If you had traded for Jim Edmonds, you'd be winning right now. Reds lose, 3-2.
by Brendanukkah on Jul 26, 2010 10:59 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Jim Edmonds. Jedmonds (which is probably the name of a Duggar child) hit a pinch hit home run that won the game for the Brewers on a night when neither team was getting much in the way of offense. Honorable mentions go to Jonny Gomes and Randy Wolf.
Key Plays
- Scott Rolen made his glorious return to the lineup by being hit by a pitch from Randy Wolf to lead off the second inning. Wolf walks a lot of batters, but hitting them is more efficient. Jonny Gomes and Jay Bruce both singled to load the bases, and after Drew Stubbs's obligatory strikeout, Ryan Hanigan singled to drive in Gomes and Bruce. Reds lead, 2-0.
- In the third inning, Bronson Arroyo got two quick outs, but then surrendered a single to the pitcher, Randy Wolf. Two out hits by the pitcher always suck, and you know why? Because Rickie Weeks blasts monstrous home runs to center field in the third inning, so you should probably avoid pitching to him then if at all possible. Game tied, 2-2.
- There was no offense for a long time.
- In the eighth inning, pinch hitter Jim Edmonds hit a home run off Arroyo. There were again two outs at the time. Brewers win, 3-2.
Other Notes
- Rickie Weeks has 21 home runs. I am astonished to learn that.
- Since the All-Star Break (and a pair of shutouts at the hands of the Phillies), the Reds offense has scored 47 runs in 11 games, or 4.27 runs a game. It's not a ton, but the offense hasn't been anemic either (although there were two shutouts and a one run game among those eleven).
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From Mike Leake's twitter
Good game though.
What was he watching!? I saw many missed opportunities and some poor fundamental baseball at different moments in the game.
I would imagine it’s from having the proper perspective of a 162 game schedule. If players got worked up over every minute detail of every game they’d be dead of a stroke by late May.
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
On the other hand
If players learned from dumb mistakes instead of forgetting about them, maybe they wouldn’t make them over and over and over.
by Brian B on Jul 27, 2010 9:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Which would make them unlike about 90% of the rest of the working population
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by nycredsfan on Jul 27, 2010 10:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I'm all for perspective
but there was nothing really good about that game and you can gave perspective without thinking every game is good, and you don’t have to get bent out of shape over every bad game. i just thought it was weird to call that game good.
maybe he means
“good” as a neutral party might see it. Close to the end, exciting (if you like pitchers’ duels – which he probably does).
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I could see that
a good game fro Bronson, mostly, if you ignore letting Wolf on and giving uo the home run. If you think about it, though, he coudl have bllwn the game in teh fourth and didn’t, so it evens out.
The offense was just terrible. It wasn’t Felix Hernandez out there it was Randy Wolf.
The Reds offense is becoming the embodiment of what Adam Dunn was often accused of while here.
That is, they can pile it on when they don’t need it, but they’re totally helpless to squeeze anything out in games that are there for the taking.
Or is this just me, and the pent up frustration of all the 1-0 losses this season?
Don't forget all the come behind wins and the ridiculously high AVG w/ RISP
There’s just some regression going on here. Hopefully the improved pitching can ride it out and we can find an equilibrium soon.
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by nycredsfan on Jul 27, 2010 7:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
What's frustrating about what Gapper said
is that you know Dusty, Marty, and local media will blame it in the young players who don’t know how to play small ball to squeeze out those runs.
by Brian B on Jul 27, 2010 9:18 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
well, it would be nice if the CF knew how to hit
sMarty and Cowboy criticized BP, O-Cab, and Stubbs viciously last evening
Bottom line, we need to get another bat.
The K twins just aren’t going to cut it for a playoff run.
I'm assuming you are talking about Bruce and Stubbs
and I’m trying to figure out how this all falls on them. It takes more than two bats to bring an offense down.
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Stubbs needs to start riding the bench a little bit.
Heisey’s outproducing him, and while I think Stubbs will be the better player ultimately, Heisey is the better option right now.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
The same can be said for Gomes and Bruce
no one in the outfield is producing. And neither is Lando, BP, or Rolen of late. It ain’t all on Stubbs and Bruce is all I’m saying.
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Honestly
I think the best option right now is to sacrifice Laynce Nix to some demigods and hope for the best- If Dickerson’s healthy, I would much rather see him on the team than Nix right now. I’ll take speed + defense over sporadic power on our bench right now.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
by crolfer on Jul 27, 2010 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
would be nice to have Dickerson as a pinch-runner
However, I’m not that impressed with his defense. He’s fine in CF, but not so great in the corners. A backup OFer needs to be able to play all three positions. Mr. “Number1Centerfielder” should learn to play left and right field as well.
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I was just meaning that his defense might be preferrable to that of Nix.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Agreed
Reds need to make a deal for an OF, and rotate Stubbs, Heisey, and Bruce in the other two spots.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
so, so this.
Preferably a LH bat too please.
And will you pick me up a sixer and some cheetos while you’re shopping? K thanks.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 27, 2010 8:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Make that a twelver, KMiB and me are gettin' CRUNK!
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
i always drink when it storms
Or when the Reds lose or win or have an offseason!
I’ll dig out the beer bong, you bring the ice
luge.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 27, 2010 9:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Did you read some of the opening statements in the Sypher trial?
Aparently she loves giving BJs.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
Who doesn't?
I mean, erm….
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
That said, I don't think I'm going to follow that trial much
I don’t like watching train wrecks, and there’s NOTHING good that come from that trial. I’m surprised she didn’t plea bargain out of it, she must be crazier than even I gave her credit for.
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
She thinks she has a case
I don’t, but it will not be pretty either way.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
"On August 29, Tim Sypher takes Karen Sypher to Cincinnati where she has an abortion."
I am hereby vindicated. I’ve been saying for years that this city will suck the life out of you given half the chance.
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
by jch24 on Jul 27, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It could be that you're full of shit
There are victims in that case, sure. But Pitino and Sypher ain’t them.+
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
Yeah, Sypher is no victim
Fast forward to February 26, 2009. Tim and Karen Sypher have separated and Lester Goetzinger, a Sypher friend calls and leaves two messages on Rick Pitino’s cell phone. The US Attorney says the calls came after Sypher gave Lester oral sex. Both were played in court and both suggested he knew what had happened six years prior and Rick needed to make it right with Sypher.
and
March 22, 2009, Sypher has oral sex with her lawyer Dana Kolter and he agrees to help her with her situation. Rick Pitino also gives $10,000 to Tim Sypher for Karen out of his bonus he was given for winning the Big East Tournament. The money is to buy Karen’s son a car.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
I would love to have seen your reaction if this had happened 15 years ago
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
You know what I mean, fuckface
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dudes, she was married and STILL handing out BJ's
We need to canonize her
Okay, I finally read through it all
Wow. Just…..wow.
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
A little something to chew on...
SSS warnings noted…but…
Heisey vs. L 171/271/390 (661) 41 AB
vs. R 405/476/757 (1233) 37 AB
Stubbs vs. L 248/307/524 (831) 105 AB
vs. R 232/304/353 (657) 224 AB
Not your typical L/R platoon. However, there is a strong argument to start giving Heisey several starts per week against RHP and keep Stubbs in the 7 hole vs. LHP. For what it is worth, this COULD also solve your problem of who to hit in leadoff. I know Heisey has shown a lot of power (mostly in PH situations), but I LOVED his approach the couple of games he hit leadoff. He seems to be willing (again, when not pinch hitting when your approach naturally changes and you are typically more aggressive earlier in the count) to go deep in the count…so he sees a lot of pitches etc.
To be clear, not blaming Stubbs for last night’s loss (Hanigan bailed him out BIG time in the 2nd) OR for our recent offensive woes, but Dusty has to start thinking about our internal options in the short-term to get some additional run production out of this roster.
and if heisey starts in cf
That means the dusty book would let him leadoff.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 27, 2010 9:10 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Unfortunately, it's not that easy
Heisey career in minors:
vs. LHP: .339/.415/.506 (518 PA)
vs. RHP: .284/.354/.445 (1519 PA)
I think that is more indicative of the type of splits you’d expect to see from him. At the very least, I wouldn’t expect a complete flip-flop. That being said, he might be the better option versus RHP still. And I think I’d give him a start a week in RF versus a lefty.
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I think his sample size at the big league level is enough to skew his splist for now
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
*splits
and by sample size, I mean small sample size
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
I put the SSS disclaimer in there...no question this is a VERY small # of ABs
However, I just wonder how much longer we can continue to put Stubbs out there, automatically, everyday in CF. Shoot, if you pull out his couple of superhuman games (the 3 HR game comes to mind), the numbers are even more horrid. Yes, you can play that game with ANY player, but if offensive consistency is the issue, Stubbs is a fairly big offender.
Somehow I missed the SSS
My bad.
Stubbs isn’t just striking out, he is swinging and missing at an alarming rate. He is almost clueless on breaking pitches.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
I agree 100%.
It wasn’t the K’s last night for instance. It was the utter cluelessness on the breaking stuff. That one AB, I think they threw him 3 straight curves on the outer half and I remember feeling that they could do that all day long and he wouldn’t have a chance.
He also looks at a LOT of pitches right down the middle in hitters counts. Maybe he has the take sign…certainly possible…but it looks like he just doesn’t recognize pitches well.
Good point Slyde...I had noticed that awhile back and it made me hold off posting this...
BUT as you say, he STILL may be the better option against RHP right now as we are getting very little our of Stubbs vs. RHP. I don’t think you make moves just to make moves…but I think Heisey deserves the chance at this point.
It doesn't all fall on them. But it seems fairly obvious to me that Dusty isn't going to give Heisey a shot
and even more obvious that Bruce and Stubbs amount to pretty much a gaping whole in the lineup right now.
I'm all for another bat...
But who is a realistic option for us? I’m hoping we do something before the deadline, but I’m not holding my breath.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
by DocRam on Jul 27, 2010 11:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well...Stubbs needs some time off.
Rolen needs to play more in the 2nd. half
But remember this team is only 1 game out of 1st.
The pitching is pretty good and the team has a good balance of vets and young guys.
The grindtime if officially on.
Though some might argue that "best utility player" is a contradiction in terms.
BuubaFan...
I see Janish got in the game last night
You know I love the guy, but is he really the best we can do for a pinch-runner?
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He's pretty quick, and who else would you use?
Nix and Heisey pinch hit, which leaves Ramon orCairo
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by nycredsfan on Jul 27, 2010 7:41 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
well, that's kind of the point
We don’t have any speedy pinch runners, with C-Dick on the DL.
Janish is not very fast. He is pretty smart on the basepaths, but speedy, he’s not.
My first impulse would be to use Cairo as a pinch-runner. That was seen as his strong suit in his Yankee days. The best baserunner on the team. Not fast, but smart. But it seems he’s lost a step. Or maybe just a little rusty.
IMO, baserunning is the toughest for a bench player. You can take BP and fielding practice, but to keep your edge in baserunning, you have to play in actual games.
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It may be tougher to keep your edge, so to speak.
But baserunning is a whole hell of a lot easier to do right than hitting or fielding, too.
I don't think I agree
Some players seem to have the instinct for it. Others don’t, and no matter how fast they are or how they’re coached, they don’t seem to improve. (Bernie Williams, I’m looking at you.) They can’t read the ball off the bat, or time the pitcher accurately, or they forget the signals, or just can’t keep their head in the game.
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who?
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by PeteyHendrix on Jul 27, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
There wasn't another option really.
I guess we had Heisey, Cairo, Hernandez, and Janish on the bench at that point. Heisey was coming in to bat for Arroyo, so yes. Janish was the best we could do.
The ridiculous part was that Janish came in to pinch run for Hanigan…after Nix had made it to second and then run himself out of the game.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
I hadn't looked how bad it has been in July, but it's ugly
The good news is, we’ve got a lot of players who are playing below the level we’d expect of late. Hopefully they’ll pull out of it soon:
GS PA BA OBP SLG OPS
Laynce Nix 4 23 .450 .522 .700 1.222
Joey Votto 21 90 .311 .433 .649 1.082
Paul Janish 4 20 .389 .450 .556 1.006
Miguel Cairo 11 51 .325 .460 .500 .960
Chris Heisey 4 27 .320 .370 .560 .930
Corky Miller 9 39 .297 .333 .459 .793
Ramon Hernandez 5 18 .222 .222 .556 .778
Jonny Gomes 19 85 .266 .306 .430 .736
Drew Stubbs 20 82 .237 .272 .461 .732
Orlando Cabrera 20 93 .291 .337 .337 .674
Brandon Phillips 21 98 .174 .224 .359 .583
Scott Rolen 10 43 .167 .302 .250 .552
Ryan Hanigan 9 33 .207 .303 .207 .510
Jay Bruce 19 84 .190 .226 .266 .492
Team Total 198 845 .251 .316 .409 .725
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when Nix, Janish, Cairo and cory are 4 of your top 6 OPS guys
tough times are a gonna follow.
Bruce going .492 OPS for 20 games is alarming.
"Yahan Sentona's strikeouts are way down this year" Jake Liscow
I don't know
Until this month, Bruce was having a good season. If he keeps sucking the rest of the way, I’ll agree with you, but I want to give him a chance to pull out of the funk first.
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sure he was having a good season, but i expected him to be much better by this point
he should be putting up votto’s numbers
well, when Votto was Bruce's age, he was still in Louisville
so, Bruce has a slight leg up on him.
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I'm honestly less concerned about the HR because of the wrist injury
he’s just now reached a year since he broke it. What concerns me right now is that he’s falling back into bad habits that he was doing earlier in the year (i.e. trying to pull everything)
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I honestly can't remember any of his ABs except his strikeout in the 9th
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Assume the wrist returns to normal health eventually
I think he’ll be a 35 HR guy, but unfortunately, that won’t be this year.
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I don't think Bruce will be as good as Votto
but I think he is going to improve a great deal. I think hew will improve this year. This season he is the guy who beat Halladay, he may have a few more game winning hits.
No way Bruce ends up as good as Votto
I like the kid and all, but that means we’d have the 2 best hitters in the NL.
Pipe dreams. I’d settle for him being as good as Holliday.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 27, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
think again, pal
Bruce definitely has it in him to be better than what Votto is right now, factoring in his defense and everything. it’s actually a good ways better than impossible.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I would lov ity for Bruce to be that good
I think he has everything to be a great baseball star, personality, talent and a hard worker. I just haven’t seen anything to suggest he will be the hitter Votto has shown to be, even in his rookie year (Votto I mean).
I don’t think it is too much to expect two of the best hitters in teh NL though. The Brewers have a pretty great combination with Braun and Fielder. We could get something similar with Bruce and Votto.
I'll admit it
Every night at about 10pm EST, I hope that you’re going to be right and I’m going to be wrong.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 27, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Bruce and when I go to the park
I often sit in the RF moon deck/sun deck so I see alot of Bruce. He is the most personable player next to Phillips I think (and much more so with the media than Phillips) and his defense is really fun to watch. He is graceful and quick. He amost always takes a great route to the ball.
I would be really happy if Bruce could be the next Griffey-esque mega star of the outfield. He would take on that kind of role with ease, I think, and dignity.
I’m not going to expect him to be that. I do expect him to be better than he has been and I know he will. If he becomes even better than good, that is just icing on the cake.
aye
unless the Reds lock him before he gets there.
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I keep forgetting how young Bruce is
and then I see the age column on BBRef and remember that he’s 23.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
younger than everyone on the roster except for Mike Leake
it’s hard to not have great expectations for him, but sometimes we have to remember that he’s still learning too.
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what stinks is that it seems the organization setup the team
with the expectations of him already being a great player. i don’t think they’ve allowed time for him to grow without being expected to carry the team
I think Rolen, and to some extent Gomes, has helped
But their inconsistency – whether it’s Rolen’s health or Gomes’ bat – has meant that the Reds really need Bruce and Stubbs to be performing more consistently. Hopefully Rolen’s return can bring some stability to the lineup and help others relax, but that’s a lot to ask.
I also would like to see Bruce at the top of the order as opposed to the bottom of it. I think if he’s batting 2nd, maybe he feels less pressure to be an RBI guy. It’s just a guess though.
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I would like to see that, too
but I feel like Dusty has decided that Bruce is a HR and RBI guy, so he needs to be lower in the order. Plus he could never bat second because Votto bats third, and that would be two lefties in a row!
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
the Reds haven't won since they had 3 lefties in a row!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I think the Reds should just forgo their first round picks for a while
None of them seem to be working out.
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Well, we would definitely have Cliff Lee right now, so there's that
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un poco.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 27, 2010 9:00 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bruce was abysmal for a 14 game stretch: .102/.170/.163
Over the last week, he’s showing signs of pulling out of it: .320/.308/.400
My neighbor went to Bruce’s camp and was talking to him about his slump and Bruce said everybody is trying to give him advice. I wonder if he’s overloaded with advice like Dunn used to be when he was young.
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fify
I wonder if he’s overloaded with advice fried cheese like Dunn used to be when he was young.
/still loves Dunn
/but also bitter about how the 2000s turned out
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by Cy Schourek on Jul 27, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Shoulda tried living my life in the 2000s, THEN you'd be bitter. ;)
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Wait, so Drew Stubbs, this team's biggest problem, has been middle of the pack?
AND right at league average for a CFer?
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by nycredsfan on Jul 27, 2010 10:12 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, even over the period Slyde posted, the team's been right around league average
The season NL averages from BBRef are .257/.326/.403, for an OPS of .729.
That said, Stubbs’s problem has been that low OBP. He’s actually been slugging pretty well, but an OBP of .272 is pretty damn ugly.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
What worries me about last night is that it means we very well could lose this series...
We had a big match up advantage last night (Arroyo vs. Wolf). Tonight we face their best pitcher — by far. If Voltron isn’t REALLY on his game, we are asking Wood to salvage the last game of the series…the type of series we need to win if we want to be in the thick of this in September. I know I am stating the obvious, but that was my big concern after last night.
that was a big concern of mine
and kf we lose this series we have to face the Braves when we get home. That is why you don’t give away games like Dusty and everyone else on the team does every Sunday.
yes they do
but no one said you have to play Cairo over Janish every time, or not rest Caberera when he is slumping (he has been better recently but before teh All-Star game he coudln’t hit anything).
you do if they are devout Jews
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by Slyde on Jul 27, 2010 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
x
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Jul 27, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions
That has been my beef with Dusty's "rest" days for some time...
It would be nice if he would spread around the rest time and not sit everyone all at once….and I am not necessarily speaking about this Sunday….just generally speaking.
agreed
You avoid resting 2 regulars at the same time, and you NEVER rest 3 starters concurrently. Dusty does this often, because he is a nitwit.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Jul 27, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
there are almost SIXTY games left. Losing to the Brewers, while sad, is not a sign of the end times
Dusty’s 1993 Giant team, the one who missed the playoffs by one game despite winning 100 games, lost 8 in a row in September, yet they still controlled their own destiny going into the final weekend. Losing two of three to the Brewers will not end the Reds season
Since it's the Brewers
Can we make it Never Surrender instead?
"so there was a reason firefox said i spelled that wrong" -- justin007000
Never said it was the end of the Reds season...
but I don’t think it is a stretch to say that these are the types of series we need to win. If we want to play meaningful September baseball, we really need to WIN series against the Nationals and Brewers. I don’t think that is a terribly controversial statement. Not end of the world…just highly problematic.
Wow, we have taken our literal pills today, haven't we...
No you don’t have to play .750 ball against the Nationals. However, if you consistently split with teams like the Nationals and lose series to the Brewers (which, granted, hasn’t happened yet), you have to consistently WIN series against PHI, ATL, LA, SD, etc….and we don’t do that consistently. Is it really such a crazy thing to say we need to beat up on the bad teams consistently if we want to be in the playoff hunt in September…and that splitting a 4 gamer with the Nationals and setting ourselves up to lose this series with the Brewers are not good things?
Or, if you want to be literal, let me flip it on you and ask you this question...
To compete, can we really play .250 ball against the Nationals…and (potentially) .333 ball against the Brewers?
it is not too much to expect
and you’re right. If we had the ability to consistently beat the Padres and Cardinals I’d say we might be ok, but I haven’t seen evidence of that this year. We are where we are because we beat bad teams like the Astros, Pirates and Indians when we are epxected to.
Stubbs new rookie card
I’m pretty sure Stubbs will go 4-5 now that I’ve made this terribly edited picture which is i part why I’m going to post it.
Marlins Player Chris Coghlan has a torn meniscus in his left knee and might need surgery.
because of an injury suffered while delivering a pie to the face
Ha!
that is stupig injury
I hope it doesn’t really da,age him in th long ter,. Msybe he won’t start against the Reds though and that would be good. He really did damage last year
I think, if you pushed it hard enough, it could replace douchebag as a non-obscenity preference
Man, that dude who cut me off was such a stupig
Tony LaRussa is a hypocritical stupig
One time, this Breitbart stupig released this fraudulent video and he still won’t apologize. What a stupig
So I have a hard time believing that there won't be some move at the deadline
but which move would be more beneficial, a bullpen arm or a good position player/utility guy/power hitter?
I edge toward adding a bat as I actually think our bullpen, with the addition of Springer and the possibility of adding Wood, Leake or Bailey will steady out.
Thoughts?
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by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Jul 27, 2010 1:58 PM EDT reply actions
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