The day the dream died: Reds lose 3-2 to the Astros to secure their ninth straight losing season

by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 8:02 PM EDT in Game Threads

The offense disappeared and OUR Reds lost their 82nd game of the year. It's been a nice run over the last week though, let's remember that.

Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game

Johnny Cueto - Johnny Quest pitched 7.1 innings, giving up 3 runs on six hits. It was the first time he had made it into the 8th inning since way back on May 3rd against the Pirates. An effort that's normally enough to win these days, but Wandy made us his bitch. It happens.

Key Plays

Cueto walked the bases loaded in the 3rd and the Astros scored two runs on RBI groundouts by Lance Berkman and Carlos Lee, respectively.
Humberto Quintero homered in the 4th to make it 3-0 Houston.
The Reds went to work in the 6th, scoring two runs on a single by Johnny Gomes and a single by Ramon Hernandez.
Cueto again walked the bases loaded in the 6th but got Quintero to GIHQ, ending the threat and keeping the Reds' hopes alive.
Nick Massett bailed Johnny out of a jam in the 8th by getting Edwin Maysonet (who?) to ground into a sweet 1-6-3 double play.
The Reds mildly threatened in the 9th when Juan Fransisco walked (mark it down, it happened!) before Laynce Nix GIDP and Kevin Barker grounded out weakly to 2B to end the game.
Oh yeah, something cool happened in the Bengals game, or so I hear.

via www.fangraphs.com

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somebody's writing too much original content

"Plain and simple, I wake up in the morning and piss excellence"

by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions

Just trying to get a better Christmas bonus, holmes.

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions

what's the deal with the mods?

we’ve got hundreds of them, yet not one girl. seems sexist to me. bubbafan for mod!

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions

ash for mod

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by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

she's not around enough

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions

You are correct.

Although I have been lurking lately, and enjoying ze football chat.

"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc

by Ash on Sep 27, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions

oh lawd

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, please, like I'd be any worse than you ;)

"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc

by Ash on Sep 27, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions

this isn't loud bitch reporter

"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 27, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

It should be.

"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc

by Ash on Sep 27, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Nein, danke.

"I heard he punched Cowboy in the face, grabbed his own balls and said: 'Clutch this.'" ~ obc

by Ash on Sep 27, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the mods we have are wonderful

Handsome, witty, and wordly the lot of them.

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions

and all male

sexist pig

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions

no thought diversity

no current mod would have drafted Lincecum.

all current mods would have traded Homer/Arroyo in the offseason.

all male. all Caucasian. none reside in the Land of Dixie, purely a northern elitist club.

"Plain and simple, I wake up in the morning and piss excellence"

by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I reside in the South on occasion

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

moving in!

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions

no ma'am

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions

i had to throw away all of the black and tan btw

don’t go to that kroger again

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions

beer abuse!

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by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I screwed the pooch on the beer, mea culpa

I think I had my downstairs fridge set too cold. I had some cans freeze.

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by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions

ah

16 of the bottles were about 2/3 full

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions

write the brewery

maybe they’ll send out a case.

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by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions

i heard if you find a mouse in your beer

eh?

ask joey.

by bbjones on Sep 27, 2009 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions

ok

need southern landowners.

better? i hate freeloaders!

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by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions

This was my 10,000th comment

CELEBRATE!

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by jch24 on Sep 28, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions

fuck you!

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by 'tHan on Sep 28, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions

That was #3201 for you

Well done.

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by jch24 on Sep 28, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

screw you!

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by 'tHan on Sep 28, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I guess so

But you’re gonna have to supply the beer.

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 28, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

you like black and tan?

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by 'tHan on Sep 28, 2009 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Only the ones that are 2/3 full

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 28, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions

you're in luck!

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by 'tHan on Sep 28, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I lived in Virginia til just last week

And still am south of the Mason Dixon line, thankyouverymuch.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 28, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Isn't boobs still a mod?

by Brian B on Sep 28, 2009 9:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

yes an no

he isn’t officially but he still has powers

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by 'tHan on Sep 28, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

true

Definitely a good argument.

by Slyde on Sep 28, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions

i dont really use them

i see them as a failsafe in case the rest of the mods die in a fiery plane crash

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Sep 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

you are RR's Nancy Pelosi

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 29, 2009 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah

We need more Yankees content here!

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

by BubbaFan on Sep 27, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I can live with that

I would pretend the excessive number of wins were ours. Maybe they could give us just 3 of those. Then we could avoid the losing season

by Red_Poodle on Sep 27, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm watching the Colts game!

this one should be fun!

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions

shootout

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by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions

that's what i'm expecting

probably wind up 7-2

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions

why have teams decided it's ok to fair catch inside the 10?

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:38 PM EDT reply actions

because it's smart?

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 27, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

if by smart you mean retarded

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I was wondering that as well

And I concluded that they changed it to inside the 5.

by Brian B on Sep 28, 2009 9:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I was wondering that as well

And I concluded that they changed it to inside the 5.

by Brian B on Sep 28, 2009 9:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

i read this completely backward

I wouldn’t fair catch inside the 15 yd line or so.

Sig lines are for suckas.

by jch24 on Sep 28, 2009 1:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

ok

i was worried about you :-)

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by 'tHan on Sep 28, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Who Dem

Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....

by Madville on Sep 27, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions

In baseball news

The Yankees won their 100th game this season today. And the AL East. And homefield.

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by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions

This, along with all the Photo-praise may well put BubbaFAn over the top...

Should I now address her as Her Highness…?

Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....

by Madville on Sep 27, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions

hey mads.

i’ll have to get in touch with you tomorrow about your website.

who is your provider? do they do any seo work for you?

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by 'tHan on Sep 27, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll find out 'than

I know less than nothing about websites etc. Any help is greatly appreciated..and if you do good enough work you might be in line for both a personalized Christmas Card and a hearty congratulatory handshake.

Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....

by Madville on Sep 27, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions

and bowl of vegetable soup from Quatmans.

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by obc2 on Sep 27, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

This loss was really deflating

I was checking out Reds.com to read some of the postgame comments, even though I’d rather wait till we have some good highlights to check it out again, and Votto had some interesting things to say:

“Honestly, today is probably one of the tougher days of the year, because we’re officially a losing team,” said Joey Votto, who went 1-for-4. “We’ve been playing well lately, but you can’t help but be embarrassed as a team.”

He followed that up with a similar comment:

“We want to be a winning team,” Votto said. “As a person who gets paid to do what we do, you have to take pride, and it’s embarrassing that we’re losing.”

I understand the embarrasment, but I think they should all, and can, be very proud of the way they’ve played down the stretch. There was only one game, really, where I felt fed up and utterly disappointed in the team. That was the 1 hitter against that young starter for the Padres. I was down there for some of that game and they were not trying. They were just going though the motions. I tried to believe they still wanted to win, but I couldn’t see it.

At least in this past month, it’s pretty obvious these guys still care and want to win. Even when it’s losing, that’s the kind of baseball I would like to see. The team was, sadly, a bit of an embarrasment during that terrible stretch through mid July and August (was the record something like 10-30?), but, thankfully, it has gotten alot better since then.

In any case, it’s encouraging to see that Votto, and I would imagine most of the others on the team, are really motivated to win. I just hope they can put this loss behind them, not let it eat away at them, and play well against the Cards. I don’t want to see another Padres exhibition.

by Red_Poodle on Sep 27, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions

Joey just isn't used to losing yet

he was probably the best player on the best team all of his life until he got to Cincy. Same with Stubbs, Cueto, Bruce, and everyone else. Oh, and Rolen.

"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 27, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I was thinking that, too

Actually, I was thinking of all those bright-eyed, hopeful young Pirates players. They’re so cute before they realize they’re doomed.

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

by BubbaFan on Sep 27, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

that reminds me

I saw a comment Andrew McCutchen made after the sweep. He said something like it was “getting difficult to smile” because of all the losing. That was really painful to hear!

I hadn’t thought of that angle before, Cy and Bubba. I’m sure most of these young guys are used to being dominant and, for some of the Bats this year, used to winning alot of games.

by Red_Poodle on Sep 28, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions