Red Reposter - The Lord of the ('90 World Series) Rings: The Return of the Larkin
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 12, 2010 11:02 AM EST
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My Favorite Red Barry Larkin is in Reds camp as a guest instructor
He'll be working with some of the young'uns for a 10-day stint. "I have so many Reds uniforms at home," Larkin said. "I was looking at them before I came out here. I remember after I retired, I had a Nationals uniform with No. 11 - before Ryan Zimmerman was 11 - I couldn't put it on. It will be very comfortable putting the Reds uniform on." And it will be very good to see it again. -
The Fay has a write-up on Chris Heisey
Heisey is fighting for the LF spot and from Fay's indications, he has a decent shot at it. "I'm trying to get consistency to my swing, finding a swing I repeat every day," (Heisey) said. "I know when I'm going well I can hit at any level. But it's pretty obvious I struggle at times. I want to find that balance and a consistent swing. It's big to succeed." Quick! BK! Get Heisey the Swing Mechanic's email address! -
Sheldon has some notes on yesterday's tilt with the Brewers
Joey Votto had his first hit of the spring, a towering home run. "It was just a matter of time because Joey can hit," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "It was nice for him to hit one on that bank over there." Johnny Cueto pitched 3 scoreless innings. -
Aaron Miles should make his Reds' ST debut today
He broke his finger on the 2nd and the swelling has gone down enough now that he can get to it. "The fracture was in a real good spot and [the doctor said] to go be as aggressive as I want," Miles said. "As long as I go out there and make the plays, I'm good to go. I can't hurt it more. It feels like I bruised my finger, that's all it feels like. Swinging isn't that bad. Throwing still gives me the most pain. You make five, six, seven throws a game." He's fighting Drew Sutton for the utility infielder role. -
John Sickels at minorleagueball says how he would handle Aroldis Chapman and Stephen Strasburg
He'd treat them both the same, which is to start them in AA. I think it's a very well-reasoned and rational approach and I hope the Reds do too. -
Tom Singer at MLB.com profiles Mike Leake
He seems perfectly happy working in the imposing shadow of Aroldis Chapman. Leake made his debut Wednesday against the Angels and, as he puts it, "It was nice to face people I'd seen on television for a long time." -
What's More Valuable: Owner's Money, Or A Money Player?
It's a little more obvious in baseball, but I'll still leave you to ponder the question - who is more important, Bob Castellini or Aroldis Chapman? -
The Sporting News' Stan McNeal previews the Reds season
It's nothing new really, but still a good overview. Though I've seen Justin Lehr projected as the #5 starter by a number of guys, which I think is quite curious. Is there something I'm missing? I mean, Lehr is fine as a AAAA backup guy, but guys like Maloney and Owings are way better suited for the job. I guess we'll see, but I'm not comfortable with this development. - The Reds HOF is opening a new exhibit dedicated to the '90 World Series Champs
The grand opening is on the 25th, and tickets are available until the 17th. Chris Sabo will be there, as well as a few other unnamed players from the team.
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Great to see Barry back.
I’ll take him in any capacity, even 10 days. He’s my favorite too. I still play MVP Baseball on PS2 every now and then so I can keep using guys like him.
I be so turned up, I be swaggin to da max
by coocooforcocoapuffs on Mar 12, 2010 11:35 AM EST reply actions
Ticket Art
(This should probably be a FanPost, but I am too lazy to sign up for a photo bucket account to post the pictures) So we got our tickets in the mail today, and wait ‘till you all see these bad boys. Each ticket is a replica baseball card. And I’m not talking about some fake baseball card design that the Reds came up with, I’m talking about Topps baseball cards from the 50s thru present day. SO COOL! If anyone has a photo bucket account, I will email you the pictures of the tickets so that you can post them.
"I never should have given up the animation rights."
by BobbyO on Mar 12, 2010 11:44 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Really? Can't wait to see those!
I have Opening Day tickets sitting right here, and they just look like regular old boring white tickets. Jealous!
by the finest muffins on Mar 12, 2010 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
I may be going to opening day
at Wrigley…
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Mar 12, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
are those season tickets?
I would be willing to post them to Photobucket for you, but I probably won’t be able to do it until I get home tonight. My boss has some crazy idea that I should work while in the office.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I have my photobucket open now
johnu1 at verizon.net (I will be here for another couple of hours)
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
I got it.
Might need to downsize it to fit this screen, if that’s OK.
Not much.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
down to 900 pixels
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
John
There is another one of the actual tickets that I attached (in case you didn’t see it)
"I never should have given up the animation rights."
Let me check and post.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
OK, here tis ....
downsized just a little but I have the originals.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
kinda cutting it off on one side
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
Looks good to me
Sorry for the blurry pictures. Taken on an old cellphone with shaky hands.
Thanks for posting them.
"I never should have given up the animation rights."
L to R
Cordero, Klu, Soto, Nux, BP, Perez
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
Only those tickets?
Are those the only tickets like this or does the rest of the book have different players?
wow
Those are tickets?
Are the cards on the part you get to keep?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
You get to keep the whole ticket now.
They just scan part of it.
by the finest muffins on Mar 12, 2010 6:55 PM EST up reply actions
somewhere on reds.com
There are pics of current Reds on ’87 topps cards, the ones with the wood trim. I prefer the ’86 topps myself for being so perfectly ’80s.
by ken on Mar 12, 2010 12:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
my username at hotmail.com
I’ll post em for you.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
Interesting Fay theory about Chapman
He thinks he’ll either start AAA or w/ the Reds.
Nothing particularly astounding about that theory, but his reasoning is interesting,
The best support system is with the Reds. Manager Dusty Baker, pitching coach Bryan Price, bullpen coach Porky Lopez and catcher Ramon Hernandez all speak Spanish. They’ll be four other Spanish speakers on the roster.
And Tony Fossas will be just up the road in Dayton.
He then says the only other Spanish speaking catcher in the system in Castillo, who will likely be in AAA. I could definitely see them sending him straight to AAA, since he could still have Mario Soto with him, and Fossas could go down there and work with him for a few months.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
Really? The Reds only have 4 coaches who speak Spanish
in the entire system? I find that hard to believe.
There’s probably Hispanics at every level, but I wonder what’d be best: The right “level” for him or the place where he’d have the best support system?
"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 Mar 12, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
interesting
but it seems Fay is trying to out-think the problem.
I haven’t seen the roster breakdown for the Reds system but finding a Spanish-speaking person for any or all teams would appear to be pretty easy to do.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
I hope that's not the reason
There are so many Hispanics throughout baseball that I can’t believe this would even be an issue.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
not to mention
there are “some” non-Hispanics (gasp!) who are bi-lingual.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
right
if it’s that big of an issue, they can hire a full-time translator, just like Ichiro.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 12, 2010 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
but I sort of get it
you want somebody who can not only translate but understand. Translators and interpreters are not the same thing. All the same, I think we are looking for problems that don’t really exist. We may be assuming Chapman is a bigger baby than he is. The guy knew he’d have a language problem when he came here and he did it anyhow.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
I agree. I think that Chapman can handle a few coaches and catchers that aren't fully spanish fluent.
Plenty of players speak spanish. Even more have some knowledge of the language.
Quite honestly, I imagine that Chapman’s biggest issue is going to be isolation from Cuba – and Lousiville’s not going to be any better than anywhere else in that respect.
IAN! I'm on traain!
Yeah, this is amusing in a way
“Hi, I’m your catcher. Say, how do you say ‘up and in’ in Spanny Oil?”
“Quatro?”
“Not quite a quart, but a pint and three quarters.”
“Porque?”
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
if they could find someone for Hamilton
they sure as shit can find one for Chapman, who’s a MUCH bigger financial investment.
"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
good point
think either one of ’em hablas espanyol?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 12, 2010 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
It still makes zero sense to me to be considering Chapman for the MLB roster on OD
He should probably be in AAA, possibly with some confidence-boosting starts in Dayton (where Fossas is). Soto will be working closely with him wherever he is. If language and acculturation is a big issue, Fossas can be moved to Louisville.. And Alonso, his friend and fellow Cuban, will also be there.
If he’s throwing 100MPH heat near the strikezone in AAA, he’ll be with the Reds in June.
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 Mar 12, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
This is what I think
They’ll probably have both Soto and, for a while, Fossas with him wherever he goes.
OTOH, if he’s really dominating all of ST, there’s really no reason to have him go to AA. Let him work with Castillo, have fun with Alonso, and see what he can do.
But FTR, I don’t think Fay is saying there aren’t Spanish speaking coaches anywhere else in the system, just that there are so many on the big club.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
AAA seems like the logical home
He’ll probably also pitch alongside Leake and Wood, who may be his cohorts in the rotation in the near future. That should be good corporate bonding.
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 Mar 12, 2010 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
that makes more sense than anything
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
I'll be surprised if Leake starts in AAA
if for no other reason than there won’t be room for him. Whoever of Wood/Maloney/Lehr/Wells doesn’t win the 5th job will be there. All of them won’t start, but at least 2 of them will.
If you add Chapman, Klinker, LeCure to those three, there’s no room for Leake, at least initially. I could see Leake taking Chapman’s AAA spot in June or whenever he gets promoted to the Reds.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
He probably won't start there
But he’ll be there soon. There’s going to have to be some cuts or trades as Leake, Chapman and Wood could all be breaking down the door by June or July. They’ll want to test run those three in AAA.
I’d think they’d keep LeCure and Klinker in that rotation for their upside. If Maloney comes north, Wells may be cut and Lehr takes a rotation spot in AAA. LeCure could also be tried in the ’pen.
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 Mar 12, 2010 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
am I dreaming
or do we really HAVE this much pitching talent?
You aren’t even mentioning the guys who are already in the rotation.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
Fay's been on this crazy train for a while.
He’s said a few times he “doesn’t see a reason not to start Chapman in Cincinnati.”
I guess he hasn’t read the contract.
Is this quote in English?
The Reds need their thumpers to thump because they don’t have a lot of speed. Their cleanup hitter, Brandon Phillips, tied Taveras for the team lead in steals with 25 last season.
—Stan McNeal
I don’t understand the obvious implication that without power, which directly correlates to scoring, a team needs speed, which correlates directly to….well, speed. Stealing bases does NOT equal run production and didn’t when the 1987 Cardinals were running everywhere or the 2007 Tampa Bay Rays led the league in steals and couldn’t score.
Why do opinions like that persist in the baseball media? Just irritates me.
What's worse is that it's not even true
Stubbs and Dickerson can fly, Bruce and BP both run really well, Votto’s no slouch, even Cabrera steals 10-15 a year.
There’s as much average or better speed on this team as most.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
Here I was thinking these guys were slow
Not only that, but they got great pitching too.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
Dusty leaves a trail
Chucken Plickers over in Cubbieland still think he ruined Mark Prior’s arm.
Some guys make a career out of leaning on the same old stereotypes.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
stealing bases does TOO equal run production!
Just do it like this!
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
Everytime I've seen that clip...
..he’s been out.
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 13, 2010 12:36 AM EST up reply actions
Clearly out
I’ve been conditioned to accept that the runner is gonna be called out if the throw beats him to the bag whether he’s out or not. But I’ve always thought Yogi had every reason to jump up and down about this call.
Nothing's complicated if you understand it.
You're Generally Right...
….but team speed does count for something, if you can consistently steal and do so over 75% of the time, and if you can consistently take extra bases. If accumulated successfully, they count for runs, maybe not as much as hitting home runs, but the genius of White Herzog was that he built his teams around getting on base and stealing bases as an alternative to Earl Weaver’s walks and home runs, knowing it would cost more for payroll on teams with lower budgets. Still, I conceded that speed should never be more important than getting on base, which is why the ’87 Cardinals were second in the league in runs scored (leading the league in OBP and stealing 78% of their bases), and the ’08 Rays were ninth in the league in runs scored, fourth in OBP, and 73% of their steals.
Also, speed counts for one very important factor, which for the longest time was neglected by moneyball enthusiasts and only recently rediscovered by many GMs—defense—especially in the outfield and even in the middle infield. And yes, it matters. A 34 year old Tony Armas in center is going to be nowhere nearly as effective as Torii Hunter at 34, and that has nothing to do with his on base percentage, strikeout to walk ratio, or his placement on batters before pitches.
I'm stoked that Larkin is gonna be in a Reds uniform again.
He was easily my favorite player when I was younger. He’s pretty much why I played shortstop.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
I am getting adjusted to this mlb.tv thing
The list says the Reds-LaLa’s will be on TV with a “watch” note attached. Presumably, that will be televised, right?
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
Joe Posnanski has a very interesting piece up
from Adrian Burgos Jr in response to Torii Hunter’s comments on race in baseball a few days ago. check it out.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 12, 2010 1:30 PM EST reply actions
I think if it was left up to the athletes
this would not be much of a problem.
The baseball-bat collision is violent and involves large forces which act over a very short time and which compress the ball to a fraction of its normal size. -- Alan M. Nathan
Pretty good article about Johnny Cueto
There’s some cliche spring training optimism in there, but it’s also an interesting report of how the Reds got him, for those that don’t know.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
Nice article.
When I watched Sugar I thought of Cueto.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Mar 12, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
"frustratingly maddening: brilliantly skilled, but wildly inconsistent."
bafflingly direct! stupidly smart! Adjectively noun!
That was a neat article, though. I can’t wait for Cueto to break 200 innings.
"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
oh, and
whats’ with this Lehr in the 5th spot nonsense?
"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
Yeah, saw that somewhere else recently, too.
It’s not cool.
by the finest muffins on Mar 12, 2010 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
Don't you mean Adverbly Adjective?
:)
by the finest muffins on Mar 12, 2010 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
lolly lolly lolly
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I missed this in that Larkin article
Larkin is also looking forward to watching his 17-year-old son, Shane, play college basketball next year.
“He is being recruited by Harvard, Cal-Berkley and Stanford,” Larkin said proudly.
Ummm, I’m impressed.
"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
cal sucks, choose stanford!
though I’m guessing the probability of a stanford-cal-jacking of any thread on this board is substantially lower than another UC/Kentucky or whoever-that-gibson-guy-is jacking.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
What!!! Not Xavier?
Byron must be pissed
Gleet:The chronic morbid discharge as from the nostrils of horses.
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