Mets at Reds, Game Thread Two
by jch24 on Jul 27, 2011 8:47 PM EDT
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I just got back and aspparently there are no mods in the thread or they just don't care. Time to get FUNK-AY!
Reds down 5-1 in the 6th, this is the comeback thread.
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I can't believe I'm so lazy that I've been sitting here wanting some for half an hour
instead of walking to the Safeway a block away.
Still not a candidate.
this is hilarious to the semi-drunk me
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
Bourbon, always bourbon
It’ll burn the evil out of you.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
Tylenol
And fluids
I went to nursing school.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, i thought you went to journalism school
and if she is a nurse, don’t less to her. She is probably a whore for big pharma.
Bourbon is much better.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
Definitely more to her
Right in the ass.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
I did journalism in HS
I went to nursing school right out of HS, thought, fuck it.
Then I majored in journalism, switched my major to human services/sociology. Then I drug of to grad school.
That’s my life story.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea well I don't have to talk about mine to a shrink like you.
So, life is good.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually Justin
Likely jerks while waiting for his male shrink.
I hate when things are that fucked up.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Oatmeal?
You had me at meat tornado. ~ Ron Swanson
by BigBabyBruce on Jul 27, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You shoulda needed a new thread!
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
I want ice cream
It’s so danged hot.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Cookies or ice cream is the very question I've been pondering for about 20 mins
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Im going to smash some oreos
into vanilla ice cream. When it is made fresh its a lot better than cookies and cream imo
First ... nah.
Thanks Lewis for making Pelfrey work.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
from msnbc
Rickie Weeks left Wednesday’s game in the second inning with a left ankle injury.
Weeks landed awkwardly on the first-base bag after beating out an infield single and had to be helped off the field. Replays showed that he badly turned the ankle and he was unable to put any weight on the foot while being escorted to the dugout. Hold your breath, Brewers fans.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
That would be majorly sucky
for the Brewers, and for everyone who wants to see someone other than the Cardinals win the division
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Prepare yourself
it seems inevitable at the moment
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
*whishes he was legally allowed to pour whiskey and consume it*
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
*just realized Ram27 isn't FordhamRam*
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
*continues to talk in 3rd person with asterisks*
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
carried off the field???
That doesn’t sound good.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Flewis batted?
That means Arroyo’s gone. He wasn’t even at 100 pitches.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
You mean...Dusty took the pitcher out before giving up a shitton of runs (again)!?!?!?!?!
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
Wow, that looks unprofessional. I don't know why I did that.
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
yeah
I don’t get it. Is that allowed?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
This is the sort of inning that gives me a lot of hope for this game.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
has tHom been to every other country in the history of man?
jesus i hate jingos.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
I wanted to stand and salute.
But it’s what sells the Bud Light.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Miguel!
I left the tv and turned on the radio. We got this shit.
You had me at meat tornado. ~ Ron Swanson
Migg.........
Oh yeah, 2 outs
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
Why hit for Arroyo?
I mean, hey man, it’s still early, ya know?
There’s still time to turn this around. Tread water, heat back up.
Can’t tread water on the bench. Can’t heat up from a cabbage patch tape deck, ya know?
Man can’t live on it’s still early alone.
Gotta get back out there, heat back up.
Do you just copy/paste that every time?
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
Hey, Man. I'm not a copy/paste guy, ya know?
I think that this thread is close to makin’ a run. Soon as this weather turns around, we’re gonna heat up and take off.
Our best commentin’ is in front of us. It’s not even 9pm yet(still early).
by Im_a_fun_haver on Jul 27, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not following like I should be.
I have the Goldeyes game streaming on my iPhone now and this on my pc.
Not paying attention to the Giants game.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
(this is my suspicious look)
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
NCRG and I are both followers of the Amer. Association
Reference was to Wichita getting 10 runs in the first against Fargo.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Fargo sucks so bad
Weber got ejected from the Eyes game just now.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
More info on Weeks:
wezen_ball: Did not like that injury from Rickie. He took about a 12-ft step trying to get to first, landed really badly on ankle at base/ground corner
yeah right, like you have a life
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Jul 27, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
buy some vanilla ice cream
and several types of cookies then go Cold Stone on it and you will have the best of both worlds!
Sweets are for chumps
I’m eating sopresatta and Indiana goat cheese.
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
Ditto Bruce, Stubbs, Hani, Cairo...
You got Janish and BP I guess
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
boredom?
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
by -ManBearPig on Jul 27, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i bet Chris really doesn't want to do more
but tHom is fucking with him and hoping the FSN bigwigs order him to do more.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
g............................................
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
I want to, but I can't
I predicted Joey’s yesterday, so it has to equal out)
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
Votto
not looking very good there at 1B.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Hal said in 2007 the reason Votto wasn't called up was he didn't have the defense to stick around.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
whoa, whoa, whoa
I thought you liked Votto, and wanted him to stay with the Reds until he was 43.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I didn't think
you’d even joke about such a thing!
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
i have no idea why comments auto format
no one knows how to use it, and there are buttons right above the comment that people can use to do it
I think
they are actually the old plain text formatting conventions. When there was no formatting, and people used asterisks, dashes, etc. to indicate bold or strikethroughs.
-strikethrough-
*bold*
Gives you:
strikethrough
bold
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
wondered if it was some sort of old convention
not sure how easy it would be to get rid of it, but it should be axed since there really is no need for it.
Arredondo sucks
I wish Dusty would have eased him into a role earlier in the year. Oh well.
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
He became a setup man pretty much right away
before promptly proving (by losing 4 or 5 games for us) that he couldn’t do that
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
I wish we had put Arrie Down Doe in a wheelchair and eased him down a steep slope.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Remember that game against the Braves last May?
That’s not gonna happen
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
Well, if there was a morale problem in the Reds dugout before
It’s turned to something else.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Perhaps I shall find something else to do
Until the season is over.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:06 PM EDT reply actions
The correct is answer is
The Colts
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."
Eh, it's ok
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."
Like cheer for the Cardinals?
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
I think if we go to New Zealand, it's in a few weeks.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Yes!
I can! The internet is magic!
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
Those girls could've sold me anything
Internet=Magic, sold!
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."
Arredondo
the human white flag.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Jul 27, 2011 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Fisher has looked kinda okay in limited oppurtunities this year.
i dont’ know why dusty didn’t give him more chances. He hasn’t been worse than Arredondo.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
I'd rather have Fisher than Arredondo
Or even Horst.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
i dont' understand why Dusty gets so stuck in roles
it is like once he type casts you you can’t perform you way out of that, going up or down.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
tHom just called Bay a "very good defensive LF"
maybe we start to see why he creamed over Jonny so much
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
CMM, Coco probably has some value,
there aren’t really too many veterans who are at the end of their contract.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
DO you think we could give Bronson away?
I am not sure
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
yeah thats part of his contract
which makes him virtually untradeable, and also makes him a burden on the payroll for about 10 years
if Bronson was on the free agent market
would you pay that kind of money for him?
Nothing succeeds like failure.
Obviously I wouldn't
but is there any GM out there who would?
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Hey there
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
He is reportedly more interested in finding a catcher
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
does he have better taste in women or in ballplayers?
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I would say women
That picture of her is particularly unflattering. She’s not a cutey or anything, but she is better looking than that pic.
The Mets are to this day woozy from the aftereffects of the Phillips regime.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2011 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Bronson and him would probably get along splendidly
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I would say yes
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
We've been whipping Old Paint on this awhile ...
But being a seller is to alleviate our frustration in some shape, but it’s not what the Reds need to do immediately. If we are going to fix the team, I’d vote we wait till off-season, let some young guys have some games, see what we have.
Hell, there isn’t any reason to blow it up now.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
This is CMM's highest value
that’s basically guaranteed
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Well, if CMM can bring in three matching fruits, I say pull the lever
But overall, being a seller doesn’t include trading an old catcher to a team that needs a catcher just to contend. The Reds are technically not sellers if that’s all they intend to do … move CMM and Gomes.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
If we were contending, we wouldn't sell CMM
but since we aren’t, we might. That makes us kinda sellers, at least
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
trading Ramon is a pretty obvious move at this point
they’re not out of it, regardless of how people feel around here, but its time to make moves like that given how difficult it will be to come back.
Well even the guys who are buyers are moving people out.
So the question is about motive. If the Reds are moving players because they want to win next year, then … yes, that would define them as sellers.
The definition is contingent upon your perceived chances of winning. The Reds are pretty near the line that says 2012 is the next best target.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Currently ... CMM has kept this team afloat.
CoCo … hell, he isn’t going to get another save …
In any case, unloading these guys is not going to fix this clusterfuck.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
CoCo, he couldn't save a chicken crossing a road.
And he wanted to be an All-Star?
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm out kids, it's up to you Gray
I’m going to watch Lilo & Stitch with young’ns.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
That is an admirable choice
and probably more entertaining at the same time
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
It was the correct choice, as it turns out
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
I refuse to believe we don't have some pitchers
in the system that couldn’t do better than this shit
by coviner on Jul 27, 2011 9:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Not AAA, that's for sure
Actually, I still hold out some hope for Thompson to be a useful reliever
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
alright seriously, see you bitches tomorrow
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
Walt needs to blow this mutha up!
by Joe Nolan's Neckbeard on Jul 27, 2011 9:14 PM EDT reply actions
there isn't much to blow up, really just unload some spare parts
hopefully pick up one or two impact players, hopefully one of whom is a pitcher. This team is fine for 2012.
I still firmly believe in the Votto/Bruce/Phillips/Stubbs/Leake/Cueto/Bailey/Wood/Masset/Ondrusek/Chapman/Cozart/Alonso/Messarco core of this team for 2012.
Add a pitcher at the top of the rotation, they will be fine.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
After Ondrusek blew up last night
I dunno.
He can be inconsistenroyo at times.
The management needs help.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Let me add Bailey, Wood, Cozart, and even Chapman to the list of hold on a sec...
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
I just mean he should get
what he can for Monie and try to pull off a deal for a top of the rotation arm. I am worried that Rolen may have a fork sticking out of his ass.
by Joe Nolan's Neckbeard on Jul 27, 2011 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
According to tHom, yes.
He’s not a smart man.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2011 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Joe Morgan
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Get that guy from the Nats up
Just because
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
tHom remains unimpressed
that miserable fuck.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I really can't stand him
we all feel bad when they play bad his cynicism just makes it that much more unbearable
He HATES Jay
and Drew, for that matter. He is insufferable.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
why would he hate on the home team that way?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
and by missed out, he means that you missed out on buying a new TV after taking a sledgehammer to it
while listening to the broadcast crew shit on Adam Dunn every night
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
the entire crew?
Not just tHom?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
George Grande treated him pretty normally
which is actually pretty crappy by Grande’s standard
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
but he normally stroked every Red’s balls
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
That's how it sounded to me
They didn’t even limit themselves to his awful defense. They really focused on his hitting. Seriously.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
He's the Alan Parsons Project of baseball
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2011 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
the Alan Parsons Project wasn't that good
He’s more a of a band that only did one thing really well, and they did it well enough to still be listenable.
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
He's probably pretty pissed about the Gomes trade as well
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
In this respect, you should consider yourself lucky to be an out-of-towner
The Brennemans are a spiteful lot.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 27, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I've heard so much about them
I’m almost afraid to listen to them. So far I haven’t noticed anything all that bad, though.
I watched a bit of the archived game the other day (looking for the Janish “error,” to see if I was misremembering the weird bounce). The Mets announcers ripped him up one side and down the other, and I was expected the Reds announcers to be worse, but they were pretty calm.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Mets announcers have watched Jose Reyes for 6 years
Reds announcers have watched OCab, AGon, Keppinger, et al, for 6 years. You can understand if they might hold SS’s to different standards
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Geez, it takes 10 minutes to name all the Reds SS in the past 5 years.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
mostly it was earlier in the year
when the Reds were still plenty fine, but Thom would act like every small mistake they made was the Reds blowing the game. It speaks to a lack of understanding of baseball. Now its slightly more defensible, since its starting to getting old.
Actually, I would not be opposed to these announcers being taken down ...
… come back next year. Bring in a couple of new voices. It wouldn’t help much but the constant drone is tiresome.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
I don't think many people here would be opposed to getting rid of thom and Jeff
cough except cough ’tHan cough
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Bruce did something good
lucky bounce, but we’ll take it
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
There is one, only need 10 more to win
by coviner on Jul 27, 2011 9:18 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I hate it when people smoke in our rooms even when we tell them about the no smoking policy.
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
I pulled that line on United Airlines once, and it worked
they changed my reservation, and for some reason i had to call them to confirm it despite the fact they emailed me to tell me. So I spoke with a customer service agent, and told him I have a policy that when an airline changes my flights they have to pay a $150 change fee. I got a $150 gift certificate for future travel.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
by Yossarian22 on Jul 27, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
My mom owns a very small bed and breakfast.
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
well that sucks
it isn’t like you can even put the next guests in a different room, while you clean the first room with the fee you collect from the smoking asshole.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
I doubt we will collect a fee.
Not worth the trouble, most likely.
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
oh
i was at a hotel that claimed they would chair something obscene like a $250 cleaning fee for smoking in the room.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
i'm not blaiming them
i think it is reasonable. It is there property, people who deface it by smoking should pay.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
Sounds like a capitalist!
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Not Yossarian!
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
so a democratic socialist?
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
and I was just giving you a hard time
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
If you don't do anything about it
people have no incentive to stop
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Sounds like a great criminal justice philosophy.
But not exactly practical for every small business owner.
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
they would probably fight it ,and not pay
although your mom has a legal dream team working for her!
Nothing succeeds like failure.
I deny that I would engage in the unauthorized practice of law in the state of Ohio.
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
by andromache on Jul 27, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love it when you speak French.
Le pee teete maddy moyzelle.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
So ... 5 in the 8th, 2 in the 9th ... we're off to the post-season!!!
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Masset is only good during the middle months
apparently
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Jesusfuckingchrist
He doubled?
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
Nick Masset is a good pitcher
When it doesn’t matter
by coviner on Jul 27, 2011 9:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Sunday feels like so long ago.
I’m off kiddos. Hope we get a FestiVole win tomorrow.
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
Janish swung at ball 4
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I have hit the white X in the red box ...
Pelfrey is still getting people out on popups to the first baseman in the 8th inning.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Thom pining for Jonathan Jonson
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
Stubbs gets a base hit to squeak through a hole, or something
anyway, I was talking about the amazingness of Jonny Gomes…
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
damn it reds, im already a Clipper fan, i don't need this shit
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:33 PM EDT reply actions
I think he means the LA Clippers
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
id did
but the reds might want a shitty SG like Randy Foye to play LF
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't care ... I just want to know if they have a SS we could get.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
fine
Eric Bledsoe is on his way to Cincy
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
He'd need to hit second in the order.
Can he bunt?
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
all he does is bunt in the NBA
he certainly doesn’t play basketball
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe he can pitch.
Our tall guy for their tall guy, “straight up.”
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Do they have a shortstop we could get in a deal?
We have a veterany catcher and a wizzened righthander we could offer.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Holy crap
He’s done for the year. That’s as bad as Steven Drew. That really sucks as I don’t want the Cards to win.
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
and I like Rickie Weeks too, helluva player
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Holy shit
Am I looking at that right?
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
I kept looking for a ball near the head then looked down
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh god, that's absolutely horrifying
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
martian chronicles by ray bradbury
as i recall twas pretty good. Maybe Brave New World?
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I horrible if I say say something
Like Lord of the Rings?
Or Catcher in the Rye?
Not sci-fi
But the classic stuff sticks with me most.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Dante's Inferno is a motherfucker to read
but really good if you get the cliff’s notes to help you.
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I said it in the last one, but for me it's Dune.
Even though Dune is a bit space opera-y.
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
I'm reading Paradise Lost right now
I like it, but I don’t imagine it would be many people’s cup of tea
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
that's long division
a bit difficult for the layman
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, the subject matter itself is going to turn a lot of people off
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
I have a hard time with "best"
There are a lot of books I like for different reasons, but would have a hard time picking one that’s the “best.”
Some classics I’ve enjoyed:
“Cat’s Cradle” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” by Robert A. Heinlein
“The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. LeGuin
“Flowers For Algernon” by Daniel Keyes
My favorite authors tend to be women: CJ Cherryh, Tanith Lee, Connie Willis, James Tiptree, Jr.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Flowers was great
I read that in 8th grade and have read it several times over the years.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
i should reread it sometime
i haven’t read it in about 10 years.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
by Yossarian22 on Jul 27, 2011 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Will someone let me know when the bleeding is over and how bad it ends up being?
I gave up.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:37 PM EDT reply actions
Sux City is up 4-3
But Peg is driving now.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:38 PM EDT reply actions
Awww, I just stepped out of the room for 20 secs and missed it!
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
I told you guys he looked better than Gomes!
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
It's pretty hard to be worse
"Good luck, National League managers – I have no idea how you’re supposed to get this guy out." - Dave Cameron on Joey Votto
by Grahamophone on Jul 27, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
thom and Chris both agree that Gomes got a bad rap on his defense
tHom is just blind to that guy’s many flaws
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Gomes generally catches the ball
Most outfielders in MLB generally catch the ball.
I haven’t seen that much artistry being performed in LF by most of the league, so in Gomer’s defense, he got the job done most of the time.
His throws are an adventure.
But generally, he catches it.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
why?
If he’s so critical of Bruce and Stubbs, why does he love Gomes so much?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Well, hell ... they are human.
Gomes and tHom have probably established a friendship.
That doesn’t absolve tHom of his job to be at least somewhat objective in his reporting of the game. If he’s holding Stubbs and Bruce to a higher standard, that would be understandable if he confessed that he is at least overrating Gomes’s play.
All in all, I think tHom is being a dick about it and he probably doesn’t realize it after having done it for so long.
As a fan, I was happier when Gomes made a great play than when Stubbs or Bruce make one, mainly because of expectations. But I am not a Reds play by play announcer.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Some broadcasters get unreasonably attached
It makes no sense, they just do.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
now, now
Gomes has made that play many times. He was pretty good at that sliding into the fence play.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
hey, Yonder looked like a real left fielder there
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Does anyone know if mobile commenting works on the iPhone?
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:43 PM EDT reply actions
Do they still have those?
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."
yeah
and KMIBM gave me a really great name for my atheist band, but I forgot it. Nihilist was in it though.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
The Procrastinating Nihilists, wasn't it?
/lurker’d
How much wood could Chakkuchakkuchakku if you can throw a tree?
yeah I was advocating a day off
a long time ago. He needs a bit of rest now and then but apparently his defense suffers
rally caps?
RALLY CAPS!
rally…(sigh) caps.
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:45 PM EDT reply actions
I was gonna complain
but it’s a lost cause anyway. He might as well swing for the fences if he feels like it. Smallball ain’t getting us back in it
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Sweet Jesus
Trade everyone but Joey
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
yeah
no one will take coco or arroyo
by RedHotHollywood on Jul 27, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Coco probably has some value
if a team is serious about a run, and is willing to part with about $4M, Coco could help their bullpen, give them a second closer.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
"Don't Fence Me In" maybe?
Sinatra seems an odd choice. Unless you’re a Yankee.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
might be a better bet
to be a secret Red Sox fan, at least this year.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
good point
but at least I would know you are also a Yankees fan whereas I’d be alone in the Red Sox thing I think
Oh!
A pinch hitter!
That’ll win the game, dusty
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
I'm not leaving 'til our dog finishes
Eh, screw it, let’s go!
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
C'mon Lasty!
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
It's been more fun than it would have been, fellow denizens of RR
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
It's been a pleasure serving with you, kcgard.
Singer: So did you know you can bring a gun in here now?
'Mache: I BROUGHT TWO! **flexes**
sic transit gloria
"OVERCHARGE, v. To ask a higher price than you can get." -Ambrose Bierce
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Jul 27, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
that's for sure
without RR Reds fandom would be very difficult. On that note, let’s hope festivole is huge success
It's been an honor commenting with you all
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
when you grow up, you'll really be able to fully participate in the debauchery, nonsense, and immaturity of RR
in it’s true glory. Young’un
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Yes
Some day.
I hope to be just like y’all.
HEHE.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys are dreaming
Pinches you both.
by hotcincyredsgirl on Jul 27, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
You forgot the action asterisks
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
The plural of asterisk is a really fun word to pronounce
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Follow our heroes here
http://am-association.bbstats.pointstreak.com/flash/index.html?gameid=31562
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
hmmmm
There may be something to the rumors that Banana Bob is pressuring Walt to make a deal.
Reds owner Bob Castellini says the club is still looking to make deals.
"There’s no stone unturned," he said.
…Castellini would not answer specific questions about what the Reds plan to do. But he made it clear the plan remains to win this year.
"No stone unturned."
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I don't think this is particularly shocking ...
I think that anybody who owns a team is committed to telling fans that they will do whatever it takes to produce a team that can and will contend.
BB could pressure Walt to make the trade but if the trade ain’t there, cough up the cash, Bobby.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
omg
It’s happening again. Braves and Bucs are in extras.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
The guy who broke Cozart singled
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
he used to be a Pirate, didn't he?
He was in tears when he heard he was traded, and so were the fans.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Votto was traded?
Nothing succeeds like failure.
by Yossarian22 on Jul 27, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Walk off single
Pirates announcer tHom’d
"You! Look what you've done. My starting pitcher thinks he's a chicken."
David Ross
is kinda good. Why did the Reds get rid of him?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
i still don't understand that either.
In 2008 the Reds had three catchers; Paul Bako, Javier Valentin, and David Ross.
Bako was a defensive first catcher with a slash of .217/.299/.328 and was worth -.2 WAR.
Valentin was a poor defensive catcher with a slash of .256/.326/.411 and was worth .4 WAR.
Ross was a strong defensive catcher with a slash of .231/.381/.366 and was worth .9 WAR for the Reds that season.
Some how the guy with the best OPS, defensive value (according to fangraphs) and WAR was DFA’d for nothing while Bako with his shitty hitting and bad defense was the number one catcher, and Valentin with his passable hitting and terrible defense was the number two catcher.
I mean I guess it didn’t matter much, after Ross left, the Reds traded Freel for CMM, and used the current CMM/Hannigan duo, but still, it is fucking dumb to release the best player at a position when their are two clearly inferior players at every facet of the game still on the roster.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
by Yossarian22 on Jul 27, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I just remember Ross dropping multiple outfield assits
it seemed like it would happen every game, like a mental block or something. I wasn’t terribly sad to see him go, his defense was really flailing at the time. But it’s good to see him step it back up. He’s from GA, so I think he apprecaites being the hometown kid and all.
"You said 'walks' twice."
"I like walks."
I don't remember that
but i wasn’t watching too many games at that time.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
by Yossarian22 on Jul 28, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
People here and at other Reds sites thought Ross was pretty much garbage at the time
and were not sad at all to see him go. It was the same with LaRue as well.
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
the stats say the two catchers left on the roster were inferior to Ross.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
by Yossarian22 on Jul 28, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I always liked Dave Ross
Paul Bako, on the other hand, I did not.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 28, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Dusty
thinks Arroyo might not be fully healthy. He thinks Arroyo might be less than truthful on the issue.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
This won't gain me any friendship points from Groupthink
There is no good excuse for the manager, the pitching coach, the trainer, the bullpen coach and the team doctor to not know the answer to this question. Dusty isn’t quite sure about this? WTF.
Conceding that Fay may have created his own story, but all the same,
Send him in for a physical exam. Duh.
Skip the debate: The Reds need a new coaching staff.
Dusty said the same thing about Arroyo in 2008 when he had a slow start
he even thought that Arroyo needed an MRI. He said that before talking to Arroyo, and the press went to Arroyo with that information and he was confused.
I think Arroyo may have been weakened out of the gate with mono, and may never have gotten his legs under him. What I remember about mono was it took me a lot of time and rest to get better, and even after the disease left, it took me another month or so to get back to pre-sickness strength. I was too sick to go to class. I couldn’t imagine going through that with the demands of a psychically exhausting job. Arroyo didn’t take anytime off. He hasn’t really had a chance to rest and recover. He may have benefited from taking April off, getting well and then going through a strengthening program.
That would also explain the large 1.3 MPH drop off on his fastball.
Maybe I just desperately want to believe he will improve next year.
Nothing succeeds like failure.
by Yossarian22 on Jul 27, 2011 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions
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