What a Barajasshole. Reds lose, 5-4.
by Brendanukkah on May 4, 2010 10:27 PM EDT
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Rod Barajas. Using the Laynce Nix rule of yesterday, Barajas gets the nod for hitting the game-winning home run. Honorable mentions go to Jose Reyes and Carlos Fisher.
Key Plays
- Within the first five pitches of the game, the Mets already had a 1-0 lead. Angel Pagan singled on a swinging bunt, Luis Castillo singled, sending Pagan to third, and Jose Reyes singled to bring him in. Mets lead, 1-0.
- Brandon Phillips hit a dinger off the foul pole in the bottom of the first. Game tied, 1-1.
- Some heads up baserunning put the Reds in front in the second. Jay Bruce walked to start the inning, and two outs later, Ryan Hanigan singled. Bruce aggressively went to third on the play, and when Jeff Francoeur's throw went wide and into the dugout, he trotted home with a run. Reds lead, 2-1.
- David Wright hit a solo shot in the top of the fourth. Game tied, 2-2.
- Bronson Arroyo had been pitching well, but began to lose it in the sixth inning. Luis Castillo led off with a walk, and a double by Reyes put runners on second and third with no outs. Jason Bay hit a sacrifice fly, and after Reyes moved to third on a fly out by Wright (barely beating Jay Bruce's throw), Ike Davis walked to put runners on the corners. Jeff Francoeur's smashed a ball that ate up Scott Rolen. Rolen came up with the ball but was unable to do anything with it, and Reyes scampered home. Mets lead, 4-2.
- In the eighth inning, Joey Votto and Scott Rolen hit back to back home runs to tie the game again. Game tied, 4-4.
- But scrubby catcher Rod Barajas homered off of Francisco Cordero in the ninth. Mets win, 5-4.
Other Notes
- Rod Barajas has five home runs in his last nine games. Who knew?
- Carlos Fisher struck out the side in the eighth.
- Joey Votto finally overtook Orlando Cabrera for the team lead in RBI. He has 15.
- According to Mister Redlegs, Cincinnati fielded the first team of entirely professional baseball players 141 years ago today.
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i switched over to Lost after the 7th
what an embarajasment. Coco cant be giving up dingers to guys like him. shame.
by Charlie Scrabbles on May 4, 2010 10:33 PM EDT reply actions
Lost made me cry tonight. :(
Seconds after the bad things that made me cry happened, I heard the final score on this game. Let’s just say it did not make me stop crying. Ugh.
by the finest muffins on May 5, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah that was a reeeeeeeaaaaaally good one
i’d be lying if i said i didnt shed a few tears. i just hope Hugo can get the magic orb up to the mountain. i’d really hate to see Jack banished to Dimension X just because Hugo is too slow to get it there. im fine with losing Kate though.
by Charlie Scrabbles on May 5, 2010 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Re: Barajas
I can’t help but feel like I’m partly responsible. In my poorly-researched, even-more-poorly written Mets Team Preview Fanpost, I all I said about him was: “Signed as a free agent on February 21, Barajas hit 19 home runs last year with the Blue Jays. That’s 9 more home runs that David Wright hit last year. Just sayin’.”
I can only assume he’s going yard out of spite towards me. Sorry, guys.
In the 6th
Frenchie’s ball didn’t exactly “eat up” Rolen. It was a pretty hard hit liner down the line that Encarnacion would’ve waved at. Rolen slid, got there, knocked it down, but couldn’t corral it to get a throw off. It hardly ate him up, though. Rather, it saved it from being a double, in my mind.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on May 4, 2010 11:42 PM EDT reply actions
Rolen got beaten up on the play
but he made a major league recovery.
lefties tend to have looping swings for some reason, no idea why -- jch
Don't look back, Joey! Onward and upward!
If I never again have to hear about Orlando “Team Leader in RBIs” Cabrera, I will be pleased.
by the finest muffins on May 5, 2010 12:04 AM EDT reply actions
Eyewitness report
- That sucked.
- Tubby has officially made my shit list. He’s the worst defensive shortstop I’ve ever seen in person, and this includes Royce Clayton and Adam Rosales.
- Best example of Dustyism all season: Miguel Cairo gets a pinch hit AB in this game (which was never more than a 2-run game) and Jonny Gomes does not. Next time a story comes out where Dusty gets his dick sucked by the media for being an excellent manager in the clubhouse and responsible for the team winning games without mentioning his in-game management, can we please cite this little incident from now on?
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
Agreed
Dusty needs to be called out for the fact that he goes against the new (and generally correct) conventional wisdom… He just seems to benefit from people praising him for it.
by RampantRedsFan on May 5, 2010 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions
gomes was on deck but didn't get to bat because there was no one on base and 2 outs. cairo then batted instead of him
i assume dusty was trying to save gomes for a better situation so that he wouldn’t have to use cairo with runners on base.
Well look how that worked out
He could have used Gomes then and still had Hernandez and Janish later on. Both are better than Cairo.
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on May 5, 2010 8:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
From Sheldon
Should Brandon Phillips have had a triple in the third inning after he admired his drive to the wall a little long, thinking he had a second homer? Baker thought so.
“Probably, yeah,” Baker said. “:It looked like at first, he thought it might have been gone. Then he started running probably halfway but it was a little too late at that time.”
Phillips had to settle for a double. But if he had reached third base on the play, he likely would have scored on next batter Joey Votto’s fly ball to left field.
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. A similar one occured in Houston last week when a routine fly became a three-run error and Phillips only reached second base instead of third.
There were gaffes last season also. In Kansas City, Phillips ignored a take sign on a 3-0 count and put his team out of a rally. On July 20 in Los Angeles he was thrown out at second base when he thought he had a routine sacrifce fly. He didn’t speed up until the ball fell in front of Andre Ethier, who threw Phillips out at second base. That one cost Phillips a game on the bench. There was also a stern rebuke from Baker that night.
“We’ve all talked to him until we’re blue in the face,” Baker said that night.
“I messed up,” Phillips said, also on that night in L.A. “That’s my second time not hustling this year. It won’t happen again.”
Keep this in mind: no one else on the Reds has a problem with hustling.
I’m not a BP hater, but it’s about damned time Baker said something to call him out.
"The Asian language is very different than ares." -- Justin007000
by jch24 on May 5, 2010 12:32 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Paul Janish plays 2nd tomorrow, book it
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on May 5, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I could really care less
He has been babied his whole career in cinci… its not until we have a manager who is willing to bench him for more than one game or a GM who is willing to deal him that he will learn that it is a privilege to run the bases in a major league game and that he should run them out every time,
by RampantRedsFan on May 5, 2010 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Cairo plays 2nd today
A round of Quatman’s to whomever’s wrong…
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on May 5, 2010 7:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How about we save some trouble and make it Opening Day instead
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on May 5, 2010 9:24 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We were both wrong
BP gets to play 2nd and hit cleanup today. Stupid fucking Cairo in for Rolen, who hit a game-tying homer last night. Thanks, Dusty.
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on May 5, 2010 10:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow, that's impressively stupid.
I’m fine with sitting Rolen; he hasn’t looked great at bat. But for Cairo? Ugh.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
im tired of seeing Janish passed over
but im even MORE tired of hearing everyone complain about it. im tired of howling at the wind about it.
by Charlie Scrabbles on May 5, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm more tired of Miguel Cairo.
And Dusty, I’m tired of him too.
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on May 5, 2010 10:31 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I see why alot of you were worried about Cairo
Dusty is too inclined to use him. I’m pretty down about this homestand after last night, I hope the team can lift my spirits a bit. Strange use of Cairo and surprising use of Phillips isn’t helping. I have to say, though, we probably need Phillips’ improving offense to help us win this, especially with Rolen out
/agree'd
both with the sentiment and that it is a ’tHan argument to make.
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I've been behind you the whole way!
mostly cause I don’t trust you behind me.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
this game is important
I think, to put the best effort out there. Instead of the best lineup, we’re getting the old lineup configuration, Phillips, who was “thrown under the bus” (not so much the Fay) starting and batting clean up. It could be a long, draining afternoon
day game after a night game...
griffey’d
"Laynce, hit a homer here, I will never, ever say another bad thing about you." - Ash
And as soon as the ball hit the wall, I looked over at BP to see where he was
And he was barely rounding first, and had to motor to second to avoid getting thrown out, and didn’t slide. It absolutely should have been a triple.
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on May 5, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Any reason why he didn't tag up and move to third anyway on Votto's fly out?
The ball was either going to be gone or caught at the track. Either way, he could have stayed at second, then jogged home if it’s a homer, or tagged up and gone to third. Instead, when the dust cleared, he was still on second. I usually praise Phillips as a smart baserunner, but he’s proving me wrong.
by Brendanukkah on May 5, 2010 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
me neither (I'm not a hater I mean)
but you’re right, Baker needed to say soemthing. I didn’t see the play but it sounds like it could be the difference between a win and a loss in a close game
I don't think BP is dogging it.
But I do think he has a bad habit that he needs to address.
lefties tend to have looping swings for some reason, no idea why -- jch
he said it wouldn't happen again last time
And it happened again.
If I were Dusty, I would taser him on the spot!
Just kidding. I would, however, have benched him immediately. I don’t care if meant Cairo at 2B. Talking until you’re blue in the face obviously isn’t working.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Dusty doesn't have the balls to bench Phillips
And that is the problem. He’d have no problem benching Bruce or C-Dick or someone like that.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
is just a freight train coming your way.
Agreed
My dad and I were watching the Mets broadcast, so we couldn’t see Phillips leaving the box live. When the ball hit the wall and dribbled past the outfielders we both thought, “Tripsies!” To our dismay, BP finished on second. Sure enough, replay confirmed Phillips waltzing out of the box and didn’t really turn it on till after rounding first. Mets broadcasters picked it up too.
Now, I don’t get to see too many CReds games in CT, but after these last two nights, I really don’t like what I see. I’ve seen far too few professional at bats (Joey Wonderful and On A Rolen excluded). I’ve seen far too little hustle (BP’s home run trot double was made all the more obvious when Votto booked it out of the box thinking double – or maybe triple – on his laser-like homer in the eighth).
I understand this isn’t a super talented team, but it seems like all the more reason for them to work the count and run hard on every play to give themselves the best chance at winning ball games.
Bah!
I think BP is out of here before the start of next season.
I really can’t see the Reds paying him $11 million in 2011.
Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that.
It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.
by RedsMasochist on May 5, 2010 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
11 million?
I think you’re right, that is unlikely. I was looking at the Mets blog and noticed some of them wanted Phillips. Are the Mets interested in him, or is that like my Werth obsession? (that is pure fan fantasy).
I like Phillips and think he is a very good player, but stuff like what he did last night is really disappointing and happening more often rather than less often. I get tired of hearing McAlister, Hal and Fay complain about him, but it seems justified this time (because it could possibly have cost us the game, but also because it keeps happening)
Another jersey for the Creation Museum:
by the finest muffins on May 5, 2010 12:34 AM EDT reply actions
Was his nickname really Dr. Death?
I be so turned up, I be swaggin to da max
by coocooforcocoapuffs on May 5, 2010 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions
THIS SUCKS.
I mean, it really really really sucks.
I hate the frickin’ Mets.
Really, because they suck.
Now, I feel all better now.
(it still sucks.)
lefties tend to have looping swings for some reason, no idea why -- jch
Is it just me
or does it seem like Cordero always does this in a non-save situation? And Fisher couldn’t’ve at least tried to pitch another inning? Questions abound…
I be so turned up, I be swaggin to da max
by coocooforcocoapuffs on May 5, 2010 8:07 AM EDT reply actions
Phillips
should’ve been on 3rd on the ball he hit off the wall. No hustling at all. David Wright hit a ball in the upper deck and he was still running out of the box. Joey Votto hits a fly ball and if Phillips was on 3rd, he would’ve scored easily. Phillips does stupid stuff like that way too often. He needs to stop that stuff if he is ever gonna take his game to the next level.
Also, Cordero doesn’t have to pitch every day. I don’t think Dusty gets that. Maybe he could’ve used Fisher in the 9th or even Owings i dont know but Cordero needs an off day sooner or later. Its hard to blame Cordero because he’s been so good. But I’m not sure he should have been in that game last night and that falls on Dusty
by Blazer Fan From Ohio on May 5, 2010 8:27 AM EDT reply actions
agreed that phillips should have been hustling all the way to third...
but we can’t assume that just because votto flied out with phillips on second he would have done it with phillips on third. that’s poor logic. the pitcher would have thrown him completely different pitches. with a man on second and one out, a pitcher doesn’t mind if a guy puts the ball in play because it’s more likely that it won’t result in a run. with a guy on third, the pitcher goes for a strikeout or ground ball so he keeps the ball down more.
"Laynce, hit a homer here, I will never, ever say another bad thing about you." - Ash
You're right
With a runner on third, the pitcher would have been too careful and thrown a fat one for Joey to hit out of the park. That running gaffe actually cost the Reds two runs!!!
I’m kidding…kinda
by AB on May 5, 2010 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Right, well.
He definitely has a point that it wouldn’t have been a sure thing. It’s definitely the case that having a runner on third with one out (and Votto, Rolen and Bruce coming up) is better than having a runner on second with one out. Not a guaranteed run, but you can definitely expect more runs with him on third. It’s still pretty clear cut in this case, because he probably could have advanced to third without any risk of being thrown out—if only he had run the whole time.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
agreed
however it is little plays like that which separate winning teams from losing teams. And with a team like the Reds that don’t have a whole lot of offensive prowess and isn’t as talented as a team like the Mets, those are the teams that need to hustle a little more and want it more. And it seems as though Phillips is in the middle of more baserunning blunders and stupid plays than just about anyone on this team. And it needs to stop or he’s gonna find himself riding the bench- Dusty don’t like that crap
by Blazer Fan From Ohio on May 5, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Dusty don't have the balls to bench him either...
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
we need a manager like Jerry Narron.
I hate Dusty Baker so goddamn much.
by justin007000 on May 5, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure that the Mets are more talented than the Reds
When you come to the fork in the road, take it.
take a look
at both lineups from last night. You tell me who has more talent and who has more offensive pop? Its obvious that its the Mets. They have a $150+- not exactly sure- million payroll so thats twice or more than twice the Reds. Of course they would have more talent
by Blazer Fan From Ohio on May 5, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
i wouldnt go that far
sure, the Mets spend more money, but they dont spend it well. i’d say the teams are roughly equally talented. the Reds have a stronger rotation and ’pen, and the Mets have a stronger lineup. they are both ~.500 teams at the end of the season.
by Charlie Scrabbles on May 5, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
i like your idea of wearing those jerseys to the creation museum
and i would like to partake and put it on youtube.
"Laynce, hit a homer here, I will never, ever say another bad thing about you." - Ash
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