Red Reposter - Is a Lineup Re-shuffle What This Offense Needs to Get Going?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 11:24 AM EDT
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The Reds offense is struggling, but Dusty is not worried
"Worry does no good," Baker said. "That’s what you all don’t understand. You’ve to work through it. There’s guy’s struggling all over, for whatever reason you don’t know. We gave our guys plenty of at-bats (in spring training) to try to alleviate this problem. Sometimes there’s no explanation. Some guys are seeing the ball. Some guys are hitting the ball well and not getting hits."
The emphasis on that third-to-last sentence is mine. There, of course, is an explanation, but Dusty is not going to say it aloud. I wouldn't if I were in his position. This team is just not very talented. When you are relying on Brandon Phillips to be your clean-up hitter, Orlando Cabrera to be a table-setter, and guys like Laynce Nix, Jonny Gomes, and Chris Dickerson to man one of the most potent offensive positions you are just not going to score many runs. I don't think the team is as bad as it has been this first week, but they have the talent to only improve so much. -
MLBTradeRumors thinks if Aroldis Chapman forces the Reds hand
they could look to trade Aaron Harang. It's nothing we've never heard before, but the discussion is interesting nonetheless. If Harang (and Bronson Arroyo, for that matter) prove to be effective and valuable, what kind of return would you be happy with? Would you trade them at all? -
This was discussed a bit in the game recap
but Hall o' Famer Hal agrees that Scott Rolen should be bumped to the clean-up spot. I'm not usually one to condone such knee-jerk reactions (remember, we are only one week into the season), but we've all known for a very long time that Brandon Phillips is not the right guy for the clean-up spot. I'd prefer Rolen hit in the 2-spot, but I wouldn't be at all angry to see him hitting clean-up. -
Rolen may have carried the day
but Nick Masset pitched brilliantly in his third-straight day of work. The 3-2 pitch he got Cody Ross to roll over on was a 97-MPH sinker. Hai-chi-wah-wah! "We were reluctant to use him tonight for the third day in a row. He was pressed into duty," manager Dusty Baker said. "I'm sure he's off tomorrow. He was good tonight. He got into trouble, got behind a couple of hitters and made some quality pitches. Those are some quality hitters over there." -
Mark Sheldon stole Brendan's headline
or part of it, anyway. Scotty too Hotty said his home runs weren't the best thing he did last night. His bloop (hat tip to George) single for the game winner was more important: "Joey (Votto) made a good point in a postgame interview. He said that he felt my two home runs weren't my two best at-bats of the game. That's kind of exciting there at the end. I had a chance to try and move a guy over in the eighth and then got a chance to get a hit in the [10th]." -
Apparently Thom Brennaman thinks about as much of Mike Lincoln as you do
I'm not sure if this was talked about in the game thread or not because I was already down for the evening, but Redleg Nation has video and audio of the faux pas. Just after the commercial break ends you can hear Thom clearly but faintly saying "Mike Lincoln...this game is about to go into the (toilet)". I have a feeling that one of the two will not be with the Reds much longer.
Pitching coach Bryan Price was pleased with Aroldis Chapman's debut for Louisville
"I saw the highlights and he was beating guys with fastballs," Price said. "In spring training, he was trying to trick guys with the change-up and slider. One of the things we focused on was him being able to finish hitters with his fastball. I was happy."
Marc Hulet bemoans the demise of the printed sports page
He checked in on the four major papers in the Toronto area (he's from Ontario) and saw an embarrassing paucity of fresh baseball stories. He says the papers need to start embracing online writers (like us!) if they want to maintain their readership.
"Major national sports media outlets like ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and FoxSports have embraced the online writers. You can find them all over their Web pages. Newspapers need to realize that passionate and informed "bloggers" are not going away. You cannot beat us, and we cannot beat you. The best scenario for everyone involved (especially the readers) is to join together. Otherwise, there will be no winners. Only losers."
Ahem...
Crawfish Boxes is REALLY missing Lance Berkman
In case you hadn't heard, the Astros have started the season 0-7. Ouch. But wait! They know exactly who can fix their team! Carl Crawford! He IS the one and ONLY guy this TEAM needs to WIN the National LEAGUE Central! Ahhhhh...memories...
Chris Sabo's Goggles uses his Photoshop wizardry
to denigrate the Cubs. I know it's kinda juvenile, but damn if it ain't funny.
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Red Reposters are my favorite part of the morning.
Is there any sort of consensus that vs. RHP, the following should be the every day?
Stubbs/Dickerson/Votto/Rolen/Bruce/Phillips/Hernandez/Cabrera/1
I don’t see what’s so hard to figure out about that, Dusty.
Anyways, I really hope Alonso is good in LF. That would be really nice for the future, because unless we trade him, and unless Heisey is better than average, that is going to be a hole for a while, no?
Sucks to be the Astros. 1, 2, 0, 0, 0 runs scored in 5 of 7 games? Ouch.
agree completely w/ the 9 on the field
but i’d have dickerson and stubbs flippy floppied. not that it’d happen too too often, but i think stubber would have a shot at more 2-run shots than dickerson would, and i like dickerson’s OBP up top (not to mention that i don’t see stubbs grounding into too many double plays with his speed.)
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Apr 13, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
C Dick is rumored to have good power vs. RHP
He also has speed that should avoid DP more often than not if Stubbs is on base. But yeah, it doesn’t make much difference either way.
If you look at minor league stats for those two guys, C Dick has a career OBP in the .370's.
Stubbs’ is only in the .350’s. All other things being equal, it makes sense to have C Dick leading off.
No amount of prosperity is sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.
Actually, Stubbs career minors OBP is .364, Dickerson is .363
Not to mention Stubbs was one year younger at each level than Dickerson.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
its weird, the descrepancy between the original claim and the truth
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
Sorry 'bout that.
I meant Stubbs’ career minor OBP and Dickerson’s MLB OBP, which is .380.
No amount of prosperity is sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.
The aspect of this lineup I really like is
Phillips batting behind Bruce. Putting a solid bat behind Bruce should lead to the youngster seeing better pitches to hit.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Apr 13, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
It solves several problems at once.
It gets 2 table setters batting before Votto, both of whom occasionally hit for power and steal bases. It protects Bruce. It gets GIBP out of the middle of the lineup and out of the 4-hole where, perhaps, he can get over his homer-happy approach (although that hasn’t been so apparent this year). Further, it gets our least disciplined hitter in Cabrera where he belongs at #8, and he may have better at bats in front of the pitcher like Hanigan did last year when he hit 8 vs. 2. Hernandez is a decent bat that still has some pop, and I think he’s definitely better enough than Cabrera to hit ahead of him.
I like Rolen at 4 because I think he’s just as good a hitter as anyone else on the team. There’s something to be said about his experience as a batter, and I think he has the best approach to hitting of anyone on the club right now.
Bruce in front of Phillips
Also keeps the whole L, R thing going. Don’t want to have too many guys batting same way…
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
See what I'm saying, though?
This lineup is NOT hard to come up with and has few flaws given the available batters vs. RHP. If Rolen gets hurt, that’s a big problem, of course.
So what the fuck is Dusty's problem?
I guess that’s a rhetorical question. And I hate to beat the lineup horse again. But come the hell on.
He is a poor manager, period.
There is no other explanation, his line-ops are didactic, and his use of the bull-pen make me cringe (I was sure we were dead when Lincoln came out for a second inning of work). He is a good-old-boy-network hire, and this is what you get.
by Eastwindquinn on Apr 13, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I do not think it means what you think it means.
“didactic”
by BostonColtsFan on Apr 13, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 13, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I think he was refering to Dusty's On Base Percentage Plus Slugging
When hitting line drives.
No amount of prosperity is sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.
well shit
I thought I knew what it meant. I thought it was an mistakenly authoritative, I-know-better-than-you
sorry, rookie post.
by Eastwindquinn on Apr 13, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Morning?
Do you have access to an early edition if RR?
Yes, this is a veiled shot at morning content providers, although Farmers Only always seems to up for my morning train. Thanks FO!
by Brian B on Apr 13, 2010 1:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Central time, my friend
I wake up at the earliest around 9:30 for the next few months. This is usually up before 11 my time.
I crack open the RR at around 9:30 each morning...
which is afternoon for most of you fine folks.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 13, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm always on at 7:20 a.m. EST, ignoring my first period class, wondering where everyone else is
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
That sounds about like me... although Central time and closer to 8 am.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
so, not close at all, Mr. Two Hours Later
/bitter about having to get up so damn early
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
hush
Mr. “I Get to Sleep in All Summer and Still Draw a Paycheck”.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I always check in at breakfast though.
Which is closer to 7:20 my time… at least Tu, Th…
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
harang, arroyo...
i’m not ok with trading either of them to make room for chapman but if i absolutely had to pick one i would pick harang. this decision isn’t based on his performance.
if i had to guess i say they send leake down when that time comes. this is assuming bailey and cueto aren’t completely tanking too. there’s no way leake will pitch like he did sunday every time out. the odds are almost decisively against him.
Running out to frontyard laughing! -Fat Vegas Alan
Honestly,
It is time to trade Harang. he has been a great warrior, and he still has heart. and i do believe that a league change right now would get him another contract so he could coast to the end of his career with a few million more dollars. I would like to see Arroyo with the reds through 12.
I hope we are shopping Aaron now, as for compensation? i am not sure, I really believe we have the pieces needed, just not the management to pull them together (I wish we could trade Harang for a good manager, think the Angels would be interested?) But really though, even if we got a major league ready power hitting LF’er, he is still going to be the 5th outfielder (unless we package someone. I guess a better hitting SS (but I really think we are wasting Janish’s prime offensive time on the pine.)
Honestly, I think it would be cool if we could trade Aaron and simply restock the minor league pond a bit, a few draft picks, and a handful of low minors prospects (with a catcher in there for sure)
by Eastwindquinn on Apr 13, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
If he can get a string of strong starts
and build some value, then yeah- I’d be all for trading him somewhere for a couple decent minor leaguers. Preferably catcher, short or left.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Harang and Phillips for Juan Castro?
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Zounds what mounds!
/History of the World Part One’d
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions
That is a toolsy infield.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Alternate line
“It’s good to be da King”
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Has there ever been a bigger tool who has landed a GM job?
by Eastwindquinn on Apr 13, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
In MLB? Maybe not. But elsewhere ... OH YEAH!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Wanna ride my Segway?
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 13, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
one of the two won't be with the team any longer?
I like the idea of the Reds seeing Thom’s faux pas and then saying, “yknow, he’s got a point, lets ditch the player instead of punishing the broadcaster.” It’d be like the Mercker/Stone drama in reverse.
"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
im really sorry i missed this
but BtB is running an If They Fought feature where they are matching up current ballplayers to see who comes out of the ring as the biggest bad ass (here’s the second thread, which tries to find the 16th and final contestant). it would be an upset of titanic proportions if Jonny Gomes did not take this thing and piledrive it. his first battle is a creampuff, reliever Cla Meredith. let’s all make sure Gomes takes his rightful place on the throne in this thing.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 11:54 AM EDT reply actions
Hi, my name is Jonny
and I am a rageaholic.
I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.
by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Apr 13, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
tHom, tHom, tHom
Keep fucking that chicken.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 13, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Late-morning pipe dream of the day.
Well, I’ve been thinking (I know, you’re shocked). Thanks to yet another great Reposter, the ol’ creative juices have been sloshing around in my noggin (not Red Hook Blonde, that was last night.) Here’s my latest greatest dream scenario for the next 2 months.
A) The Reds stay competitive in a weak NL Central, within earshot of the Cards and above .500 mid-May.
B) Louisville continues to be better than the Pirates, Royals, and Astros, and Jared Burton remembers how to bust-ass, while Bill Bray’s arm heals.
C) The Phillies continue to blast the ball everywhere (home and away), and begin to get greedy about wanting another shot at the Yankees.
D) Brad Lidge actually gets leprosy, and the Phils need a closer.
The Phils’ come-a-callin’ to Walt, who picks up the phone and says, “You all aren’t going to resign Jayson Werth. You need a closer, and I want Coco’s salary off the books. Here’s Jonny Gomes and Coco, gimme Werth.” Phils agree, we get Werthy, and sign him with the Coco money that we won’t be spending next year. Burton comes East to Cincy, Masset gets inning 9.
E) Reds win wild card and beat Phils in NLDS on a 9th inning, game 5 walk-off by Werth off of Coco.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Apr 13, 2010 11:57 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
I don't want Werth at all
I know he can crush the ball and all, but I just really don’t like the man. I’d be disappointed if this sort of trade went down.
by wishfuldrifter on Apr 13, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
What makes you dislike him so?
I’ve never heard about him beating his wife/girlfriend, doing drugs, or punching kittens.
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no idea to be honest
He just has a face that makes me want to be violent. /shrug
by wishfuldrifter on Apr 13, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
this will change your mind
I never cared for the guy until I saw this video of Werth stealing home
A straight steal of home results in pure respect from me. (hi Jacoby)
by jacob brumfield on Apr 13, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
No, that was just the Giles boys on a night out with Brett Myers.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Umm
he can hit, he can field, he can hit, he can field, he’s a RH hitter who can hit and field, he crushes the ball in the postseason, his home/road splits are almost identical (so he’s not just a product of Philly’s park)…
and, lest we forget…he spells his name with a Y.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Apr 13, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
He and Laynce probably can't physically exist in the same room.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
In KY they could
Jayson, Laynce, and other brother Jayson certainly could.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Apr 13, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
link fail
call me a rookie:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=6094004&origin=singlesearch
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Apr 13, 2010 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
People should definitely scroll down to see the comparables on that page...
What the heck?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
No one has ever seen the two of them in the same room.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
It's not crazy
But Werth is going to get a huge deal after this year. More than Coco’s. With our OF depth, I’d pass. Plus, Philly doesn’t want to take on any more money (hence the Cliff Lee trade), so it’s likely that the Reds will have to eat some $$.
I agree with the first part, but not necessarily the second part, of this
I don’t think we necessarily need Werth, especially for the money he’ll get.
I’m not sure Philly is quite so worried about money, though. Maybe they didn’t want to try and sign Lee long term, but he’ll get at least what CoCo gets, only for many more years. Also, the Lee trade was as much to replenish the farm system as it was to save money. (fail on that, btw, since the prospects they got back aren’t very good)
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
I never bought the "replenish the farm system" justification
It’s impossible to know, I guess. Philly sells out pretty much every game, so they should be printing money. But my feeling is that Amaro was given a hard salary cap, saw the opportunity to obtain and extend Halladay, and took it even if it meant punting on Lee. The relative weakness of the prospects is all the more reason to doubt the team’s stated reason for the Lee trade.
Or to doubt that organization's ability to judge prospects
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
The have a mint in Philly
So aren’t they printing money? Or at least making coins?
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 14, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, bbbbbbut
have ya seen our offense?
oh wait, i haven’t either. been lookin’ for it, though.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Apr 13, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I wouldn't hate it,
But really expensive, aging free agents make me really nervous, even if they are very good. (thinking Holliday’s contract: great player, would love to have him, but that contract would cripple the Reds)
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
The thing that bugs me about the trade articles...
Is that they usually don’t bother to look around and see how many teams either need a player at that position or have the payroll to absorb the contract. Looking around at the other teams in baseball right now, I just don’t see a good trading partner (this could change with injuries to starters on big market clubs). The size of Harang’s contract will likely cause a dearth of interested teams, decrease the value of the return package, and/or cause the Reds to pay part of his salary. I think that keeping Harang here and having some depth beats paying him to pitch for another team.
I dunno, the economy is coming back a little bit.
And if Harang has a good first half, he’d be worth the 14 mill or 16 or whatever he’s owed. Maybe the Reds pick up some 2 mill of the remaining deal to make a trade work for some prospects, especially if a certain somebody is ready in AAA.
I still don't see a team with a dire enough need and the payroll flexibility
The demand just isn’t there this early in the season.
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Giving Harang time for 4 perfect games in a row.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
What if
The Yankees have a starter get hurt? CC or Vasquez?
Or the Red Sox? Beckett? Daisuke could definitely miss some time.
What if Halladay or Hamels gets hurt?
I doubt we’d trade in the division, but Carp is definitely an injury risk.
Detroit could lose Verlander.
If almost any team has a number one or number two starter get hurt, and they’re still in it, we could probably work out a pretty good deal, even if we have to swallow some of the contract, we should get a better return in prospects.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
The thing is, Harang's stock is so damaged, what could we expect?
not much IMO. Not gonna get a stud prospect. Unless he’s really great this year.
That's where the 4 perfect games + 4 no-no's come in.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
if he does less
he’s a terrible pitcher and should be traded for a bucket of spit.
Red Reporter or follow on Twitter: @redreporter
A beaten up baseball covered in spit
/Gaylord’d
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
We could get some pine tar for Arroyo!
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Reasonable expectoration.
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
by boobs on Apr 13, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
What do you mean
“I don’t think the team is as bad as it has been this first week”? Didn’t Slyde say they’re on pace for 93 wins?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
If they outplay their pythag by 20 games.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Which generally happens by scoring more runs than the other team
and yeah, it’s going to be hard to win more than you lose when you give up more runs than you score.
That said, seven games is a tiny sample size.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
I know
I was just pointing out for those who wouldn’t notice…
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
you provide an invaluable community service, Gray. thank you.
can you detect the sarcasm there?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, when a mommy and a daddy love each other VERY much and have LOTS of practice...
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
A mommy?
Pssh, the female sarcasm is a myth.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 13, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i meant "offense" instead of "team"
fix’d
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
And yeah...
4 runs/game is good for fourth fewest in the league. Then again, league average is 4.89, which isn’t all that far off.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
One Janish HR per game and we'd be above the league average.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
That'd be as cool as RoboCop riding a unicorn!
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
My respect levels for Slyde just went through the roof.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Robocop riding a dragonfly would be way cooler though.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Would you settle for Robocop and the unicorn riding in Herbie the Love Bug?
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
How about Chunk from Goonies riding Falcor?
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Hey Pops. THIS is awesome
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's cool.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you discouraging our fun?
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
km in Kansas?
What do you take them for, Frenchy lovers?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Awesome, but not baseball related.
This is both.
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd agree ... only that took place in Boston.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I really hope my copy of MLB 10 The Show arrives today
So I can start my Reds Franchise and get into the future and have Chapman/Volquez/Cueto/Bailey/Leake; Masset/Wood/Ondrusek/Buck; Stubbs//Votto/Heisey?/Bruce/Mesoraco/Phillips/
my PSNID is jch24
Hit a brutha up. Unless you’re on XBox Live. Then KMBA.
"The Asian language is very different than ares." -- Justin007000
What about Wii?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't tell a 12 year old to KMBA
"The Asian language is very different than ares." -- Justin007000
Same here
I still throttled Highlife the last time we played though.
"The Asian language is very different than ares." -- Justin007000
And what happened the 2 times before that, hoss?
Granted, you took me to the woodshed last time, but before that, you t’was my bitch
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 14, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
When playing you, it's just hit a brutha
And not throw cutters, unless they’re at your head
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 14, 2010 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Make sure you download a decent Reds prospect roster
Or else you’ll have to create Chapman, Leake, Wood, Mesoraco (why would you want to create him?) and any other Reds prospect worth a damn, since I think the default MLB The Show rosters only have guys on our 40 man.
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 14, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
the SportsConnect, or whatever it is you log onto for the online stuff
One of the tabs, you have an ability to download rosters and save them
Last time I checked, there’s 80+ pages of rosters people uploaded
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 16, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, Slyde, Kirkendall has been promoting RR lately
How’s traffic doing? You might get a few clicks from CJ.
Nah, only Nix is really.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes.
He’s a bizarre fellow. No one has the heart to tell him that attempting that kind of action would be foolish.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
So is anyone going to the Bats game on Friday?
Fay says that Chapman is scheduled to start, and tickets are apparently still available.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
Fixing the offense
How about a series where you draw Davis, Bush and Suppan? Expect talk of the series after Thursday.
it's an epidemic
i deleted roughly 5/6ths of the photographic evidence of my existence the day my mom added me. not even KMB can reference what KMB-college edition looked like anymore.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Apr 13, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I decided that the rest of my family needs to seek MY approval, not the other way around.
There might be a bong in the background of a picture of me on FB, but if my aunt doesn’t like it, I’ll inform her that her judgment does not change my view of myself, but rather lessens my view of her. Anyone who complains gets chastised. :)
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 13, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Perhaps. But it does mean that someone else's personal/moralistic views should be
taken with a grain of salt.
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by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
You know...
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, but Mike Jack didn't have a Facebook page.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn't even have a face
Potential doesn't win games.
by Madville on Apr 13, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Yeah, that's rec.
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by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, that's exactly what that means.
People’s opinions about you matter as much as you let them.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 13, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh ... I separate criticism from personal views.
I can be critical of something without being personally invested. But moral/personal views aren’t always critical.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't really have a whole lot of terrible pictures on facebook...
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Who knows how to fix my C and Z
I want it to stop skipping 2 posts every time I hit it. Anyone know? During ST, it worked right for a bit, and now it’s all skippy again.
Use C and X
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by BK on Apr 13, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what I'm doing
It’s still annoying and confusing when I fall behind on the comments. Especially because it worked right once.
put in a ticket
go to the “contact us” link at the bottom of the page
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Just did that, too
Hope they reply soon! Very weird… it’d been like that forever, then suddenly it worked right for a week. And now it’s not workingagain.
how do you use it?
i pretty much always use C and X, but every once in a while i’ll use Z. Why would you use C and Z together?
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
While moving through a conversation, if I read a few comments, I can hit Z to scroll through them
Mostly, I just want C to work right
yeah
and when they’re not consecutive, like just now when you and slyde posted comments, I hit C and it came back to yours when I wanted to read Slyde’s
Wow!
I didn’t know any of those letters did anything. This is revolutionary.
by the finest muffins on Apr 13, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't like you
I thought I did, but it turns out I was wrong.
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I'd be sorry to hear that, if I liked you
but since I don’t, I’m not.
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thats ok
ive got more greens in this thread, and that’s all that matters
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
by boobs on Apr 13, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I like all boobs.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 14, 2010 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Not sure if this was posted, but the Bad Man retired
Happy trails, Aurilia! Somebody get some kleenex for RHM.
I think we'll be singing Happy Trails to Aaron Harang in the not too distant future.
Esp. if he can have a couple more decent outings.
Potential doesn't win games.
I think you may be right
Chapman is likely to be ready (developmentally and contract-wise), right before the run-up to trade-deadline. Let’s hope if Harang has to go this year, “happy trails” isn’t followed by “Wait, what is Gary Matthews Jr. doing here? We’re not playing the Mets until next week.”
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
And I don't honestly think the Reds are into Matthews
but that’s what keeps getting parroted on the Mets blogs.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
All the reports I've seen suggest Chapman isn't ready
I say, what’s the rush?
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toledo's manager had a really funny line the other day
“It’s not like he was Nolan Ryan or J.R. Richard out there.”
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
Um...sounds a lot like JR and Ryan to me, actually.
It doesn't matter what you think, or what I think. It's what Dusty thinks that matters, and he's a knucklehead.
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 13, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
his point was that chapman doesnt use his changeup well and doesnt pitch smart
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
before it sounds like I'm dogging on him
I’m not. He’s got amazing talent and I hope he’s going to be an ace for years to come. But I’ve read multiple reports that suggest he will likely need at least a few months in the minors before he can be taken seriously in the majors. If I’m the Reds, I’m not scheduling him to be up just yet. Let his progress determine that.
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I know
but this is how the “Slyde hates BP” stuff started. I don’t want to go down that road with Chapman…yet.
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Slyde, why are you so against batting practice?
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I hate Mesoraco
And I’m not the biggest Stubbs fan, so we can go ahead and get that stuff started if you want
I also hate Orlando Cabrera.
There, I said it
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 14, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus, I want him to be a relatively cheap ace for a few years here before he goes to NYC or Boston
so I hope he stays down for a whole year
that's not going to change how much it costs to keep him
all it will change will be whether the Reds have 7 years of control or 6, and technically, they will have 7 years of control if they keep him down until June.
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I don't think there is a rush
And I’m not in any rush to run Harang out of town. But I do think Chapman could pitch in the majors come July of this year. Could be premature, but the Reds will get an attendance boost and I have a good feeling Chapman’s 100MPH could get similar results Harang’s current performance, bad luck or no.
I think any rotation move is very contingent – on whether Leake sticks, where Wood fits into the scheme, how Volquez progresses and whether the Reds are competing post-ASB. But it also seems pretty unlikely that Harang and Arroyo will both be around in 2011. The preference seems to be for moving Harang – and a good deal might emerge this year if Harang is pitching decent.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
"the Reds will get an attendance boost"
this is what I’m afraid of. I understand why the Reds would do it, but gawd I hope they don’t bring him up just to draw more fans to see the freak show. I don’t expect him to come up and be an ace, but let the kid learn how to pitch. We don’t need another guy coming up here and struggling to reach 5 innings like Cueto and Bailey.
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It's going to be a motivator for them,
valid of not. Maybe they’ll be in contention through July (anything’s possible in the infinite universe) and this will be less of an issue if the staff is solid and people are turning out for games. Though I think we could see something done with Volquez and/or Chapman as the season wears on and the Reds are still competitive. One of them could be rushed or plunked into the bullpen.
I’m getting ahead of myself here. I just hope the Reds bring him along at a medium pace. He’s not likely to be a difference-maker for the team until 2011 — and certainly not before he’s made the necessary adjustments in AAA.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
lotta not-safe-for-crolfer stuff in last night's game
after hitting his double in the 2nd, Bruce showed the Reds’ dugout just what he thought of their appreciation:
thanks to Deadspin
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 3:16 PM EDT reply actions
Get mad as hell, Jay
and then not take it. And then use that anger to hit 500-fit HRs.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
feet or meters, whichever is longer
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks especially to Joe Nolan's Glasses, who first posted that picture here last night
http://www.redreporter.com/2010/4/12/1417313/2010-game-7-thread-reds-at-marlins#34531139
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
Everybody reads game threads.
Nobody reads the intros.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
That's right.
I went there.
I’ll check that sucker out from the library! Ohhh!
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
you should download it illegally and read it on your ipad
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Apr 13, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
For pulling Brian K. Vaughan's attention away from
Y: The Last Man
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, you lost me.
I didn’t think Vaughan had anything to do with Children of Men …
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
As far as I know, he didn't
It just kinda ripped off his concept.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 13, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
iPad, yaaaaaaaaaaaay
Yet another horrible horrible Apple product
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 14, 2010 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess that depends on your defintion of "useful"
I’m anti-Apple as is, so IMO they’ve yet to make a worthwhile product
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 16, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah,
and this picture sucks. Where’s the lamp?
I don't have a girlfriend. But I do know a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that.
by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Apr 13, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
there were over 1000 comments in last night's game threads
i already waste enough time with you jerks.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 13, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Over 2000 actually
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Apr 13, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
But what about in nine innings?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I couldn't keep up
Especially since I was struggling with Schedule A at the same time.
However, I did see that photo.
Poor Jay. It’s going to live forever on Deadspin.
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Why do people wait til the last minute to do their taxes?
I’ll never understand those people
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 14, 2010 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions
because i owe the govt some money
and i dont want to give it to them.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 15, 2010 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions
The Reds' dugout, eh?
That clears up that mystery.
by the finest muffins on Apr 13, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Bruce is wearing Nike's!!
If he’s already got 5-tool potential, this makes him a 6 tool player, yes?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Bazinga!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 13, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
just wow
that game last night had alo of interesting stuff. I think I saw Votto use an F-bomb after striking out too, but that is pretty normal.
That is a pretty hilarious and great picture though
Votto would never swear!
From last season:
“That’s fornicating equine excrement!”
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This answers the titular question
at least from Dusty’s perspective:
Stubbs 8
Cabrera 6
Votto 3
Phillips 4
Rolen 5
Gomes 7
Bruce 9
Hanigan 2
Arroyo 1
‘bout the same as it ever was, except Bruce is in the 7th spot. Can’t help but think he’ll see nothing but crap there against a lefty.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
Nice to see Hanigan in there.
And Bruce at 7 is better than benching him vs. lefties.
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm up for Hanigan or Hernandez at this point in the season
though I’m sure the way Ramon’s been hitting since the spring is fleeting.
Maybe hitting in the 7th spot will help Jay learn to lay off some bad pitches.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 13, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I like Hanigan in there for his D.
Anything he does offensively is a bonus. Don’t get me wrong, Ramon has done good this season, but I’m one of those guys who prefers defense over everything at catcher, short, and center field.
by RedsMasochist on Apr 13, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
And on Glenway, it's almost done
And I’m moving (in theory), damnit.
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So they'll build a City BBQ near your next place
And it won’t open until you’re about to move to another place
by Highlifeman21 on Apr 15, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
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