Red Reposter - Rain in Arizona means double the baseball today
by ken on Mar 8, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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- Sheldon - Cueto encouraged by first start of spring
By the numbers, Johnny Cueto didn't have a great first start Saturday against Cleveland. That's to be expected after a winter of rest. Unlike last season, Cueto did not pitch winter ball (or in the WBC), which will hopefully pay dividends later this year. On Saturday, Cueto got hit but was also let down by his defense (an error by Votto led to two runs) and wasn't shy about using his off-speed stuff.
Cueto is also growing more confident in using his English: Cueto has taken a step forward that you won't notice on the mound or in a pitching line. A native of the Dominican Republic, the 24-year-old right-hander is starting to get more comfortable with speaking English when talking to reporters. At first, the Reds lined up Goodyear Police Sgt. Jimmy Rodriguez to interpret. After a few minutes, Cueto started answering some questions in English on his own. "That's improvement right there," Baker said. Bully for Cueto. I really like this guy. - Youngsters Travis Wood and Mike Leake also got some action on Saturday. Baker was pleased with what he saw: "It was the first time I saw Wood in action and he threw it good," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Leake, he threw the ball equally as good as Wood. He moved it around, changed speeds. He's got an idea of what he's doing for such a young pitcher. Both of those young guys threw the ball good today." Leake pitched a perfect inning, K'ing one and coaxing two ground outs. Wood pitched two hitless innings, showcasing the diverse repertoire that led to his breakout 2009.
- Fay - Lincoln on his day
By all accounts, Lincoln didn't look nearly as sharp as any of the above-mentioned pitchers. He gave up four earned runs and seven hits in 1 1/3 innings, and it sounds like Cleveland made lots of good contact. Of course, it's tough to expect much from an old relief pitcher who hasn't pitched since last June and hadn't started since forever. But Lincoln is at least keeping his chin up: "Honestly, that’s how I think about it. Then I go each pitch," he said. "Each pitch, it wasn’t happening. I felt like I had a good approach. I’m not sure if I was a little quick." -
Sunday’s game cancelled
Yesterday's game was called due to rain. There will be a split squad today. Carlos Fisher will start the "B" game at 9:30, while Arroyo will start in the "A" game at 1:05. I think it'd be loads of fun for Dusty to cheese off Arroyo and make him start a game at 9:30. But he's not, and that's why he's a player's manager. - McCoy - Where oh where are the Reds' bats?
The focus of ST has been the pitching, which is good because the offense was conspicuously quiet in the first two games. I'm not terribly concerned about one weekend's worth of offense in ST, but it is a little troubling that the Reds struck out 18 times but only walked twice. As Hal describes it: They way they’ve swung the bats wouldn’t crush a scorpion or even daze a coyote. - Selig: Reds deserve an All-Star Game
Bud Selig was in the neighborhood Saturday and paid a visit to Goodyear Ballpark. Selig told Fay that Cincinnati is under consideration to host a future all-star game. The next available one is 2014. The Reds hosting of the civil rights game has supposedly helped. Selig also discussed MLB's consideration of an HGH test, which is a hot issue after a British rugby player recently tested positive. - Jon Heyman - Griffey is veteran presence
At the bottom of this SI piece, Jon Heyman notes that Griffey is "making a major effort to befriend Milton Bradley at Mariners camp." There's a lot of new talent with the M's this year, and the Angels look to be weaker after losing Lackey and Figgins. I can definitely get behind rooting for the M's to take the division in what will likely be Griffey's swan song. - Speaking of Veteran presence, Cleveland HOFer Bob feller threw out the first pitch on Saturday.
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omgreds.com - the Heavy Artillery
This is almost enough to make me start collecting baseball cards again. Love that it's an homage to the '61 card, though I have to wonder why Gus Bell rather than Frank Robinson was put in the middle. - Diamond Hoggers: C. Trent Rosecrans interview
The guys at Diamond Hoggers interview Trent, discussing different Reds personalities from years past and the prospects for the team in 2010 and beyond. Trent also sings the praises of our Justin Inaz for providing sabremetric analysis to the Reds masses.
I thought the HOF discussion towards the end was the most interesting. Trent, who will get to vote in three or four years, says "yes" to McGwire, Clemens, and Bonds. But he's leaning "no" on Rafael Palmeiro because Palmeiro tested positive once the rules were in place. I agree with that. I don't think that a positive test should necessarily preclude enshrinement, but it's a valid consideration or tiebreaker. Trent obviously thinks hard about these issues and keeps an open mind, which is much more than you can say for most writers, IMO. - USA Today - Arroyo will again limit his guitar playing
Bronson Arroyo's musical skills will go on hiatus again this year to prevent the recurrence of his carpal tunnel symptoms. Last season, he gave up the strumming rather than have surgery to fix the carpal tunnel syndrome. No word on whether he's also giving up the ol' crotch rocket. Tiger eyes! They're watching you!
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C Trent has not earned my lifelong devotion
for applying common sense and due process to the “Steroid Era.” Good for him. We have enough moral police in the press
not=now?
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Buck up!
He’s getting ready for his second inaugural as we speak.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
i'd say that's all we need to see out of lincoln...
come on. not even mike lincoln thinks mike lincoln will win a rotation spot.
Sonny my pitched my wild
His accountant thinks he has one.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
No offense
I’m not too worried about the bats yet, even with the lack of walks.
I don’t know for sure, but it seems like the first few games guys are going to treat it like live BP, they just want to get their cuts in. It’s not really satisfying your first time in the box to take a bunch of pitches. In two weeks if everyone is still King and not walking, I’ll be concerned.
Also, I think Homer is starting the B game this morning.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
i'm pretty patient when it comes to ST...
in fact, looking back on previous seasons, i have made excuses for pretty much every player until May 1. “it’s still early… let me reserve judgment until they get a month under their belt.”
if guys aren’t hitting (or pitching) by May, then i get concerned. for me, all i want to see in march and april are guys shaking off rust, getting their rhythm back, taking cuts at pitches in the zone, drawing walks, and forming good habits.
it’s a big change getting into the rhythm of the regular season and plenty of guys start slow. don’t get me wrong, i would much rather have a fast start, especially this year, but putting the first few games under the microscope is a bit premature…
Sonny my pitched my wild
I was at a game in old Tiger Stadium once..
..an old-timer told me and my dad that some old manager for some old team once responded to his team’s compositional uncertainty with something like, “Well, I expect to have the lineup and the rotation set sometime after the solstice but before the equinox.” The Tiger fan told me that he’d never forget that and I won’t either.
Now, I can never remember when the equinoxes and solstices are but I remember my dad told me, “Memorial Day. You don’t really need to have settled on your 7/8 hitters or your fifth starter until Memorial Day.”
So there’s that.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
Solstice June 21, Equinox somewhere around September 21
So he must’ve been joking
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
Maybe it was "after the equinox but before the solstice."
Equinox=March or April, right?
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
When's the NEXT solstice?
May/June?
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Equinox= March 20th / Solstice=June 21st
According to Wikipedia.
So.. sometime between Easter and Father’s Day.
So.. sometime between Easter and Father’s Day.Call it Memorial Day. (Or Mother’s Day)
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, I meant June 21.
But you said the guy said after the solstice, but before the equinox
which would mean between June 21 and Sept. 21
And now we’ve officially discussed this way too long.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
Yeah, I messed up the story.
Which is why I should have just listened to my dad.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
Everybody's right!
Equinox in March and September
Solstice in December and June
Also per Wikipedia.
I agree with nyc— if you got the order right (between equinox and solstice), it sounds like he was making a funny joke about taking the whole season to make decisions. Or he was being intentionally confusing, which apparently has worked.
by the finest muffins on Mar 8, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
I think the old manager was being sly..
Saying “It’ll happen when it happens and you won’t even really notice that it happened.”
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
If you are still pissing around
with the roster and rotation by June 21, I’d say you are about ready to go into fire-sale mode.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
Well, he was (I think) saying..
..that it would happen before the solstice (6/21). How soon before? He couldn’t say.
Again, I think what the old guy was slyly saying was, “Let’s just let things happen. The answers aren’t going to reveal themselves any faster just because we want them to.”
And ya know, the large majority of your roster is usually pretty set pretty early on in the season. We’re talking about fifth starters and fourth outfielders here.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
well, yeah ... I get it
Granny always planted radishes in the dark of the moon, or something. No onion in the ground in August … first place by the fourth of July or else you are an ear of elephant.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
by johnu1 on Mar 8, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
Almost as good as a talkie.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
My first thought was the the old manager owned a farm
and was using agricultural timing.
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
funny, were I live
those are the biggest holidays of the year, excepting Beltane.
by Eastwindquinn on Mar 8, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
Beltane is May Day, no?
Otherwise known as “Rotation’s Set.”
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
As far I can tell, there won't be any non-twitter coverage of the first game today
so we won’t be posting a game thread for that one. Please use this thread for any game 1 updates. This afternoon’s game is on KC radio and gameday audio and also has a Gameday for it, so we’ll have a game thread up for that game around 2pm ET. If I can find enough info on it, I’ll post a recap of the morning game in the afternoon game thread.
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"B" game starting about now
Homer is on the hill. Game isn’t on the radio, and the stats “don’t count.”
Josh Anderson 8
Chris Heisey 7
Yonder Alonso 3
Todd Frazier 4
Juan Francisco 5
Wladimir Balentien 9
Laynce Nix DH
Ryan Hanigan 2
Paul Janish 6
Homer Bailey 1
*Following Bailey will be Del Rosario, Ondrusek, Smith, Fisher and Valiquette.
Aroldis starts the “A” game at 3:05 EST.
I think the B game starts at 11:30 ET, no?
I think a 7:30 local time start is a little harsh. :)
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And I think Arroyo is starting the "A" game
Aroldis is supposed to pitch the 8th so people drink more beer.
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So THAT'S how a small market team can afford a $30M pitcher!
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Weird
Ctrent lists Chapman as the second pitcher behind Arroyo and he’s the only other guy going 2 innings. Bet that means we see him before the 8th. I think Id rather see him face some starters, even if those starters are for KC.
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by nycredsfan on Mar 8, 2010 9:52 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
lol
That one got me
Dusty Baker said it was the first [triple play] he’d seen in person. When he was with the Dodgers, they hit into one, but he was in the bathroom.- C Trent
by The Crushinator on Mar 8, 2010 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
Janish is batting last?
I don’t understand. He’s playing SS. Why isn’t he in the two-hole?
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Griffey.
I read SBNation’s preview of the Mariners. The author (a Lookout Landing moderator) is pretty high on them even though they don’t really like their offense and they’re not expecting much (or anything) from a young injured pitcher returning from the DL.
I started poking around their site because I wanted to learn in what order the FIggins/Ichiro tandem will bat (anybody know yet?) and I found this awesomeness:
SPRING TRAINING MEDIA BINGO:
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 9:43 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
Ichiro and Figgins will go 1-2
And Griffey’s really feeling it, dog. (HT to BBTF).
by ken on Mar 8, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
Question the mods in any way and they turn foul
Blather on about how Jack Z is a wizard and they’ll go all dreamy. If any other team in baseball had Iforgethisname the Pirates cast off as 3rd starter there would be a snark-a-thon at the ineptitude of the team and the GM. But hey, the offense will carry them with Bradley as their big bat. That would elevate the snark into the dreaded chortling for any other team.
Do you just click around SBNation spraying in other team's litterboxes?
I don’t necessarily find fault with that. Just asking.
Snell’s the Pittsburgh expatriate you’re wary of. (And I think your right to be.) IIRC Lookout Landing dude’s take was something like “He was brought in because of his talent but he’s pretty terrible.”
’Round here we call that going Pattaveras with your roster.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
whenever you get upset with the Gruler/Gardner/etc Reds drafts
thank God you didn’t go through the Van Benschoeten/Snell/Duke years of the Pirates.
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I do bounce around
I’ve never posted at LL. About the only one I “spray” in or at least it could be argued by their denizens is Flubbie land. I disagree with them though.
I actually think Snell has a fair bit of talent, but everybody going gaga over the team is kind of silly. Last I read he was the MFn 3rd starter.
This looks like a lot of fun.
Can anyone get a Reds BINGO already this year, using only McCoy, teh Fey, CTrent & Shelton?
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
That write-up made me laugh
It was pretty much “the good things they say about the M’s are true, and the bad things that they say are not”.
Before the curse of stastics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgement.
-Hilaire Belloc
by the time we get an all star game GABP will be and old ballpark ....
the fact that the mets are in front of us is complete BS … hell, pittsburgh got one for christ’s sakes
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
Pittsburgh has an excellent convention center..
We have two that are mediocre. I’ve heard that is the biggest hold up that there isn’t enough convention space.
Education is what you get from reading the directions. Experience is what you get from not reading them.
Nice card
But they might be jumping the gun a little with END.
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Shoulda been BP4040
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by Slyde on Mar 8, 2010 10:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, wonder why not?
Still, I’d love to have a plain white T with that card on it.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
what disappointing about that card
and part of the reason I don’t really like baseball cards anymore, is that they clearly weren’t photographed together. Seems like the art of in game action is lost on baseball cards these days. Everything is cut out and put on a fake background. It loses authenticity for me.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
wave your hands in the air if you feel fine!
we’re gonna take it into overtime!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 8, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I vote we revive those 61 unies!
If any team is to be admired for crawling out of the hole, it’s that masterpiece!
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
"because Palmeiro tested positive once the rules were in place"
I may be wrong, but wasn’t the stuff Raffy tested positive for illegal without a prescription? That notion gets lost in the steroid discussion a lot, so I’m not sure if that was the case with Palmeiro.
by Brian B on Mar 8, 2010 10:10 AM EST via mobile reply actions
He claimed he took a B-12 shot
“from a teammate.” But this says he tested positive for Stanzolol, which requires a prescription. I agree that this is different form someone like JC Romero, who bought on OTC supplement that contained a banned substance.
So, by Trent's logic, it's OK that they did something illegal.
Since it wasn’t spelled out in the BASEBALL rulebook, but instead only in the CITY, COUNTY, STATE and FEDERAL law books.
Poisoning the opposing starting pitcher is also not against the rules, but it’s illegal, and still cheating.
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
He's not saying it's okay
What I think he’s saying is that baseball enforcement was so lax during that period that it’s impossible to perfectly root out the cheaters.
I’d go a step further and say that MLB should be forced to wear the scarlet S in the Hall of Fame. The league purposefully turned a blind eye to PEDs because they were benefitting from higher attendance and revenues. I don’t think they should now benefit by punishing those guys after deliberately allowing them to cheat. History is something I love about the game, but I’m not looking for a white-washed version of it. The HOF should showcase those that performed the best – period.
by ken on Mar 8, 2010 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
I would be happy not honoring Barry, Roger and Big Mac at the HOF.
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
Fay tweets Gomes is DHing, not Nix
Also, NoHo is on the Brewers squad. Just hugged it out with Mario Soto.
Hey! I think I saw that 1961 Reds card in my folks' house
that’s kinda cool
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B game is underway
Looks like Fay, Sheldon and Trent are all tweeting it. Bailey Ks two, 8 of 9 pitches for strikes.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Mar 8, 2010 11:35 AM EST reply actions
Fay, Sheldon AND C Trent?
That’s a twiple thweet.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
boooooooo
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
twerrible
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Mar 8, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Somewhere, George Grande is cracking up.
by Brian B on Mar 8, 2010 2:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Some where Jim Day's crack is up.
Gleet:The chronic morbid discharge as from the nostrils of horses.
Looks like the entirety of the Reds offense so far this spring
has come from Miguel Cairo.
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 8, 2010 11:48 AM EST reply actions
Via Sheldon
Another perfect inning for Bailey. 3 Ks so far, 23 pitches.
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 8, 2010 11:51 AM EST reply actions
That's EXACTLY what I wanted to see from him at the start of this season.
Keep the updates coming…
by shrguy on Mar 8, 2010 12:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It's nice to have the updates here (especially with KRP's commentary)
but you do know you can get em here: http://twitter.com/m_sheldon
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Probably more efficient that way
Just spreading the word.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Mar 8, 2010 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah. Preach it.
Anytime you can re-issue the words ‘Bailey’ and ‘perfect’… go ahead and do it.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
Feelin' pretty sanguine about Maloney, Bailey, Leake and Wood
Ifa couple spring innings can be interpreted as a prelude to building on last year’s success.
Pitching quality and depth should be improved on last year, especially if you think Harang will bounce back. Not sure how this team is going to score runs though.
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 8, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Not according to twitter
Scoreless through 3
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Mar 8, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know which is more awesomer.. Homer Bailey or new social media:
From Sheldon’s tweets and blog (presumably posted just minutes after Bailey left the field):
“I felt alright,” Bailey said. “I kept the ball down. My secondary pitches were pretty good.”
Bailey asked for the start over working out of the bullpen in the regular game later because he wanted to better simulate the pre-game routine of a start.
“I said I’ll even come extra early to pitch in the morning game,” Bailey said. “Just so you can get used to what times you want to be stretched, what time you need to be out there, what time you start throwing, what time to get off the mound and prepare into a game. I think it’s just as important as anything. That’s what I wanted to work on as opposed to being in the bullpen, throwing and getting out there in a game.”
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Top 5th
1-0 Brewers. Fisher pitched two scoreless.
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 8, 2010 12:43 PM EST reply actions
btw
This was the lineup for the B game, via Fay:
Josh Anderson cf
Chris Heisey lf
Yonder Alonso 1b
Todd Frazier 2b
Juan Francisco 3b
Wladimir Balentien rf
Laynce Nix dh
Ryan Hanigan c
Homer Bailey p
Wlad, Heisey, Hanigan are really the only ones relevant to the 25-man. It’d be nice to see something out of Wlad or Heisey. I think we know what we’re getting with Hanigan: great defense and something like a .270/.360/.385 line.
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 8, 2010 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
they played without a SS?
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2-1 Reds
Janish in on Anderson single.
Lighter bats are making most of the noise so far this Spring.
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 8, 2010 12:58 PM EST reply actions
Sadder catchers
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Mar 8, 2010 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
Gross
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Mar 8, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
You can't fix that boy's knee with TWO sticks!?!?
Just one is how it’s done.
Aroldis Chapman stars as...Dr. Chapstick!
NCAA hoops
Anybody know who’s playing on the ESPNs tonight?
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Are sending me on a wild Google chase?
Look, my tv listings say “Metro Atlantic” championship and “Colonial” championship and I don’t know who’s in those conferences. Are we talking about Old Dominion here?
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
MAAC: Fairfield vs. Siena
CAA: William and Mary vs. Old Dominion
Also, the WAC final is tonight St. Mary’s vs. Gonzaga.
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NCAA HOOPS
John Wall won the Yahoo version of the Heisman today!
Wall was named Yahoo’s National Player of the Year, and DeMarcus Cousins joined him as a first team all-american!
Yahoo's version of the Heisman.
This is college basketball analysis I might expect from Rob Dibble.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
dumb comment
nobody gets hit harder or more often than DeMarcus Cousins. It’s amazing he hasn’t retaliated more than he has this season.
Oh right
It’s everyone else’s fault but Cousins….of course.
I’m just havin’ fun poking at the Kentucky diehards
it is every team's strategy to try and beat up cousins
and hope that he will retaliate. he gets held on every play and most teams intentionally foul him when he gets the ball in the post.
Aren't cousins typically married in Kentucky?
Thus, the term KY?
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
the guy in the blue afro looks like jch's cousin
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
tHan speaks the truth
Cousins gets teh Shaq treatment, and it is reare for him to get a call.
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
I have to wonder why Gus Bell rather than Frank Robinson was put in the middle.
Cuz he’s white. And a “younger” 30.
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
There are other white guys they coulda picked
Rob Neyer brought it up today:
Bell, though, was an odd choice. Where both Robinson and Pinson were still young, Bell was a grizzled veteran who’d managed only a dozen homers in 1960. Better choices would have been outfielder Wally Post — who’d hit 17 homers in just 77 games after coming to the Reds in a June deal — or even catcher Ed Bailey. Meanwhile, Bell hadn’t hit more than dozen home runs since 1957. My guess is that the card existed simply because a photographer was able to get Bell, Robinson, and Pinson together one afternoon.
by ken on Mar 8, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Ironically enough, following these games on twitter
kinds turns back the clock. It’s like getting the game updates over telegraph wire. I feel obligated to strike a two-by-four with a ball to trick the listening audience.
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 8, 2010 1:22 PM EST reply actions
interesting
Reminds me of the scene in 8 Men Out, where the gambler enters the room where some guy is reading the action off the wire. He leaves as soon as Ciccotte hits the first Reds hitter – the sign that the fix was on.
by ken on Mar 8, 2010 1:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That's what I thought of, too!
Also the scenes in Bull Durham where the announcer’s calling an away game from the home ballpark, using wire reports (or maybe the phone) and a sound effects guy.
by the finest muffins on Mar 8, 2010 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
The telegraph feed used to come into newspaper buildings...
…and sometimes they would use mechanical scoreboards on the side of the building to keep the fans informed as they watched from crowds outside.
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
If following play by play on Twitter is like getting updates over the telegraph wire,
this is comparable to following Gameday online. Except that now you can be indoors and alone. Cool picture.
by the finest muffins on Mar 8, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
You seriously need to either be old
or ask somebody but Waite Hoyt actually did recreations of the Reds games back in the first couple of years when the West Coast games were being played.
He’d get a ticker feed and … sometimes it would take the best part of a minute for a guy to go from first to third. Waite didn’t use sound effects. He was upfront about what he was doing, owing to the type of person he was.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
The wires gone dead
B game probably only going 7 innings. Was 2-2 at last update.
Coverage may be shifting to Chapman circus. A game starts at 3p.
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 8, 2010 1:25 PM EST reply actions
2 runs a game should cover it this year
Reds pitching just has to maintain a 1.99 ERA.
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 8, 2010 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
I was waiting for someone to chime in
I know, I know. What I said isn’t a real fact… just for effect.
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 8, 2010 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
Three more hours of beer!
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
For those wanting a visual representation of today's game...
Aroldis Chapman stars as...THE CUBANATOR!!
by PeteyHendrix on Mar 8, 2010 1:29 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
that should be spring training
not minor league. I need a drink…
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Technically it is a minor league park too
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by BK on Mar 8, 2010 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks, Petey, you have made my day with this!!!
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
Anyone wanna go frisbee golfing with me and my GF?
I’m thinking Winton Woods or Mt Airy. I got discs if don’t have your own. Cmon Bro.
you have to simulate a joint-smoking maneuver with the wiimote in between each hole.
Sonny my pitched my wild
Speaking of Wii
Have you played Tatsunoko Vs Capcom yet? The US version has Zero and the guy from Dead Rising. 2-D fighters aren’t dead yet!
never liked 2-D fighters
even the legends like Street fighter and Mortal Kombat were only ok to me. i only have Sports Resort and Mariokart right now, but im saving up my allowance to get Resident Evil.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 8, 2010 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
I deleted your image above because it was causing a CPanel login dialog box to pop up
just a heads up when you try to link images from your website…
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photoshop was the easy part!
I’ve been using a graphical ftp client… Trying to keep up with times n all.
i had gotten completely out of the video game biz for years
i used to have a problem. then Mrs Scrabbles wanted a Wii Fit and she wore me down. im now a ping-pong champ. and i bowled a 273.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 8, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
If you've got Wii with Mario Kart..
..my five year-old wants some of you.
Got a friend code, bitch?
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
not yet
ive never had friends who would play with me :(
by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 8, 2010 7:47 PM EST up reply actions
You went to the wrong Catholic school
"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
My boy is really geeked up to race someone online.
He wants to ask every kid he meets:
1. Do you have a Wii?
2. Is it connected to the internet?
3. Do you have WiFi at your house because it’s really easy to connect your Wii to the internet?
3. Do you have Mario Kart?
I’ll send you an email and we’ll do this.
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 8, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
Socializing with strangers on the internet already
Hey, there’s an apple that’s very close to that Trii!
by Brendanukkah on Mar 8, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hmmm
Shortstop Paul Janish: “With some hitters, the ball sounds differently off the bat. When he’s on the mound throwing, the pop of the ball into the mitt sounds different. He’s special.”
Way to suck up to Dusty, kid!
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Looks like another 2-run showing in the "B" game
C. Trent says 4-2 Brewers in 9th. Bright side again is pitching with Fisher and Bailey both throwing a scoreless 2 IP and Bailey facing 6, K-ing 3.
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 8, 2010 2:13 PM EST reply actions
BP blows off Fay
I missed this - HT to RL Nation for the link. Phillips apparently declined an interview request from Fay bc Fay had already interviewed three other position players. A dick move for sure, but I think we all know the deal with BP at this point.
I’m not against trading BP if the return is right but I don’t want to see a simple salary dump. I like Frazier, but I doubt we’ll get as much out of 2B if we had to swap him in for Phillips.
interesting
I did wonder about Frazier at 2B.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Oh cry me a fucking river, Fay.
And I want to make it clear that it is perfectly within Phillips’ rights to blow me off. No player is obligated to talk to the media. It’s nice if they do, but it’s their choice.
But the larger issue here is why Phillips wouldn’t talk to me."
Wait, what’s the difference between it “being perfectly within Phillips’ rights to blow me off” and “the larger issue is why Phillips blew me off?” Aren’t they the exact same thing? And then Fay digs into his Brandon Phillips notebook and recounts every instance where Brandon failed Fay’s maturity test. Talk about maturity. John Fay is a child. Bullshit like that little piece is why he gets no respect in the clubhouse.
by Brian B on Mar 9, 2010 11:10 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I think in spousal arguments they call that 'stockpiling'
or something. And it’s considered to be fighting unfairly. Way to go, Fay.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
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