Paul Janish was the team's unquestioned masterpiece. His game was an epic meditation on intangibles. Reds win, 9-4.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 4, 2010 4:30 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game
Paul Janish. The Invisible Touch went 3-3 with a walk, a home run, four RBI, and reached in and grabbed right hold of our hearts. It was a big day for a lot of the Reds irregulars, so honorable mentions go to Juan Francisco, Jonny Gomes, and Laynce Nix.
Key Plays
- The Reds wasted a scoring chance in the first when Brandon Phillips was caught stealing second right before a Joey Votto double. The missed run looked worse when Andrew McCutchen led off the game with a home run off Johnny Cueto. It's good to see that McCutchen's all right, but damn. Pirates lead, 1-0.
- The Reds did get the run back in the second though. Juan Francisco hit a double, and Laynce Nix sacrificed him to third. Ramon Hernandez fouled out, but Paul Janish singled off of Jeff Karstens. Game tied, 1-1.
- In the fourth inning, an infield hit by Jonny Gomes and singles from Francisco and Nix loaded the bases. Hernandez hit a fly ball to center which scored Gomes, but Nix tried to tag up and go to second, where he was thrown out on the back end of a double play. Karstens intentionally walked Janish (respect!) and Johnny Cueto grounded out. Reds lead, 2-1.
- The bases were loaded again in the fifth inning with a one out single by Chris Heisey, a walk to Joey Votto, and a single by Gomes. Heisey scored when Juan Francisco grounded out, but Laynce Nix flew out to end the threat. Two bases loaded innings with less than two outs, and only two runs to show for it. Reds lead, 3-1.
- It wasn't until the seventh inning that the Reds really blew the game open. Chris Heisey singled off of Sean Gallagher to lead off the inning and moved to second on a passed ball. Joey Votto then doubled off of Wil Ledezma to bring home Heisey, and Jonny Gomes doubled to score Votto. Juan Francisco struck out, but Laynce Nix hit a triple and in came Gomes. Steven Jackson relieved Ledezma, but then walked Ramon Hernandez and gave up a three run homer to Paul Janish. Reds lead, 9-1.
- Russ Springer came in to pitch the seventh inning for the Reds, and after getting two quick outs, gave up an infield single to Ronny Cedeno. Springer then left with an injury, and Bill Bray gave up a home run to pinch hitter Jeff Clement. Reds lead, 9-3.
- Nick Masset allowed a home run to Pedro Alvarez in the ninth. Reds win, 9-4.
Other Notes
- Johnny Cueto has 31 career victories. Nine of them are against the Pirates.
- The Pirates have been outscored 44-6 in afternoon home games.
- The Reds are 31-18 against the NL Central, and 30-30 against everyone else.
- Jay Bruce made a pinch hit appearance in the seventh to extend his streak of playing in every game. He struck out.
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Witness the brilliant ensemble playing of Janish, Francisco, Votto
You can practically hear every nuance of every at bat.
Sabrina, remove your dress.
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 4, 2010 4:36 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, his shoulder turned to applesauce
He’s been terrible, but they have nobody to replace him
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
by nycredsfan on Aug 4, 2010 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
when you're right, you're right
Janish was the right pick today.
Hmm. It was one month ago that he went 4 for 4 with a home run. I remember because it was the 4th of July. Maybe he should play on the 4th of every month.
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Yeah, like the 4th of November!
by the finest muffins on Aug 4, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
It was the 5th of November, actually
but you’re thinkin, and I like that
by Highlifeman21 on Aug 7, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder
if it will be Pettitte or Sabathia he homers off of.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
:-Þ
Those Rays are awfully pesky.
If they make it to the Serious, I predict Janish will homer off his former teammate, Jeff Niemann.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I tweeted this, but for all of the non-twitterers
Paul Janish is now batting .313/.421/.531 as a starting shortstop this year. Granted, it’s only 39 PA, but still
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by Slyde on Aug 4, 2010 4:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Ahhh, so twitter users are called twitterers...
I was calling them twits, no wonder they got all offended.
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by RedsMasochist on Aug 4, 2010 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions
It's tough to belive in something that is so rare to see.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
by PeteyHendrix on Aug 4, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think timb116 thinks he's a unicorn.
Or maybe Bigfoot. I can’t remember.
by the finest muffins on Aug 4, 2010 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Happy Birthday Louis Armstrong and Barack Obama!
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 4, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Two guys who can toot their own horn!
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Aug 4, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
The suggested onanism intrigued Ignatius
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 4, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Louis Armstrong...
He’s the one who rode his bike on the moon, right?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
true story:
Jazz history class in grad school, my (slightly crazy) professor was talking about how people don’t know the history of American music, and how when he was giving a talk on the origins of jazz one time, he mentioned Louis Armstrong, and someone said, “Isn’t that the guy who went to the moon?” The class chuckled, then the prof said, “yeah, stupid guy. It was Lance Armstrong.”
He wasn’t joking, and it took everything we had not to laugh in his face.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Give him a break
he’s a prof of jazz history, not a lunar pedestrian studies. Not everyone knows voice of the Toronto Raptors Jack Armstrong went to the moon.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 4, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was Billie Joe Armstrong
This team wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the losing.
her too!
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 4, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
i thought it was the guy on the Arm and Hammer label?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 4, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
is that like a fisting
at Easter dinner?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 4, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
(weird accent and attempt to throw voice)
I thought it was Armand Assante!?!
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 4, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
And started the All-Star game while pitching the Reds to the 1990 World Series.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Aug 4, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Truly
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 4, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
"to"
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 4, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't believe hat was a month ago
but it is great to see Janish excel. He has deserved and earned his chance to start. Hopefully he will continue to do well.
This photo caption.
Jeff Karstens looks like he was into that whole Yale thing. For one thing, I think he was a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine. That whole Yale thing.
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 4, 2010 4:44 PM EDT reply actions
really?
I guess that explains why Dubya chose Yale.
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by BubbaFan on Aug 4, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
His grades certainly got a "bump"
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 4, 2010 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, the Bats missed winning their 12th in a row because DRH gave up 2 in the bottom of the 8th to blow it.
He needs to have a drink and relax.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
He was probably already drunk when he blew the game
by keepitsimple125 on Aug 4, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like this should have involved Madville somehow.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
by Gray on Aug 4, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
So, Springer got hurt?
I don’t think this hurts us too much. Thanks for getting us a couple innings though, Russ. Every little bit helps.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
What?
Not 2!? Well, forget that, Russ! Screw you, jerk. Way to not help the team out at all. Just one more little out and I’d be thanking you, but nooooooo.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
To be fair
He gave up a hit to Ronny Cedeno, which was actually a grounder to third base. I don’t know for sure, but maybe Rolen makes the play that Francisco didn’t. That would have been the third out and Russ would have had his two innings. And not gotten hurt.
El Nino Destructor leaves broken players in his wake!
Mmm, Springer rolls!
(Pretend the shrimp are people.)
by the finest muffins on Aug 4, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
You eat puppies???
What the heck kind of vegetarian are you?
by the finest muffins on Aug 4, 2010 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Speaking of which...
surely someone mentioned this elsewhere, but Fya wrote:
Scott Rolen on the play in the second inning: "Error. E5. No doubt."
The Reds are having MLB review the play. If it is ruled an error, all six runs would be unearned, taking .40 off Mike Leake’s ERA.
To which I ask: they can do that? Appeal the error call to MLB?
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
That is really really odd.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
They can. It's rarely, rarely done.
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 4, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there anyone else on the roster I should loudly denigrate
Apparently doing so enables them to significantly raise their performances!
Damn you Francisco Cordero, you suck.
And, Jay Bruce, go to Chattanooga already (sending him to Louisville is too trendy) because you have shown you stink.
That should do it: the Reds should get a .900 OPS from Bruce the rest of the way and Cordero will learn to throw strikes and give us an Rhodes-ian scoreless streak
Can you insult my bank account and career trajectory?
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 4, 2010 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
and the size of my pe...
Ah, nevermind.
What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.
by DocRam on Aug 4, 2010 5:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
any standard pencil should work just fine
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
But I prefer to avoid #2 on my pencil.
"Don't turn off the TV if we've still got bats in our hands." - Dusty Baker
Don't most pencils come with a rubber on the end for that?
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Butt plug?
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 4, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
asshole
"There is no such thing as an innocent Gatorade cooler."
by Ash on Aug 4, 2010 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Rec'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 4, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
At least they don't make 'em outta lead no more!
Ah, I don’t get it.
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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Aug 4, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Chattanooga?
So you want to trade him to the Dodgers, then have them demote him?
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by RedsMasochist on Aug 4, 2010 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions
The Pirates bullpen is so depleted....
That they picked up a Ho off the street to pitch for them. Oh, and they DFA’d Steven Jackson. I guess if you give up a homer to Janish, your ass is out of baseball the same day.
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No wonder he pitched so poorly..
It must be tiring playing for the Rams, Bobcats, and Pirates year round. (I know the basketball player is spelled with a “ph”, but since when did anyone on this site care about spelling?)
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by RedsMasochist on Aug 4, 2010 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
asshole
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 4, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe it's 'year-round'
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
asshole
If you want to see real bashing, check out Red Reporter…it’s crazy over there - hr
by RedsMasochist on Aug 4, 2010 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions
heh
They got Steven Jackson off the Yanks’ scrap heap when he was DFA’d last year.
I suspect Park isn’t going to work out much better.
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Yeah, Pittsburgh shuffling relievers is pretty much rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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by RedsMasochist on Aug 4, 2010 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember
when Yankees fans were clamoring for Steven Jackson to be called up. The others all got their chances, but not Jackson. I guess the scouts saw something that wasn’t evident from the stats.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
all things considered?
They won 2 out of 3 and came very close to winning the third one. Outside of one fluky bad inning, the Reds pretty much dominated that series.
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3 out of 3 woulda been better
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
unfortunately
The Cards won on the scoreboard. Big. Would have been nice if we could match them.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I should have mentioned
that it was a shame we couldn’t gain a game on the Cardinals when they were destoryed by a bad team. We should be up 1.5 considering the way the Pirates have been playing. That is why I said “all things considered”.
Nice work from the back up guys:
END, Heisey, Nix and Jannish (all who’ve been bench role players or demoted) combined for:
10 hits (17 ABS)
6 RBIs
5 Runs
I believe that these are the guys who will make the difference over the remainder of the season (along with Cairo)
WE could be seeing both Stubbs and Bruce sitting a lot in August if END and Nix continue playing like today..
Hiesey and Janish are already starters…its going to hard to sit Janish down by the time SloCab returns.
"I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks.. they're clogging up the bases.. ."
--Dusty Bake - Fearless Visionary Manager
The MLB.com recap of this game makes me laugh for two reasons.
[Recap here, hopefully, but no guarantees because these links are often fickle.]
One: I heart Brandon Phillips.
Two: I think MLB.com is in on the “Paul Who?” gag, because in this, his third season in the majors, they still can’t pronounce his name.
by the finest muffins on Aug 5, 2010 1:23 AM EDT reply actions
thanks
BP is a character.
However, he’s a pretty bad baserunner. If I were Dusty, I’d give him a permanent red light. No stealing, it’s not your forte.
Laynce Nix is kinda sucky on the basepaths, too. He’s a CFer, and he must have reasonable speed, but he doesn’t seem to be a smart runner.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I blame Mark Berry
"I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks.. they're clogging up the bases.. ."
--Dusty Bake - Fearless Visionary Manager
Would you believe that his middle name is "Cran"?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
No, but I would believe his middle name is Dingle.
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by RedsMasochist on Aug 5, 2010 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Rec'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 5, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
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