Loading ...Elizardo Ramirez vs. Brad Penny tonight at the GAB, in a game that the Reds really need to win.
Will Edwin Encarnacion play tonight against the right-handed Penny? My guess is that EdE will be back on the bench once again, but I hope I’m very wrong.
Until then: Free Edwin Encarnacion!
That Jerry Narron is so compassionate. Letting EE out on a midweek furlough is a wonderful idea.
Royce in there batting 8th… He is 1 for 10 against Penny. Castro is 3 for 6. Make sense to bench Castro…. Narron is retarded.
Come on Sam after Royce’s wonderful performance last night he deserves to start today and everyday according to Narron. Just be glad he didn’t ask to bat 2nd tonight just to feel more comfortable.
Edwin batting cleanup *thumbs up*
Ross behind the plate *thumbs up*
Clayton in the 8 spot *thumb sideways*…can never be too glad he’s in the lineup but at least he’s not gettin any higher than 8th lately
That would almost be better. Batting Clayton 8th is like having 2 pitchers at the bottom of the lineup.
Do you, or do you not understand that Clayton “knows how to play the game”?
Jerry’s word should be enough for you. We’re leading the wild card, for goodness sakes! (If Phoenix wins and we lose, will we still be able to use that as a response to everything)?
EdE has been freed- for one game anyway.
Narron also loves Majewski because “he comes right at hitters.” I could go in there and come right at hitters. His numbers with the Reds show that he is definitely coming right at them.
. . . and the baseballs are coming right back at Majewski. Repeatedly.
That quote makes me think of a dirty joke about what hitters do when they see Majewski on the mound. Sorry.
I won’t believe EdE is in the lineup tonight until i see him at bat. Narron might PH for him when he comes up in the 1st/2nd inning. It might also be Aurilia in an Encarnacion jersey.
“Castro’s had some success against Penny, and my heart told me it was important to get that runner over in the first inning. So I pinch hit for Encarnacion.” – Jerry Narron, in about 3 hours.
A nice K by EZ to start the game
1-2-3 inning for EZ. The Reds need to get the bats out tonight.
A nice K by EZ to end the first inning. Side retired in order.
good to see a nice start, too many games have been starting with jams/runs lately.
The last 2 fastballs Penny has thrown have registered at 65mph on the gun
There we go- 96mph
Nice at bat by Freel- worked the count full and got a base hit.
ah the dp’s. wouldn’t be a reds game without ‘em.
Strike out, throw out DP
another 1-2-3 inning for EZ
Great defensive play by EdE. I doubt RA would even have gotten there.
i’m wondering, the problem with EdE’s d is his throwing accuracy, presumably because he drops down. But he makes plays like that all the time, where he has to throw off balance.
i wonder if throwing off balance actually makes his throws more accurate because of his mechanics. Maybe he just needs to make all of his plays like that. field the ball routinely, then dive and throw.
see the madness you’ve driven me to narron!?
RBI double for Penny
That seems to be EZs weakness – giving up big hits to the opposing pitcher this year. I remember he gave up a bomb to a pitcher after Marty was complaing about how EZ was pitching saying “come on now, he’s not Babe Ruth”. Then Bam!
Looks like we are playing comeback ball again. Hope we get the bats going.
RBI single for Izturis. Poor throw home by Griffey and Izturis gets to 2nd. Still 1 out.
RBI triple for Lofton. This inning is making me sick.
runs, i remember what it was like when the reds scored those.
Before coming to Cincinnati, the Dodgers had been averaging less than 3 runs a game for the past 14 games. It looks like they have snapped out of that slump.
Walk by EZ, RBI single by Drew, 4-0 LA. Still 1 out and I just vomited in my mouth.
6 straight hitters reaching base. the reds are infuriating.
Reds gave up 4 in the 3rd last night and 4 in the 3rd tonight.
How is this team leading a playoff race?
ask that question in a week.
at least royce knows how to play this game.
Izturis?
the bad boy is pretty excited about the reds getting someone to 2nd, penny must look pretty tough.
I really, really, really want to be proven wrong about Krivsky and Narron. I really don’t want to spend the winter saying “I told you so.” That’s no fun – this just feels like 2004 with better p.r. and more frantic action.
Everyone’s looking pretty tough lately: Doug Davis, Sheets, Penny, Aaron Frickin Sele…
But we had enough offense to throw away.
Dunn strikes out looking w/ a man on 3rd to end the inning.
Utley extends his streak to 34 and the Phillies are leading the Cards 1-0.
Not a good sign when Elizardo walks three in a a game.
Is he really at 71 pitches, or is Gamecast off its nut?
At least we have 8 relievers ready to go.
Well he faced 9 batters last inning- i would say 71 sounds about right.
something just occurred to me…ez’s english still isn’t that great is it?…i remember in another game that ross caught ez they said edwin had to go out to the mound for each mound visit and help translate…you think maybe thats the only reason he’s even starting tonight? kinda sad if its the truth
Who’s this new guy batting after Griffey?
hahah the translator chris
It might be. I saw an interview w/ him before the game and he was not very fluent. That probably is why Narron started EdE (though he’d never admit it). I wish all of our pitchers only spoke spanish.
Cut Valentin, give EE more playing time.
There’s a shot by Griffey. I think this is the most unexcited I have been after watching a Griffey HR. 4-1 LA.
the thought just occurred to me coz i know valentin usually catches ez and edwin is the only spanish speaking position player out there tonight
sob..are u serious? i’m up here jackin around on this thread n griffey homered? f..back off to the tv
That is a good point. I think Narron knows he needs Ross in the lineup so he is then forced to start EE (even though we need his bat in the lineup even more).
Hatte hits the 2nd HR of the inning.
Hard to get all that excited about a guy w/ a .295 OBP, no matter how many career HRs he has. Sorry, Jr.
Now, this guy I like!
I like that. Another solo homer.
This game feels a lot like last night. Maybe we could come back in a game and not have the bullpen give up 29 runs?
oh my. Hatteburg.
At least these whiffs raise Penny’s pitch count?
Grande is now saying that Utley has not yet gotten a hit in the game. How do you misreport that?
That’s surprising. Grande always seems to pay such close attention to what’s going on.
maybe utley……..okay i cant even give grande an excuse on that one hah
don’t get too sad about ross’ K…clayton’s due to lead off
EZ will have well over 100 pitches after this inning (the 5th).
just need to get him through this inning to get the pinch hitter.
RBI double to CF. 5-2 LA. In comes Standrige.
Well, Elizardo couldn’t make it through 5. On to the bullpen.
A 4-pitch walk to start the game for the bullpen.
This situation cries out for the Majewk Man (and his hair).
another walk. I can’t imagine what all these games would have been like before our bullpen was so drastically improved.
Off to the Padres game. Hopefully there will be a comeback on my Tivo when I return.
George: “A good job by Standridge.”
I guess we have reached the point where walking the first 2 batters you face and getting the 3rd guy out is “doing a good job”
standridge out of the jam..cmon offense
when u dont give up any runs …its a good job..made it tougher than he should have but he got the job done
Clayton’s leading off. This situation is very similar to coed softball when a guy makes that last out and you have to have one of the girls lead off.
Dunn giving it quite a fight here.
Freel got picked-off AGAIN
And mass confusion on the field…
Freel makes another out on the basepaths. This is not a recording.
that play was all round stupid
At least Stormy Weathers looked decent in that inning.
Weathers turns in a perfect inning. Nice to see that every once in a while.
Dunn… strike out… 3rd one today.
Elmer Dessens, the good son returns. Remember when he was the Reds’ best pitcher?
Just got home. What kind of disaster have I returned to tonight? Looks just like last night.
strikes 1 and 3 were absolute bs to hatteberg
Well, tonight it’s only been one disaster inning allowed – the bullpen hasn’t contributed theirs. (yet?) Thusly the Reds still sort of have a chance.
this is gonna sound dumb if none of u have seen it yet…but if u havent watch highlights tonight….a-rod made a ridiculously good slide into 2nd on a double tonight
At least the Cardinals are losing tonight. (Haven’t we been saying this a lot lately?)
Clayton leading off. YES!!!
feel sorry for joshua fitzpatrick..clayton is hittin for him on wlw hah
CLAYTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEA RIGHT!
we must find joshua fitzpatrick..he must be holy
The apocalypse is upon us. Clayton’s first HR in more than a year.
Clayton with a HR! That’s got to be a good omen.
what just happened there…
One of these days they need to let Coffey hit. I would love to see him take a couple hellacious cuts in the on-deck circle and then sprint to the batters box and take some big cuts at the plate.
Coffey would definitely get his moneys worth at the plate
Come on, Dunn. 1-4 w/ a HR and 3 K’s would be quintessential Dunn.
Ha, I’d like to see Coffey do that, too, John R.
Dunn struck out. I can’t believe it.
I guess 0-4 and 4 K’s is also quintessential Dunn, unfortunately.
0-4 4 Ks..not his day…the golden sombraro
Maybe… but Adam Dunn drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls.
hahaha
i’d love to see griffey go deep again…i may poo myself
I’d like to see Griffey go deep again, too…especially since I don’t live with Brandon.
When Dunn does push-ups he doesn’t push himself up- he pushes the earth down.
Adam Dunn’s tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
so close yet so far away- Griffey flies out to the warning track.
Adam Dunn’s chief export is strikeouts.
i wouldnt poo ON you chad haha
Rheal gives up another hit.
If Rheal wasn’t a 39 year old French-Canadian who wears 6 necklaces, maybe he could get a leadoff man out.
EE leading off, wonder if Narron will goes with his heart here and pinch hit for Aurilia.
Only need one baserunner to offer some last-minute hope.
This Saito guy looks tough.
Hope is fading.
Wonder what the attendance was tonight. Looks like a lot of empty seats.
Back in the eighties, at some point in just about every Braves broadcast, one of those yahoo announcers would always say, “This would be a good night to paint the seats.”
A buddy of mine always says it’s a “partial sellout.”
that was pitiful
Why can’t the Reds sign some Asian relievers with unorthodox deliveries to sure up their bullpen?
Partial sellout! The Braves announcers used to say that too, back when TBS broadcast 90-100 losses into every basic-cable household in America.
To Adam Dunn! A ten-foot-tall, two-ton son of a gun who could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast standing!
My two cents on tonight
*Doug Eddings is one of the worst umpires in baseball
*George Grande is one of the worst announcers in baseball
*Devils advocate you may want to check on WEathers stats. I believe he’s given up two earned in his last 11 appearances or something close to that.
Not much more to say. Dull effort tonight.
I’m going to have to watch my flippant remarks; I am quite aware that Weathers has not given up a lot of runs lately. Chris Hammond also had one good month this year.
Weathers has been used in more non-critical situations, and it’s agreed with him. He did promptly give up the lead entrusted to him in that Milwaukee game, which the Reds came back and won anyway, but that’s been it. I don’t see a huge improvement in his performance – 7 BB, 4 K in 11 innings coming into tonight – but the results have been perfectly fine.
Tonight was a lackluster game. STL working on an improbable comeback but still a ways to go, they’re down 11-7 in the 8th.
Adam Dunn’s tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
Chris… Dunn and Chuck Norris are certainly selfish with those tears.
What I had to say real quick was that tonight was completely ironic. I swore off going to more games if Clayton started at second, but how am I to go through with that when he hustles out to get to 1st on the E-6, makes some good defensive plays, AND hits his 1st HR in recent history. Man did he tag it good too… you should have seen that thing in person, great swing and perfect contact. But that being said… I will more than likely wake up tomorrow hating him just as I did yesterday. I hope he can keep turning it around so I can eat my words.
Tough loss tonight though. Another night we fail to gain ground.
The STL pitching staff is looking stretched, stressed, worn, and anything other than good. If their starters continue the way they have, the reds have a legitimate shot at this division… they really need to start playing and winning like they want it though.
I pray wew get it together before the St Louis series, I’m going Tuesday, 2nd row right behind Dunn!!! Jason “home run” Marquis Slated to pitch, maybe I come home with a ball and a win!!!!
Narron still sucks!!!!