Red Reposter - What a Lovely Holding Pattern You've Picked Out
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 12:29 PM EDT
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PrintDespite the sound and fury, the roster remains intact
According to Jocketty, Phillips is available for the Cubs this weekend, while Nix is day-to-day and will not be listed disabled. Walt also thinks it unlikely that the team will add a reliever in advance of September 1st. Looks like the plan is to limp along until rosters expand. With the Central lead swollen to 4.0 games and Phillips still in possession of two un-broken wrists, things look much better than they did a mere 24 hours a go. The org's reluctant use of the DL can be vexing, but here it seems defensible so close to September, if not entirely wise. Wlad has been killing it at Louisville, but he's both out of options and without a 40 man spot, so the alternative is adding Francisco 5 days early and losing Nix for 14.
John Erardi has some follow-up on his wonderful article on Chapman's ascendancy
In case you missed it, Erardi wrote an in-depth snapshot of Chapman last weekend in the Enquirer, which was also translated al Espanol. Erardi offers some afterglow from the article, peppering in the Spanish Cormac McCarthy-style. Apparently the Reds have a policy of not making the Buena Wrist-a Crucial Sub (what are we calling him now? help me out) available for interviews after games in which he did not appear.
There isn't a better voice out there on Chapman, nor on the opportunity to embrace multiculturalism in Cincinnati through sports:
I hope that when the Reds lay out the red carpet for him that it will be a bilingual one.
And I hope the Reds will relent and let the Cuban Missile tell his story - his whole human-interest story. We promise to tell it in both languages.
Cincinnati is increasingly a cosmopolitan town. Our baseball team should showcase it.
OMGreds really cranked it into high gear during the off day
priming the Chapman rumor mill. I'm sure you've already read it in the tabs, but Aroldis was sighted out at ultra-posh hotspot, Kenwoode Towne Centre . Along with Erardi, hopes against hope that Chapman could be up before the 1st, but it seems pretty unlikely. Aside from Jocketty explicitly saying September is the ETA, there would have been some serious milking ahead of the weekend serious if Chapman were truly on the way.
OMGreds, they are really on the spot, I must say
With a full run-down weekend appearances by real live Reds players, including:
JOEY VOTTO
Sunday, August 29, 6-7 PM ET
Joey Votto will sign autographs and meet fans at the Newport Remke bigg’s store.
Gracing the cover of SI doesn't mean Joey's only going to sign organic photos at Whole Foods. He's a man of the people.
One more from those prolific superfans at OMGReds
This year's Hall of Fame class appeared in Montgomery, OH, did good work, ate ribs. OMGReds has a thorough treatment. I'm glad I don't have to do any real reporting.
Reds have the third largest attendance jump from 2009
It may be a low bar, but the winning = more ticket sales formula has held up to scrutiny.
Owings accepts assignment to AAA
He was sorta already there before, but now he's not on the "list." Liberating, right? Hope Micah doesn't feel do bad about not being claimed - I think the off-season arbitration raise probably scared off any team that might have considered him for next season. Owings could be a critical piece to the Bats playoff run, though he will almost certainly be non-tendered in the offseason (unless I'm mistaken about how all this works, in which case ignore this entire post).
ESPN's interupts its coverage of Manny Ramirez's contract rider to talk about the Reds (sp??) and Cards
Oklahoma City's Scott makes a point I pretty well agree with, especially witnessing the Reds' young arms hit a wall lately: If the Reds don't make the playoffs it won't be because they couldn't match Pujols and Holliday. It will be because their starting pitching faltered. Rob Neyer talks past Scott here a little, and I'm not sure how much sense it makes to talk about sustainability this late in the season, but this is refreshingly well-considered funditry:
I'm not sure that we can expect an offense that performed so miserably just one year ago to continue performing so brilliantly this year. I think the true Cincinnati offense isn't quite this good, and that we'll see a small tick downward in September. Whether the Cardinals are good enough and lucky enough to take advantage ... Well, that's something nobody can know. Which is why we watch.
MLBTradeRumors takes a look at Votto's prospects for an extension
Just give him whatever he wants. And stop sending him to Biggs. Unless he likes it.
From the Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum and Are Leading the Blind to Slaughter Dept.
Pete Rose has some advice for Roger Clemens.
From Fangraphs: "Baseball Nicknames Useta Be Way Better"
Maybe so. But from the Reds angle, things get inane when you start arguing Dummy and Noodles > Gookie and Pokey.
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Hiding the hideous scars from his multiple face lifts...
with kittens!
"I never should have given up the animation rights."
he could use some "kitton mittons"
to guard his manicured face from the scratches.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/108489/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-kitten-mittens-commercial
i loved that one
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
So a drunk and a bitch walk onto the steps of the Lincoln memorial...
stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
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Along with a number of staff members, coaches and players, La Russa met two months ago in the Cardinals clubhouse with Beck and fellow Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly.
Pujols autographed a bat for Beck and the two struck a relationship that facilitated Saturday’s appearance.
Pujols really does seem like a standup guy – and I’m sure there are at least a handful or Reds that are simpatico with the Beck/O’Reilly message, but if you’re a left-leaning Reds fan – or just someone who thinks Glenn Beck probably shouldn’t be the one to “reclaim the civil rights movement” – here’s a convenient way to villify the Cardinals a little bit more.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
But really, regardless of whether you like the whole Beck "movement"
it’s just amazingly stupid for La Russa and Pujols to act like it’s a totally apolitical event.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
exactly
I mean, I hate Beck and his movement and wouldn’t really want to know if any of the players on my team or their manager supported him. Keep your supposedly apolitical politics out of my baseball please.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Right. It shows a pretty big lack of judgment to assume it's not going to get political.
And I’d bet Pujols knows it will be political and doesn’t care, partly because he probably agrees with those guys and also because he sees it as a way to promote his foundation.
TLR doesn’t really have any excuses.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
who does?
Nothing finer than seeing half a paycheck go to taxes…
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 1:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
and driving on paved roads, and seeing your kids go to school, and having police and firemen...
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
by boobs on Aug 27, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
This is why we can't have a serious discussion about public funding in this country
because nobody seems to making a serious attempt at pointing out all of the huge roles for government programs. Anyone who has made it to the end of my class can tell you that there exist plenty of goods that just can’t be provided publicly, but we keep acting like it’s inappropriate for governments to take over these nonexistent “markets.”
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
All government is evil! Free markets are our savior!
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
I always tell my students
that there are plenty of politicians who know the material from the first half of my intro microeconomics class (markets can do a lot of great stuff!) . . . but who never made it to the second half (markets break down in plenty of cases).
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Aug 27, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I don't know what you do, but if half your paycheck is going to taxes, I'm pretty sure you make more than you're worth.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
not every paycheck, son
Just 6/year.
For the most part people make just about what they are worth. Supply and demand is the simplest of theories.
One of my least favorite arguments is that teachers are drastically underpaid. Blah, blah, blah. Get rid of tenure and go to a pay by performance model…
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 3:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
You're just trying to incite me, when I was just trolling for a rec by making fun of you :-)
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
"For the most part people make just about what they are worth."
this is one of the most ridiculous things ive ever read on the internet
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
Yep.
If that was true I’d be working a government job and making twice what I do now for 1/8 of the work.
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 Aug 27, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
simple solution
if you got the stones and the talent go secure one of those higher paying positions. They are out there. But….they generally come with a performance expectation.
i’ve known far too many folks who are more than willing to mail it in via the workplace and just collect a paycheck.
For example….how many folks waste much of their workday commenting here while at work?
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
I work mostly at night.
/loophole’d
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Critical Reasoning
Ewok: For the most part people make just about what they are worth. Supply and demand is the simplest of theories.
boobs: No.
Ewok: If you got the stones and the talent go secure one of those higher paying positions, they are out there. But they generally come with a performance expectations.
Ewok’s argument is based on which of the following assumptions?
1) Number of stones is an important indicator of self-worth.
2) In general, people with higher-paying jobs have more talent than those in lower-paying positions.
3) People with smaller salaries aren’t willing to live up to performance expectations.
4) Jobs with higher salaries only go to applications with stones and talent.
5) Ewok is by all accounts a nice man in person but acts like a buffoon cock on the Internet.
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
6) don't be a cost center if you want to make above average salary
and i love Ad Hominem arguments!
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
no hominem
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
by boobs on Aug 27, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Well
In every instance throughout my life, the less I actually do, the more I make.
Dusty Baker said it was the first [triple play] he’d seen in person. When he was with the Dodgers, they hit into one, but he was in the bathroom.- C Trent
by The Crushinator on Aug 27, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't comment at work
Red Reporter doesn’t pass our filters
by Highlifeman21 on Aug 30, 2010 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
how do you pay a teacher by performance?
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd give her a raise.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
She's getting a raise from me right now
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
I'll keep setting 'em if y'all keep spiking 'em
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
from the NY Times
The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Teaching is a rewarding profession that comes with a ton of job security and union benefits with rarely any job performace required.
Many will take less money to teach, and are rewarded in non-cash ways for this choice.
I became great at my profession in a small market and took the risk of throwing my life into the back of a truck and moving to the big city to make my fortune. It paid off, but I have to work as a freelance gunslinger with no benefits and no security, living only by my reputation.
My 3 closest friends are still back in the Dayton area, 2 of them truck drivers and one an IT guy who never really ventured more than 30 miles from his Huber Heights home. None of them are “living their dream” in any way. You can’t grab a brass ring without reaching for it.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
not everyone is made to do that
And people who do get that brass ring aren’t any happier than those who opt for security instead.
In any case, the article is saying that there should be performance rewards for kindergarten teachers…because good ones can make such a big difference at that age.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
but how do we indicate that?
seriously
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 28, 2010 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions
the article
suggests that standardized tests for kindergarteners do a pretty good job of showing how effective teachers are. (Note that that doesn’t mean it works for older kids.)
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
The same way you indicate performance in any other job.
A combination of observation/subjective evaluation and measurable tangible goals (I definitely think that student improvement is a much better indicator of effectiveness than a strict number of students passing tests, though.) They’re about to implement something like this in DC public schools, actually.
by the finest muffins on Aug 29, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I just think evaluating a teacher is very subjective
Tests scores don’t really show much. A teacher in Lakota will have better tests scores than a teacher in Dayton Public.
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 29, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Test scores do show something, actually, but only within context.
As long as scores aren’t looked at it in a vacuum, and as long as they’re not the only factor in evaluating teacher performance, I’m perfectly okay “pay for performance.” Notice it’s not “pay for acceptable test scores.”
by the finest muffins on Aug 30, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
TFM has it right.
If you look at how much children improve under a teacher over a period of time versus how children in the same socioeconomic range nationally favor at the same age, the differentials can tell a lot. And a really great tutor or small group teacher can fail if they cannot consistently control the classroom they are assigned that is of a larger size.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 30, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not "made to that."
I just do it anyway. And I promise you that when I had more money coming in, I was happier because I was less stressed.
The two most common disagreements between married partners in America are about sex and money, not necessarily in that order.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 30, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
wow
please explain to me how someone can be “worth” paying hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
unfettered capitalism involves determining the worth of individuals, people, and i am so not down for that.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand
It sounds to me like Pujols struck a friendship with Beck and O'Reilly
and may have been on board since the beginning. LaRussa could be trying to shield him by saying he approach Albert with the event, and vouched for the fact that it’s apolitical.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
This is going to be a distraction for St. Louis till the end of the season
I don’t care what Albert’s political views are, but I can’t imagine why he’d put on himself the nuissance of the speaking engagement and the ensuing questions on every road trip. Heck, even choosing to travel to a rally with a bum ankle shows poor judgment.
They're actively barring any conversation regarding it
over at VEB, claiming that it goes against their rules concerning politics.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Good thing we don't have those rules here!
/4chan’d
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Shhhhh....they can hear you!
Seriously though, being able to talk openly about pretty much anything is part of the reason RR is so awesome. Well….not ‘anything’, I mean the word ‘anal’ just doesn’t go well with certain car brands.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Ford Probe, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Excursion...
Ford Fiesta, Ford Fusion…thank god there’s not a Ford Lingus.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
yet, my friend, yet.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I snarf every time I see a Fiesta now.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to drive a Ford Festiva
it was a beautiful thing
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
they've got the airline already, the sedan must be next
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Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Best in flight service. EVER.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
really?
in my experience, they cant hold a candle to KLM, or even Virgin.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
I've found with Virgin it's all about the anticipation, but the actual experience is usually a letdown.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
by nycredsfan on Aug 27, 2010 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I know.
The service is really only good on the first leg; the return trip is kind of disappointing.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Somebody always ends up crying
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
First leg sure went a lot quicker, though
by ken on Aug 27, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
they never seem to know what to do with your bags
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
by boobs on Aug 27, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
then they expect you to fly with them every time.
and get really mad when they find out you’ve flown other airlines since.
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
by GrooveLeg on Aug 27, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
7 rec'd comments in a row.
Must be some kind of record.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Now it's 8! New record!
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
by nycredsfan on Aug 27, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It's a sport!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
the only European Airlines I have flown are Aer Lingus and Luaftansa
I really didn’t notice a large difference between Aer Lingus and Luaftaunsa and US Airlines.
Hopefully Turkish Air will live up to the hype of having the best food in the industry.
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Which one of those is the German airline?
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Air France is nice.
I took their planes on my Bora Bora trip years back.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
No, but there was a Ford Nazi. And well, anal Nazis are just pricks.
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 Aug 27, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
If I wasn't positive that I'd get my ass kicked for it
I’d get “Anal Nazis are Just Pricks” on a t-shirt
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw a t-shirt 25 years ago at Kings Island...
It was a rock tour-style shirt. On the front was a stencil of Hitler against the backdrop of a map of Europe, with conquered territories shaded. The writing accompanying the picture read:
* September 1939 Poland
* April 1940 Norway
* May 1940 Luxembourg
* May 1940 Holland
* May 1940 Belgium
* June 1940 France
* September 1940 England Cancelled
* April 1941 Jugoslavia
* May 1941 Greece
* June 1941 Crete
* August 1942 Russia Cancelled
* July 1945 Berlin Bunker
A person attending an REM concert on September 28, 1986 wearing the “Adolf Hitler European Tour” T-shirt was asked to leave by Michael Stipe. The shirt is still legal in Bavaria.
The shirt design is unquestionably clever and freakishly inappropriate.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is it bad that I kind of want one?
Not o wear, but to have.
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 Aug 27, 2010 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
This is how Marge got in trouble.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
She said some good things at first, but she took it too far.
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
by boobs on Aug 27, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I like my million-dollar rec'ers!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Today, I was behind a Rox and giggled out loud
"Nothing wakes you up on a cold January morning like hot horse-piss." - Kevin Mitchell is Batman
why try to be apolitical?
It’s not like MLB requires it. Curt Schilling was somewhere to the right of Attila the Hun, even when he was playing in true-blue Boston. Johnny Damon campaigned for Rudy Guiliani (I think) during spring training.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
It's pretty similar to Carpenter
claiming he was just kinda minding his own bizness when got swept up into the brawl. He didn’t think it would get political either, apparently and that people would try to “hurt” each other or that you couldn’t say whatever incendiary thing you wanted to without consequences.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder who he blamed for the loss last night
because lord knows it wasn’t his fault
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly
I’d like to hear from Brandon Phillips on this.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Blacks Dont own Martin Luther King!!!!
Whites own mar… wait a minute.- john stewart.
Dusty Baker said it was the first [triple play] he’d seen in person. When he was with the Dodgers, they hit into one, but he was in the bathroom.- C Trent
by The Crushinator on Aug 27, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Best comment from that article
“I wish I could find the original quote, but about 20 years ago, someone (I’m 99% sure it was Bill James) said something to the effect of “Only in baseball could someone be considered some sort of towering intellect because he has a law degree from Florida State.” "
"I like my women like I like my coffee ... hot, wet, and with no pubic hair."
by Chris Welsh's Missing Moustache on Aug 27, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
That poor kitten looks terrified.
Someone should alert the Humane Society. I’m pretty sure TLR ate the animals after that picture was taken.
by Hawkeyegirl96 on Aug 27, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I would just like to say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading yesterday's threads with introductions, awards, and etc.
Kudos to jch for making it happen.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
here, here
that shit was a blast
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Whenever they call Chapman up (probably the 1st) I don't know that they'll make that huge a deal of it,
mainly because he’s a reliever, so there’s no guarantee of when he’ll actually play. Say they call him up today, he might not make an appearance until Sunday, which would kind of kill the purpose of all the hype.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
I kinda think it plays in their favor though
It might not be the concentrated hype of a start, but I think if publicized fans could come out over multiple games for the chance to see him in action. Might be shrewder to make the call-up on a weekday though.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
you mean ESPN won't give us the same 24 hr coverage like they gave to Strasburg?
disappoint’d
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
When did this become OMGReds Reporter?
J/k, good work as always. But I agree with Fangraphs. There used to be a guy named “Death to Flying Things”!
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
good point
I think there’s a contingency here that has mancrushes on the omguys.
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 1:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They do a good job
But I think it’s more that they posted three pretty meaty pieces in a short stretch of time, with mostly original coverage I wasn’t seeing elsewhere.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesus, Strasburg getting TMJ surgery...
that was fast
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
What a shame
The funny thing is, there is no evidence the Nats misused him at all. He moved through the minors quickly, but he was so dominating, it was hard to justify not doing so. He didn’t throw an excess number of innings or pitches.
I wonder if there’s a college study that shows how exposing my generation to Three’s Company set gender relations back approximately 715 years
by RoastBeefKazenzakis on Aug 27, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
There were plenty of concerns about his mechanics coming out of college. A lot of scouting places thought TJ was going to be inevitable
Projectprospect.com went so far as to say Mike Leake would have a better career because Strasburg wouldn’t be able to stay healthy.
Obviously we’re a long way from knowing whether that’s genius or ridiculous.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Pretty horrible new about Strasburg
Maybe the Nationals are just a bad idea.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 12:47 PM EDT reply actions
Unless they're beating the Cardinals in 13 innings!
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Also...
kudos on the Best Show quote, my favorite show ever
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
it’s one of the best things around.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Someone help me out here re: ManRam
Doesn’t he have to pass through waivers to be traded? Has he already cleared waivers? Can’t the Reds make a claim if the White Sox/Dodgers come to a deal?
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
He went on waivers on Wednesday, teams have until sometime this afternoon to claim him.
No one will claim him unless they legitimately want him, and I doubt many teams want his $4 mil salary.
So in theory the Reds could put in a claim before the waiver period ends, but they aren’t going to.
My guess is someone claims him and LA just lets him go for nothing.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Hi so I think the ESPN folks are hacks
The Reds offense isn’t really this good? It’s only been 120 games, assholes.
they need a Red Sox sized sample size in order to truly believe it
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by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, to be fair, I don't think this offense is really this good.
I mean, they’ve scored 37 more runs than the next closest NL team. They’ve been really, amazingly good, and I don’t think the true talent level is quite on that level. (Do we really think Hernanigans are that good? Rolen? BP? Nix?)
Also, to be fair to Neyer (a very good writer and baseball guy), he only says the offense will go down a tick, which is entirely possible.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
The offense is awesome this year because Rolen and Votto are healthy.
They’re getting “timely” hitting, whatever that means, but does wOBA lie that much? Nix could easily be way above his head, but who’s to say BP hasn’t completely changed his approach in the leadoff spot and is thus hitting better? Or that Janish isn’t just improving a little bit this year after another year of big league coaching? I think Hernandez has had down years until this yea rwith the Reds. Sure, he’s aging, but he’d always put up bigger numbers than he did when he came here.
Bruce and Stubbs are underperforming, to boot.
I just think you are doing a classic "fan" thing by basically saying the guys playing well are playing to their true talent levels while the guys who aren't good are underperforming and we can expect more from them
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Well, you both can eat cake
This is an elitist clique of like-minded douchebags, after all.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
I'm glad you took the high road here without getting offended.
I really was trying to be careful not to call you, personally, elitist.
Why?
Every fanbase tends to view their team’s performance in the most favorable light. It’s not an insult to call it subjective.
You have never met a fan of Indiana football.
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 Aug 27, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
this was not necessarily true when hoeppner was around
bless that man’s soul
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
I loved Hoep. A great person and good coach. He would have done
great things at Indiana. One of the few college coaches I actually liked.
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 Aug 27, 2010 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
John Cooper is a very nice 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 Aug 27, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I remmeber seeing him at dinner years back
and my dad telling me, “Asher, don’t say anything to the nice gentleman. Your broken childhood dreams cannot be pinned on him.”
"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
Heh. Seriously though, Coop's a good guy.
As a coach agains Michigan …
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions
He was a good coach, too.
Helluva recruiter. Just couldn’t win the Big One.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
Yep. The 1997 Rose Bowl saved his for a few years.
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I missed the game-winning drive of that one.
Was 15 years old, pissed off and got in the shower.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
ohhhhh that sucks
that TD is still one of my favorite sports memories. shut that old dirtbag Brent Musberger right the hell up, didnt it!?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember watching that vividly.
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
not really
i was his paper boy for several years. my customary christmas bonus every year – autographed hats
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand
I'd like that. Hell, saves me money on having to buy gifts.
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 Aug 27, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly
But apparently it’s getting better (relatively speaking of course, it’s still Indiana football) under Lynch
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
Meh, it got better with Hoep. It's getting hysterical with Lynch.
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
will Kellen Lewis call his own home only to have
Ben Chappel pick up the phone?
"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
HAH!
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
It's getting better
They’re recruiting better in-state talent and building up depth on both lines of the ball. It’s a slow progress
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
Can/will they beat Purdue, though. That's the only real question.
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Possibly
Purdue sure as shit ain’t getting any better
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
I disagree.
The Boilers went 5-7 last season with win against OSU.
In their five losses they fell 38-36 at Oregon, 28-21 to Northern Illinois (yeah, that’s a bad one), 24-21 to ND, 27-21 to Northwestern, 35-20 at Minnesota (bad, too), were spanked by Wisconsin, 37-0, and lost to MSU 40-37.
So, of those seven losses, they lost five by TD or less.
I think Danny Hope’s pretty good. Just think, they pull off one of those three-points or less games and they’re bowl eligible.
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
*seven losses
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm
I guess I was thinking back to the relative success they had under tiller with Brees and Painter @ QB…maybe they aren’t as bad as I thought. But I hate Purdue…so fuck ’em.
And either way – no matter how improved IU is (or isn’t) and no matter how bad Purudue is (or isn’t), it will still be hard for IU to beat Purdue
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
Good. I like you ChiDa, you have the proper
college football hate.
This is awesome. Results and statistics be damned — FUCK THOSE GUYS.
I’m being serious here when I say I love that about college athletics.
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 Aug 27, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Northern Illinois is DI?
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, a member of the MAC.
Good football program.
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 Aug 27, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Politics and Big10 football
On a Reds blog! I don’t ever have to leave this place!!
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
I mean, sure, in the second half the ofense has been a little closer to average.
But they’re still scoring lots of runs and winning lots of games. Maybe it’s not the BEST offense in the NL, but it’s a really good offense.
that's offensive!
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
No one was saying it isn't, just that it may not be, far and away, the best offense in the NL.
Also don’t think Neyer should be called an asshole just because he expresses a dissenting opinion about your favorite team.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Personally, I'm just happy to be riding the wave
Though they may not have been expected to perform like this, they are, and no matter what anyone says about what they’re projected to do, I don’t give a shit as long as they keep winning. Besides, I’m not worried about the offense even if the DO go down a “tick”. I’m more worried about our pitching right now.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course. I don't care why Rolen and Hernandez are suddenly the snacks, and I also hope it continues.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Gotta remember how damn many times we've been shut out, too.
Maybe we’re just streaky, and when we’re on, there’s none better, but there sure as shit have been more consistent offenses than ours. We’ve thrown a zero up on the board far too many times for me to truly believe we’re a “great” offense, even though we’ve scored more runs.
Like that golfer who can shoot 61’s every now and then but never wins a tourney…I’d be really happy to see us get rid of getting blanked.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I always get surprised when I see that we have the best team batting avg. in the NL
because it never seems like it to me.
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
IIRC, one of our suck teams from around 2003 went the whole year without getting shut out.
And you remember where that got us.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
That October was awesome!
No, wait…
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Cuz I was so serious when I said he was an asshole, right?!
On a comment I wrote before clicking the article!
No need to back off, Jake
Neyer’s been an asshole his entire career. It was presumptuous in the first place to imply that you were basing your feelings in just this one opinion.
by Brian B on Aug 27, 2010 2:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Presumptuous? Really?
There is a link above that talks about exactly what Jake was referring to.
All due respect, what’s presumptuous is to insert yourself into this conversation and start calling people names.
asshole
:-)
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Neyer is no more an asshole than anyone here
Damn, ESPN should start paying me for defending their writers.
read Feeding the Green Monster
Neyer comes off as a pretty damn nice guy. I guess ignorance is bliss when it comes to labeling public figures as assholes…
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 3:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i get all his stuff
all bill james’, all BP, and now all joel luckaupt’s
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
I'm gonna hold you to that!
Red Reporter or follow on Twitter: @redreporter. Buy The Wire-to-Wire Reds today!
Neyer
It’s been a long tim since I have read Rob Neyer or anyone else at ESPN, and I certainly would not have picked up one of his books. I followed him a lot in the 90s, but was put off by his arrogance. It’s not that he wasn’t knowledgeable or even genius with what he did well. But sometimes his arrogance spilled over into places it shouldn’t be. This dialogue (in the comments) sums up how I feel about Neyer:
http://www.redreporter.com/2006/4/29/115411/902#3735556
And then there’s always this, just for fun:
Rob Neyer has to be the laziest sportswriter on the planet seriously, every time I read one of "his" stories, half of it is copied and pasted from another writer.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
by nycredsfan on Mar 10, 2010 9:48 AM EST reply actions
One nit to pick with Neyer in his article
I will note that 1) the Pujols/Holliday combination has the higher WAR (10.6 vs. 10.2)
Let’s not pretend that WAR is accurate enough to give a 0.4 difference any significance. Otherwise, he makes fair points.
I think this is the next wave of sabr-minded writing. A lot of writers use it as the final word on value, probably due to fangraphs' influence
but I think, moving forward, people are going to start to use offensive and defensive values separately until defensive stats become more reliable in small samples.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
you mean error bars?
I think the next wave is going to be a solid error analysis. Start listing the 2sigma values with each stat, and really embrace the idea that in some cases, you can’t tell which is the better player, or which is the better team.
When that comes out, it will become clear that a large fraction (50%?) of the variation in performance among teams or players is entirely due to luck.
For some, this will break their love for baseball, and they will drift away forever to toil at their dreary jobs.
For others, it will be liberating — every year you roll the dice, and hope for snake eyes.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I am looking forward to the speed and trajectory of each ground ball being measured for consistant evaluation.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 30, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
i have a childhood friend who has been cutting my hair since we were tiny little things
i just called the salon she works at, and the lady on the phone laughed when i asked if i could come in sunday. I don’t get it?
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
maybe the salon is closed this weekend
So the stylists can attend the rally in DC this weekend!
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 1:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
or the reds/cubs game
"Yeah, yeah, that's what we do in Cincinnati, we go first to third baby!"-Brandon Phillips.
the hottest girl I've ever met
is named Sunday.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Sunday Pitts...you can google her.
Sunday Silence was a dude-horse. Damn good one too. I used to work on the farm that bred and raised him.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
And for back to school...
Here’s a little something to lift your spirits if you’re having trouble Breaking On Through with you application to college.
There's nothing you can type that I can't read... Unless it's illegible or insane...or both.
two things that matter to me
1) im eating an omelet with colby cheese
2) Maria Kirilenko is one of the world’s hottest tennis players. Hotter than Maria Sharapova I think
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
Just turned on the TV to check your facts, and I can verify that #2 is true
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Covington!
am I doing this right?
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Howie!!
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
WINNAR
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
excuse me sir
you forgot to check your vulva
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Sepulchra?
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Serduchka?
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Kamchatka?
the gateway to Asia
/Risk’d
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm so confused!
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
You had such a crazy childhood!
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
I know you don't mean that
Especially after I tweet what I’m about to
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
that's what tHan does!
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
She's gorgeous
but she’s no Ivanovic.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
true
ana is a stunning beauty. kirilenko is more my type, though
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
Andrei has just the kind of jump shot that gets your motor running
doesn’t he?
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Conversely, Petrova isn't.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Hey, man. What happened to that whacked out dude who wrote the last one of these?
When you come to the fork in the road, take it.
by poojols on Aug 27, 2010 2:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
He's en route to Vegas to locate the American Dream
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure he was last seen heading out to Vegas with his pal
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
HIGH FIVE!
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
We're going to honor his request to have his ashes shot into space
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
as long as Herman in AR ok's the expense reports
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
waited at Friday's until they closed...are you guys avoiding me?
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
we waited for YOU!
you must have gone to the OTHER Friday’s. darn!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Friday's: It's the new golf course.
Where business gets done.
Calmer than you are.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Aug 27, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
too soon!
there is nothing to beer, but beer itself
by HalMorrisHasALazyBat on Aug 27, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
White Sox claimed Manny. The two teams have until Tuesday to work something out.
But of course crazy-man Ned Colletti probably thinks the Dodgers can still make the playoffs, so instead of shedding the dead-weight, there’s a good chance he pulls him back.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
is he on the list?
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
i can imagine gregg doyel has been unfollowed at a furious rate since he stopped talking about Jay Mariotti
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
I think it's funny
cause he can be a big a-hole himself.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
Well, how's this for a wacky lineup?
Bruce RF
Valaika 2B
Votto 1B
Rolen 3B
Gomes LF
Hernandez C
Stubbs CF
Janish SS
Cueto P
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
apparently BP's hand is still injured
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
I don't mind him getting a few days off.
Let it heal.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
Just saw that as well.
Curious, but it’ll be interesting.
by chazzilla on Aug 27, 2010 2:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i'd like to see Bruce leading off
and you gotta have a middle defender batting 2nd, so that means V, Janish, or Stubbs. better the devil you dont know, i guess.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
True
And if Valaika’s going to play, I actually like him in the 2 spot. He almost never walks, but makes pretty good contact, and he should see plenty of hittable pitches in front of Votto.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
this is not a postseason lineup
How long til OCab is back?
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 3:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Didn't realize how bad a slump Heisey was in
0 for his last 14. It’s time for Stubbs to turn it on since it looks like he’s the starting CF again.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahahahahahaha!
(For the record, I’m laughing at the SM joke, not the actual incident.)
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 Aug 27, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
When I heard this story on the radio today, I immediately thought
of the South Milwaukee running joke on RR. Eventhough I know nothing of its origins.
Watch it, ass blood.
Last year's RR outing!
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 Aug 27, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
They’ve DLed Leake with a “Fatigued right shoulder” and recalled END.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
This might mean Volquez is the longman now
So the bullpen doesn’t lose an arm and END covers for Nix.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
so whos in the rotation?
cueto-wood-arroyo-bailey-?
"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
with the off day
they dont need anyone until the 31st, i think.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
And they'll declare that the home stand was good
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
And it was
When you come to the fork in the road, take it.
Harang
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Lilly is on waivers...
would there be any interest there?
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
i'd say muthafuckin hell yeah!
Lilly is a good pitcher (unless Slyde proves me wrong)
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
Can I prove you wrong?
He’s not a bad pitcher, per se, but he’s certainly not worth whatever we’d have to give up to get him. His K rates are on their way down, and he’s an extreme flyball pitcher (way more so than Arroyo, Wood, or any of our other guys), so probably not the best fit for GABP.
His fastball has been steadily getting slower, to the point where it’s now only coming in about 86 mph, down from his earlier career norm of 89 or so. He’s still throwing it the same amount, though, which means he’s not really adapting to his new skillset (or lack thereof)
I don’t think he’d be much of an upgrade on who we already have.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Harang
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
i like it
i think the Dodgers are second-guessing though. they are only 5 games out of a playoff spot and may want to keep Manny and Lilly and try to have a go at it.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
So I don't get it.
Why put him through waivers now if you think you might just pull him back? Seems like they could have waited a few more games and then known for sure one way or the other.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
it's the end of the month
if they wait any longer, they wont make it before the deadline.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions
they're running out of time
No team will be interested in Manny after Aug. 31. The deal must be done by then, or he can’t play in the post-season.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
EXCELLENT IDEA!!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions
how will your girl call you if you don't have a phone?
Or, do you stalk her?
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
looks like it's all messed up.
it made your ipod think RR is twitter… back to the drawing board!
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
by GrooveLeg on Aug 27, 2010 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
seriously.
bum muscles from years of drug use and the 2nd sweetest lefty swing in baseball > 1.2 to 1 K/BB inconsistent wilt-under-big-game-pressure shredded elbow w/ a drunk smurf.
Although, if you consider that we dumped the brothers Narron in the deal, maybe we didn’t get stiffed quite as bad. I still think this trade is the straw that broke Krivsky’s back.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't get fleeced until game 2 this year
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by Slyde on Aug 27, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't know what's worse,
those, or the fact that hhgregg’s advertising wing thought it’d be a good idea to stamp their name on it 20 times.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
still have those in bags over here
didn’t realize there was so many HH Gregg advertisements
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
i loved Roy
most exciting Reds ballplayer since ED44.
but…..there was no guarantee he’d stay clean and healthy. can’t fault anyone for trading him.
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
I agree with this sentiment
I think there was a better than 50-50 chance at the time of the trade that it would have easily worked in the Reds favor. And it still could.
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it could, sure.
Volquez could have a whinylittlebitch-like late career revival once his arm fully recovers.
Although, I’m not sure how much I enjoy having him as the upside comparison for the Wagon.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd take that upside in a fucking heartbeat
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
I know. Me too.
I’m hating the player, not the game.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
x
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
by nycredsfan on Aug 27, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd. That's one of the better ones.
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 Aug 27, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
taste of blue ash sat night
7pm Night Ranger
9pm The Guess Who
The Guess Who outranks Sister Christian? In Blue Ash? Good lord….maybe I could see that happening in Del Boca Vista but not the eastside of Cincy!
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
Sister Christian got screwed!
I knew nobody in Cincy liked Adam Dunn!
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a perfect metaphor for the Reds
For Dunn’s band comes in and gets the crowd warmed up, then they bring in the Canadians to rock our socks off.
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by Slyde on Aug 27, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
could be worse
LRB headlines tonight
Alternative entertainment note: Bobcat Goldthwait is headling the Beer/comedy thing down at Sawyer Point tonight.
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
Bobcat used to live across the street from me. In a pink house. No joke.
His ex-wife still lives there. Ah, the sanctity of heterosexual marriage!
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
just looked up the Tea Party platform
Illegal Aliens Are Here illegally.
Pro-Domestic Employment Is Indispensable.
Stronger Military Is Essential.
Special Interests Eliminated.
Gun Ownership Is Sacred.
Government Must Be Downsized.
National Budget Must Be Balanced.
Deficit Spending Will End.
Bail-out And Stimulus Plans Are Illegal.
Reduce Personal Income Taxes A Must.
Reduce Business Income Taxes Is Mandatory.
Political Offices Available To Average Citizens.
Intrusive Government Stopped.
English As Core Language Is Required.
Traditional Family Values Are Encouraged.
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
...and be really angry, loud, and try to do each of these things overnight
even if it means throwing another million or so people out of their jobs, too.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Aug 27, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I just made up a political party, the Creds party. Here's our platform
Distill everything we believe in into small soundbite nuggets that sound good but don’t really mean anything.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
you forgot blind demagoguery and knee-jerk reactions to the word "obama"
"Now onto more important things: Punching Errorlando Cabrerror in the fucking tits." -Geki
Commusocialnazi!!!!!!!
And he made Bush enact that bailout plan too!!
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
the bailout plan failed, as it should have, first time through Congress
Congress freaked the shit out b/c the stock market took an expected noticeable dip after it was announced the bailout didnt pass. So they revoted and passed the bailout.
Really didn’t have anything to do with Bush…it was Congress, which was a Democratic majority at the time.
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
What is this blog now, Crossfire with Tom Braden and Pat Buchanan?
What, too late?
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
i've voted for democrats and republicans
im not straight party line.
but to blame the bailout on Bush is akin to sounding the failhorn. accuracy counts!
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not taking the bait.
Yeah, those guys and the Cincinnati Reds. They're a terrible football team. / Because they're a baseball team? / Exactly. You know who's the worst football team? The Philadelphia Flyers. - Best Show
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 27, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
sometimes i wake up at night . . .
sweating with terror because america’s military spending is only slightly larger than every other nation combined and not twice as large as every other nation combined
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand
by saboscork on Aug 27, 2010 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
why are 90% of cars in Kabul aging Toyotas?
that’s terrifying to me!!!
"the only place they lost was the scoreboard"
by Ewok on Aug 27, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
so, we can stop suicide bombers
by passing out free priuses?
Cool.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
but we should cut taxes
yet increase military spending.
Remove government intrusion, yet be pro-traditional life styles (anti-gay).
Reduce government intrusion, yet pro-domestic employment. Free market says we want cheap goods from overseas.
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Traditional Family Values
Please define
Seriously tho, these assclowns are of the same ilk that discriminated against my father in WWII when he moved to backwater Ohio (Dayton). A strong German last name wasn’t a good thing to have in that era.
And Glenn Beck’s just a court jester. A nobody. A buffoon.
"Dusty Baker is the best manager in the game....until the game actually starts."
— Doug Gottleib, ESPN radio, June 3, 2010.
by cesarhernandez on Aug 27, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
come on guys
lets cut this horseshit out. the game thread’s up!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 27, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
This is the open thread.
And we’re opening shit up.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Hernandez is a strong German name?
"Nothing wakes you up on a cold January morning like hot horse-piss." - Kevin Mitchell is Batman
East German
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 Aug 27, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's hard for me to understand the hypocrite demagogue that screams for individual freedoms...
…while taxing taxpayers’ money to pay for corporate bailouts and repressing religious minorities by violating their constitutional rights to worship and land ownership by spouting xenophobic lies on national television. It’s time for Republicans to oust this brand of bigoted, lying leadership and return some sense to their party.
Fox News, that lying bastion of bully-pulpit xenophobia whose sole purpose is create enough divisive rhetoric to fool ignorant whites into voting against their own interests, have many convinced that taxes are too high – even though, when polled, they individually think that their taxes are at an appropriate level, and that they think that their taxes have gone up under Obama…when, in fact, they have gone down for nearly everyone.
Different people are scary – if you’ve only evolved to the societal level of the 1930’s.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 27, 2010 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Pujols and Holliday in St. Louis lineup tonight
So neither injury was serious it seems. Though interestingly Yadier Molina is now day to day.
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
so Molina and BP go day to day at the same time...
"@#$%$#@% you joey Votto. gutshot. urgh"-tehzachatak, Viva El Birdo
by justin007000 on Aug 27, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
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