Time for a new game thread, since the last one was on Friday. 

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Starting pitchers  Hiroki Kuroda vs   Jamie Moyer

The Dodgers need a strong response to the Phillies to avoid falling into a 3-0 hole from which no NL team has ever escaped in a playoff series. The only AL team to do it was Ramirez's Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.

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Watch the video.. this is really funny

Everyone had convinced Kyle Kendrick that he had been traded to Japan for a player named Kobayashi Iwamura. The manager, GM, his agent... were all in on the ruse.  The look on his face is just priceless.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-springkendrick022408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

C. Moeller, WAS, C Signed to a minor league contract

Bowden continues his love affair with former Reds players. We'll have to wait and see if he is as dumb as sweaterpants and actually puts him on the major league roster.
Who's the next ex-red Jimbo will sign ?

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Back in March most of us had hope of at least a decent season...

SIS Finale ('07 Predictions edition)
By obc
Posted on Thu Mar 29, 2007 at 11:14:21 PM EDT

here's the link
http://redreporter.com/story/2007/3/29/231421/705

if the Reds win tomorrow we will be 72-90
and the winner is a tie between reds123 and bobestes (both picked 73-89)

if the Reds lose they will be 71-91 and the winner will be sidnancy (picked 70-92)

this 7 game losing streak put a lot of people (me included) out of the running...it is also a good indicator of what to expect if we don't keep Dunn & Griffey next year.

The 700 WLW Jennie-O Turkey Store...turkey of the week is none other than skipper Jerry Narron.

here's the link ... (not smart enough to make link smaller)

http://700wlw.com/pages/localSports.html?feed=121849&article=2296919

Narron was also mentioned as the manager most likely to be fired on Yahoo sports yesterday.

I'm hoping for another double GM/Manager sacking  like the Bowden/Boone firing of a few years past.

Reds

Hopper LF
Phillips 2B
Griffey RF
Conine 1B
Encarnacion 3B
Hamilton CF
Gonzalez SS
Moeller C
Belisle P

Indians

Sizemore CF
Blake 3B
Hafner 1B
Martinez C
Nixon RF
Peralta SS
Dellucci LF
Barfield 2B
Sowers P

We need a sweep to win the season series, (1 down two to go)

ps I would much rather live in a city where the river never catches fire.  Go Reds !

The month of June has always been my favorite month beacause of a) my birthday b) start of summer c)my birthday

So who else has a June Birthday ??

the following Reds have June birthdays..

31 Matt Belisle  06/06/80
51 Jared Burton  06/02/81
29 Mike Stanton  06/02/67

9 Juan Castro    06/20/72
19 Jeff Conine   06/27/66
4 B Phillips     06/28/81

Did I mention my birthday is in June ??
68  Redsfan68    06/08/68

 Washington

F. Lopez 2b
C. Guzman ss
R. Zimmerman 3b
R. Church lf
A. Kearns rf
D. Young 1b
B. Schneider c  
N. Logan cf
M. Bacsik p

 Cincinnati

R. Freel cf
A. Gonzalez ss
K. Griffey Jr. rf
B. Phillips 2b
J. Conine 1b
A. Dunn lf
E. Encarnacion 3b
D. Ross c
M. Belisle p

lets try not to sink into baseball futility

 Line ups per somebody else

 Cincinnati

R. Freel 3b
S. Hatteberg 1b
K. Griffey Jr.
B. Phillips 2b
A. Dunn lf
J. Hamilton cf
A. Gonzalez ss
J. Valentin c
M. Belisle p

  San Diego
M. Giles 2b
J. Cruz Jr. lf
B. Giles rf
A. Gonzalez 1b
K. Greene ss
M. Cameron cf
J. Bard c
K. Kouzmanoff 3b
G. Maddux p

..... Dr. Krivsky ....
WTF are you thinking ?
this EdE move is like removing a kidney from a patient with heart trouble.

the problem with this team is that the bullpen has blown 10 yes TEN
games. Plus 2-3 games that were tied, or otherwise in reach.

Can't you find a make believe medical problem for Stanton like you did for Milton ??

The other problem is a lack of right handed power. I know Edwin hasn't been hitting that well, but this move makes us even more vulnerable to a good left handed pitcher.

Krivsky should be fired for Reds medical malpractice !!

Krivsky = sweaterpants = Idiot