A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience. Reds lose 2-0.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 14, 2009 10:51 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Wil Nieves. Nieves overcame the sever handicap of only spelling his name with one "l" to get two hits, including his first home run of the season.
Key Plays
- Ronnie Belliard hit a home run in the fifth inning.
- In the bottom half of the fifth with two outs, Aaron Harang and Willy Taveras both singled. Paul Janish then hit a single to shallow center. Mark Berry waved Harang around home - where he was out by at least ten feet.
- In the sixth inning, Joey Votto singled to lead off the inning (hey, that would have scored Harang in the previous inning, and probably Taveras too!), but Brandon Phillips lined a ball to Adam Dunn and the first baseman turned an unassisted double play. Laynce Nix immediately hit a bases empty double. Adam Rosales drew a walk, but Craig Tatum popped up to end the inning.
- Wil Nieves hit a home run in the seventh inning.
Other Notes
- Willy Taveras walked for just the second time since the All-Star Break.
- Harang passed Gary Nolan for seventh place on the Reds all-time strikeout list. He has 1,039, and is 23 away from tying Paul Derringer.
- The Nationals reached base in all seven of Harang's innings.
- Joey Votto may still be in a rut, as he struck out three times.
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Missed the game, missed most of the thead
Did not miss Agon at all.
And I enjoyed Distric 9 and was treated to a very nice treat ‘The Sinful Savage Tigers".
So we lost but it was fun night for me…too Taiantum and Vannish can’t hit.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin
A Mark Berry special
I didn’t see the game, but trying to get Harang to advance two bases on anything that doesn’t hit the wall is crazy. Crazy!
Shut out by the Nats
Are we to be spared nothing? How many ways can we be humiliated?
We have only one player who was on the ’05 team. Wow! We sure have done a ton of work to make the team that much more terrible.
Perhaps Catellini will tell us some more about his commitment to winning.
Where have you gone, Johnny Vander Meer?
I suppose this is stupid to stay without actually seeing the hit
but with two outs, you send the runner
no, it was bad
and votto was due up
Will you stop it with the vegetables
by Man Mountain on Aug 14, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
even a blind man
could see that sending Harang was a bad idea.
This is flawed three ways from Monday:
ONE – Harang is running.
TWO – Morgan leads the league in assists with 12.
THREE – Joey Votto is scheduled to bat.
But Harang duitfully trudged homeward and catcher Wil Nieves could have unstitched the baseball and stitched it back together before tagging Harang.
Gawd, I’m gonna miss Hal.
Also interesting is what he has to say about Janish:
NOW EVERYBODY is up in the air over Paul Janish batting second. Who else? And who cares at this point where anybody bats when the Reds can’t find first place with mount Palomar? What the Reds need to find out is if Janish can play every day and produce. He is a magician with the glove but a sorcerer with the bat. If he can hit .265 and maintain his magical glove he can play every day.
So maybe batting second and getting a lot of at-bats will give Janish an opportunity to show what he can (or can’t) do with the bat.
Dusty said at the beginning of the season that Janish was the SS of the future. But I didn’t believe him, because, well, if a player is the SS of the future, you don’t bury in him the bench for weeks at a time when he should be learning how to hit in the big leagues. Now I’m wondering…could the budget be so tight now that they’re really considering going with Janish as their starting SS? (He wouldn’t be worse than A-Gon, and he’d be a lot cheaper.)
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Aug 15, 2009 6:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i'm gonna rec hal for this one ...
"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.
by joshuar9476 on Aug 15, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd be okay with that
But not at SS. He’s not a good SS. He came up as a second baseman, and has played 3B.
Put him in at 3B instead of Rosales. Or try him in the outfield, if Dusty’s serious about that. But he’s not a SS, and at age 26, I don’t think he’s going to pick it up.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Janish may make some sense batting second, but not last night
Dusty put him there in his first game starting after Janish had gotten four at bats in August . I know there might not be a ton of options on the Reds, but with that little playing time you’d have to think he’d be rusty.
He'll mainly be a pinch-hitter (he's lefthanded) because we're so strong from right side with Laynce Nix and Jonny Gomes, - Dusty on Barker (someone tell Dusty that Nix bats lefty)
by RedsMasochist on Aug 15, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
well, Nix has been on base in his last 7 starts and at least has a .300 OBP against RHP
ugh.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
I like that idea...Nix batting 2nd at least while he's hot
Oh wait he’s hot..that means that Dusty will sit him out for a couple games….
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin
not tonight
Jonny sits tonight.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
He has batted Rosales second before
He'll mainly be a pinch-hitter (he's lefthanded) because we're so strong from right side with Laynce Nix and Jonny Gomes, - Dusty on Barker (someone tell Dusty that Nix bats lefty)
by RedsMasochist on Aug 15, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Not really
Rosales is a bit faster than Janish. Rosales had played recently, and had done well at the plate over the past week or so.
He'll mainly be a pinch-hitter (he's lefthanded) because we're so strong from right side with Laynce Nix and Jonny Gomes, - Dusty on Barker (someone tell Dusty that Nix bats lefty)
by RedsMasochist on Aug 15, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
It don't matter how fast you are if you can't hit the fucking ball consistently.
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin
That game was awful
and I’m going out of town for a week. Thanks for the send off boys! Dusty shoudl have pinch hit for Tatum in that bases loaded situation (6th I think?)
At least Votto had a hit, but he did argue with that ump a little too long (I was getting worried he’d get run again). I think that was all for our benefit, though.
We have to take this series. It would be silly not to. I’ll check in from the west coast atsome point. See y’all later!
Have fun! Where are you going?
The best thing about traveling west is games start so early…..when I was in Hawaii games were starting at 1 in the afternoon. Of course, the Rolen trade went down then too and I wanted someone to bitch with about it but everyone was asleep.
For your sake I hope we don’t pickup Bill Hall while you’re gone.
Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry
thanks! heading to Washington state
hopefully nothing really crappy happens while I’m away. I’m hoping it’s all amazing stuff I’ll be sorry to have missed (like Rosie hits two grandslams in one inning). We’ve had enough crap for one year I think.
Harang's gone from pissed to resigned.
He truly is goth now
or maybe just emo
Apologize if this was discussed already (missed the whole game and thread, saw Time Traveler’s Wife (with the wife) good if you read the book, if you didn’t, don’t bother)
Anyway, a Fayplacement is saying the Reds want Bill Hall. Way to ruin all the joy from trading Gonzo.
Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry
Mark Berry is Wayne Krivsky's coach. He's not my coach or Walt Jocketty's coach.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
he got here before Wayne
he was a bullpen catcher for years, and I think he became third base coach when Miley was promoted.
Bloop
by justin007000 on Aug 15, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
watch out for stuff flying over your head
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
this is not funny at all
not funny at all
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 15, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I want to give Harang a hug
I feel terrible for him these past couple years. I have no clue what he has to do in order to go 15-10 every year like he deserves
by Cy Schourek on Aug 15, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I think you missed the sarcasm
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
cause I know justin's stance on the topic of Harang
plus, this.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
understood
that’s why I just ban people when I don’t get it.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
Man, Slyde sucks!
/sarcasm’d?
Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry
by nycredsfan on Aug 15, 2009 12:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
is it a joke?
cuz, I do kinda suck.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
i don't know if this has been noted around these parts
but Jayson Nix plays for the White Sox.
Bloop
It turns out Dusty couldn't pinch-hit for Tatum
Hanigan was out, his neck is acting up again.
He'll mainly be a pinch-hitter (he's lefthanded) because we're so strong from right side with Laynce Nix and Jonny Gomes, - Dusty on Barker (someone tell Dusty that Nix bats lefty)
That's so crazy, Dusrty played one of his better relievers at short last night.
Paul Janish! Is there nothing he can’t do?
Hal has some downright mirthful comments in blog about last night's game
http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/
Oh that Marge…always right on it…
One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin
"Willy Taveras walked for just the second time since the All-Star Break."
That tells you all you need to know about the stupidity of Dusty Baker.
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