Snake bit - Reds lose 13-2 to Dbacks, author reheats old device for title of recap
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 9, 2011 2:26 PM EDT
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Joe Nuxhall Memorial Star of the Game
Ian Kennedy twirled a masterful game, scattering six hits and a walk over eight innings, striking out an impressive nine. His changeup was particularly nasty, frustrating Reds hitters all evening. Honorable mentions go to Miguel Montero, who went 3-3 with a pair of a doubles and a walk, and Joey Votto, who was the lone bright spot for the beleaguered Reds offense. He went 2-4 with a double and a Dunnesque homer.
Key Plays
- The Diamondbacks got on the board early, as Red-for-a-minute Willie Bloomquist led off the 1st with a double. After a sac bunt from Kelly Johnson, Justin Upton drove him in with a single. A Stephen Drew double later in the inning brought Upton around to score. 2-nil.
- Travis Wood took a while to settle down, but he did eventually. In the 2nd Miguel Montero led off with his first double of the evening, and later scored on a wild pitch. 3-nil.
- The Reds would counter in the top of the 3rd, as Paul Janish led off with a single. After a Drew Stubbs single, Brandon Phillips brought Janish home with a sac fly. The rally was killed when Stubbs was picked off 1st though. 3-1.
- As I said, Wood eventually settled down, at one time retiring eight in a row. But the wheels came off and the game got out of hand in the 6th. Wood gave up a pair of walks, a single, and a double to begin the inning and was pulled in favor of Logan Ondrusek. He would put out the fire, but by then the Snakes had scored another three runs. 6-1.
- Matt Maloney gave up six runs in the 8th, including a pair of home runs. That will not look good on his CV.
- Joey Votto crushed one a good 420 feet in the 9th, but you don't get extra runs for style. 13-2 is your final score.
Other Notes
- Paul Janish went 2-4 with another pair of singles. He has 10 hits so far on the year, but only one of those has gone for extra bases (a double). He's hitting .455/.455/.500.
- Jonny Gomes walked twice, increasing his season total to a league-leading 10. He has only two hits so far this season, but a .462 OBP.
- Jay Bruce picked up his first extra-base hit of the season, doubling in the 7th. He also struck out twice. He's stumbled mightily out of the gate, posting a .604 OPS thus far.
- It was Opening Day for the Diamondbacks, and they sold out Chase Field's 48,000+ seats. Reports are that many of the upper deck seats were empty, though.
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I concur.
I did get rip roaring drunk while watching, so my memories of it are nice and fuzzy.
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
I drank just enough to fall asleep before the real carnage began.
I don’t feel too bad about that.
Still not a candidate.
So for folks who had AZ in the 13-run pool
we are happy for you.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
man oh man
what is with the Red Sox this year?
Joey Votto on Colin Cowherd: "I don’t know who he is"
Yankees sign Carlos Silva
And the Cubs were nice enough to pick up the tab.
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
I'm gonna laugh when he wins 10 games and the Cubs struggle to keep 5 starters healthy.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Not to mention, Silva did himself in
He bitched about the demotion. Had he gone to Iowa, he’d be in the rotation today.
Of course, he would still be pitching for the CFs.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
"Chicken fuckers"
As in, “keep fucking that chicken, Chicago!”
by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 9, 2011 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, we can't post an illustration
PETA would be pissed.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
Are you serious?
If you were Silva, knowing that teams like the Yankees would probably want another MLB starter, you would go to Iowa for the Cubs?
Which would you prefer, to be a reserve starting pitcher in Iowa for the Cubs organization or the 5th starter for the Yankees?
Yeah injuries were probably going to bring Silva up, but it is surprising that he would have been needed this soon.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
oh, then yeah maybe
but still i think it was worth his risk to try and find an MLB job.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
but they may also want him to have a bit of spring training in the minors
and bring him up in a couple of weeks, he probably needs to pitch back into form.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
thats certainly possible, from what I read just now
he might have an out in the deal, where as he wouldn’t have one in the Cubs organization
I guess the gamble, either way ... maybe worth it.
Being a free agent is better/worse/about the same as being on a Triple-A roster?
I just think Silva rolled the dice by being a jerk. He’s lucky.
So far.
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or he gets paid to do nothing.
he is lucky no matter what.
Lets put it this way Johnu, (I know nothing about the paper you worked for, but I am assuming it was a part of one of the large newspaper companies).
Lets say one day your boss comes to you and says “John, you work hasn’t been so good lately so you have a couple of choices, you can either work in the mailroom and if we need a writer we will bring you back up here, or you can just not work and we will pay you no matter what, and we won’t renew your contract regardless of what you do.”
And further you know that there is another paper, bigger paper, in a better city that you know needs more writers, and if they take you own, you will still get paid the same, you may have to spend a couple of weeks in the mail room, but if you get to write again you write for a better paper. Plus you can make a clause in transferring to the new paper that if you aren’t out of the mail room in 30 days you can quit, and still get paid.
What would you do?
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
I think you're missing the point that john retired.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
the idea still stands, asshole :)
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
by justin007000 on Apr 10, 2011 3:44 AM EDT up reply actions
exactly
plus i mean if I am in his shoes and have to pitch in AAA for a while, I’d rather do it for the Yankees, where I could have a chance of winning a World Series.
If the team that cut his was good he may have had a different response.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
He would have needed to know when he refused assignment
that the Yanks would offer him a minor league deal.
So it looks good for him now, but he still has to go to Scranton for at least a month. He was pissed that he didn’t want to go to Des Moines.
Looks like NYY is getting floor sweepings in this deal.
But I don’t think Silva looks as smart as you try to make it. He maybe knew he’d get a look from somebody but if the Yanks had called him before he refused the Iowa demotion, that’s tampering.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
I don't think that's correct
Players are allowed to check around before accepting minor league assignments. That’s why they give them 72 hours to accept or decline.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
We'll get back to our winning ways tonight.
I predicted (in human form to people I have human contact with) that the Reds would win their first 10 series. We got this.
You'd be a wunnerful person if correct
But we need to be aware that splitting on the road and going 65 percent at home is the desired objective, or at least the realistic one. Clearly, we should beat the Reptiles 2 out of 3 but all teams get swept. (gads, did I write that!!!!)
Bronson is the guy who stems the losing streak. Like it or don’t, he’s the “ace” we need for that sort of thing to happen.
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Fay tweets that Burton has a setback
and has to shutdown again. Great.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
I was hoping he'd bounce back and give us a decent middle relief arm this year
too bad, any word on what the setback is?
he hurt his shoulder back in 2008, before he had all his real health issues
i gotta wonder if to go along with his real health stuff if his shoulder just hasn’t been healthy since the All-Star break of 2008.
His fastball in 07 was 92.4 and in 08 was 92.2. In 09 it was 90.0 and last year (SSS) it was 90 (of course if they tracked AAA numbers we would have a better idea of what his velocity really was last year).
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
Seems to me he is a placeholder
I see Cueto and Bailey are a rehab start or two away from rejoining the team.
Just whatever that is worth.
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he probably made the team as a place holder
but if he would have proven to be the guy he was in 2007 and 2008 he could have been in the 7th and 8th inning mix along with Chapman, Masset, and Ondrusek.
I guess it shows how much the team has grown, when he was a huge deal in 2007, because there was nobody to handle the 8th inning to get the ball to Stormy. Now it is more unfortunate for him than it is for the Reds.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
Burton was, compared to the rest of the staff in 07 ...
yeah, a pretty big deal. He may have been. The nature of the game is the players get better, smarter, stronger … or they get behinder.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
i enjoy the way you write things
i would simply write (with poor grammar and spelling) he regressed for a number of raising, yet you sound wise and even a bit whimsical.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
Thanks
Mostly, my lack of attention to punctuation makes me difficult to understand on this board. I don’t much care, though. I know the difference but don’t tend to edit what I write.
But I spent my life writing and reading. The best part of this blog is that nearly all the contributors are educated and have, at worst, very good command of the language.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
i am floored by the intelligence of most the contributors here
which is why we tend to have intelligent discussions about issues which have nothing to do with baseball.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
*
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
Not so cute when you realize they are all freighting methamphetamine.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
Thomas, James, and Percy
yeah i know them by name from when i was a little kid.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
Percy looks a bit gay
(not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
Percy is a "green" engine litterly and figurely
I am thinking about reading the books Thomas the Tank engine are based on this summer.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
Skip the books, just watch the George Carlin-narrated 8-minute episodes on Netflix or online.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
Yeah, but they suck in comparison.
The Alec Baldwin ones are decent, but Carlin is special.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 10, 2011 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions
i watched them as a kid on PBS
and prefered Ringo, simply because he was there before Carlin, and I liked his British accent and I was 3 so I didn’t like change.
Actually just about every episode (there are tons) are on youtube, the short episodes in Shiney Time station were a part of a large series of episodes made by a British company.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
by justin007000 on Apr 10, 2011 3:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Seconded. I liked Ringo
because I liked the Beatles a ton when I was little.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
My son (with a toddler lisp)
used to be fond of yelling “I love Percy” in public places…..sounded like I love Pussy…..I heard someone, somewhere refer to this phenomenon as well. Must be relatively common.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
We've been there.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
not really the same
but when i first learned to talk my mom taught me to say “I think therefore I am.’- Rene Descartes”
And one day she took me to the store and I was in the cart and she took she went to the deli, and the deli lady treated me like a 3 year old and fawned over me, so apparently i looked at her and said “I think therefore I am’.-Rene Descartes” than I went back to acting like a 3 year.
I think this explains a lot.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
by justin007000 on Apr 10, 2011 3:49 AM EDT up reply actions
When Danny Bonaduce was a kid, his TV industry parents had some odd quirks.
If you spoke at a meal, you had to be quoting someone else. One time he was dining with his parents at a greasy spoonn called The Copper Penny, and said something akin to, “as Copernicus would say…”
Richard Chamberlain was at the next table, turned to Danny’s parents, and told them to get that kid an agent.
They later tore down The Copper Penn to construct the office building I work in today.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 10, 2011 4:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Tonight's lineup via Fya
Drew Stubbs cf
Brandon Phillips 2b
Joey Votto 1b
Scott Rolen 3b
Jonny Gomes lf
Jay Bruce rf
Ryan Hanigan c
Paul Janish ss
Bronson Arroyo p
vs. RHP Daniel Hudson. Another tough pitching matchup. Hudson has thrown 12 straight quality starts.
……so I guess is just fine to hit righties one after the other but not two lefties.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
I think there are only 3 lefties on the entire roster.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
So for all the flailing and gnashing and other biblical terms
We still have Gomer in there against righthanders, which I had come to believe was our weakness.
Meanwhile, Willie Bloomquist goes scootin’ around the bases like a converted … shortstop.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
Gomer's on my good side so far this year.
He must have gotten a witch doctor to swap out his eyes in the offseason or something.
I agree on that.
I love Gomer’s game and I wished all along he’d be a little more selective. So far, he’s doing that.
Still takes a meat cleaver with him to left field, but oh well.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
Once he hits his stride again. He didn't look so good last night.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Did W.E. Yang and K.J. Choi have to wear the same shirt today?
I already can’t tell them apart, now this? //racist
Votto only 49 games away from tying the record
and dontchadare tell me I jinxed him!!!
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
He's also 8 homers away from 100
"Those fellas make some good points," Baker said. "They're profane as hell, and they're probably gay, but they make some good points."
Dusty Baker on RR
What seemed obvious to the rest of us ...
“I have to get more preparation coming from the bullpen and be more ready to start the game. I’ve got to be aggressive and attack the strike zone. Be more careful in the first inning.” — RHP Edinson Volquez, whose ERA is 31.50 in the first inning and 2.00 after that.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
i think he shouldn't warm up at all
it waste pitches in low leverage situations.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
by justin007000 on Apr 9, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Watching the Bats vs the Mudhens
Reineke pitching for Looeyville.
Willis slated to start Sunday.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
I guess Mesoraco is DH'ing tonight
That seems weird but it’s the Batlanders.
Announcer: "Just out of the reach of Berkman"
Hits a rocket off the fence, gets credit for a single before he is thrown out at second
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Votto was a bright spot
But I wouldn’t say he was the lone bright spot. Janish is still leading the team in hitting!
Uh, okay, maybe that’s not exactly a bright spot.
I wonder who’s going to be the first to hit a home run, him or his best bud Jay Bruce?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I can't believe he hasn't walked yet
it’s like some Freaky Friday happened where Gomes got Janish’s eyes, Janish got Miguel Cabera’s wrists, and Cabrera got Danny Ray’s drinking issues.
Let's not kid ourselves. It's really, really, bad.
by Cy Schourek on Apr 9, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
I had two big issues in this game.
1. Joey Votto cost us a run when he stretched a triple/double+E9 into a double, and got stranded. He should ahve been hustling all the way, instead of speeding up and slowing down, until Mark Berry signals him to stop. He did neither. That’s bush league.
2. Chris Young should have been plunked instead of hitting that homer.
With a 10-run lead (or whatevs) you DO NOT swing from your heels dramatically. That’s showing up the other team. The preceding batter did it, so CY shoulda caught one in the ribs. Then CY damn near came out of his shoes in his HR AB. I thought is was really punkass, myself. And a veteran pitcher would have given CY a free pass to first…the bruisy way.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
i don't get number two
let the guy pad his stats, round numbers are nice for contracts.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
When you are winning by 10 runs, it's late in the game, and he is padding his stats while showing you up and killing your stats.
The guy on the mound is already beaten. The Book says that you don’t work the count deep, the umpire widens his zone, the leading team doesn’t steal, and you don’t appear to be swinging for the fences. In baseball circles, it’s like kicking a guy when he’s down.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
I am not philospohically making a case for my opinion, FWIW.
But I wouldn’t run up the score on a team or appear to be doing so. Cuz the guy behind you might get plunked…and maybe should.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 10, 2011 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Pitcher still has to make pitches
and remember when the Reds blew what was a 9 run lead in San Francisco last year, or the the Phillies game or the Braves game?
As long as the other team is going to try to score runs you should too.
"Nobody hits Satchel." -Satchel Paige
by justin007000 on Apr 10, 2011 3:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the percieved difference is that instead of just getting a pitch to drive, these guys seemed to be trying to see how far they could yank one into the upper deck.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 10, 2011 4:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Gotcha
My philosophy behind not letting up is basically wanting to carry that momentum over into the next game.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
I'm with you, almost entirely.
I would tell my guys to be aggressive at the plate late in a blowout, but that’s just good sense because the umpires strike zones are going to get wider the later it gets. They’re getting tired underneath all that black.
I don’t mind my guys hitting homers late as long as they aren’t so flagrant about it as to possibly invite retaliation. Same thing with stolen bases. At a certain point, I tell my guys to not run…just because you never know when some WLB is gonna start crying without reasonable provocation. Sort of like when Rolen told Phillips simply that if Rolen himself ever got plunked because BP was pimpin’ a home before him in the lineup, that “they would have a talk.”
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 10, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Where do we disagree on #1?
Votto slowed around first, then pulled up going into second base while the RF was bobbling the ball. Votto should not be looking behind him in that situation. Once he is one-third of the way to second, his eyes should solely be on the third base coach (especially with no other runners on), who has the whole play in front of him.
In most cases, you do not make the first out at third. But that call is Mark Berry’s call to make, in my estimation.
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige
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