Game Thread: Reds at Dodgers - 2008.05.19
Is a 6-game winning streak enough to get the Reds going out West? The club has struggled alot lately on these West Coast road trips. If the Reds want to make it 7 straight, they’ll have to take down Brad Penny and the Dodgers. Bronson Arroyo will oppose Penny on the mound. Arroyo has been outstanding in his last two starts after struggling earlier in the season.
Can the Reds make it 7 in a row? Stay up late, call-in sick tomorrow, and watch (or listen to) the Redlegs! Discuss it here…
May 19th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Here’s a dumb question I was wandering about- If Dunn and Jr are not back next season, who are the “leaders in the clubhouse” next season? And would they be preferable to our laid back corner outfielders?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I think the main clubhouse leaders would be Brandon Phillips and Ryan Freel. Freel is more of a “lead by example” type player but I think Phillips would be the vocal leader assuming Griffey and Dunn aren’t back next year. Hatteberg is a great presence is in the clubhouse but I doubt he’ll be back next year…he might even get traded this year for somebody who needs a steady first baseman
May 19th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Hopefully this West Coast swing is against the right teams at the right time, helps the Reds continue their winning ways, and this doesn’t give the opponents a jump start to their struggles.
Brad Penny has struggled his last couple of starts, and the Dodgers opening season SS (Furcal) and 3B (Garciaparra) are on the DL. Jones and Kent have been struggling in the early going. They still have some good bats in the lineup, including their rookie 3B, C- Martin, 1B - Loney, and OF Ethier.
Let’s stretch it to 7…Play BALL!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Ah, Corey Patterson batting 2nd. No good reason for that, of course, but there you go.
At least his crappy ass was able to run out the grounder. My goodness he’s bad.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Patterson has his head up his rear end, Freel-style. He’s stealing, Griffey hits a single to RF…and Patterson slides into second. Seriously, WTF?
May 19th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Penny looks bad thus far. All over the place and no velocity!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Vin Scully said the shortstop faked him out.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Great start! 1-0 Good Guys!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
It’s amazing how fast a pitcher can fall completely off the radar.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Good for Vin Scully for giving us actual information, unlike the Reds jokers.
If Patterson decides he doesn’t want to look back at Griffey (and can’t hear the crack of the bat somehow), he should at least be picking up his coach). Rinky-dink.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
He’s found his velocity. 94 on that K of Dunn.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Who’s at ss? (That’s probably not funny to anyone else)
May 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
It’s never funny when Jerry Hairston, Jr. is your starting SS.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
This LA guy broadcasting calls just about the most boring game I’ve ever heard. He might benefit from having a second guy in the box, but then again he sounds like he might be incapable of holding a conversation.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Jared, are you talking about Vin Scully? Jesus.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
No I was alluding to Hu, the dodger’s ss
May 19th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Yeah, I can’t stand Scully either. Every second that isn’t used to describe the game is filled with random trivia. There isn’t any silence. It’s exhausting to listen to…
May 19th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Jared could be the first person I have ever heard that does not like Scully. Wow!
Oh Hu! Gotcha! haha
May 19th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Nice and Easy for Bronson in the first!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
With anyone else calling a game, you don’t have to pay a whole lot of attention to know what’s going on. Scully just keeps talking and talking and doesn’t say anything.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
First time I’ve heard someone ask for more dead air. Must’ve loved Nuxhall’s innings.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I never had trouble finding Reds games when I was younger. If I couldn’t pick up WLw while driving I would just dig through the radio and listen for crowd noise. I knew that if I found crowd noise and no play by play, I had found Nuxy and the Reds!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I don’t like Scully either. Give me Marty, except on days the grandkids are in the booth.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Well, you can have too much of a good thing!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Maybe I just need a break from my wife..
May 19th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Vin Scully is the greatest broadcaster in the history of baseball, in my opinion. And I don’t even think anyone else is close.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Update: Klinker went 7 shutout innings tonight, allowing just 3 hits and struck 6. Picked up the win!!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Scully calling a perfect game by Koufax. If you can find the audio, there’s a lot of dead air on there. When something happens, Scully lets it happen.
But he also does (or has done) an enormous amount of research. I guarantee that if you listened to all three games, you’d learn something interesting about a Reds player that you didn’t know.
No jabber about golf, haircuts, or off-air conversations with buddies or grandkids in the booth, though.
Nice work by Patterson. Credit where it’s due.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Great work by Klinker!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Good for Klinker. Maybe a pre-game blog post is the trick.
Nice infield D by the Dodgers this inning.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Griffey robbed of an rbi single.
Still 2-0 good guys.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Patterson is clutch.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Spurs are about to move on.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I agree that Scully’s knowledge is impressive. I do always stuff about the Reds I didn’t already know when we play LA… It’s just not worth the pain of listening to him for three hours, if you ask me.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Maybe I’m just not in the mood for that much talking tonight. It’s late and I have to do some work from home.
I’m hoping to get to see Klinker pitch when the Dragons come to Cedar Rapids in uh.. July I think. Seems like a good kid.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
move on to get beat by my LAKERS!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
A very entertaining NBA season is about to end, as far as I’m concerned. There were about 15 interesting teams, but I’ll be damned if I watch the Spurs flop around again.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
That Cavs/Celts series was the sports equivalent of a root canal.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Did Penny get hurt at some point, or is he just having a rough start this year? I thought it was a lot of fun seeing him throw something like 40 straight FAST fastballs to start the All Star game a couple years ago.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Hornets just down 10 w/ 5:44 left.
The Lakers were down 9 with less than 3 agains the Jazz last week and forced OT
May 19th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I recommend heading to Dodger Stadium if you ever get the chance. In fact, make it a Redleg Nation road trip and follow the Reds to LA and SD sometime.
Last time I left Dodger Stadium, Scott Schoenweis and Matt Belisle were getting their brains beat in.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Penny doesn’t look bad tonight. The Reds are just dinking him around.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
That trip would take me from one side of the nation to the other.
I’ll go if you pay Chad?
May 19th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
NO cuts it to 9. Tim Duncan goons Pargo for his 5th.
It’s stunning how unlikeable that team is - and on paper, they’re very admirable.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
I will vomit if the Celtics make the finals.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Oh my God. What a horsecrap call that was. Ginobli is flopping all over the place and they give those dipshits the gall.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Down to 6.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I’m a big fan of Tim Duncan and Ginobli, but I agree they can be painful to watch.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
call.
Pargobama with the 3.
NO is going to win this.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Damn, it’s good that Arroyo is again pitching better than he sings….
May 19th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Parker is the real deal, too. They’re just not entertaining. 4 pt game. 3:00 to go.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Pargo cuts it to 4
May 19th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Why cheer for NO, though. Paul is the only player they have worth watching. Wish they could both lose.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I’d add David West to the NO list, too.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Both lose? And give it to the Lakers…
I’d take that!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Ugh. Lakers are the worst, but at least Kobe is amazing to watch.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Getting dinked for 2 runs on 4 hits in 2 innings, while throwing 50 pitches, after 2 terrible starts and losing as many games in the first quarter of a season as he’s lost in the previous 2 makes a pitcher look like he ain’t the guy he used to be to me.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
BP steals 2nd…time for Dunn to go deep.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
WOW
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
That may be true, but CP3 is the most entertaining/compelling player in the game.
(I struggled for 5 min to come up with a good analogy).
DUNN!!!!!!!!!!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
DUNNER!!!!!!
4-0!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I called that one! Homer for Dunn!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Who’s this guy wearing #44?
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
There it goes.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Dunn homers for the 5th straight game!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
You are crazy, Chris. Paul is no Andre Iguodola.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
What is Dunn’s OPS now?
May 19th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I do like Iggly-Diggly. And Agent Zero is the most interesting player.
The question I have is why Pargo is taking all the big shots. this is a circus.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
New Orleans looks like they want it more than SA right now.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
4-5 Offensive boards.
3 point game
May 19th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Geeperz. 3 pt lead after NO gets 5 consecutive offensive rebounds.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Dagger by Parker.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Parker with a big shot. My previous button is getting a workout on the remote.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
How in the world did he miss that?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
4-0 lead for CIN. Things are looking good if Arroyo can hold them.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Did you guys hear about that guy who named his kid “Parker Ginobli Duncan Smith” (or whatever his last name is)?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Now I think it is safe to say the Spurs are advancing..
May 19th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Spurs win.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
LAL vs. SAN
May 19th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Who is up
May 19th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
My son’s name is Patterson Neifi Hairston James. We call him “Dusty” though.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Trying to trick my wife with that one. Working about as well as when a “Yes” song was on the radio yesterday.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Haaaaawwaahhahaaaa
May 19th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
I’m thinking about going with “Milton Anderson Haynes Garber”
May 19th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Brutal.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Has Dusty ever explained why he wears wristbands?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Griffey played that really well. BP too, mostly.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
And that, my friends, is why you don’t screw around with the shortstop position.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
That’s why Hairston should not be playing SS
May 19th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
E6. That is why we need a real SS.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
He threw that like a girl. A left-handed girl. With a broken arm.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Janish, get your glove on and get in there. #$^! Two free runs for the Dodgers.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Dusty just looked like maybe he realized he had a bad CF at SS..
May 19th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Chris Welsh is simply talking nonsense. Joey Votto was not “trying to scoop” that ball.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
…With a broken arm.
Rowr! Stay up late and the claws come out!
May 19th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
“Great shortstop play” says Grande.
Chris (me) says that 2 errors does not necessarily equal “great shortstop play.” It means a lot of strikeout pitchers and two guys with no range.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Terrible time for a miscue.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Maybe, DA.
It sure didn’t look like any throw I’ve ever seen in the major leagues before.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Where have you gone, Barry Larkin?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Bronson needs to calm himself down. Jayyyyyyteeeeeeeeeeee emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsssssssss
Or maybe here comes dick pole.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Our comment count is already at 100. I don’t think we’re going to make it through this whole game without going to the relief commenters.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Finally Arroyo gets out of it. I think that was 32 pitches for the inning… The bullpen better get ready for a workout tonight.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Man, that inning lasted forever. And after the first 2 were retired, too.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
What, are you on a post count? Back in my day, commenters were expected to finish the game thread themself.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Same reason Freel doesnt start over Patterson, Hairston will get most of the reps over Janish
May 19th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
4-0 lead was more comforting than 4-2.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Penny’s stuff isn’t bad, but his control sucks
May 19th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Couldn’t we get a cooler celebrity fan than Nick Lachey? Or Charlie Sheen?
Where does George Clooney stand on this issue?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Why is Freel getting higgh fives for that
May 19th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Isn’t there some rule about the 3rd out at 3rd base? Good stuff with that sac bunt, though. That always works.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Waste of an inning.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
That headfirst slide might be the dumbest thing I’ve seen since . . . the last time Ryan Freel did something dumb.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
It’s only the fourth inning???
May 19th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Thom Brennamen doesn’t realize how difficult it is to swing a boat oar
May 19th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Wow, can’t believe I got caught up in work enough to forget about the game. At least the good guys are up. Dunn is on fire.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
And yet they’re sacrifice bunting with the leadoff man. Ironic.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Mmmmm…California Pizza Kitchen.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Arroyo back to not fooling anyone… Though I suppose it’s hard to pitch when you have to make sure the hitters keep it away from the shortstop…
May 19th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Nice pickoff.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Nice pickoff throw by Arroyo.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Who was that on first, Freel?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Arroyo picks ‘em off. That’s one way to keep the errors from hurting you.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
I was more of a Sammy’s guy, myself.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Regarding the wristbands - maybe Dusty wants to be like Guy Fieri. Or maybe Guy wants to be like Dusty. Too much Food Network…..
And what’s up with the toothpicks?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Hu walked?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Waaay too much Food Network, nick.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
“Hu swings and pops it out of play.”
“2 balls and 1 strike on Hu.”
“Hu’s at shortstop.”
I can’t help it:
That’s what I’d like to know!
May 19th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Jr, Phillips, Dunn. Time for the Reds to tack some insurance runs.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Never had Sammy’s, Chris, but it sounds good. We can get CPK on this coast. I’m not a Cali boy like you.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
That never fails to amuse me, DA.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
ESPN has just announced a special week-long retrospective on Jon Lester’s no hitter.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Griffey pulls a Freel. (stupid baserunning)
May 19th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I have HAD IT with Griffey’s dogging it on the bases. I gave him the benefit of the doubt about 700 times.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
JR is swinging better but dumb move to try for two there.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Dusty’s team has played with some pretty crap fundamentals all year long.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
god damnit jr!!!!!
May 19th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
phillips is pretty good
May 19th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
BP stood and admired that one a while before deciding to run. At least he ran hard.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
BP is swinging better too, and JR’s nonsense cost us a run after the triple. Would’ve taken a triple to score JR anyway.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Griffey IS looking better at the plate. I was going to say that before his dicking around on the bases.
Matt Kemp auditioning for the role of Bert Clemente.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Griffey is done, he is single handedly one of the worst corner OF in baseball
May 19th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Did Welsh say that “if you’re Loney, you don’t want Dunn to hit it too hard at Hu?”
May 19th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Dunn is locked in. RBI.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Speaking of Clemente, I live in PA so I get FSN Pittsburgh and all they show is specials on Clemente. I actually feel bad for the Pirates because they really haven’t had anyone worth mentioning since then. (And don’t even say Bonds…because, well, he’s Bonds.)
May 19th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Boo-yah. Dunn cannot be stopped.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I think the planets are aligned properly for a Dunn SB here.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
144+ posts before the 5th inning. This place is a lot more interesting when the Reds are winning.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
At some point, Marty isn’t going to be able to bitch about Adam Dunn’s un-clutchy-ness.
How hot is he? Before tonight, he was 3 for 25 off Penny.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
What about Chico Lind, ceeker? or Sid bream?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Hairston needs to atone for his fielding blunder…
May 19th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
No Jay Bell specials? Nothing on Jeff King, Kevin Young, or Pat Meares?
No “Operation Shutdown, Ten Years Later.”
May 19th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
hairston needs to make up for his earlier error now.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Or Bonilla? Though that McClouth guy might make some noise if he keeps hitting like he has this year. Sheesh.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
You guys should send your marketing ideas to FSN Pittsburgh. Seriously, I don’t think I can handle another show about Clemente.
Maybe that Crosby kid can hit a fastball?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
He’s doing really well.
What happened to Gonzaga’s Jason Bay last year?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
our tee-ball season finally ended tonight. my daughter moves on to girls’ softball next year.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
How has Arroyo turned around his season so dramatically?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
No more t-ball? Maybe Freel will run directly from home (across the mound) to second, to make you feel at home.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
My son did almost exactly that in his first AB of the season. We are gonna start calling him Freel.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
It must be really frustrating to bat against Arroyo. It looks like I could go up there and hit his stuff….but I bet he’d make me look pretty foolish in a hurry with that breaking stuff too.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Awesome.
Is there anything less reliable than a George Grande verb? “dinked”, “looped,” “popped,” or “laced” — any of those could actually be anywhere from the infield dirt to a HR.
Nice work by Dunn to cut that off.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
What is the record number of posts for a game?
We should go after it.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Oh, it’s probably up near 400.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
That’s the first high fastball I’ve seen him throw in a long time.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I don’t like this. Kemp is one guy who could blast one.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
455 - Reds vs. Nationals (May 11, 2006)
May 19th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Ugh, 5-4… Dodgers beginning to get hits all over the place.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Crap.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Dammit Arroyo.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Arroyo lost it right now.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Arroyo with meat ball after meat ball in the middle of the plate
May 19th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I disagree with Grande - these are some ropes. They know what they’re doing with Bronson right now. He needs to mix it up.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:00 am
well, the lead was fun while it lasted.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:01 am
How does a game versus the Nationals have the most comments?
May 20th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Glad that inning is over.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:02 am
What a trainwreck of an inning. 5-5 game now, looks like it’s a battle of the ‘pens.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:02 am
After a couple of stellar starts, Bronson is back to normal
May 20th, 2008 at 12:04 am
great question, matt. here is that game thread. check it out.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:05 am
It was extra innings… I just read through that thread after finding (I wondered the same thing). It’s scary how LITTLE has changed since then.
For example:
* Double switches involving Dunn, and then offense needed later in the game.
* Freel being an idiot.
* Managerial blunders.
Thread link.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Arrggh.
Why is it ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY A BUNT with this team?
Nice work, Freel.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Poor Hatteburg. Doesn’t even get to pinch hit here.
Nothing like sacrificing an out to get to Patterson… And as I type Arroyo doesn’t even get the job done.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Bad execution there … we are all but handing the momentum of this game to LA
May 20th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Crap, Votto.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:16 am
I’m nervous.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Lincoln in. Great.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:19 am
It’s getting harder and harder to listen to the constant gripe sessions on WLW. Sometimes its hard to believe that Marty and Thom are paid by the Reds
May 20th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Now that we have begun to see a lot more of Votto … perhaps we are starting to see why he had a rap on him as a below average fielder
May 20th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Sweet. On to the 7th.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:22 am
I doubt that Votto is any worse than the failed Dunn at first experience a few years back
May 20th, 2008 at 12:23 am
I wonder if Hatteberg could have come up with Hairson’s throw earlier.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Patterson has no shame.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Patterson has no shame.
No Patterson has no game
May 20th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Come on, Phillips.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:31 am
About Votto at first
at least he isnt at third
thats what he was in dayton
he isn’t a great fielder… period
May 20th, 2008 at 12:32 am
BP’s lobbying efforts paying great dividends.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Everyone go to bed?
Reds bats seem to have fallen asleep…
May 20th, 2008 at 12:44 am
I’m about to.
Effing Freel. Get rid of the ball, man.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:44 am
He was out, btw.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Freel (or was it Farney) takes his time…and Kemp is safe.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:45 am
I mostly retract my rip on Freel. Kemp is just fast. Freel should know that, being a major league baseball player and knowing several coaches and scouts, but he didn’t fool around that much with it.
No harm done.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:46 am
*phew*
Reds need runs…and they need them now. I’m tired!
May 20th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Reds bullpen ERA is last in baseball?
May 20th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Though we have a better K-rate than the Dodgers.
Oh great, Tommy has stumbled into the booth. I think he’s sober.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:53 am
How do they manage that “when leading after 7″ stat with that ERA?
May 20th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Tommy is 80. Which means that when he was managing, he was only 60 when Kirk Gibson hit that HR.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I don’t mind these special guests in the booth, but not when the game is on the line. I’m still mad about that Ohio Lottery guy being in the booth when Cueto’s no-hitter got broken up the other night.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Later. Go Reds.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Ugh, hate being the road team in these close, late games
May 20th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Thom reports the league is batting .310 against Weathers, and Janish with a throwing error allows Martin to begin the inning on second.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:19 am
argh.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Kent advances Martin, and two IBB, hopefully bot to be followed by a third, unintentional one
May 20th, 2008 at 1:28 am
well, the Reds sure gave that one away. I hate the west coast.
May 20th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Game over, a rookie 3B batting .346 with risp gets it done
May 20th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Thanks Janish. We nedded that one.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:51 am
BP stood and admired that one a while before deciding to run. At least he ran hard.
This is the kind of thing that annoys me. The fast guy can make a mistake, still make it to 3rd, and the announcer says that he still got there because of his “hustle.” ERRRRRR Wrong-O. He had no hustle. He was slacking. He got there because he’s fast.
Also, wtf did Hairston start last night? Why isn’t the natural SS coming off a 3-3 day and 4 straight hits getting the start? Reds win that game last night if Janish starts, IMO.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:08 am
They played lousy all night. The hitting was okay, but everything else stunk (fielding, baserunning, and a good chunk of the pitching). They didn’t deserve to win anything.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Bray, for those who didn’t see him, pitched pretty decent, as did Lincoln
May 20th, 2008 at 11:26 am
What about Weathers? How did he pitch? (couldn’t resist)
May 20th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Can’t blame this one on Weathers. Janish error set everything up.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Doesn’t make Weathers any less horrible.