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Red Reposter - Honoring Hall o' Famer Hal

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The Hanigan item makes me especially mad

I was trying to come up with an excuse, like maybe they need to audition back-ups, but I don’t think that cuts it. We know what we’re getting with Hernandez or Miller, which is diminshing returns. And it’s pretty clear from his minor league numbers that Tatum is another light-hitting catcher, so the decision seems to be who calls the best game and plays the position best. There should already be decent intelligence. The guy who by rights should be getting 70-80% of starts next year needs to keep catching this staff and getting plate appearances, especially after having started the season as a back-up, being injured and then slumping. Aside from Dusty being an idiot, I can only hope Hanigan isn’t 100% yet to make any sense of this.

by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Sep 17, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions  

That was the weakest game winning hit I've ever seen

Any decent left fielder makes that look like a pop up. It almost looked like Juan Rivera just decided he couldn’t be bothered to go into extras.

Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry

by nycredsfan on Sep 17, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wonder

if Rivera and A-Gon played together growing up. They’re about the same age, and both are from Venezuela.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Sep 17, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know a guy in New York, his name is Joe

do you know him?

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

I might

Six degrees of separation, and all that.

Baseball tends to be kind of incestuous. It’s not unusual for elite players to know each other from their Little League days (or whatever the equivalent is). Melky Cabrera seems to know everyone his age who played in the Dominican Republic.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Sep 17, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know...

just being cute is all.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

You knew that family was going to be taken care of

When that video went viral like it did, you knew they’d get publicity and plenty of replacement baseballs. In fact, the tributes don’t stop there. I read that the Phillies are going to let that little girl play an inning at shortstop during their next homestand.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Sep 17, 2009 12:22 PM EDT reply actions  

From my experience

3 year olds swing at everything. I think it’s true that plate discipline is a learned skill.

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Sep 18, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

my 2.5 year old grand daughter not only swings but I gotta tell you the kids connects more often than not.

More than I can say for Wily.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

by Madville on Sep 18, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Question about Stubbs

Is he on pace to be a 40+ homerun hitter? He’s got 7 in just over a month of playing time. Maybe he’s our power-hitting OF we’ve been looking for.

The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

by TheC on Sep 17, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions  

When he was drafted, he was reported to have "light tower power"

Then they tried to close some holes in his swing and all his power went away in the minors. I’m damn glad it decided to show up again in the bigs. I’d be happy with 20 home runs from him over a full season, plus his great glove in center. That’s a damn sight better than Willy Taveras.

Of course, six of Stubbs’s seven homers have come at hitter friendly GABP. His home and away splits are pretty startling. .315/.339/.667 in Cincinnati, .203/.276/.290 on the road, where he has 20 more plate appearances. If he starts to do what he’s done in Cincinnati everywhere else, consistently, then watch out.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 17, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thank you, Brook Jacoby?

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Sep 17, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah...

I’m not sold on Stubbs yet, but I’d definitely prefer him to Willy.

"If it wasn't this, it'd be something else."

by ZJiff30 on Sep 17, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like it.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Excellent.

People always asking, 'Uncle Jemima, why you sell booze?' I say 'sell whatchu know' and I knows about booze.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Sep 18, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

I think he's gonna be good enough to play everyday

I’m just not so sure that he’s a 20 HR guy

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Sep 17, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

15 hours to cook the burger?

i like my burgers and steak well done but that’s just dusty baker level of stupidity there.

"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay

by joshuar9476 on Sep 17, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm in!

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

by Madville on Sep 17, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

minorleageball is having a conversation about Homer Bailey

Sickels says he’s still really young and anyone who thinks they know how he’ll turn out is “delusional”, but the consensus seems to be that he has improved to the point where he can stick in the bigs.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 17, 2009 12:45 PM EDT reply actions  

the Red Sox and Cardinals have proven that theory true ....

… then again so have the Cubs and their losing blue colors

"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay

by joshuar9476 on Sep 17, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kevin Goldstein picks each org's biggest minor league movers this year

(via BPro):

Cincinnati Reds: A second-round pick in 2005 who had all but fallen off the radar after a pair of mediocre seasons (at best), Travis Wood is a short, stocky lefty whose best pitch is a changeup, but he was one of the best pitchers in the minors this year, compiling a 1.77 ERA in 27 starts between Double- and Triple-A.

He gives honorable mention to Chris Heisey.

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Sep 17, 2009 1:44 PM EDT reply actions  

I love this story

from The Fay:

I must tell one of my favorite Hal stories. An unnamed player came up to him one day and said: "Hal, you’re good with words, what does ‘platonic’ mean."

Hal told him what it meant.

"That bitch," the player replied.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Sep 17, 2009 3:02 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

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by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

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by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Love to.

That would be my special admin title.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

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by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

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by Pops Daniels on Sep 17, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Sep 17, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

i must say

this is my new favorite thing about Red Reporter. never stop.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 17, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

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