Reds win 12-2, have scored 30 runs in their last three games. Totally sustainable for the rest of this season and all of next, says I.
by jch24 on Sep 23, 2009 10:28 PM EDT
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Another quickie recap:
Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Joey Votto went 4-5 with two doubles, two singles, three runs scored and an RBI. In the last two nights, dude is 7-9 with 5 doubles, two RBI and six runs scored. Oh and he hit a two run HR the game before. I think it's safe to say he's back.
Other Notes
- Homer Bailey is now 4-1 with a sparkling 2.00 ERA over his last seven starts, lowering his season ERA by 1.8 runs in the process. He is what we thought he was! Or at least a lot closer to what we thought he could be.
- Brandon Phillips had two more RBI, tying his career high with 94 on the year. He also got plunked by Virgil Vasquez in the 9th and had to leave the game. My sources say he'll play through the pain in an attempt to reach 100 RBI.
- Drew Stubbs stole second and third base in the third inning, rattling Kevin Hart and starting a three run inning that might have been more had BP not have gotten greedy.
- Dusty Baker replaced Jared Burton in the eighth inning up seven runs and no one on base. But he invented the high five, so it's cool.
- Abraham Philip Miller had two RBI and is now hitting within 80 points of his weight. Hernadez who?
- The Reds are 21-10 when Scott Rolen starts at 3B. It's his team!
- The Reds still haven't gotten that damning 82nd loss, fighting to stave off their ninth straight losing season like their lives depend on it.
- John Wall will either win the Heisman or average less than 10 ppg. There is no in between.
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Why would he win the Heisman?
Is he even better at football than he is at basketball?
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
There's nothing John Wall can't do
He once rescued an orphan from a burning building while keeping a lookout so his friend didn’t get caught getting some.
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
Then there's this
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
et tu?
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
Ew.
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
That's a bad hue
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
F U
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Sep 23, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
You're the reason we can't have nice things, Cy.
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
whoops, *your*
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
right the first time
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 24, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Not 'round these parts these days, my friend
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
who the H is John Wall?
ive never heard of him, so whatever he does he isnt doing it well enough.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 23, 2009 11:09 PM EDT reply actions
Tony Pike Tony Pike Tony Pike
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Sep 23, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Sad thing is
UC probably goes undefeated…….and won’t play for the title because of how shitty the rest of the Big East is. If Florida and Texas go undefeated, that is your title game.
I thnk UC is really freaking good this year.
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
He's the gut that will lead UK back to the promised land
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
Along with Patrick Patterson
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
John Wall is overrated big time
He does not shoot the 3 very well. He will be exposed this season when he isn’t playing slow high school guards and he plays guards as quick as him in colllege. All high school phenoms are typically overrated unless they are 6’-9" or taller and very athletic.
there are no guards as quick as him in college
derrick rose didnt have much trouble adjusting to the college game, and he wasn’t as good as wall
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
Funny you should use him as a comp
I wonder if the same guy took the SAT for both of them. :P
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
I've heard this crap about top ten guards far too long......
……very few live up to the hype. I’ve seen clips of his play and was not impressed. I’ve spoken to AAU hoop junkies who travel around to watch all these games and I’ve been told he’s somewhat overrated by people who have been correct in the past. I’ll believe it when I see it.
On the flip side, he’ll be playing with a bunch of high school All-Americans that Calipari has on the payroll, so it should definitely help his game out.
Nope.
You’re just wrong (again, I believe.)
Sensing a theme on this blog.
I’ll be citing this post for the next 5 months. Which “hoops junkies” have you been talking to? The same ones that thought John Scheyer and Chris Burgess were McDonald’s All-Americans? Probably.
We’ll see. We shall see.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Sep 24, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Why shoot a 3 when you can just dunk on the guy defending you?
Perfect fit for the dribble drive motion offense.
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
I'm gonna enjoy watching these guys fail to meet the hype......
……and then all go pro. Eventually the rules will catch up to Calipari……just like he continually leaves programs when the NCAA catches on to his cheating ways.
BWAHAHAHAHA
That is hilarious……
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
Still angry you lost Huggy Bear?
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Sep 24, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Are you aware that Calipari is the equivalent of a used car salesman......
….has numerous past NCAA transgressions……..and if you believe all the behind the scenes rumors that most of us in the know are privy too……is a sheister.
UK is going down. I give them 5 years before they get the death penatly. If I was a billionaire……I’d hire a numerous private investigators to follow every player and every coach, including Calipari around…….and nail them to the f’’in wall. They are cheaters……….no doubt about it. Pitino was a cheater. I had a good friend, who was a HUGE UK FAN, but he worked as a broadcaster for a prominent Lexington station back when Pitino took over the UK program. His love for UK blinded him for years, but he finally admitted he saw nothing but blatant violations over and over……and that UK was a crooked program.
Nothing new. We all know programs like UK and O$U are rotten to the core. If you don’t know that……..u r blind.
The clean programs like UC struggle while idiot programs like UK cheat to get what they want.
Maybe at a restaurant
But it won’t be on the basketball court, at least not this season.
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Sep 24, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Conversation over
I hate to tell ya (JCH and Dave from Louisville) but when Dude Rock is agreeing with you, you know you are on the wrong side of the argument.
Made from 100% Recycled Awesome,
I'm always right.
Never been wrong once in my life.
Adrien Gonzalez
2009 season
151 games so far
.274 batting average (has a .281 career batting average)
39 HR’s (career high)
94 rbi (and headed toward 100 on a bad team)
.399 OBP (career high)
107 walks (career high)
102 K’s so far (so far a career low for a full season)
.954 OPS (career high)
He was available and the Reds missed a golden opportunity. He’s under contract through 2011 at a very cheap price for a guy who produces like he does.
Again, I was completely right on this one. Hehehe.
that is a coincidence and irrelevant
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
by jch24 on Sep 24, 2009 9:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i'm not irrelevant
I have family all around these parts!
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
by jch24 on Sep 24, 2009 2:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Are you bipolar by the way?
You realize we’re agreeing right?
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
No
You’re still a jackass. Now you just have company. :)
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
Don't know who John Wall is
but good recap! That is one of my fave pics of Votto on the season. It is really great to see him hit like that. He has 3-4 4 hit games this year right?
Homer is really starting to look good out there. If he can be as solid as he has recently, he’ll be an excellent addition to the rotation. Nice to know we have that option.
Stubbs and Rolen keep on endearing themselves. Rolen had another two RBI tonight. It’s nice to have someone like that in the 5 hole (and on defense) even if it ultimately proves to be a bad move.
I am an unabashed fan of each of the folowing players:
Drew Stubbs
Joey Votto
Jay Bruce
Jonny Gomes
Laynce Nix
Homer Bailey
Johnny Cueto
Daniel Ray Hererra
Bronson Arroyo
Scott Rolen
Todd Frazier
Nick Massett
Juan Francisco
Edinson Volquez
Arthur Rhodes
Jared Burton
Ramon Hernandez
Brandon Phillips
Chris Dickerson
and
Aaron Harang
This is the core of the team that I hope to see in uniform next spring.
Hanigan, Jannis, and Balentien are good enough players too but along with Taveris and Lerhr and Maloney and even Owens and especially the over over paid (for the Reds)Corderro they should be all be on the trading block.
Jusy sayin’ …with the right combo of vets and rising stars 2010 will be the year we’ve been waiting for for quite a long while.The biggest problems to be addressed are a bonafied power hitter either 1st base (Joey could move to LF) or LF (could be Gomes but probably won’t), a strong hitting and excellent fielding SS and what to do with Dusty Baker.
Jay Bruce is going to become a MLB STAR starting April 2010…count on it.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
i am not counting on Bruce becoming a star next year
but i’ll be happy if he hits .250+/.350+/.450+, cuts down his K rate, and increases his LD%. that actually wouldn’t be too much to ask given the season he had this year and those in AAA.
i do think votto will be the guy you ask for. he’ll hit 35 HR and drive in 100+ next year. think about the time he missed this year and the personal problems clouding his head. the more i think about it, the more i think Gomes will be the starting LF in 2010. i think Jocketty will do his damnedest to lock him up.
i love the optimism out of you lately.
.... stupid html.
What I wrote was "I’d put better money on his OBP being less than 350 and his SLG being greater than 250.
But the less than and greater than symbols being what they are, I ended up making a ridiculous prediction! Oh, fol de rol.
IAN! I'm on traain!
I'm still not sold on Bruce......
…..but I’m rooting for all of the above. The addition of Rolen has taken some pressure off of Jay, and allows him to bat farther down the lineup.
I am completely sold on Bruce
He will emerge as a star next season…count on it …unless he’s injured…he is on the verge of putting it all together…I would love to see him bat #3 in front of Joey next season.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
The way that this team starting to shape up for 2010 is exciting...it is easy to be optomistic
You may have heard the old saying
“Wait ’til next year”?
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
Yep......I heard it last year......
…and the year before that……..and the year before that……..and…..
Chances are you’ll hear it around September of next year.
http://www.aseaofblue.com/
I mean, I hate UK just as much as the next guy, but is this really the kind of stuff we need to argue about on a Cincinnati Reds Game Recap Thread?
by coocooforcocoapuffs on Sep 24, 2009 8:44 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
you must be new 'round these parts
catjacks are as old as time itself
Made from 100% Recycled Awesome,
That I am.
I guess that my hatred just runs so deep, that it manages to piss me off even when those far better than I can let it go.
by coocooforcocoapuffs on Sep 24, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
It is a great site
go there, enjoy
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
Rec'd
Cuz I hate catjacks.
Now soccer, on the other hand…
by Brendanukkah on Sep 24, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I've noticed from many the distaste for soccer.
I played in high school, and I like it. But I don’t expect everyone else to, nor should they. I mean, what kind of a world would it be if everyone liked everything? Like if everyone liked UK?
by coocooforcocoapuffs on Sep 24, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
UK can blow me.
I love soccer
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
go check out the game thread, it's worse there
I thought of using the catjack pic in the write up but I couldn’t pass on my man crush. Oh, and just wait until we start talking music or politics or Adam Dunn. You know, he is gonna be a FA and knows LF in GABP……
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
by jch24 on Sep 24, 2009 9:43 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i think im over my Adam Dunn mancrush
he’s lost 4 wins this season with his glove. David Ortiz could probably play a better LF.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 24, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Adam Dunn might play a better 1B than Ortiz though
And that’s where they’ve been playing Dunn since they traded Nick Johnson.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 24, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
"Adam Dunn might play a better 1B than Ortiz though"
damning with faint praise
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 24, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Isn't this
kind of like Adam Rosales plays a better 3rd than EdE?
by coocooforcocoapuffs on Sep 24, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
He wasn't helped by playing RF for 22 games.
He’s just really bad at 1B. Not historically bad.
IAN! I'm on traain!
Dunn's still under contract for next year
$12 million for 2010.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 24, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions
that too is a coincidence and irrelevant
I thought he only signed a one year deal?
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
by jch24 on Sep 24, 2009 10:05 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nope, 2 years, $20 mil
Checked it out on Cot’s and everything.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 24, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
not if they DFA him
So there!
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
by jch24 on Sep 24, 2009 10:12 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
21-10 with Rolen?
I have to admit that I really don’t believe that stat. Is he actually a strong leadership presence for them?
by coocooforcocoapuffs on Sep 24, 2009 8:46 AM EDT reply actions
sometimes into his head
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
by jch24 on Sep 24, 2009 10:06 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
so sayeth jim day
It must be true.
"I'm going to become rich and famous after I invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet"
by jch24 on Sep 24, 2009 9:38 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well...
1. Rolen has started only 2 games that Taveras has also started (though the Reds won both).
2. He also started only 4 games with AGon before he was traded.
3. He has started 6 times against the Pirates.
4. While he’s been a sub-par .276/.360/.379, non-Rolen 3B have hit .210/.296.324 for the Reds this season.
"You never know how you look through other people's eyes"
I can't really contain my irrational optimism
Every OF next year – plus Votto and BP – could be in the 20-30 HR range next year. Taken with above average defense at every position save for LF, a solid ’pen and an emboldened Homer Bailey, this team is poised for it ascendancy into the ranks of teams with winning seasons this century.
Please don’t make that stupid trade I know you’re going to make this offseason – unless its for JJ Hardy.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Sep 24, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions
LF defense could be average or above too,
if it’s CDick, Wlad, Heisey, Frazier, Nix
Only Gomes would be below average (and I’d be fine with that, BTW)
Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it.— Bill Terry
Defense in general would be tits next year
Hanigan, Rolen, Janish, Phillips, Bruce, Stubbs, Dickerson (in left). The only below average glove is Votto, and he’s no slouch. It’s pretty fucking impressive compared to where we were.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 24, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Nix has no business being on this team next year
He’s performed admirably, but the Reds need to be shifting OFers off the roles. He’s the low man, along with Taveras and McD. I really hope it’s obvious to this team who to go with next year. I actually think they’re in an enviable position with Heisey, Frazier and Francisco waiting in the wings. Get the 40 man cleaned up.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Sep 24, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
You are proabaly right
I think Dickerson will get the LH OF backup job. Although Nix can play all 3 OF slots and is a LH power bat off the bench.
But methinks that Gomes, Stubbs and Bruce will be penciled as the starters with C-Dick and Taveris off the bench. Taveris is not out of the picture totally, sad to say. He can play D, pinch run, pinch hit, steal a base and most importantly bunt. His only drawback is that he can’t get on base with anything remotely close to more than 2 out of 10 abs.I just don’t see Bob throwing all that money out the window for Balentien or Nix and we don’t need the young guys coming up and sitting.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
Nix and Tavares won't be back......
…..I hope.
Nothing against Laynce’s play and hitting, but he is going to be chronically injured the rest of his career, and I’m just not up for that. Plus we have plenty of OF options now, either on the roster or in the minors.
Will management do the right thing and Free Willy? We can only hope.
Don't be so sure on wily
Bob owes him a lot of $$$$$$
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
Yet Bob can fire Krivsky and say "I'm tired of losing"........YET............
….keep Willy T. around.
BC is a hypocrite and sends a losing message by NOT DFA’ing Willy Tavares.
I think this is a HUGE issue that could send a positive message to the fans if he was willing to eat the remaining amount on Willy T’s contract………AND not give Dusty the option of playing the guy. Stubbs has clearly played himself into the picture, including showing that he is more than a singles hitter. And Dickerson showed all season that he was better than Willy T. including being one of the best CFers in all of mlb.
This is where Bob Castellini fails miserably, in terms of sending a positive message to the fans.
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