Loading ...Bronson Arroyo today. Can he get his 10th win? Can the Reds win two in a row against the Bravos? Can the Reds beat a young pitcher?
Will Edwin Encarnacion sit on the bench for a month, despite driving in the go-ahead runs last night with a double, because he made an error? Will Jerry Narron name Royce Clayton captain, since he thinks the shortstop is as good as Barry Larkin?
Lots of questions. I hope the Reds have some answers today. I know you guys and gals will have some answers to these pressing questions.
Answer them here, in the game thread, and watch the game on Fox’s national broadcast.
There needs to be a major party if Bronson finally gets over the hump. May it lead to a streak.
castro at short batting 8th
ross behind the plate
aurilia at third
deno in right
Freel is banged up a little bit after last night. Also EE took fly balls in the OF today.
I am getting tired of all this EE blather. He drove in two runs and cost the Reds a run with his throwing error last night. Until he can make the routine throw he isn’t going to play every day.
i agree redsfaninmd..people give all these examples of great players that had 20 errors in their first season but this team is right in the thick of the playoff hunt, they can’t afford questionable glove like that on the infield, i want him to play as much as anybody else, but i think he needs to work on his defense a lot more first
Clayton is not playing today so at least we don’t have to read 100 threads about how bad Clayton is (and I’m not a fan either but the horse is dead).
And before you all bash I’m a fan of EE and I think he has a great future here. Right now he just happens to be the odd man out.
Anyone see the Bronson singing segment during the pre-game show? Any idea where that was filmed? ‘Cause it wasn’t Cincinnati…
Bronson and his bad innings…
what u mean it wasnt cincy? bridge was right behind him wasnt it?
and 3-0 atl
Jesus, who is this a-wad calling the game on Fox?
I was willing to give Bronson the benefit of the doubt on this “short rest” thing, but I wouldn’t give him a really long leash today, in any event.
Nope…that was a yellow suspension bridge…and on our suspension bridge, the support towers are brick all the way up. And none of the buildings were from either Covington or Cincinnati…
Ugh. Didn’t need to start the game off like that. Hope the guys have their hitting shoes on against a guy they haven’t seen before…
hmm dunno where it was then..and yes this guy on fox is a complete idiot
I thought the Roebling bridge in Cincinnati had stone piers…I don’t have the Reds on tv today, I get the Mets instead, but if it was a yellow bridge behind Arroyo then maybe Pittsburgh, where he started his career.
BP el duble
Maybe filmed in PIT during the all-star break?
Get it going, Brandon (Phillips).
that sucks DA..what state u in
does hatteberg have a mic on his shirt?
Slumping Phillips leads off with a double. Don’t know anything about Shiell, but he’s struggled a little bit. Batting avg. against him is .345 on the year.
GRIFFEY! there we go
Could Jr really be coming out of his funk? Possibly? Maybe? Please??
Good for Griffey. Please let him get hot for a good long while.
Adam Dunn. Love it.
WOW! What a shot by Dunn!
The gameday tracker has that ball landing almost off the screen.
I have cartoons.
Marty incredulous at Aurilia’s bunt attempt. What heck is going on here? Our cleanup man trying to bunt in the first inning, down 2 runs?
And I’m fighting dying batteries on my XM…
i love how when somebody opens their mouth about the ridiculous Free Edwin garbage(i think it is getting really old too) that nobody says anything about it after that. Way to go RedsFanInMd!
Marty says Freel is “beat up.”
Brenneman says that Freel ‘looks like he was in a car wreck’ after the bruising he took last night. But that he’ll be back in the lineup tomorrow.
Nobody wants a war.
freel stays beat up i’m not too worried bout that hah
and btw am i the only one who thinks SF fans are extemely sad for last night?
And as I posted here last night, nobody was “here” when Encar made his error. Only one guy posting at that time. No conspiracy, no cover-up, no sudden conversion to a pro-Clayton worldview. Speaking only for myself, of course.
What, with the SF fans throwing stuff after Bonds was ejected? Yeah, it was not the most mature thing to be doing.
What happened in SF?
hahah the guy on fox just said aurilia’s getting a rare start at third…he doesn’t pay attention
Yikes. Shouldn’t Fox put people in the booth who actually, you know, follow baseball?
That’s paying NO attention. Who is the color man? McImbecile?
That makes Giant fans as classy as Browns fans…
“You don’t live in Cleveland!!”
Again we will have to overcome the relentless efforts to suppress the offense. Clean up hitter, hot since all-start break, first inning, starter began year in independent league. How many reasons do there have to be to not call a bunt. Runner on second, not first. Successful sacrifice would be second out, no sac fly opportunity. We went through stats earlier in year, if I recall correctly, third and two outs increases chance of scoring one run, but decreases chances of more runs, we’re down two in the first. Who is keeping the mystery managerial decision file? Call of the game in first inning.
Having gotten that off my mind … I like Arroyo’s chances for pulling it together better than the opposing starter.
Marty assumed that Aurilia’s “brain fart” was his own, not Narron’s.
Arroyo is a good bunter. That’s helpful.
Some guy emailing Marty, praising Freel for last night’s game. But not for the sliding catch or nearly getting that double late, but for climbing the fence to get a better view of the HR hit ten rows deep. IMO, there’s hustle, and then there’s silly.
Just to quickly recap the SF bit, Bonds came up in the ninth with a runner on and the Giants down by 3. He took a called strike 2 that he disputed with the umpire, but not histrionics or anything. So they’re talking, and then for some reason it escalated and the ump threw him out in the middle of the at-bat. And the SF fans threw a lot of junk on the field.
But having been that type of player, myself, I understand that it’s not really the kind of thing that’s easy to turn on and off, so I won’t criticize Freel for his style. (I’ll just criticize people for praising the window-dressing).
Phillips doing a nice job early on today. Get on base, do what it takes if you have to.
If the Reds could bust it out big time today. BA certainly deserves a break.
Sounds like Fox is trying to get the Reds to give Hatteberg a raise.
Always like to see intentional walks this early. Good indicator that things are not going well.
Ed would hit a slam here.
…not going well for the opposing pitcher, that is.
My lord! Why did he go after that pitch?
Jeff-If you think Narron called for Aurilia’s bunt then you’re the moron. Aurilia did that on his own.
Brenneman still in conniptions over that Aurilia pop-up bunt last inning. But he swings away and pops out, too. Oh well, if Shiell stays out there there ought to be some more chances.
Definitely not a stellar first couple of at-bats for Rich.
Everyone is full of love for Freel today, conveniently forgetting the pickoffs they wanted to string him up for just 2 days ago.
Freel isn’t going to change. He’s going to make some incredible plays, and some real head-scratchers (or hair-puller-outers). At this point in his career, everyone knows what he does. Play him as much as you can without over-exposing him. 70% of the time seems about right.
I agree that Aurilia probably did that on his own, but I’m not so confident that I’d start calling people morons for disagreeing.
Aurilla is having one major bad day!
Yuck.
rich vs. righties = tony womack
OK. Let the barrage begin.
He called Narron a moron (basically without using the word). Chris, I know you know baseball and in your heart you can’t tell me that Aurilia didn’t bunt on his own.
i’m not listening to WLW but but they way u guys are making it sound it might be 2008 before marty stops talkin about that bunt (i agree it was stupidity)
Come on, Arroyo! Get your head together.
He probably did. We’ll find out post-game (if anyone remembers to ask about a first inning screwup).
Nah, Marty made a comment when it happened, then briefly mentioned it when Rich came up the second time – in the nature of the “last time up…” thing they do with everybody. I actually think DA was over-stating it. (Good Lord, I’m defending Marty).
A double play would be splendid!
Nah, Marty brought it up as Aurilia came up for the second time, but with badboy taking over this inning he’ll get over it by the time he’s back for the fourth. Probably.
I am not certain who made the bunt call, since we routinely question Narron, and the suicide squeeze call had to be Narron, I was leaning that way. Didn’t want to assume someone else could make such a seemingly goofy decision (I’ll give Dunn a pass for his brain fart earlier.) As batter, I probably want to swing against a guy who is getting pounded.
i think they should get rid of the infield fly rule. why should groundball pitchers have the luxery of the DP but not flyball pitchers? Plus it would be entertaining to see people try to turn it, since they’d have to let it bounce. I think there would be just as many close plays as there are with groundball DPs, if not more.
How much beer gets consumed in the Reds broadcast booth? Certainly less than when Nuxhall was there for every game.
With Aurilia’s start to the day at least EE will be in the line-up tomorrow
I leave for 10 seconds and Arroyo’s in all sorts of trouble.
Glad they decided not to pinch-hit for the pitcher here.
The squeeze yesterday was a totally different situation. Of course Narron called that. You can agree or disagree, I think it’s up for debate (it’s easy to disagree after the fact when the Reds ran into a double play). If Denorfia gets the bunt down everyone would have went crazy.
Glas BA got out of that mess. Could we be so lucky to have no more serious threats by the Braves the rest of the afternoon?
al, there’s no way in hell they adopt your idea, but I think it’s hilarious. I’m just picturing all the insanity – ball bouncing all over, runners making late, desperate breaks to the bag, frantic throws around the horn…
and I’m not implying it was Denorfia’s fault. I realize there was a pitch-out. Obviously it wasn’t that dumb of a call because the Braves thought it was a good time for it as well.
Have the Reds executed a successful squeeze bunt since Narron’s been here? Genuinely curious.
Oooh. Swinging on the 3-0.
Didn’t look like they wanted to pitch to Adam. GameDay says he hit a ball.
11-pitch at-bat for Ross. Strikes out on a good curve, though.
Each pitcher has 66 pitches after three innings.
awwww marcus giles said a bad word
4-pitch walk to Castro leading off. Shiell won’t be out there much longer.
beautiful 2 base error..2nd n 3rd come on BP!!
Gift.
Especially not when he’s making throwing errors too. Big threat now.
3 RUN BLAST there we go!!!
Wooooo Hooooo!!!!
Nice day for Li’l Brandon
And DA, I’m glad Cox wasn’t listening to you.
…and when he’s giving up 3-run homers. 6-3 Reds, Phillips looks good today.
i was wondering where that pop went to
Someone should kidnap Brandon’s parents and not let them leave. Ever. (they are in attendance today)
right idea by junior..bad placement
what a difference a pitcher makes, the heart of the order went down like a sack of dirt there.
hah yes they did…but hopefully the pitching change is too little too late
How long do you let Bronson pitch today?
He’s on short rest, and has had a couple high-stress innings. On the other hand, he seems to rebound from his bad innings and go on like nothing was wrong.
i think i’d let arroyo at least make it through 6 innings, that way this could qualify as a quality start if he doesnt give up another run and he needs that right now
Dunn looks like he’s getting antsy, if GameDay’s strike zone is any indication.
anybody else listening to the game on mlb.com? Right now there is a phone ringing and ringing. That’s all I’m getting.
My WLW feed just switched to the sound of a phone ringing. Answer your telephone!
I switched it over to the Braves network and it’s fine. We are stuck with the Phils-Mets here on Fox.
Didn’t hear that stuff on XM.
Man, I don’t want to have to listen to the Braves announcers. I think it’s thegamelive.com that has all the other free radio feeds?
DA-We are having the same problem.
What’s the site for the bootleg radio feeds? I’m sick of wearing these headphones.
Thanks!
I’m worried that Denorfia is overmatched.
confirmed wlw feed blown here as well…
Marty is talking about installing a delay on the WLW feed so that people can turn down Grande and listen to Marty. Hahahaa. (In response to an email, but still hilarious).
The Athens OH station 970 AM is one that works on the free feeds site mentioned above.
i hate the way this guy on fox says castro…he says it like costro
Still ringing phone on mlb.com
WATH, in the fine town of Athens, has the feed.
juan castro = OBP machine
if that ringing is keeping anybody from knowing whats going on castro walked and arroyo grounded to short to end the inning
I’m having flashbacks to my OU days with these ads.
uh oh..warm the pen up
Okay, stop pitching to The Roach.
Arroyo now at 91 pitches. If he gets through the sixth inning here that’s a success.
ohhhhh this fox commentator has gotten out of hand calling laroche’s swing “almost griffey-like”
That’s silly in three different ways.
wow…that goof on fox is marty’s son? no way
The station in Athens is the only one that works
Goodbye Bronson.
welp bronson can’t lose at least
Damnit.
still no 10 for arroyo
Oh, for God’s sake, Coffey.
Crap. Giles is hot today. 6-all.
“Way to go, Jerry!” just heard from the stands.
I can’t fault that move, though.
you’re kidding, right? were the fans really on narron?
Yeah, I heard that too. It’s the sixth inning, who is he supposed to bring in? The trade was made because Coffey and Weathers weren’t getting the job done in the late innings. Weathers has since turned it around. Coffey has not.
Probably just one crank sitting near the broadcast booth. There wasn’t widespread booing, that I could hear.
odds arroyo never wins another game as a red?
Phillips leads off the inning, though.
To be fair Coffey did have a good stretch but he has given up four runs in the last 1 2/3 innings.
Arroyo will beat the Cardinals in each of his next two starts. He is due for some luck.
al, odds of that have to be at least 300 to 1. I hope. He’ll have gone nearly 8 weeks between wins if he gets one against the Cardinals.
Brandon Phillips isn’t as flashy as Freel, but he’s having a GREAT day.
hope ur right MD
In five of his last 10 starts he has given up two, zero, two, three and two and won none of them.
WLW feed through mlb is working again.
Correction, he won one of those.
Scary thought: What if Hatt spends the rest of the year reverting to his career averages?
At least if he goes cold, the Reds have depth to get him out of there.
Aurilia can play first…
…. with Castro becoming the everyday 3B.
Come on Rich. I will forgive the disastrous first five innings with a base hit right here.
Let’s hope (wishful thinking) that Casro is the every day SS.
Isn’t is sad that I’m actually wishing for that?
Free Ray Olmedo!
Sounds like Aurilia at least hit a ball sortof hard.
yea aurilia tattooed that ball but right at aybar
Off topic, but I don’t understand the commericals for Sonic Drive-Ins. They advertise on San Diego cable TV, but don’t have a store within 90 miles of here. (They’re on the Athens radio, where they DO have stores).
Rubber-arm Rheal back again.
Steve not missing the “Villareal – Rheal” pitching duel reference.
Majewski warming up. I cannot possibly imagine why Narron would put him in this game.
Mets game is over. Fox might switch to the Reds-Braves, if they’re smart.
Steve just said that last night, when the Braves had the bases loaded and nobody out, and failed to score – that it was the first time that had happened (bases loaded, none out, failed to score) since the Braves moved to Atlanta – 40 years.
That seems absolutely impossible, but what do I know?
I thought the same thing. Surprising, but “popup, double-play” isn’t exactly unprecedented in the history of baseball.
Interesting stat from Steve for those not listening to radio. Since Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966, last night was only second time they have failed to score when trailng by a run and get bases loaded with no outs. Did not say how many occurences, but still rather amazing.
That’s the key qualifier – “when trailing by a run.” I think Steve may have also added “in the ninth.”
Ah, “trailing by a run” was another qualification…missed that…I think he left that qualification out of his stat recap…
and maybe with a full moon and oprah winfrey in the stands
Watching Rheal pitch is like riding the Beast at Kings Island. Lots of ups and downs.
I wouldn’t pay $45.99 to watch Cormier pitch, though.
We only have 5 hits??!!
Steve hyping the “print-at-home” feature as a real advantage for you. “Use your own ink and paper!”
Speaking of astounding nonsense one can get from databases these days, if you missed the recent Excruciating Baseball Lists links, check out this game. Would not have to rebuild your bullpen with these guys in the rotation (that’s a tough no decision.)
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10022NYN1965.htm
Thank God I’m not as cynical as some of you on here. How do you live?
I love reading this blog during the games. It’s quite informative, but also very similar to a political debate.
Liberal Democrats representitives:
The recently impeached billhansing,
redsfaninmd, brandon
Moderate Democrats representetives:
Al, Jimmy James
Independants representitives:
Glenn, Chad (has Republican leanings)
Green Party representitive:
Jim McCullough
Republican representitives:
Chris, Devils Advocate (moderate leanings)
Here comes Clayton to save the day!
Stormy does the job!
BP!!!!!!!
Wow…go Brandon…
Phillips again!!!!
Mom & Pop Phillips should be given a new home in Cincinnati so they can attend every game. Awesome.
Castellini can cancel dollar hot dog days, just has to have BP’s parents come to every game.
Now Bray is warming up. I’m feeling much better than what we’ve passed the “Majewk Zone.”
Regarding my earlier post about Hatt: I forgot about his walks – those mean that he’s never totally worthless at the plate. Dunn has the same trait.
thing about hatty, he’s always been able to walk, last year was the abberation as far as that’s concerned. i’m less worried about his regression because i think he’ll alway get on base for us.
Please be real signs of life, Jr.
People are winning all sorts of things on the “big payoff inning.”
That was just what I meant, Al.
great minds, ay chris?
Way to cover the plate – great block. Just couldn’t get the handle on it, for which I’m very grateful!
Get Everyday Eddie up!
Marty is (incredibly) tooting his own horn for not sucking up to umpires. Yes, it’s so courageous to spend 5 min. complaining about a blown call against the home team.
*I love Brandon Phillips
*The one pitch Griffey can still hit is the low fastball
*Hatteberg HAS to slide there. What is it with this team and not sliding at the plate.
*Umpire missed the call on Aurilia. He was safe.
I would rather here Marty rip the umps for a bad call than George Grande say how great they are.
Maybe that’s who he’s referring to (“…some announcers suck up to the umpires…”)
Guardado is MIA. Perhaps injured?
Ross into the stands….
And this one belongs to the Reds!!!
Bray was nasty in the 9th. The hit he gave up was a great pitch.
Steve Lyons needs to shut the hell up. He was ripping the Reds about not using Eddie G and having a bullpen by committee. Eddie G threw 27 pitches last night and we all know he has had stiffness in his elbow in the past.
Eddie did throw almost 30 pitches last night. I’m hoping he’s not hurt.
all closers miss a save opportunity here and there. until eddie is used in a non-save situation, he’s the closer.
No 10 for BA, But a win is a win. 3 innings of shutout ball by the bullpen. Only 1 run total. Lets hope the BrewCrew stays hot against the Cards.
Guardado did have some forearm tightness last week. He’s been ‘everyday’ for most of his career, but he’s late-30’s now. If Bray keeps throwing like that the closer situation will be just fine.
A few notes;
Marty’s boy and psycho Lyons sucked it up today. Tom said, “Aurilia used to be the full time third basemen, but not since the youngster, Encarnacion came back”. Then they started calling Castro, either Costro, or Cobstro, or some weird mispronunciation, and i didn’t appreciate the “griffey-like swing” comment either.
Didn’t mean to cut myself off….
I guess just like all the other major media people they don’t give a crap about the Reds, they give us no credit, and know nothing about the team. I expected more out of Tom, but Lyons has always been a bag o’ douche!
One more thing, has anyone out there but Reds fans ever heard of Aaron Harang!!! Please, no one else call Bronson Arroyo our ace!! Harang is our #1 pitcher and one of the better pitchers in the NL. I like Arroyo, but I would take Harng over him 100 times over!!!! AGREE?
Don’t know if anyone is still on this thread, but does anyone know who claimed Jones?
Several teams apparently claimed him, so the one whose claim was accepted is the one who was lowest in the standings (I think).
Ben Sheets pulled out of his start against the Cards after 1 inning. StL leading 4-3 in the 6th.
prince fielder just lined out with the bases loaded. Crads bailed out of a jam. damn it…
Crads… Cards… whatever.
I hard the Cards, and there best player is a Pujol. That never gets old!!!
(Of course I wish we had a Pujol other than the one that manges our team!!)
I meant “I hate the cards”, the other way just sounds plain weird!?!
And I put “manges” instead of manages…but it does sound a little like what I feel he does to the team.
Brew Crew down to one last inning. At least it will be Graffanino, Fielder, Mensch, Hall. Outlook good.
Damn… Cards couldn;t disgrace themselves with a 9th straight loss, how unfortunate.
Good news though, is that Houston is already out in front 4-0 and the D-Backs have to face the rocket.
#204–I agree, Harang is the ace. No question about it
#206-That is correct.