Loading ...Today’s game is a big one, in my opinion. A win today gives the Reds a 3-4 west coast road trip, and I will take that every single time.
Unfortunately, today we have a matchup between Matt Belisle and Greg Maddux. No, it isn’t Maddux of the mid-nineties, and yes, Belisle looked good last time out, but still….
Discuss it here….
I am starting to think that the only way to get Patterson out fo the line-up is if he gets injured.
Do we have a Tonya Harding in Redleg Nation????
Here’s to seeing Bruce start in CF next Sunday.
How much longer does Keppinger have on the DL?
Here’s to seeing Corey Patterson accidentally slip in the clubhouse showers. Junior the Prankster needs to pull out the dish soap.
Just got a look at the Padres jerseys. Tribute or not, they are UGLY!
And Belisle is at it again.
If Bellisle could only be consistent.
HINT to Matt Bellisle: Watch Greg Maddux. Emulate Greg Maddux.
Additional HINT to Matt Bellisle: The Padres offense is horrible.
Is there going to be a giant paintball competition after that game?
I like how the two games we won occurred when the Toothpick was suspended…
Unless one can throwing 95+ why does one overthrow? So what if you throw it one or two mph faster. It still won’t be 95+.
Bellisle gets out of it.
I think Keppinger is only on the 15 day DL but with a fractured Patella it will be longer. All quadriceps muscles attach to the knee cap, which is most important to running, etc. I don’t think he needed surgery so maybe he’ll be back within 30 days of the injury. Oh, I’m a Physical Therapist and this is only my estimate.
Yes, too bad Patterson doesn’t fracture his patella…good one, where is Tonya Harding when you need her?
Oh, I’ve got a better idea, maybe we can get rid of Dusty Baker and this will automatically take care of Patterson since nobody else seems to have a crush on him like Baker
Tonya won’t bust someone in the kneecaps unless they have big horse teeth like Nancy Kerrigan.
Corey and Dusty sitting in a tree…
Its crazy how well Maddux has dominated the Reds over the last couple of years.
Dunn up to .250 BA after the double. OBP over .400.
Matt is 100% on his trend … falls behind 2-0 on the next batter after a hit … you can almost count on it
Punch Bellisle in the head, Ross!
Against Maddux, that could be all he needs to put this game away … he owns this team
Get ahead of the hitters NOT behind them!
When did Dunn’s arm go lame?
Is Bellisle up to a zillion pitches yet?
He is the front runner for the Brandon Claussen No Gonads Award.
New nick name … Belfizzle
I have to stop whatever I am doing when Patterson bats. He is the most amazing out maker I have ever seen.
Befoon, Befool. Everybody owns the Reds on the west coast for the last couple of years. Not just Maddux.
All RBI’s by the Padres were from batters at .250 or below…why is this guy in baseball? He might want to try golf
If the Reds could come back an win this it would be a 3-4 road trip, which isn’t bad for the Reds on teh West Coast.
Before he hit the opposite field double, I was thinking it might be August before Junior hit HR # 600. It is reassuring to see that he still has some pop left.
Tarp-enhanced double by Javy.
It’s painful to watch Griffey run.
Way to get the ball in the air, Edwin. Try going another 200 feet with it next time.
Come on, RossMan! Blast us into a tie game.
Boy, Eddie just looks awful at the plate right now. Maybe Belflatulant can close his eye and run into a base hit.
I meant the lead but it doesn’t matter since he is getting the intentional BB.
The actor in the State Farm wedding commercial looks like that American Idol kid.
Maybe Daryl Thompson needs to skip Louisville and just come on up to Cincinnati.
HR by Kooz. I’ve been a supporter of Matt Belisle. He has always been on the edge of putting it together, and he has good stuff.
At this point, though, I’m just completely sick of him. He hasn’t improved one bit since last year.
Thompson can’t be any worse than Belisle.
Wow. Patterson made another out. I can’t believe it.
Yet another amazing out by Patterson!
Why does the opposition need the opposing pitcher to lead off when you can have Patterson leading off?
I think with the way Maloney has pitched his last few starts I think he gets the edge over Thompson until Daryl gets 8-10 starts under his belt at AAA. Nice to see Belfizzle give that run right back to the Monks … he will never be even #5 starter material. The only spot he would upgrade on this team is Fogg’s … and even that is debatable
Exactly, except for today Ben Jukich has pitched great at AA. Even after giving up 4 runs in 5.2 innings he has a 2.63 ERA with good control and is almost as good as Thompson. There is a problem with management here. Unfortunately it probably starts with Castellini who didn’t have the balls to say no to Patterson when Baker went above Krivsky’s head.
Junior strikes out. Sigh….
Phillips flies out…and the Padres drop it! Unreal.
As the saying goes. “I’d rather be lucky then good.”
The Dunner does it again!
Dunn ties it!
Sign him now!
Get somebody up in the bullpen before Bellisle blows it.
Dunn now tied for 4th on the Reds all-time homer list. Wow.
Thank you Padres for that gift …
That a boy Dunn…Where is Votto, he drove in four last night and what does Crusty Baker do? Puts him on the bench because of his defense and puts a normally catcher that hasn’t played hardly any first base in years, that’s brilliant!!
I think Baker should have a press conference where only fans can ask questions.
Take out Belisle!! And don’t let Patterson pitch Crusty!
There he goes again, gives up a hit, falls behind 2-0 to the next batter … you’d think he’d learn
Lincoln is not what I had in mind for warming up in the pen.
Belisle is already about to blow it again. Didn’t take long.
What is the collective IQ of this Reds team? They can’t even master how to pick off a runner.
Great, Lincoln warming up. Might as well leave Belisle in.
good grief! 1-2 pitch right down the pipe! wtf is he doing???
Sigh….
At least Dunn is awesome.
Belisle is a huge disapoint and always had been one. I hope his lack of performance today finally silences the apologists for him on this site. We’ve got much better prospects that need a chance. Heck, I’d take Tom Shearn over Befizzle.
Awesome play, Edwin. Saved two runs.
Wow!! Eddie!
With those fatigues it looks like the Reds a playing a bunch of survivalists.
Ahh yes, wait until he’s given up a run and your behind again, then take him out. That’s thinking ahead Crusty Boy
Ok, lets bat around and get Adam back up again
When does Bobby Livingston start rehabbing?
I dont think Bobby is going to start throwing until June … doubt he will even see live baseball til late in the year.
And there is little evidence that Livingston will be much better, though I would rather try him over Belisle.
Belisle had good minor league numbers and decent peripherals early on in his major league career. He just hasn’t improved one bit since he arrived on the scene.
Of course you noticed that the Padres manager did not wait to take Maddux out until a tying run scored? Why can’t we expect that from the Reds manager?
Why can’t I see the Reds game on MLB.TV? I can see other games, it was working fine but now it isn’t…anyone else having trouble?
I don’t think Livingston will ever be a long term starter but, in the short term, he could give them Reds some energy that they seem to be lacking at times. Just looked at some torn labrum info. He may be lucky if he pitches again. Did Dr. Frankenstein do the surgery?
Pittsburgh scored 1 in the 9th to tie and 1 in the 11th to beat the Cubs today. STL is currently losing to LA in the 7th.
If the Reds can pick up a win today, and play well against the Pirates and Braves (6-16 on the road this year) next week, they could potentially be only 4 or 5 games out of it at the end of the month.
Interesting hearing the talk of Frank Howard. What an imposing physical presence. When he played basketball for Ohio State, the players just cleared out of the way.
I saw him playing a spring training game in his last season. He hit a ball over the 40 foot center field wall at Al Lopez Field that was still rising when it cleared it.
I half expect the Reds to have a game where all they do is bunt.
You know I sort of like Hairston. I wouldn’t want him playing everyday but he certainly does a nice job in a pinch.
I hate it when umpires try to be macho.
Crap, Hairston should be on 3rd … that was a balk!
BP!!!!! Take that umpiring crew!!!
BP!!!!!
Isn’t it odd that base coaches have to wear helmets but umpires, who maybe played high school at best, don’t wear them out there.
Add to it, Dunner!!!!
Re: Hairston, I agree that he isn’t terrible to have around. As a bench guy, the Reds could do worse. When he plays too much, he gets exposed, but as a fill-in at several different positions, he can help a team.
It’s time for Eddie to heat up!
Why did Eddie swing at that?
Can the bullpen hold this lead? At least until we can get Coco in the game?
As bad as this umpire crew has been this series, I dont mind them not wearing helmets … just sayin
Time to see the Jared Burton we all grew to love last year!
Bringing in Affeldt…why not let Burton pitch the rest of the inning? He’s doing alright.
And of course, Affeldt gives up a hit to the first hitter he faces.
Excellent. Let’s get some insurance runs now.
Only the 2nd time today that Reds pitching faces the minimum three hitters in an inning.
Heath Bell is on for SD. He’s not bad.
If the Padres players get to keep today’s jerseys, what are the odds of them every wearing them again?
They wear them every Sunday home game, I think. Or some version of them.
Affeldt is awesome. If he doesn’t get traded at the deadline, he’ll probably be a Type A FA. What a great signing by Krivsky!!!
Are you kidding? I’ll all for supporting the military but can’t they come up with something less hideous?
Yeah, Affeldt has been good. Adding him and Cordero has made a huge difference in the bullpen.
Can we assume that Weathers in coming on?
Patterson must have the MLB record this year for first or second pitch fly outs. Unbelievable.
He’s got a minor league contract, send him to the Bats!!!
Re: the uniforms, I believe that’s what I read, Jim. You know, of course, that the Reds are wearing a version of that uniform around Independence Day.
What’s next? Tie Dye Sundays?
David Weathers in a 1 run game?
Crap. Here comes David Weathers in another close game. He may do okay in this outing, but Baker needs to learn that he can’t use Stormy in close games.
Of course, he hasn’t learned anything about Patterson in years of having him on his roster, so I’m not confident of Dusty’s ability to adjust.
Any camo is ugly but I don’t think they are that bad. I think it’s cool because of the HUGE military presence in San Diego.
Never fails Weathers NEVER gets the first guy out.
Everybody repeat after me:
I hate David Weathers.
Can we all agree DW should never see action in the late innings ever again?
Jesus Christ. How bad can Weathers get?
Weathers gives up a homer on the first pitch. Anyone surprised?
There goes the lead, and it’s 100% Dusty Baker’s fault.
I meant, the first batter, not the first pitch, obviously.
cordero’s going to have to start getting 2 inning saves.
Let’s make Mr. Blown Save a winner b scoring a couple in the top of the 9th.
I thought that was ticking off Patterson’s glove for a moment.
I think it’s Krivsky’s fault for NEVER trading him. He probably could have got a pretty good prospect for him.
He is another why talented young guys with a live arm should be in the pen, just like the old days. Joba did alright.
DFA Weathers, immediately. Or at least never let him pitch when the game is even remotely close.
I’d rather let Burton/Affeldt tag team the 8th inning vice Coco going two innings
Speaking of Mr. Out Maker, I think his OBP has slipped below .250 now. Wonder if he will start and leadoff on Tuesday? Of course, he will because Dusty loves him.
I agree, ron, and it shouldn’t even be a close question. Dusty can’t figure it out, though.
Jay Bruce should start and lead off on Tuesday.
Weathers is one letter short of being the best (c)loser in baseball.
Jerry Hairston looks just like his brother. They aren’t twins, are they?
LOL, Jared. Good line.
Jay Bruce should but…
Get a frickin’ hit, Jr.
That works.
Does anyone know when we should expect Mercker back?
You request is Jr’s command Jim
I never knew BP was that good of a bunter.
Jr got a hit.
Now BP can get another, and Dunn can hit a three run homer.
Jeesh! What is with the off-and-on audio problems today?
Nice bunt, BP! Dusty bunt happiness continues.
Good bunt, but I think I’d rather have BP swinging there. He could go long.
Just stroke it, Dunner.
Damn, surprising to see Adam take 2 pitches fat in the K zone
Fogg warming up. Be very afraid.
Dunn strikes out. That’s why I didn’t like giving up a free out a minute ago. I see the argument in favor of the bunt, but I’d rather have my mashers swinging away.
I wonder if Norris Hopper is working with these guys on bunting? Speaking of which, where is Norris Hopper, a man who batted over .300 last year? Oh Dunn struck out, 2 out and no doubt to the bottom of the 9th now
Freel PHing. Are you kidding me?
Freel!!!!!!
Well, miracles never cease!!!
on tv neither of the pitches dunn took looked very hittable.
and freel gets it done. back and forth today.
Freel!!!!! clutch baby and off a right hander!!!!
Freel!!!!!!!!!!!
Too bad he doesn’t start every day because he isn’t as good as Patterson.
Its ok Jim, I use to harp on Dunn all the time, then he got hot and shut me up … sometimes it just happens that way lol
Weathers set to be the winner if Cordero shuts the door.
Nobody is as good as Patterson. He is the best out maker in baseball.
Second vulture win by Stormy in recent history, if Weathers gets one today.
Coco time
Let’s go, Coco!
I’d rather have Coco(a) than Coffey.
So much for the Weathers win.
Wow
Darnit, Coco.
Mother……!
cordero’s breaking stuff doesn’t seem to work 3 days in a row. be great to get this win, time to bear down coco.
Patterson will have the chance to go 0 for 6.
Wow, that was disappointing.
guys on pads tv just said that over his career, coco’s era doubles when going back to back days. i have to imagine that a lot of that comes from the 3 in a row days.
Probably right, al.
Come on, CP! Get a freakin’ hit!
Votto singles. It’s all up to Patterson now!
Patterson is 0-6 now. Can someone explain Dusty’s man-love for this guy?
Has Baker actually given an explanation for why Patterson is leading off or simply playing for that matter?
i guess it’s up to bray and fogg, we don’t have too much left out in the pen.
too bad our best hitter got taken out so freel could watch that homer.
and there’s the rare 0 for 6 for corey.
Patterson has the lowest OBP of any non-pitcher on the team, and he bats leadoff.
Who is pitching in the bottom half for Cincinnati?
hmmm. i get the feeling the reds may have run out of miracles in this one.
why wasn’t corey patterson bunting there? it’s his best hope for getting a hit anyway, right?
Why is Cordero still in? He should have the day off, in the first place. (Or rather, Spier shouldn’t have wasted him last night.)
I want Castellini and Jocketty to send Baker an ultimatum that the Patterson experiment is over.
Hope not, al. I want to win this game more than any other game yet this season.
man, dangerous sending coco back out there. show’s how little we have left out there i guess.
two quick outs though, hopefully we can get another shot.
Things I’ve learned today:
- Patterson stinks.
- Weathers stinks.
- Cordero isn’t great on the 3rd consecutive day.
- The ball carries at Petco during day games.
- Laying mulch is tiring as hell.
Okay, I actually knew all but the last one. Apparently Dusty Baker didn’t.
I wish somebody would explain to Grande that “Hairston” only has 2 syllables.
Cordero with the BS against the worst hitting team in baseball! I guess being a loser is contagious
A win today could salvage the traditional West Coast train wreck.
If Coco had looked like that in the 9th, game would be over. Nice inning.
Fogg next?
Pet Peeve: “Coco Cordero.”
The nickname is already based on his last name (FrancisCo Cordero).
It’s as dumb as saying “ARod Rodriguez” or “Yaz Yazstremski.”
Get in line, Pete. He still can’t say “Pujols.” Keeps saying “Pull-holes.” I think he’s unwilling to say “Poo,” much like “damn.”
I thought Hairston had one syllable.
Haha…Chris said “poo”.
It does: “Stiff.”
Good time to get closer to 600.
That was the least justified use of “turns on the jets” in history.
Junior ripped that ball. His swing is coming around.
Don’t let BP bunt here! Not with Freel and whoever else coming to the plate.
Junior turns on the jets?
More like propellers, George.
Who is on deck? Janish?
Instead Jr. gets to 482 (doubles).
Alright. First and third with no outs.
It’d be nice to have Dunn coming up now!
Jr. got tricked into thinking that ball would get caught.
It’d be great if Janish could get another game winner.
Yep, it’s Janish. Anyone else left on the bench?
Bunt?
“stiff”
Patterson’s turn? If he goes 0 for 7 I’ll puke…all over Crusty Baker
Whoa!!!!
Janish does it again!!! 9-7!
Hope Bray can hold it.
Grande now guilty of least appropriate use of “shot” to describe Janish’s dribbler. Great work, though.
Janish!
2 runs, if they hold it in the bottom the Reds will be out of the basement!
Janish is great. Have they declared a starter for Tuesday yet? I would think that they will skip Cueto.
And if they hold the lead, it’ll be a 3-4 west coast road trip, and as I said before, I’ll take it.
janish loves the spotlight. glad i was wrong, looks like the reds had a little bit more up their sleeves than i gave them credit for.
who gets the shot at the save? bray?
I never understand making an out on purpose, when you have a pitcher that hasn’t retired a batter.
Patterson won’t get the chance to go 0 for 7 today. He is something like 2 for his last 30. That a 6.66666666667e-02 average,
Gotta be Bray, I would think, but knowing Dusty, Josh Fogg will be out there.
Jay Bruce, 1 for 2 so far today….365 average, I guess that is ok but not good enough to unseat the 0 for 6 .220 Patterson…just goes to show you that LOVE ALWAYS WINS, even in baseball
I agree, Chris. Why give the rookie a free out there?
Of course, we have Patterson in the lineup, so Dusty has given the Padres six free outs today besides the one from Freel right three.
Crap, Josh Fogg is coming in. I knew it.
Oh well, hope he holds it….
That’s the 0.204 Patterson
You’re being too generous, mhopp. It’s the .204 Patterson.
and the fogg rolls in in san diego.
Im about to toss the book out on Janish and his weak bat lable. The kid has done nothing but have one quality AB after another.
Oh no, not Fogg!!!
Corey Patterson has compromising photos of Dusty Baker, I think. Or he washes Dusty’s car on the weekends or something.
Fogg gives up a hit to the first batter. Surprise.
Is Bray injured?
Dusty and his “vet preferences” … bringing in Fogg over Bray to face the lead off lefties … moron
Fogg’s ERA is 8.51. That’s better than I thought.
This is a bad idea.
Now there is hit number two. Two on, no out, the winning run is at the plate.
Good grief.
Come on, Fogg. Please don’t suck!
If we lose this game because of this retarded decision to pitch Fogg over Bray with two lefties starting off the inning … I am thru with Dusty Baker … fire the idiot
fogg fooling everyone that he usually does. nobody. ever.
Okay, one run in, but two outs. Hit still ties the game, though.
geeesh Eddie!!! Dont scare me like that!!!
Oh, my bad. Well, it’s Foggs turn…yet another loser. I know there is a better choice than that in the pen.
What did that accomplish!?
Now Dusty brings in Bray? Now?
No pitchers available for Cincinnati. If the game is tied, Bray has to pitch the rest of the contest.
OMG!!!! Is Crusty going to make a good decision and bring Bill Bray in? I might have to start calling him Dusty instead of Crusty now!
Jay Bruce Batting in Louisville!
i think dusty has to answer some questions about bullpen management in this game. and now bray comes in. this is so dumb, jesus.
so if bray doesn’t get probably there best hitter out and the game is tied, he has to pitch the rest of the game no matter what.
or, we could have just put bray in to start the inning, and if the game had gotten tied, you have your LONG RELIEVER ready to go.
Double, game tied. I’m so sick of the management of this team.
Oh, for F’s sake.
Terrible route by our defensive replacement.
The Reds really don’t want to win this game do they?
And Bruce singles .368 batting average and 2 for 4 today so far…Early Alzheimer’s Reds?
Way to go Dusty! Your moronic management decisions cost us another game!
Total and absolute mismanagemant of the bullpen. Among other questions, why did they pull Burton so early?
Dusty choked this one away.
Al’s observations were pretty obvious to anyone with a brain cell. Not our Mgr, though.
This is getting ridiculous. I guess Cueto is next???!!
Well, it looks like the Reds are meant to lose. They suck
wow. just wow. this is as bad as it gets. we’re going to need a week off after this one.
Dusty won’t face any questions because the media hasn’t the guts to ask them.
On to the 12th. We better score this inning, because Bray is all we have left.
Someone needs to call Tom Browning back from the hospital where his child is being born. We might need him. (Oh wait, this isn’t 1990, is it?)
Jesus Christ. Harang has been sent to the bullpen.
Geez, Dusty is an idiot.
So Patterson WILL get a chance to go 0 for 7. Maybe it will be a Lucky 7 and he’ll hit a game winner.
At least Patterson’s still in.
Come on Corey……you can do it 0-7!!!
Well I agreed with Crusty as I like Bray, but I forgot he usually gives up a lead off hit and is not the one to bring in with runners on. Repeat after me: Destroy Dusty! Destroy Dusty!
At least CP is getting plenty of opportunities to show just how much he sucks
Is there a stupidity clause in Baker’s contract?
You know who was better than Corey Patterson? This guy.
0 for 7 anyone?
Patterson needs to hit a homer to redeem himself a tiny, tiny bit.
Ouch, Chris. That’s a stinging indictment.
Patterson strikes out. Surprise. 0-7.
Dusty is such an idiot. It’d be nice to have our best hitter in the lineup.
That’s disgusting.
Nice hustle, Jerry.
We still have Patterson in the lineup, though.
Among NL CF only A. Jones is worse.
there it is!!! 00000 for 7!
Can he go 0 for 8?
How hard is it to figure out that (1) Bray is better than Fogg, by far; and (2) Fogg should be saved out there in the pen in case we need someone to pitch several innings?
It’s like Dusty hasn’t grasped Little League bullpen management techniques.
I wonder if anyone has ever gone 0 for 10.
Doesn’t Patterson sorta look like Dusy’s wife?
Well I know what’s next, a loss so I’m tuning in to the Louisville game they’re ahead 8-2
I mean “Dusty”
Eddie Milner was the last Red to go 0-8.
Patterson is three for his last 33.
This umpiring crew is brutal.
I thought Encarnacion could have thrown home in the bottom of the 11th with second and third and one out. I think he had the guy easy.
It made no sense to bring Fogg in up two runs. You bring Bray in and if he gives it up then you have Fogg to pitch the rest of the game. I definitely don’t want to use Harang here? Why not Cueto since he is the next up and you may skip him anyway?
I hate corey patterson
Yeah, it would be so stupid to bring in Harang. Cueto’s scheduled day is tomorrow, anyway, why not bring him in?
bray going through a gauntlet of righties.
I think Kouzmanoff is wearing bell-bottoms.
We’re gonna lose this one, aren’t we?
Well, that was a well-timed double play.
the parade of righties continues, bray needs to find the zone quick. double play ball maybe?
great pitch there, sawed his thumbs off
For some reason I still think we are going to find a way to win this game. Call me crazy.
Taking Dunn out is starting to drive me crazy. He isn’t THAT bad on defense and right now he’s all we got on offense.
ahhh, thank you very much mr bray.
somebody pick him up!
Since April 10 Patterson is 19-110!!!!!!
What’s the logic behind Harang warming up? Besides, of course, the fact that he’s our best pitcher.
Since April 10 Patterson is 19-117!!!!!!
Looks like Harang in the pen
Man, junior stung that ball, but it’s just a loud out.
Unbelievable, Annapolis.
Sorry for the first post, I forgot to add is 0-7 today. He is 19 for his last 117. That is mind boggling.
damn, BP was right on that pitch
Dusty isn’t going to settle for just losing 1 game tonight, he’s going to lose one of next week’s games too by burning Harang. Unbelievable…
Bronson Arroyo is pinch-hitting. Sheesh….
Dusty is determined to prove us right that Patterson can suck on som many levels that he is going to put Hoover out of business
Dusty is really gonna bring in Harang.
Arroyo and his red bat get a hit! Wouldn’t it be great if he scored the go-ahead run?
harang in now isn’t actually that big of a deal to me. it’s probably his day to throw anyway, torre used to do this all the time in NY. Harang will still make his normal start.
I can’t believe bronson just got a pinch hit.
And Chris Welsh agrees with it. Too me Cueto makes more senese, but I’ve never been a pitching coach so what do I know.
Just makes more sense to bring in Cueto since tomorrow is his day to start anyway. Then they can just skip his start, and every other starter will still be on their schedule.
Al-Yesterday was his day to throw, which he did.
Boy, Dusty mismanaged the bullpen tonight.
More like mismangled
Interesting point Al… I guess we aren’t always smarter than Dusty
Harang is the only pitcher on this staff (other than Volquez occasionally) who gets ahead of hitters. It’s nice to see.
Maybe Harang can finally be rewarded with a win?
That’s a benefit of bringing in Harang that I hadn’t considered, Jack.
Leadoff walk. That’s discouraging.
Jesus a leadoff walk. I feel sick.
Aaron doesnt look comfortable out there
That was a strike but what a pathetic strike call. I’m telling you this is the worst crew in baseball by far.
well it would seem crazy if harang was throwing on back to back days, so i don’t know what to say.
the thing that scares me about this isn’t the work for harang, but the fact that he’s a slow starter in games. He doesn’t pitch like a shut down reliever.
Too bad Crusty Baker is making the decisions Chad
Wow, thanks, Pads.
Actually, we got screwed there. Baserunner should have been out.
That stinks. I would rather have the out and Iguchi with two strikes. Can we decline the penalty?
I mean…it was the correct call, I think, but it didn’t help us.
That call could come back to haunt us now.
Yeah, these umps are horrible.
Okay, good job by Harang. Let’s get the big guy a win here.
Good job Harang. I guess you pitch Cueto now on Tuesday and move Harang back to Friday and you can skip Belisle. I don’t think Cueto has pitched terribly really, he hasn’t had much luck and has been hurt by some bad defense.
Wow, EdE is 0-8 too. Not good.
Here’s a thought: If Adam Dunn stayed in this game, the Reds might’ve won.
Why? Because Dunn wouldn’t have tried a diving catch on that single in the 9th, and there’d have been a play at the plate. Plus, of course, he’d be batting every now and then.
Encarnacion is four for his last 30.
I meant to write 0-7. I was anticipating Corey Patterson’s next AB.
Four for his last 31 now
Did George just say he wanted to see Ross’ “little Dave”??
It’s time for Ross to do something right for the first time in two years.
Get a hit, JV so we get another opportunity to hate Patterson.
Maybe not.
It was a long time ago, but comment number 14 is the funniest thing I’ve read all weekend. Good work, Jim.
Votto’s been out there so long he needs a shave.
Votto doubles to the wall and Patterson has a chance to put the Reds ahead!
Good Old CP.
Longest game in club history? 21 innings in 1967 against the Giants.
Wish this were Jay Bruce batting.
Is there some point where they HAVE to cut Patterson? Like a sub-.200 AVG in June?
I’m related to Nancy Kerrigan. I didn’t find that funny at all.
I thought it was hilarious.
I find that funny.
0 for 8.
How bad does Corey Patterson suck?
Seriously, the second time in a row that he has struck out on a ball out of the strike zone.
Patterson goes 0-8. He’s so terrible.
Patterson K’s for the second time in a row.
Maybe Volquez can play CF. He’s surely a better hitter.
Can you feel it? (insert Jaws theme) … its the never ending crawl towards maximum suck-a-tude by CP!!!
They should put minimums in contracts, like the opposite of performance bonuses.
I was just joking about Nancy Kerrigan
Harang is, amazingly.
.217 .217 .261
Leadoff double. Ugh.
At what point does Walt Jocketty say enough.
Not a good start. At least the picture went out so I don’t have to see the end.
I hate Dusty Baker and Corey Patterson. If he is with the team in one week I will NEVER buy any Reds Gear and will start following the Orioles again. After 25 years of following the Reds I just can’t take it much more. The only way to hurt Corey and Crusty is to refuse to buy reds gear until he’s gone, this will hurt Castellini’s pocket!
Lead off double, see ya!
Grande knows we don’t have a picture yet he’s calling the game as if we can see what happens. He is AWFUL.
Some joker behind the plate just had the biggest yawn I’ve ever seen.
I walk Green and set up the double play.
What the hell is up with these technical difficulties? The picture keeps going out on the DirecTV feed.
Of all the guys I’d want on the mound in this situation … Harang would be #1 on my list … even if he doesnt come thru, he is the about the best we have
I can’t see anything. Mercifully.
Good job by Harang.
Two straight K’s after the leadoff double. Yep, win or lose, Harang is the best we’ve got.
Even if the Reds lose this one I want CP to go 0 for 10…maybe the double digit or a MLB record will awake the Reds enough to ditch that fool.
Reds are going to miss their cookouts tomorrow.
George Grande is beyond horrible. I almost hate him as much as Patterson. They both make watching the Reds unbearable. Great job Harang!
Padres announcer just said he’d “take a duck fart into right field right now.”
OORAH! Nice job AH!
nice work by harang to get to josh banks.
I am with you, mhopp. I honestly want to see how big a collar Patterson can take.
No technical difficulties on the commercials, ironically.
Harang strikes out the side after the leadoff double. Nice work.
Anybody know what the major league record is for hitless at-bats in a major league game?
Is this the strangest game?
Yes, Jim. Definitely.
They just ran out of nacho cheese at Petco Park.
I found it. On May 1, 1920, in a 26-inning marathon between the Brooklyn Robins and the Boston Braves, Braves’ second-baseman Charlie Pick went 0-11. The game, which ended in a 1-1 tie, was the longest game in baseball history.
Edinson Volquez is up in the bullpen.
“Harris-ton.”
Volquez warming up? I would not do anything to screw this kid up.
Bad idea, Chad. Very bad.
Dick Pole is going to be activated to pitch Tuesday.
Terrible idea, Chris. But it’s not my idea.
These technical difficulties are ridiculous. Who is in the truck, Corey Patterson?
Video is back. Omen?
I saw a 15 inning game at Riverfront, in 1992, I think. It was against the Giants and the Reds won on a bases-loaded walk.
I understand that. Just trying to make it clear what I’m talking about.
Picture back. For a second, I thought I had the ideal: ballpark sounds but no announcers.
I feel 599
Hold on a second: Bronson pinch hit instead of Bako? Dusty again outsmarting himself.
0 for 10 would put him at about .199 for his batting average!! A lead off hitter? I think the whole team needs tested for Crack, including all management and owners for allowing this stupidity!
Chad? You sure it was 1992? I think it might have been 1991 because I was there too and I graduated from Indiana in 1991.
Cueto must be pitching Tuesday.
Can we just forfeit this thing before killing all our pitchers?
If BP gets on, do they go with Bako?
Actually, the game I saw was a 16 inning game, it turns out. Bill Doran got the walk to win the game. Reggie Sanders score.
It was the Reds second 16 inning game of the season.
This might make interesting Baseball Tonight or Sportscenter talk in regards to Baker’s stupidity as well as Patterson’s 0′fer.
With a name like Dick Pole you can’t come from too intelligent of a family
Anybody listening to Martini on the radio? (Who came along – Brantley or Thomas?)
Definitely 1992.
I was not at that game. Now that I think about it the game I was at the Reds lost and I think Jose Rijo came on in relief and lost the game in the 13th or 14th. It was around 1989-91.
Thomas.
Baseball Tonight? Are you crazy? The Red Sox and Yankees both had games today.
I’m watching the Pads in HD, but they just showed Marty and Thom in the booth, and were praising them.
At this point, if Harang can get out of this inning, I would let him hit in the 16th. Keep him out there and then don’t start him again until Friday. Why burn two starters?
Dusty Baker for president, Corey Patterson for VP?
I know some of you guys on here don’t like him but I love Marty. Is he negative sometimes? Sure, but it is usually warranted. He gets tired of the same crap that many of us do. In my mind Marty is second only to Vin Scully.
“This just in to our ESPN studios … in a statement to reporters, Dusty Baker flatly denies reports that Corey Patterson is the love child of a lued affair between he and his favorite tooth pic … details after the game”
Those were both strikes. Darryl Cousins is awful.
Beer sales have been cut off for what- 2 hours now?
Speaking of early 90s memory lane, I was at this game.
Keep Harang in!!!!
AnnapolisRed, What was I thinking?
I stopped watching in the bottom of the 11th and can’t believe this is still going. Looks like I didn’t miss anything…..Except Patterson going 0-8….He must be a Jay Bruce fan!!!!!!!!
I love Marty too, Annapolis.
“In an unrelated story … even Aaron Harang’s stellar performance today cannot make Baker look like a legit manager”
I’m a Harrang, Hamilton, and Volquez fan no matter who they play for!
I want to take this time to thank Corey Patterson for creating a situation where Jay Bruce will feel absolutely no pressure when he is called up to replace the worst centerfielder in Cincinnati Reds history.
Good game by Reggie Sanders there, Chris. Plus Larkin and the immortal Mark Portugal.
How sweet would it have been if Harang taken one deep there?
Harang just needs three more innings for a quality start.