will you stop it with the vegetables
um, the 3-way helmet looks awesome!
http://omgreds.com/2009/04/3-way-helmet.php
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
I love how they really act like it's a chance-y endeavor.
WHO KNOWS WHAT CHILI WILL TASTE LIKE… IN A HELMET!
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
It is the risk takers, the pioneers, who make America great!
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
who gets a 3-way?
onions are necessary and beans are helpful.
tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
by Colin Auscapee on Apr 23, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
You just made my decision of what to have for lunch about a billion times easier.
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
And you know what...
the bill on the helmet would actually make it easier to eat… how the hell haven’t the Reds done this yet?
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
As good an excuse as any to post this
From the Skyline on Bridgetown Rd. WEST SIDE!
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
by jch24 on Apr 23, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Okay, that does it
I’m voting for LeCure just so his wife can laugh at his bobblehead.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
She's promoting it now...
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
Linky linky.
I checked out Her blogspot site after that and she’s somewhat interesting (and good looking). She is playing pro softball for Rockford this year.
Education is what you get from reading the directions. Experience is what you get from not reading them.
Oh good, she's a Twilight fan
And uses the unnecessary apostrophe.
LOSE!
by Brendanukkah on Apr 23, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I cannot in good conscience endorse anything remotely related to Twilight.
I’ve read some shitty YA fiction in my time, but Twilight really surpasses everything.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
Really?
As prose, I don’t see how it’s that much worse that the first Harry Potter book. As a narrative and conceit aimed to appeal to preteen girls, I think it’s as brilliant as crack cocaine.
Will you stop it with the vegetables
by Man Mountain on Apr 23, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Truth be told, I've not read any of the books in their entirety.
And the problems I have with Twilight over Harry Potter would take forever to explain and are probably not at all justified.
I will say that I do miss strong female heroines for girls to look up to instead of whiny brats who do absolutely nothing except become dependent on hot dudes. And I have no idea how they’re going to make the last book into a movie, because that shit is grotesque.
I just wish every young-person’s-fantasy-novel was the Chronicles of freaking Prydain.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
I haven't read them, either
But that’s a complaint I hear all the time: Twilight has a helpless female heroine would would not be out of place in a book centuries older. (The movie supposedly tried to fix that, and give her more of a backbone.)
I loved Prydain when I was a kid.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Some teenagers WERE Holden Caulfield.
I WAS Taran Wanderer. Also, evidently, I was still at a fourth grade reading level.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
so
You weren’t one of the “girls who will always be Eilonwy,” eh?
I was in 4th grade when I read the Prydain Chronicles. As a teen, I was really into SF. I loved CJ Cherryh. Still do, actually, at least some of her books.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I wonder
how Sam feels, knowing his wife prefers a vampire to him.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
The vampire's not the worst part. The worst part is that he's a teammate.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 23, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
The vampire hero of the books
plays baseball.
(That’s about all I know about it.)
Is he a pitcher? Probably. All the cool guys are pitchers.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
(hangs head)
IIRC, he was in the OF.
— I was forced to watch it, damnit.
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
no you werent
pussy
Consider the Eskimos.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 23, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
You caught me
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
LOL
Thanks, I was wondering.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Twilight fangirls confuse the crap out of me
I’ve never seen a fan base so defensive about their crappy product, something that can turn a girl in her early 20’s into an 8-year-old so effectively. Try telling one of them that their books are stupid, I dare you. See if that ends well for anyone involved.
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
I like Sam's dopey "How did I get a girl this HAWT?!?!" look on his face
Drinking Slyde's haterade since 2009.
Has anyone dubbed this the "Race for Lecure" yet?
Cuz if not, I’m calling dibs.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 23, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Back before I was a fledgling RRer
I had no satisfactory forum to spew my vitriol re: the HGH JHJ resigning.
He is a sub-par baseball player, last year was a fluke, and how is it that so many people even conceive of that year as some sort of breakthrough (at his age?) when he was not even capable of playing half the time?
The best we can hope for is a disabling injury.
tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
by Colin Auscapee on Apr 23, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions
Maybe
But I respect him a little for this.
“I think they’re just bitter in general. They feel like they’re owed something. I remember when Cubs fans were just happy going to the games, taking it in and having fun. Ever since the Cubs went to the playoffs and haven’t won a World Series in 100 years, they really got a sense of entitlement that they’re owed a championship.”
And I’m no fan of Dusty Baker, but dammit if Cubs fans booing him doesn’t make me wanna stand up for the guy. Fuck you, Cubs fans. I hate the whole, mouth-breathing lot of you. It’s been three years. Move the fuck on.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 23, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
It could be that he is a decent, bright, insightful dude
and I might want him on my Trivial Pursuit team…
tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
by Colin Auscapee on Apr 23, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Jerry Hairston Jr. has a lot class.
Even thought Dusty makes some pretty questionable moves and has no penchant for trying anything new, he is definitely undeserving Chicago’s boos. When it comes to representing his organization, the city that he’s employed in, and especially his players Dusty is a stand up guy and one of the good guys as well. Fuck you Chicago Cubs fans you can lineup and blow me.
I want to be there when a trailer full of coffins slams into a an ambulance full of terminally ill Bolivians. Or when the Reds win a WS..whichever comes first....
really line up and blow you
wow you recover quickly.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 23, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
oh Denny Neagle is now off of facebook
i am not sure if he was removed for being creepy, deleted his facebook page because of that blog, or just has a hidden facebook. But i noticed he wasn’t my friend anymore, and I searched him and his facebook no longer shows up.
Bloop
Yeah, I've had that happen to me with ex-girlfriends
… what?
Needless to say, this didn't work and everybody died.
by SullivanSmith on Apr 23, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
...and parents
Will you stop it with the vegetables
by Man Mountain on Apr 23, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it's endearing, coming to Dusty's defense against booing
“Hey, you don’t boo our manager! That’s OUR job, assholes!”
Needless to say, this didn't work and everybody died.
Plus, we have the good grace and class to only boo him on the internet and not IRL
Needless to say, this didn't work and everybody died.
by SullivanSmith on Apr 23, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Speak for yourself
I’ve booed the man in person and probably will again. I’ve also cheered for him once or twice in person I think. Maybe. :)
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
That brings up an interesting question:
Are there any former Reds managers that you (all RRs, not Sully in particular) would feel like Booing at a game.
We’ve had some poor managers, but I don’t think any deserve being booed.
Education is what you get from reading the directions. Experience is what you get from not reading them.
Yeah, but he's like the one guy that wouldn't work with
by Brendanukkah on Apr 23, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Ray Knight
he is kind of a bad person and a bad manager. TOO FOR!
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 23, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
no
but then I don’t blame everything from the last 8 years on one person.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
I don't boo anyone all the time
But I’m more than happy to boo or yell something retarded when they make a stupid ass decision.
Attack the idea, not the person I always say.
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
That's what I was thinking too
If Jerry Narron came back to GABP, I wouldn’t feel the need to boo him at all, even though he was probably a worse manager than Dusty.
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
it was Narron who caught Dusty batting out of order in 2004
Narron 1
Dusty 0
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 23, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
My brother-in-law's brother married Narron's daughter
Fun fact
Needless to say, this didn't work and everybody died.
by SullivanSmith on Apr 23, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
not if it's your sister's husband's brother
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
Dude, I'm from Kentucky and that doesn't make sense
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
your sister's husband is your brother-in-law
his brother, however, is not your brother-in-law.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
why not?
Made from 100% recycled awesome,
by chandrathan on Apr 23, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Come to think of it
After Dusty gets fired next season, I don’t think I’ll feel the need to boo him when he comes back, even then. I hate Cubs fans.
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
How was McKeon gretted when he came back here? Anyone remember?
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....
sean casey ran to him half dressed
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 23, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
That made me laugh so hard, I re-hurt my shoulder
You jerk
Needless to say, this didn't work and everybody died.
by SullivanSmith on Apr 23, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
i kinda got the feeling that Casey was like an rambunctious large dog
maybe a st. Bearnard.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Apr 23, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Outstanding work my good man
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