Game 137 Part 3: Time to score some runs.
by Gray on Sep 6, 2010 5:44 PM EDT
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PrintGoing into the seventh inning, the Reds trail 8-4.
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whoa
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, October 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone." - A. Bartlett Giamatti
by onemoreredoctober on Sep 6, 2010 5:46 PM EDT reply actions
holy hell that a big siggy
"Yeah, yeah, that's what we do in Cincinnati, we go first to third baby!"-Brandon Phillips.
But a good read!
Who knew Giamatti was a poet?
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Pete did
dear Pete
you are a jerk
signed, Bart
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 6, 2010 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Really? With the sig? Didn't know there was a 4th Twilight book.
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. -Gertrude Stein
sparkle'd
"Yeah, yeah, that's what we do in Cincinnati, we go first to third baby!"-Brandon Phillips.
Wasn't that the one where the werewolf becomes a pedo?
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by RedsMasochist on Sep 6, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
no, the one where the girl finally choses between necrophilia and beastiality
"Yeah, yeah, that's what we do in Cincinnati, we go first to third baby!"-Brandon Phillips.
perhaps gray has been asleep most of this game ... like our RISP offense
"Yeah, yeah, that's what we do in Cincinnati, we go first to third baby!"-Brandon Phillips.
Well I'm done with this game
time to do something productive on this Labor Day besides laying on the couch…Go Redlegs! Go get em tomorrow….
Consume excrement and expire......
None right now.
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by RedsMasochist on Sep 6, 2010 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I really don't want to know, lest the despair of the 2009 season make a return.
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by RedsMasochist on Sep 6, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
it is 22
But the box score double-counts.
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Team LOB is 12
The total of the individual LOBs is 22
by AB on Sep 6, 2010 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions
not the reds day
well it isn’t getting any earlier and i have 40 pages to read and 27 information packets to put together. have a good day.
Joey Votto is my MVP.
I am doing both simultaneously.
Neither is pleasant.
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
on the bright side
It means they’re getting on base.
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Anybody else think
That Jonny Gomes has been swinging a fungo bat for two months?
Brantley sounds like he's about half in-the-bag.
Bastard.
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me too
imma watch a moive and maybe take a npa.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 6, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I won't be wtcing any sportscenter if we lose this one
because we’ll have to hear about the Rockies and their run to the playoffs every year. I don’t like that team it has the worst name in baseball
yeah I was kind of thinking that
I can see Todd Helton as an ne’r do well ski instructor out to ruin relationships!
Probably true, but it is pretty cool to be named after a boxer.
The Devil Rays had the worst name, but their slight change may have saved them.
the Rockies?
I don’t know, I think the Nationals is a pretty silly name. I’m not even sure what it’s supposed to mean.
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, they're all from some country.
It’s still a dumb name. Especially when it gets shortened to “Nats.” I remember the first time I heard that, right after I moved here, I did a double take. It’s not a flattering nickname.
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
They considered the Senators, right?
I would have voted for that, had I been asked.
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
OK what else is on....
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. -Gertrude Stein
Kinda looks like Peter Griffin
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. -Gertrude Stein
I really don't know
On the one hand, we still have a big-ass lead. It would take an epic collapse to lose the division.
OTOH, it has happened before. And the Reds have been playing so insanely well, and the Cards so turrible, I can’t help fearing a massive regression. I know it doesn’t work that way, but still.
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Three days ago he did the interview for the Sunday Conversation on ESPN
talked emotionally about his dad.
Has been less than Votto since.
Gnight, Slim
It would take an epic meltdown to miss at this point
I won’t jinx it and say it isn’t possible, but it would be shocking
Is anybody else still here?
Think our Reds have a rally in them?
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:16 PM EDT reply actions
A rally yes
But a five run rally? No
by occams_tiger_teeth on Sep 6, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
That's cool with me.
Let’s at least make it interesting. I’m sitting here doing data entry and need to stay awake.
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Fisher's ERA is over 6
Bray is over 5.
The pen isn’t that deep.
by occams_tiger_teeth on Sep 6, 2010 6:19 PM EDT reply actions
what's the injury delay?
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Miguel Olivo took a foul tip to the, as Marty put it, "crotch area."
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Janish hit him in the ding-ding?
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"the spot that we can't talk about right now"
Can you not just say that it hit him in a sensitive area?
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
who got hit?
Catcher? Umpire?
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Well, that game wasn't a ton of fun.
And they didn’t even extend the inning long enough for me to finish up at work. Come on, guys!
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:27 PM EDT reply actions
I wouldn't call this loss "alarming," Marty.
Drama queen.
by the finest muffins on Sep 6, 2010 6:28 PM EDT reply actions
The Fay
says a decision will be made on Harang.
Dusty says we can’t have these short outings.
Voltron may take over Harang’s starts.
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I like that Fya said that
at the same time, Volquez was pitching well in Dayton, where he allowed 2 ER on six hits and three walks in 6 innings (he did strike out 10 though).
Keep in mind that this is single A. I mean, I kind of get the feeling that Harang could pitch that well in Dayton…
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
I dunno
He didn’t pitch that well in Louisville. (9.00 ERA!)
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I don't think the difference between the minor league levels
Is that great.
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Really?
I feel like the difference between A and AAA is pretty significant.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
I've always heard
the really big leap is to the major leagues. All the minor league levels pale in comparison. That’s why Jordan Smith can skip AAA.
Given that both these guys have pitched in the big leagues, I’d take the guy with the <2 ERA in Dayton over the guy with the 9.00 ERA in Louisville.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
The level may matter a bit, but Harang just isn't missing bats anymore.
He has a lot of at-bats where the hitter can just keep fouling off balls till Harang either walks them or throws a hittable pitch. His command is also not good. Better to go with the guy with no command and great stuff (Volquez), rather than the guy with slightly better (though still bad) command and below average stuff.
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by RedsMasochist on Sep 6, 2010 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough
and I’m certainly not arguing that Harang is better than Volquez, but I guess I’m not all that impressed by a six inning start in A where he allows nine baserunners and 2 ER.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
It's a "lesser-of-two-evils" kind of situation.
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by RedsMasochist on Sep 6, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
what about Maloney or LeCure?
Joey Votto is my MVP.
by justin007000 on Sep 6, 2010 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Either would be a decent fifth starter when one is needed.
You know what you will probably get with them if nothing else. Solid but not spectacular. Volquez gives you the chance for dominance but can also blow up in your face. While Harang’s best-case scenario anymore seems to be mediocrity.
If you want to see real bashing, check out Red Reporter…it’s crazy over there - hr
by RedsMasochist on Sep 6, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
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