So the Cubs traded Hairston for Nevin, eh? Remember when Bowden had a Griffey for Nevin deal all signed? Thank goodness Nevin doesn’t like the Midwest.
They said it was unseasonably cool in Chi-town? It would be quite nice here in DC if the excessive heat of yesterday hadn’t spontaneously breeded mosquitoes. I wish the Cubs would get eaten by mosquitoes.
Ok I’ve been patient, I’ve stuck up for them, I’ve rooted them on through thick and thin but to get the bases loaded with out against a pitcher who settles in as the game goes on and not score a run in the first, that’s it. Get some people in here who can do the little things. When this team was winning in April it got the timely basehit and understood offense in baseball. This is like an Earl Weaver nightmare waiting around for the 3 run homerun that never comes.
Wow, guys. Kearns “always” seems to swing late? He’s been cold lately, but he’s been a streaky hitter since the low minors. For the season, he’s still at .286 .358 .516. I’ll take an 875 OPS any day.
Looking at the line makes me wonder. Has there ever been a no-hitter or perfect game with no K’s? I would think not. I doubt there has been many complete games with no K’s.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if Eric Milton had a career year this season and we had four real pitchers (Lizard being the fourth)? Could it happen? In his first start back, he was rusty, but in the last two, he’s done quite well.
Kent Mercker has participated in not one, but two no-hitters – both with the Braves. He completed one (1994) and started another (1991), being relieved after 6 IP.
daedalus….lots of things about Grande could be classified as “the worst.”
It’s a shame, because I think Chris Welsh is a pretty darn good color guy. If he had a good play-by-play man beside him, the Reds broadcast team would be outstanding. As it is, they’re tough to listen to.
I still love Marty, and Steve is growing on me, so radio remains good. I don’t care how many nutty things Marty says, or what vendettas he has against certain players — he’s the best there is (outside of Vin Scully, of course) at describing the game.
The countdown continues: California Angel Clyde Wright struck out one Oakland A’s batter while no-hitting them in 1970. Appropriately, Reggie Jackson was the sole K victim.
Holy cow, you were exactly right on the six degrees of separation. Ken Holtzman no-hit the Reds in 1971, winning 1-0. Not a good year for him though, overall – just 9 wins and 15 losses, 4.48 ERA.
There’s been a real shortage of no-hitters lately. You look at 1967-1977 and they were coming once a month or so. It’s now been over two years since the last one, which was Randy Johnson’s perfect game.
What does the lack of no-hitters say about the current game? Juiced ball? Use of supplements? Expansion diluted pitching?
I wouldn’t think diluted pitching would do it – the best pitchers in the 70’s all got to pitch every 4-5 days; the best pitchers today get to pitch every 5ish days. Adding in more bad pitchers would lower the no hits per game, but shouldn’t impact no hits per season…
Coffey was great tonight. Narron can’t have much confidence in very many people in that bullpen. Coffey’s his guy and rightfully so. Let’s hope that Coffey doesn’t get burned up early in the season while the non-performers sit.
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Let’s hope Zambrano serves up some prime hitting material that even this struggling offense can hit.
Time for the team to bust out of this slump.
So the Cubs traded Hairston for Nevin, eh? Remember when Bowden had a Griffey for Nevin deal all signed? Thank goodness Nevin doesn’t like the Midwest.
They said it was unseasonably cool in Chi-town? It would be quite nice here in DC if the excessive heat of yesterday hadn’t spontaneously breeded mosquitoes. I wish the Cubs would get eaten by mosquitoes.
What’s the status of Phillips?
71 degrees is what the NWS says, which is about the same temp here since the storms moved through.
Boy, that was a terrible throw. Just an ugly, Little League-type play by the Cubs.
They looked like the Reds on that one.
Alright, Dunn…runner in scoring position, two on.
Hope this ends Zambrano into meltdown mode.
Well, they didn’t give him anything to hit.
Bases juiced for Austin Kearns. I like our chances to score a couple here.
Another ugly at-bat by Kearns.
Austin Kearns needs glasses.
And this crappy month continues.
When is June going to get here?
Ok I’ve been patient, I’ve stuck up for them, I’ve rooted them on through thick and thin but to get the bases loaded with out against a pitcher who settles in as the game goes on and not score a run in the first, that’s it. Get some people in here who can do the little things. When this team was winning in April it got the timely basehit and understood offense in baseball. This is like an Earl Weaver nightmare waiting around for the 3 run homerun that never comes.
I think we’re all getting very frustrated, Hatter. Something’s gotta give here. This team is in a freefall.
Earl Weaver’s the best manager of the past 50 years. One guy’s failure to execute does not mean the game plan is a bad one.
Alright! Esteban Yan is available tonight!
Well, nice first couple of innings for Milton.
Austin Kearns needs glasses.
Kearns needs to study pitchers so he knows what to expect. He appears clueless and he always seems to swing late.
Kearns struck out 12 times of his last 20 ABs.
Wow, guys. Kearns “always” seems to swing late? He’s been cold lately, but he’s been a streaky hitter since the low minors. For the season, he’s still at .286 .358 .516. I’ll take an 875 OPS any day.
Frustration continues. How many runners are the Reds going to leave on base?
He’s been more than cold. He’s been frigid.
The most embarrassing thing about this Cubs series is the Reds are playing so poorly against a horrible ball club.
Milton’s pitching well. That’s some good news.
Milton’s ERA is now below 5.00.
:shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:
At his current rate, Zambrano’s ERA will be below 3.00 by the end of the night.
Way to go, Junior! Home run, out of Wrigley.
JUNIOR!
Zambrano current rate has been altered.
Interesting thing about Milton tonight.
No K’s.
Was Dunn talking to his bat?
Boy, when Zambrano goes bad, he really goes.
LaRue = DP, right?
Was Larue loafing down the line?
That’s a good observation on Milton’s line. What a weird line it is so far: 5.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K. Just 56 pitches.
Looking at the line makes me wonder. Has there ever been a no-hitter or perfect game with no K’s? I would think not. I doubt there has been many complete games with no K’s.
Womack is being a pain right now.
The K drought is over.
Milton gets his first K…of Tony Womack.
…a nine pitch K…definitely a pain…
What a plus it would be if this is the Milton we continue to see throughout the remainder of the season.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if Eric Milton had a career year this season and we had four real pitchers (Lizard being the fourth)? Could it happen? In his first start back, he was rusty, but in the last two, he’s done quite well.
Finally a Cubs reliever that doesn’t throw 90+ MPH. But his ERA is 1.71.
Freel has done well tonight – does that mean Narron sits him tomorrow to prevent a hot streak?
The only thing that could make it more awesome is if the offense would return to its early season form.
Wow…how’d Freel make that hit a triple? Went out fast, got played fast, thrown back in fast, but somehow he ended on third? Wow…
Until Phillips’ hammy is better I would guess Freel plays everyday.
The Reds’ Ron Robinson had a perfect game going against Montréal once, striking out just two. He lost the perfect game with two out in the ninth, then gave up a homer to make it a 1-run game and was relieved.
Hey, did you know that Eric Milton already has a no-hitter to his credit? It’s true: back in 1999.
Freel is one of the best parttime players in baseball and one of the most mediocre fulltime players.
Milton was 7-11 that year. That was his last decision of the season. His ERA was 4.49.
He had 13 K’s that game. Wonder what the FB to GB ratio was for that game?
Even Chris Welch is getting on Dunn for that strikeout looking.
No-hitters are my mini-research project tonight. Jim Abbott struck out just three in his no-hitter in 1993 (for the Yankees). Still looking…
Kent Mercker has participated in not one, but two no-hitters – both with the Braves. He completed one (1994) and started another (1991), being relieved after 6 IP.
When George Grande says “the Reds do some business,” it reminds me of dogs doing theirs. Grande has the worst sayings…
Whoa! Was that a six pitch inning by Milton?
That’s a good observation on Milton’s line. What a weird line it is so far: 5.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K. Just 56 pitches.
Dan O’Brien would be proud, that line is the definition of pitching to contact.
Later,
Tom
Surely we didn’t just get a “pitching to contact” reference. I’d almost forgotten that term.
LA Dodger Jerry “Rolls” Reuss struck out just 2 in his 1980 no-hitter in Candlestick Park.
I think it’s probably pretty rare for a team to have zero strikeouts in any game, much less a no-hitter.
What a performance by Milton. Just a revelation.
The O’Brien “pitching to contact” philosophy was more like a “throw it down the middle of the plate” philosophy.
daedalus….lots of things about Grande could be classified as “the worst.”
It’s a shame, because I think Chris Welsh is a pretty darn good color guy. If he had a good play-by-play man beside him, the Reds broadcast team would be outstanding. As it is, they’re tough to listen to.
I still love Marty, and Steve is growing on me, so radio remains good. I don’t care how many nutty things Marty says, or what vendettas he has against certain players — he’s the best there is (outside of Vin Scully, of course) at describing the game.
Meanwhile, LaRue is as cold as cold can be. 0-4, down to .184 .
Milton has had perfect game stuff tonight.
I’ll certainly take this Milton over last year’s version. Hope he keeps it up.
Who would have thought we’d have a decent rotation! And that the hitters would be the downfall of the team.
Milton adds to his night with a line drive single.
The countdown continues: California Angel Clyde Wright struck out one Oakland A’s batter while no-hitting them in 1970. Appropriately, Reggie Jackson was the sole K victim.
Jared’s daddy.
It would be hard not to get a K in a game against Mr. October.
Okay, time to bring in Esteban Yan.
Whoa! The shutout almost disappeared there.
There it is: Cubs lefty Ken Holtzman threw a no-hitter at the Braves in 1969, and didn’t record a strikeout.
Clyde Wright was in fact the father of sometimes NYY pitcher Jaret Wright. I’ll be darned.
Okay, time to bring in Esteban Yan.
Makes me think of that guitar dude.
Okay, there goes the shutout. Where’s Narron?
How do you lose it after 76 pitches?
Matt Murton has looked like a world-beater against Cincinnati. Is he really that good?
That was fast. Hot-hitting Jacque “Strap” Jones makes it a one-run game.
Is that all? 76 pitches?
Goodness, Milton has pitched two of the more efficient games I remember seeing in a while — in his last two starts.
Nice work, DA!
In a “six degree of separation” frame of mind, didn’t Holtzman no-hit the Reds two years later?
Might be JavaMan in the 9th or sooner.
Maybe hitting the single did Milton in.
:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:
Great job, Milton…now put out the fire, Java Man.
This is Milton’s third start since the time on the DL so maybe his stamina isn’t what it should be yet.
A two game winning streak sure has the Cubs fans all psyched up.
Bring in Yan! (Just thought I’d throw that in there)
After a nice jam job, Coffey missed the outside target by a lot!
I heart Todd Coffey.
JavaMan does the job!!!
I heart Todd Coffey???
DA, I was going to say that. I’ll just say I heart Javaman.
Oh wait a minute. I got it. I’m slow.
So will Narron send Weathers out to start the ninth? Does he have the cahones to pull a stunt like that?
Never underestimate (or is it overestimate) Jerry Narron’s cahones.
Holy cow, you were exactly right on the six degrees of separation. Ken Holtzman no-hit the Reds in 1971, winning 1-0. Not a good year for him though, overall – just 9 wins and 15 losses, 4.48 ERA.
There’s been a real shortage of no-hitters lately. You look at 1967-1977 and they were coming once a month or so. It’s now been over two years since the last one, which was Randy Johnson’s perfect game.
Cubs pitching has thrown 151 pitches tonight and we’re only up by a run.
What does the lack of no-hitters say about the current game? Juiced ball? Use of supplements? Expansion diluted pitching?
Who is it? Is Coffey coming back in?
I’ll lose control if Weathers comes to the mound with a one-run game. Coffey might blow it, but Weathers definitely will.
1971 was the year the Reds got no-hitted twice. The other by Rick Wise of the Phillies. Imagine a Pete Rose team being no-hitted twice.
LOB LOB LOB LOB LOB LOB LOB…
Phillips is in, Dunn is out, in a one-run game. Watch the Cubs tie it, then we won’t have Dunn in extra innings for the 215th time this season.
JavaMan gets to finish it.
Phillips in the game as well. The hammy must be OK.
At least Coffey is still in.
Rick Wise – he hit two homeruns off the Reds in that no-hit game too, didn’t he?
Who needs Dunn when you have Quinton MacCracken on the bench?
:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:
Matt Murton will bat in this inning.:neutral:
Masterful 9th inning performance by JavaMan!!
Coffey is THE MAN.
He should be the full-time closer, starting now.
Fast and suspenseless. That’s why Coffey is the go-to guy.
Wise pretty much hosed the Reds in every shape and form that game.
Closer Coffey!!!
We win and I am happy.
Redleg Nation needs a coffee mug emoticon for the JavaMan.
Amazing that the Reds have beaten Zambrano twice this year.
What does the lack of no-hitters say about the current game? Juiced ball? Use of supplements? Expansion diluted pitching?
I wouldn’t think diluted pitching would do it – the best pitchers in the 70’s all got to pitch every 4-5 days; the best pitchers today get to pitch every 5ish days. Adding in more bad pitchers would lower the no hits per game, but shouldn’t impact no hits per season…
Good point, Ethan.
Coffey was great tonight. Narron can’t have much confidence in very many people in that bullpen. Coffey’s his guy and rightfully so. Let’s hope that Coffey doesn’t get burned up early in the season while the non-performers sit.