2012 Playoffs
So much for the aftergloom
I didn't want to do a full post-mortem on the series and I probably never will. It's all still pretty raw. And my heart palpitations are only just subsiding from that 9th inning Jay Bruce at-bat. R...
NLDS Game 5, Thread 2: Counter-slam range.
That last thread was a funeral house. This is a FUNERAL HOME. If Posey's grand slam was the worst thing that's happened to you in a while, you're having a good life. Reds have four more chances at...
NLDS Game 5: Reds vs. Giants (1:07 EDT). WOGH.
This could be the end of a long and lovely season. Or it could be the end of 17 years without a home playoff win or an NLCS appearance. There's nothing like a final series game to throw...
Late Errors Overshadow Great Pitching
Passed balls, misplayed grounders doom the Reds despite an early lead and dominant pitching.
So much for the aftergloom
I didn't want to do a full post-mortem on the series and I probably never will. It's all still pretty raw. And my heart palpitations are only just subsiding from that 9th inning Jay Bruce at-bat. R...
NLDS Game 5, Thread 2: Counter-slam range.
That last thread was a funeral house. This is a FUNERAL HOME. If Posey's grand slam was the worst thing that's happened to you in a while, you're having a good life. Reds have four more chances at...
GameThread
1255NLDS Game 5: Reds vs. Giants (1:07 EDT). WOGH.
This could be the end of a long and lovely season. Or it could be the end of 17 years without a home playoff win or an NLCS appearance. There's nothing like a final series game to throw...
Talking yourself down
They say that successful athletes - and successful anythings - are able to quiet all the voices that invite failure, possibly through the power of self-delusion. I wasn't able to do this as an...
“A warrior never worries about his fear.”
I mentioned as much in the last thread that I haven't felt this heartsick since high school. I have so much emotion riding on tomorrow afternoon that is completely out of my hands. There is...
Maximum hometown playoff baseball. Reds lose 8-3.
The Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game Sam LeCure. Le Man continues to be nails. After a Sept/Oct where he allowed a .063/.167/.094 (!!!) line to opposing batters, he's now entered in...
GameThread
1391NLDS Game 4: Reds vs. Giants (4:07 EDT).
Mike Leake answers the call. Hopefully while he was working out or something.
Game 3, Thread II: Need Moar Runz!
BOOM BOOM CLAP! BOOM BOOM CLAP! NEED MOAR OFFENSE!
Johnny Cueto has "mild" oblique strain
What was once back spasms is now something closer to what it looked like on Saturday night: a strain to this muscle on Cueto's right (pitching) side. We'll assume it's the external oblique anyway,...
GameThread
1680NLDS Game 3: Giants @ Reds (5:37 EDT).
Preparing for postseason pandemonium in Porkopolis. Reds look to sweep Giants in the Queen City
Winning with Chapman on the fritz
There's something about this team that's wired to win when its best players go down: Combined record during Aroldis Chapman's two hiatuses and without Joey Votto (June 20-23, June 27-July 1,...
Pre-tape blogging Game 2
There were other games happening today, but last night is re-running on Red Reporter 2, Red Reporter News and CRedReporter. Top of the 1st Brandon Phillips pops out to catcher Buster Posey in...
Everything is awesome right now. Reds win, 9-0.
Scrabbles should have won the prediction contest last night, but he didn't get my numbers in on time.
