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"The Reds announced that they signed Fred Lewis to a one-year deal (Twitter link). It's a $900K major league deal, according to MLB.com's Mark Sheldon (on Twitter).
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Lewis has less than four years of big league service time, so the Reds can keep him through 2013 by offering arbitration.
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The team also officially announced its one-year deal with Edgar Renteria."

-- MLB Trade Rumors

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Well, at least we don't have to worry about Renteria leading off now.

It will be interesting to see how Dusty handles the Gomes/Lewis platoon.

Watch it, ass blood.

by -ManBearPig on Jan 10, 2011 6:38 PM EST reply actions  

No I think its a fight between Hermida and Heisey for #5

The major league deal pretty much guarantees that.

I’m okay with that. I don’t think Heisey should be guaranteed anything.

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by Dave from Louisville on Jan 10, 2011 7:16 PM EST up reply actions  

yes

Plus, Heisey still has options. They can stash him in Louisville for future use, if necessary.

And looking at his record and his numbers last year, a case might be made that he would benefit from more time in the minors. He hasn’t spent a full year in AAA yet, and he didn’t hit well last year (for him).

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions  

I agree

He’s only had 360 PAs in AAA. I mean, he’s 26, so going to AAA kinda sucks for him, but if he doesn’t win the starting LF or CF job, it would probably be better for him in the long run.

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by nycredsfan on Jan 10, 2011 8:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Ah

Didn’t read the major league deal thing. Thank ya.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Last Bench Spot

Looks like the bench will consist of Cairo, Renteria, Lewis, and Hernandez. With only one spot left, I would say that Juan Francisco will be in the discussion with Hermida and Heisey for that last spot too.

However, they will probably do what they did last year with the roster, and start their #5 starter (Leake or Wood) in AAA to have the extra bat for the first few games before the 5th starter is needed.

by Indy. on Jan 11, 2011 7:28 AM EST up reply actions  

Fred Lewis has a new fan in CT

what’s your # gonna be Fred, b/c I have a blank Reds jersey with your name soon to be on it

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 7:25 PM EST reply actions  

Sheldon says 15.

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by ZJiff30 on Jan 10, 2011 8:11 PM EST up reply actions  

fascinating

Lewis
15

that’ll look hot on a jersey

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions  

No 15

Last great Reds player to wear that number was … (or we could make this a trivia question)

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:16 PM EST up reply actions  

george foster

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by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 8:34 PM EST up reply actions  

s'pose Freddie has some George in him?

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:35 PM EST up reply actions  

THASS RACIST!!

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:44 PM EST up reply actions  

I was refering to a REDS' uniform

your MIND is the racist

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Jan 10, 2011 8:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Fred Lewis hasn't worn a Reds uniform yet.

You sir, are the racist.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Admiral George Foster

a truly great baseball fan.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:49 PM EST up reply actions  

probably

but that was before the Internet.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Actually, I think the answer is Barry Larkin.

Larkin wore #15 in 1986 & 1987. After Kurt Stillwell was traded, Larkin took the more desirable(?) #11. Stillwell had a gold chain with the #11 on it, and when the two shortstops faced off in spring training in 1988, Stillwell gave it to Larkin after Kurt reached second. Classy move.

But #15 always reminds me of Jeff Treadway.

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by PeteyHendrix on Jan 11, 2011 3:34 PM EST up reply actions  

#15 was Mads HS football jersey No. ... I believe that is why Larkin originally wanted ti

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by Madville on Jan 11, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions  

So we have no GIBP.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:15 PM EST up reply actions  

touché.

Although, even with a strikeout, we then have Joey Votto up in the 3 spot, right?

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:25 PM EST up reply actions  

that's the plan

I fully expect to see Renteria in the 2 spot

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 8:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Me too.

Yuck. Although, I don’t really know who we’ve got better suited.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:31 PM EST up reply actions  

It might not be terrible.

But, it looks like he’s not going to be the main starter for one thing. And I sure don’t want Janish batting second.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:47 PM EST up reply actions  

pfff, Renteria not the starter?

right…..

The Dusty can’t help himself!

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 8:52 PM EST up reply actions  

I feel like when Lewis plays

BP will hit 2nd. And I’m OK with it, I just hope he doesn’t start trying to swing out of his shoes every time

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 8:55 PM EST up reply actions  

glad you asked

2010 – .332
2009 – .307
2008 – .317
2007 – .390
2006 – .361

so since 2008, not great by any stretch of the imagination, but at least 2010 was encouraging

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 12, 2011 7:20 AM EST up reply actions  

08 09 are concerning

since those are the years he’s starting to age. last year wasnt bad however, I’ll concede that he could beat out BP though. I was focusing more on his time with SF when writing that.

by pack_fan on Jan 12, 2011 11:32 AM EST up reply actions  

Janish is an offensive black hole

without a glove, he’d never be a major leaguer

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 8:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe we can get Rosales back

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe not!

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by Madville on Jan 10, 2011 8:53 PM EST up reply actions  

you're old and senile

Getting Rosales back is a great idea.

this National Championship is a pigfuck, so far

"Yahan Sentona's strikeouts are way down this year" Jake Liscow

by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 8:57 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

SUUUUUUEEEEYYYYYY

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 8:59 PM EST up reply actions  

i don't disagree with that

can play 2B, SS and 3B

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by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions  

Who would he be replacing?

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions  

well, you sorta need to "trade" for him

so the guy he replaces is that person

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 9:03 PM EST up reply actions  

better and younger back up than Cairo

and we’ll need a better insurance policy when Rolen doesn’t play more than 100 games in 2011

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 9:03 PM EST up reply actions  

why are we talking about Rosales again?

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

cuz he's a ballplayer, I reckon

we don’t do religion on this board, right?

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Inshallah

Joey Votto on Colin Cowherd: "I don’t know who he is"

by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I'd be okay with that.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm okay with him at 2B and 3B

But he doesn’t have the glove for SS.

And it seems the A’s realized that, since they used him mostly at 2B, despite their stated plans to use him at SS.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 9:04 PM EST up reply actions  

With Janish and Renteria, you'd hope he wouldn't need to play short.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

maybe Stubbs could play short

since Taveras would still be the CF

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions  

On second thought

I’m totally cool with Rosie being gone.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

There's a thread for it!

/shamelessselfpromoted’d

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:59 PM EST up reply actions  

/1800's baseball'd

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions  

You didn't see this yet, did you?

LINK

Since Renteria agreed to terms on a deal with the Reds on Thursday, there had been a lot of speculation about the status of Janish at shortstop. When the club gets to camp, he will still be the regular shortstop.

“I called Janish on Saturday to make sure he knew that,” Jocketty said.

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by nycredsfan on Jan 10, 2011 8:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Hell, I might bat Leake #2

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by nycredsfan on Jan 10, 2011 8:37 PM EST up reply actions  

8th inning PH in a blowout

that’s my spot for PJ

"Yahan Sentona's strikeouts are way down this year" Jake Liscow

by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 8:58 PM EST up reply actions  

But...

offense wins fans

defense wins games!

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Jan 10, 2011 8:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Good Grief.

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by Madville on Jan 10, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

And...

Play the equivalent of Janish at all 8 positions and you won’t be able to count the number of games you lose.

by Elkmgr on Jan 10, 2011 9:54 PM EST up reply actions  

10000 games?

That’s impressive!

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by nycredsfan on Jan 10, 2011 9:56 PM EST up reply actions  

in the end,

the Janish you make
is equal to the Janish you break

"College actually kind of beat that out of me, making me more, well, of an asshole."

by Cy Schourek on Jan 11, 2011 4:30 AM EST up reply actions   2 recs

And not unlike the Toronto owner

who thought he had talked to Adam Dunn

… Walt couldn’t be sure he was talking to PJ.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:37 PM EST up reply actions  

So far Walt ain't lying

now when the season starts, Janish could be STILL starting … for the Hershey Bears.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Agreed HL2

I believe that as of ‘today’ Janish is the starter…about a week into ST ….EdRent will get the job.

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by Madville on Jan 10, 2011 8:52 PM EST up reply actions  

Janish and EdRent will split time in ST

and then when they break camp and come back to OH, EdRent will be our Starting SS, batting 2nd

Janish, back to the bench, Cairo back to super sub

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Edgard will be on the DL twice next season

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by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions  

"Edgard will be on the DL twice next season...."

“…in the month of May.”

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by jch24 on Jan 11, 2011 8:47 AM EST up reply actions  

'I then asked him what he was up to on Saturday and if he saw the new True Grit'

"College actually kind of beat that out of me, making me more, well, of an asshole."

by Cy Schourek on Jan 11, 2011 4:30 AM EST up reply actions  

You can synchronize your watch to this joke

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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jan 10, 2011 8:20 PM EST up reply actions  

< Mark Lewis?

What, me? Being negative? No. Never.

by Paul Householder on Jan 10, 2011 10:23 PM EST up reply actions  

I was thinking that...

We basically cheat the system by hiring a guy with MLB experience for the price of a draft pick.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:34 PM EST up reply actions  

I really hope #7 is true

I will be able to like Jonny Gomes again if he’s truly the vs. LHP part of a platoon

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 8:58 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't disagree with that in the least

I’m just wary of Dusty’s lineups

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 9:03 PM EST up reply actions  

you and me both

however, The Dusty led us to the NL Central in 2010, and obc won’t let me forget that

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 9:13 PM EST up reply actions  

yeahhh

i love Dusty though, just wary

Joey Votto on Colin Cowherd: "I don’t know who he is"

by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 9:17 PM EST up reply actions  

I do too

but then I have to wonder whether all of the fight and combackiness they had in them was at least in part instilled by the Dusty.

Some things we can never know.

by kcgard2 on Jan 11, 2011 4:01 PM EST up reply actions  

You're Right!

Looks like by great move. Steve Phillips correctly called this out on his how to fix the Reds segment a while ago as a potential move. Also, did you mention that he has a .354 OBP against righties?

by Elkmgr on Jan 10, 2011 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't hate either of these signings

the way I hated the Orlando Cabrera or Willy Taveras signings.

Maybe the Renteria contract is a bit generous, for a part-time player. But I’m happy that it sounds like he is intended to be a part-time player.

Lewis may or may not work out, but he’s so cheap it’s worth a shot.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 8:41 PM EST reply actions  

O Cab is in the same universe as Willy T?

unreal Janish love

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by Dave from Louisville on Jan 10, 2011 9:38 PM EST up reply actions  

Taveras

had a really bad year with the Reds. The worst of his career (until last year, when he was even worse). There was no way to know he was going to be that bad when he was signed.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

And yet... we knew.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Taveras was sold as a Thunderbird

when in reality he was an Edsel. The Reds sucked so bad that anything would have sounded better than Co-Pat.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 9:50 PM EST up reply actions  

bad ass ride

push button automatic transmitter buttons.

right there on the steering wheel.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:35 PM EST up reply actions  

I think calling Taveras an Edsel is too good for him.

He’s more of a Volvo.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 11:36 PM EST up reply actions  

May I introduce the worst car in history

Zaporozhets

yes that is me behind the wheel of this beauty, which did not run.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh wowza.

My dad used to have a Gremlin.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 11:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Gremlin sucked

the Zap is just legendary.

There are so many stories that go with this … one in particular about this car and my adventure with it … too amazing to be true.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:47 PM EST up reply actions  

check this out

THE ZAP

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Renteria has VETERANINESS!

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 8:46 PM EST up reply actions  

and two WS rings!

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:50 PM EST up reply actions  

How many does Barry Bonds have...maybe we could get him to play LF (LOL)

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by Madville on Jan 10, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Yogi Berra has several

and did play a little left field.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 8:55 PM EST up reply actions  

don't tease me old man

I’d LOVE to get Barry to play LF for this team

imagine getting him to play LF and bat him 3rd, and then protect him (that’s right, I said protect him) with Votto in clean up

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 9:02 PM EST up reply actions  

how did an AL team NOT sign him as a DL?

he had to want to get to 800 HR

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by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 9:03 PM EST up reply actions  

too big a risk

Even teams who were willing sign a ‘roider were afraid he’d end up in jail. Which would be really embarrassing, not to mention inconvenient.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

not to mention free press

and every badass hoodlum around wearing an Angels hat

"College actually kind of beat that out of me, making me more, well, of an asshole."

by Cy Schourek on Jan 11, 2011 4:32 AM EST up reply actions  

what BF said

pretty sure Bud’s waiting for him to come back to baseball so they can pretty much find every imaginable reason to put him right next to Pete Rose in the Hall of Neva Gonna Fuckin’ Get In….

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 9:15 PM EST up reply actions  

and two Gold Gloves

And three Silver Sluggers.

And five trips to the ASG.

Of course, all of this was 5 years or more ago, but still.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 9:01 PM EST up reply actions  

ahem

vr/3

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by ZJiff30 on Jan 10, 2011 9:31 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

gotta watch my xFLIP.

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by ZJiff30 on Jan 10, 2011 9:36 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

oh heck no.

I hate OU and Athens. Worst town/college ever.

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by ZJiff30 on Jan 10, 2011 9:42 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

just making sure

you must have Athens confused with Oxford, OH

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I've never been to Oxford

I’m sure that would change my opinion.

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by ZJiff30 on Jan 10, 2011 9:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Oxford seems like a nice place

I spent a lot of time driving around the place in years past.
Nice place to visit, but I think I’d easily weary of the attitude.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 10:00 PM EST up reply actions  

not even close

Clifton is worse than both of them

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by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 10:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Ever been to

Tickfaw?

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

(Best said with a deep southern accent)

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 10:10 PM EST up reply actions  

in terms of crime, yes

in terms of douchebags?

Oxford > Athens > Clifton

by Highlifeman21 on Jan 10, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions  

I recall

back in the day, taking Old 52 from Brookville to the ballpark, going through Miamitown, Dent and Cheviot, thinking that those were the worse places on Earth. I can’t imagine them being better after all these years. And I was coming from Brookville, Indiana, so I did have some basis for comparison.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 10:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Clifton is a great college town if you like getting raped and murdered

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
@btcoop71

by btcoop71 on Jan 11, 2011 7:47 AM EST up reply actions  

Chicago is great if you just want to be murdered

skip the rape. No time for that.

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by johnu1 on Jan 12, 2011 1:36 AM EST up reply actions  

Rape is like Jell-O, there's always time

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by jch24 on Jan 12, 2011 7:57 AM EST up reply actions  

I prefer

Green Jellÿ

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by crolfer on Jan 12, 2011 11:06 AM EST up reply actions  

(going old school)

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by crolfer on Jan 12, 2011 11:06 AM EST up reply actions  

I have my own pig song

Right here.

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by jch24 on Jan 12, 2011 11:57 AM EST up reply actions  

This makes me so happy.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Jan 12, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Also, jch, you're a jerk.

I just wasted an hour watching those videos. They’re like crack.

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by crolfer on Jan 12, 2011 12:54 PM EST up reply actions  

Yep, it has a way of sticking in your head

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by jch24 on Jan 12, 2011 1:13 PM EST up reply actions  

What was the bastard's name HL2...let me and BK know and we'll go kick his ass for you...

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by Madville on Jan 12, 2011 5:21 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm really curious to see what happens to Hermida now

Joey Votto on Colin Cowherd: "I don’t know who he is"

by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 9:04 PM EST reply actions  

Not to worry

Last winter, we had more guys than this trying out for left field.
We ended up with (ahem) one or two.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions  

he's this year's version of Wladdy

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by obc2 on Jan 10, 2011 9:06 PM EST up reply actions  

It doesn't matter

They are basically the same player, and it doesn’t even look like we will need Hermida now.

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by BigBabyBruce on Jan 10, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

I suppose you're right

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

I think it's entirely possible he makes the team over Heisey.

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by nycredsfan on Jan 10, 2011 9:26 PM EST up reply actions  

possible

But I think Heisey has an advantage in that he’s a good CFer.

Just like Dusty likes to have two real shortstops on the team, he likes to have at least two CFers. That’s why Laynce Nix and Darnell McDonald made the roster.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 9:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Lewis can play CF

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by Dave from Louisville on Jan 10, 2011 9:41 PM EST up reply actions  

not very well

And not very often. The vast majority of his career has been in LF.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 9:50 PM EST up reply actions  

I can't see why we'd need Lewis in CF

Bruce can play there better than some guys can, plus we have
Cairo, who can do everything.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 9:57 PM EST up reply actions  

I dunno how much CF Bruce is gunna play

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by UncleWeez on Jan 10, 2011 10:44 PM EST up reply actions  

I don't think he's serious

Bruce isn’t going to play CF any more, barring emergency. And Cairo is horrible in the OF. He’s a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency corner OFer, but no way would anyone put him in CF.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Aha

well, it’s not so far-fetched. I think he’s right in saying Bruce could play CF better than some guys. That arm certainly plays as a CFer.

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by UncleWeez on Jan 11, 2011 11:14 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah

I’d keep him in right, just to avoid any kind of confusion with changing angles.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions  

Cairo could play LF or RF

for an inning or two and he did it last summer.

Then again, you could put anybody in RF for one batter.

Bruce has played CF, so at least he knows how. It ain’t like the team would not have a CF if everybody else was on sick leave.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:03 PM EST up reply actions  

no need to put Cairo in the OF

We’ll probably have five outfielders. But without Heisey, we’ll only have one who ’s a CFer.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 10, 2011 11:09 PM EST up reply actions  

I am not disagreeing

I just know Dusty had Cairo in the OF for a game last year.
Maybe he lost a beer bet or something.

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:17 PM EST up reply actions  

what're Hermida's career PH stats like?

And Lewis’s for that matter…I’m on my phone or I’d check for myself.

I still bet Heisey has the edge from a LIDR perspective.

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by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jan 10, 2011 11:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Heisey was boss off the bench

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by johnu1 on Jan 10, 2011 11:36 PM EST up reply actions  

didn't he lead the leagues in PH HRs?

Or was at least in the top 5 IIRC.

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by UncleWeez on Jan 11, 2011 11:15 AM EST up reply actions  

This is exciting.

Why? People can quit talking about the major doooooooooooooooosh called Scott Posednik.

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by BigBabyBruce on Jan 10, 2011 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

You had to bring HIM up didn't you!?

DIDN’T YOU!!!!!???

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by OGC Reds on Jan 10, 2011 9:12 PM EST up reply actions  

I just caught the last few minutes

of the local M’wawkee baseball show on the radio – the most popular – and they were lamenting the team not bringing back Scotty Pods…

by ol Pete on Jan 10, 2011 11:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Unrelated:

This is so cool. Has anyone else seen this shit yet?

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by Pops Daniels on Jan 10, 2011 10:32 PM EST reply actions  

Daang

That’s intense.

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by crolfer on Jan 10, 2011 10:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Is that Lima time on the mound in the background?

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by BK on Jan 10, 2011 10:45 PM EST up reply actions  

I wanna see him swing at a pitch like that

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by nycredsfan on Jan 11, 2011 9:35 AM EST up reply actions  

The second one is better, IMO

The between the legs bit is ridiculous.

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by jch24 on Jan 11, 2011 9:35 AM EST up reply actions  

Soo... if we get the following (ideal) breakdown:

Gomes 200 PA @ .280/.368/.480/.855
Lewis 330 PA @ .270/.340/.420/.760
Heisey 200 PA @ .260/.335/.450/.785

You get… 730 PA @ .270/.345/.444/.788 w/ roughly average defense overall.. Unless Heisey improves a pretty substantial amount or Hermida posts a really nice slash line, this isn’t going to happen. Gomes will probably also get more PA than this, and more PA against righties than I’m thinking. I’m looking at Heisey vs. LHP/RHP. Heisey’s splits are amazing against righties, but that’s a VERY limited sample. As are all the samples I’m looking at. So basically, this info is worthless, but we can hope that we get .275/.350/.450/.800 from our LF with average defense.

by jsl413 on Jan 10, 2011 11:43 PM EST reply actions  

I'd be OK with that

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by UncleWeez on Jan 11, 2011 11:19 AM EST up reply actions  

Why not a Heisey Lewis platoon

with Gomes used primarily as a late inning PH.
I know its not gonna happen because they brought back Gomes for a reason, but can’t we dream. I really like Gomes as a person, but i really wish we wouldn’t have brought him back this year.

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by vottomatic on Jan 11, 2011 12:02 AM EST reply actions  

I'm really OK with Gomes only playing vs lefties

Dude can seriously crush em. Just don’t want him playing against RHPs

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by UncleWeez on Jan 11, 2011 11:20 AM EST up reply actions  

I came into this year expecting to see a lot of the younger guys brought up and given the shot to play

but with pretty much all the spots taken up by vets, i don’t really see a spot for Francisco, Alonso, Frazier, Valaika, or Cozart. Louisville will be stacked.

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