Game Thread: Reds at Braves — 2008.05.03
Matt Belisle vs. Jo Jo Reyes. Over-under on runs scored by both teams in this game is 21.
Oh, wait. Reyes is a left-hander. That’s means the Reds will be lucky to get four hits tonight. If the offense doesn’t come around soon (and by soon, I mean immediately), the Reds are going to find themselves so far back that the season will be lost before it’s halfway done.
Discuss the game here….
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
This line-up might do okay. Griffey and Dunn are really the only two struggling with RISP. Phillips and EE have been fine but, of course, many of the critics have failed to notice that 1-2 haven’t been real great at getting on so far.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Sad story at the Derby today with Eight Belles.
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Bats running another of their 30-year-old SP out today. I suppose if he throws a shutout the Cincinnati.com types will be yelling for him to get called up.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:10 pm
does everything go slow in the south? reds.com has gametime at 7:00.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
If Patterson re-appears as the lead off hitter we need to start the “Imprison Corey Patterson” campaign.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Yahoo said 7:10 start time.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
pretty hard throwing lefty. made jr look bad.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
1-2-3
Deja vu all over again.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Jr may well be toast.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
93 mph fastballs thrown right by him.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
13 pitches by Jo-Jo in the 1st.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Has Matty B ever thrown a scoreless first inning?
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
I really hate Chipper Jones. I mean, really.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Brandon Phillips may well bat 3rd forever.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:27 pm
McCann must be as slow as a snail. That wasn’t even close.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Votto hits it hard. When was the last time a Reds hitter hit one hard?
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
tonights 3-4-5 looks like the middle of the order for years to come with BP, Votto and EE just throw Bruce in there and thats it.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:32 pm
George Grande’s perception of fly balls may be the worst in all of broadcasting history…..
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Two hard hit balls that inning. That’s encouraging. I’m desperate for anything positive offensively.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
BP is much more a 6-7 hitter than a 3.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Wrong part of the park, Ross.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Freel a .222 hitter in this situation.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I’m desperate for anything positive offensively.
A Reds’ pitcher laid down a successful sacrifice bunt this inning!
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Maybe with Senior being at the ball game, Junior will get some advice that gets him on track.
May 3rd, 2008 at 7:57 pm
This is boring.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Reyes looking like Smoltz that inning.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Somebody call me when this shit stops
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Plenty of game left, but so far I’d say that the shaken-up lineup hasn’t done so much shaking-up.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Gotta feel pretty good about the way Belisle is pitching so far, though. Right away in the first innings Brantley said he picked up on a mechanical adjustment Belisle had made. Of course that was followed by two consecutive doubles, but not a whole lot more than a couple singles since.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Good job by Edwin to lead off with a walk. Methinks it’s about time for Dunn to start not slumping.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Wonder how our owner is feeling right now.
That, my friends, is as example of why striking out isn’t the worst thing you can do up there.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Interesting to see Chipper Jones as the pivot on a doubleplay.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:16 pm
How our owner is feeling? Is it too early to fire Walt Jocketty? :?
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I sure hope Alex Gonzalez won’t be the starting SS by default when/if he returns. Keppinger has simply gotten it done on both sides of the ball.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Reds looked a little better on offense in the last inning. Need to continue & elaborate.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Jesus. Ryan Freel makes more mental mistakes than anyone I’ve ever seen at the major league level. The guy makes one idiotic move per day.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Frickin finally.
What’s it been - 20-some innings? Nice rope by BP.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I LOVE me some Adam Dunn … sign him up to a 10 year extention so we can have another decade of his clutch hitting!
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Not bad from Belisle. Not bad at all.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Double-switch. Dusty’s boy enters the game in CF.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
The savior CP enters the game!
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Braves’ bullpen is suspect. This lineup will score runs in bunches now!
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Yup, nice outing by Belisle … and once again our vaunted offense provides plenty of support
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
That reliever had a fastball in the Chris Hammond range, and the Reds went down in order.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Bases-loaded walk after getting 0-2 on Teixiera, on four straight breaking pitches.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Thats the difference between a professional hitter like Texiera, vice hackers like most every batter in the Reds lineup
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
A very bad night for Affeldt puts this game more-or-less out of reach.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
And Burton deletes the “more-or-less.”
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Nice phantom hustle by Freel. Could have caught that ball standing up. Typical crap.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I’m so sick of losing!!!! Somebody, please make it stop!
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
that’s just what the announcers were saying and i think that’s total crap. sure freel isn’t the best ball player in the world, but to insinuate that he’s doing it for the highlight reel, that’s bush league. you ever tried running one of those balls down? it’s pretty tough to judge and he was damn close to pulling it down.
Enough on that BS.
If there’s anything phantom on the reds it’s their offense. They need to reasses what it is that they really have here. They’re assuming that guys are going to do things that they just won’t reliably do. Like Chris said above, Phillips is really a 6-7 hitter, but he hit 30 homers once, so he’s a clean up hitter. Griffey hit close to 30 last year, so he’s a 3 hitter.
They’re not going to make the moves they need to make if they can’t accurately asses what it is they have here. I hope Jockety can handle it.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Jacoby is going to get axed because they need someone to blame.
Personally I think this offense needs a psychiatrist.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Maybe Dusty needs to clarify that his aggressive approach philosophy requires that hitters get hits.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
i have to wonder if some of the struggles are due to dusty baker telling people to be more aggressive at the plate. I have no data to back that up, but it’s a thought.
really what it comes down to is they don’t have a real centerpiece to build the lineup around. whenever i do lineup games in my head with this team, i’m always trying to force 4 guys into the 2 hole and 4 guys into the 7 hole. There’s no one i want to say ‘this is the guy who HAS to be in the heart of the lineup.
hamilton could have been that, but i wasn’t sad to see him go, and the return seems fair. bruce could be that i suppose, but we don’t know, and he probably won’t be until next year at the earliest anyway.
maybe they need to try to deal bailey for a a hitter with a big contract.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I think Bruce will be here sooner than next year.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Were George & Chris saying Jocketty may take a while because he needs to learn the club/organization? He was GM of a division rival for more than a decade until this offseason, and he’s been special advisor to the owner OF this organization since January. WTF does he need time for? Or if he does still need time to “learn the organization” then let’s go ahead and just move to the next GM.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
right on Greg, seems ridiculous to fire the guy who does know the org for the guy who doesn’t. let the guy learn and then fire the other guy.
y-city, i’m with you, i was just saying that counting on bruce to be THE guy this season is a stretch.