I just don’t want to see Taveras ever again, let alone starting in CF.

And I don’t mind a rotation of Harang, Arroyo, Cueto, Bailey, Owings. I wish someone could explain to me why Owings is not an option all of a sudden. If there really is a decent reason, I wouldn’t mind seeing Travis Wood in the mix next year. I suspect he’d be a much better option than Maloney or Lehr. Of course it wouldn’t surprise me if the Reds sign one of those guys to a major league contract this offseason.

I’d prefer Stubbs in CF to start the season. Dickerson is a great bench bat that can play anywhere in the outfield.

I’d take Hardy over Holliday for salary reasons. Boras is going to want money the Reds can’t give up. Otherwise, Holliday would be the answer in LF, and would do wonders for our lineup.

I think the rotation is fine as long as it includes Bailey (limited to 105) and Cueto (limited to 90) for th rest of the year. I don’t think Cueto should be shut down. He can continue to improve, even if he’s on a limited pitch count.

I don’t think the Micah Owings experiment is going to last much longer.

Stubbs is the man in CF for the foreseeable future. Dickerson should be in the mix in LF-4th OF next.

I’m interested to see if Gomes comes back, I’m open to it. They may decide to go with Balentein, instead. I think Nix is done.

with the young (Bailey and Cueto) and fragile (Cueto) arms that are up, I would consider a 6-man rotation, but I’ll go with:

Arroyo, Cueto, Bailey, Lehr, Maloney

with pitch counts on the youngsters. we have Owings, Ramirez and Wells as long relief guys in the ’pen.

Will Baker be allowed to start Willy by management and the media?

    * Based upon what you’ve seen so far, and assuming these are the only choices, who should be the starting center fielder for the Reds on Opening Day – Willy Taveras, Drew Stubbs, or Chris Dickerson?

Based on a very small sample size I would lean towards Stubbs. But as we’ve seen with Jay Bruce and others (Dickerson included) a good run in September doesn’t always mean a great start in April/May. Unless Stumps has a stellar spring I’d go with Nix, he has the range, the arm and the bat. If Stubbs blows the lid off then by all means its him in CF. Dickerson is a great backup.
Stubbs in CF
C-Dick and Gomes (More Gomes than C-Dick ) in LF
Bruce in RF
I see no starting role for Balentien, however even money says Wiley’s the CF starter in April

    * With the Reds for all intents and purposes out of the race, who are you rooting for to make playoffs this year? Are you hoping to see any specific players that you’d like to see or is it teams themselves that you are rooting for?

I don’t give a rat’s ass as to whom makes the playoffs.

    * Who should be in the Reds 5-man rotation right now (not counting pitchers who are injured)?
Arroyo
Bailey
Cueto
Lehr
Maloney

    * If you could sign Matt Holliday or trade for J.J. Hardy, but only one or the other, which would you do? I’ll let you determine the terms of the deals that would be acceptable to you.

Sign Holliday. I’d be willing to give up Gomes/Ballentien/Maloney/Rameriz/Dickerson…some of those guys and some prospects…LeCure maybe. If you get Holliday and he performs like he’s capable of …it doesn’t matter if Jannish only hits .240/290/325. You don’t need so many OFs…you’re free to dumps some of those guys or trade em. An Outfield of Holldiday, Stubbs and Bruce with C-Dick/Gomes on the bench would be Major League.

    * What is the one sporting event in history that wish you could have seen live? What is the most memorable sporting event you actually attended?

The 1999 Women’s World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California –

Most exciting event I was at was Game #2 1976 WS Reds VS Yanks – Billingham on the mound.

    * Which 9/9/09 release item are you more excited about, Beatles Rock Band or The Machine by Joe Posnanski?
I guess the Machine

Although it will be interesting hear the digital enhancements of the Beatles’ recordings.

Really neither of these events are as exciting to me.

Stubbs
Braves
Arroyo Cueto Bailey Owings Lehr
Hardy
Mays’ catch/i got to see an NFL tie last year, yay
The Machine

    * Based upon what you’ve seen so far, and assuming these are the only choices, who should be the starting center fielder for the Reds on Opening Day – Willy Taveras, Drew Stubbs, or Chris Dickerson?

Stubbs iunless he bombs in ST. If that happens then CDick.

    * With the Reds for all intents and purposes out of the race, who are you rooting for to make playoffs this year? Are you hoping to see any specific players that you’d like to see or is it teams themselves that you are rooting for?

I honestly won’t know until the playoff get real close or begin. i usually pick the underdog/great story and ride that bandwagon.

    * Who should be in the Reds 5-man rotation right now (not counting pitchers who are injured)?

Arroyo, Bailey, Cueto, Owings, Lehr

    * If you could sign Matt Holliday or trade for J.J. Hardy, but only one or the other, which would you do? I’ll let you determine the terms of the deals that would be acceptable to you.

I’m really diggin’ Janish at SS … so Holliday, but it’ll never happen.
   
    * What is the one sporting event in history that wish you could have seen live? What is the most memorable sporting event you actually attended?

Any Bristol night race …

IU vs. Mizzou at the new Mizzou Arena a couple of years ago. IU led the whole game then lost it at the end. That was the day i knew my dad had switched from IU to Mizzou for good. It was a good game.

    * Which 9/9/09 release item are you more excited about, Beatles Rock Band or The Machine by Joe Posnanski?

I don’t read and am not spending more money on a song pack when my Rock Band 2 disk is just fine … Patiently waiting on Forza 3.

* Based upon what you’ve seen so far, and assuming these are the only choices, who should be the starting center fielder for the Reds on Opening Day – Willy Taveras, Drew Stubbs, or Chris Dickerson?

Drew Stubbs. Home runs or no home runs.

* With the Reds for all intents and purposes out of the race, who are you rooting for to make playoffs this year? Are you hoping to see any specific players that you’d like to see or is it teams themselves that you are rooting for?

Texas. ‘Cause if they make it, the Red Sox don’t.

* Who should be in the Reds 5-man rotation right now (not counting pitchers who are injured)?

Eh. I can’t even remember who’s injured and who isn’t.

* If you could sign Matt Holliday or trade for J.J. Hardy, but only one or the other, which would you do?

I don’t want either of them. I’ll take Heisey, Stubbs, and Bruce in the OF, and Janish at SS (at least until Cozart is ready).

* What is the one sporting event in history that wish you could have seen live?

Andre Agassi’s Wimbledon championship? Super Bowl 28? The “Miracle on Ice”? Bubba Crosby’s first start as a Yankee? Tough one.

* Which 9/9/09 release item are you more excited about, Beatles Rock Band or The Machine by Joe Posnanski?

The Machine, I guess. Not really a Beatles fan.

But how about some stats?

Via The Fay: The WSJ counted the number of words spoken by baseball announcers, to find out who the chattiest were.

George Grande was #4:

Mr. McLaughlin drove up his word count with a riff comparing Albert Pujols to Babe Ruth (based on how many extra-base-hits each player had in his first 500 at-bats), as well as expressing the opinion that Chris Duncan, a former Cardinal, was cut too quickly by the Boston Red Sox.

Apparently, announcers for bad teams feel an urge to fill dead air. Trailing Mr. McLaughlin was the Nationals’ Bob Carpenter at 102.3 words per minute, the Reds’ George Grande (102.1) and the Diamondbacks’ Daron Sutton (100.4).

Chris Dickerson

A Red Sox/Cubs world Series

Harang, Arroyo, Bailey, Cueto, Owings

I thought CW here was that Holliday sucked. He sure aint doing much for the Jays lately.

One I wished I would have seen live? Lou Gehrig’s speech. Actual event? 4192. Most memorable? the EE walkoff clutch home run.

The Machine, by a mile. Im a big Joe Pos fan.

Based upon what you’ve seen so far, and assuming these are the only choices, who should be the starting center fielder for the Reds on Opening Day – Willy Taveras, Drew Stubbs, or Chris Dickerson?
Stubbs

With the Reds for all intents and purposes out of the race, who are you rooting for to make playoffs this year? Are you hoping to see any specific players that you’d like to see or is it teams themselves that you are rooting for?
Hobbs and the Rangers.

Who should be in the Reds 5-man rotation right now (not counting pitchers who are injured)?
Arroyo, Bailey, Owings, Maloney, Wood

If you could sign Matt Holliday or trade for J.J. Hardy, but only one or the other, which would you do? I’ll let you determine the terms of the deals that would be acceptable to you.
Hardy’s my guy. I’d give up Arroyo and 2 prospects for him.

What is the one sporting event in history that wish you could have seen live? What is the most memorable sporting event you actually attended?
Istanbul, Liverpool v. AC Milan, 2005 UEFA Champions League final.
Second round, 2006 NCAA tournament, OSU vs. Xavier (the infamous Greg Oden game)

Which 9/9/09 release item are you more excited about, Beatles Rock Band or The Machine by Joe Posnanski?
The Machine, because I don’t have Rock Band. Guitar Hero Van Halen will be better than both.

ebay is awesome.

Platoon Dickerson and Stubbs, write Tavaras off.

Cards

Roro/Rangers/Homer/Lehr/Lecure

J. J. Hardy, 4 Janish, Bruce (hes still a prospect, right?)
    
First night game, first MLB night game that is.
I enjoyed RR day at GABP pretty well

Honestly, Neither will cross my path

I’m not sure that last one was a question?

Come on, Jennifer Connely is doing the voice acting!

And anyone watching Boise State-Oregon? There were like, 4 turnovers in the last 5 minutes.

Based upon what you’ve seen so far, and assuming these are the only choices, who should be the starting center fielder for the Reds on Opening Day – Willy Taveras, Drew Stubbs, or Chris Dickerson?
Dickerson………….the book is out on him and he continues to adjust. He is our best defensive CFer………but why not platoon them since they each bat from the opposite side?

With the Reds for all intents and purposes out of the race, who are you rooting for to make playoffs this year? Are you hoping to see any specific players that you’d like to see or is it teams themselves that you are rooting for?
Boston and Philly…….I hate the Yanks, Dodgers, Cards, Cubs

Who should be in the Reds 5-man rotation right now (not counting pitchers who are injured)?
Arroyo, Bailey, Lehr, Maloney, Wood

If you could sign Matt Holliday or trade for J.J. Hardy, but only one or the other, which would you do? I’ll let you determine the terms of the deals that would be acceptable to you.
Hardy is overrated. Holiday is a no-brainer except that we can’t afford him.

Which 9/9/09 release item are you more excited about, Beatles Rock Band or The Machine by Joe Posnanski?
The Machine

“Based upon what you’ve seen so far, and assuming these are the only choices, who should be the starting center fielder for the Reds on Opening Day – Willy Taveras, Drew Stubbs, or Chris Dickerson?”

I vote None of Above.