Loading ...I’m posting this from my BlackBerry en route to Yankee Stadium. I haven’t seen the lineup yet, but if Corey Patterson is leading off, I am going to buy a Yankees cap.
Okay, maybe not, but I won’t be happy if Dusty ruins my only opportunity to watch the Reds at The House That Ruth Built.
Otherwise, I’m looking forward to tonight’s game, especially since Edinson Volquez is pitching. It is only the second time I’ve seen the Reds play on the road (Well, it is probably the 5th or 6th such game I’ve seen; I saw them in Philly a few times, at old Veterans Stadium).
The last couple of weeks have been pretty disastrous. Now is as good a time as any to turn that around.
Discuss it here.
Chad sent in this photo from Yankee Stadium – very cool. The Yankees are easy to hate, but the mystique is still very, very cool.
Tonight’s line-up, which means the DH rule allows us to add Patterson’s bat. Heaven forbid we would activate Keppinger and had him DH. That might put the best offensive team on the field. Oh yeah. We still have Bako’s sorry bat in the line-up.
Bruce RF
Cabrera SS
Griffey DH
Phillips 2B
Dunn LF
Votto iB
Encarnacion 3B
Patterson CF
Bako C
Hitler pretty much sums it up for all of us.
Hitler discusses the Cincinnati Reds
Pretty funny stuff.
Hitler-Reds Part 2
To be fair we don’t exactly have a hitting catcher and Bako has caught pretty much all of Volquez’s games.
I’m hoping(not exactly the right word) that the reason Hopper isn’t playing is from fatigue or sore legs or something that makes sense. More so than Patterson is 2-8 against Mussina.
I wish I could just send a letter to Dusty to seriously commend him on his loyalty to Corey but still question how he could feel he’s giving this team a chance when he’s got a slumping rookie leading off and a centerfielder that we know can lead off sitting the bench for a guy who can’t hit the broad side of a barn.
VERY funny!
That was worth the price of admission right there!
When Der Fuehrer says, “We ist der Better Team”
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer’s face
I loved the JTM reference. Priceless. The guy has to make some more of those. Maybe one referencing Ricciardi.
This is spooky. Pregame played the Lou Gehrig speech and Junior has a mystery ailment.
Let the Yankee hating commence.
So Chad, are you wearing the Reds gear?
Damon wasn’t real steady on that fly ball by JB.
There is no end to the depths of stupidity of this team.
I immediately pounded my fist into the desk when I saw that the sorry a$$ manager of the Reds has that fool in the line up. Words can not express the anger that it causes me to see such an idiot running this team!!!!!!!!!!!
Idea for new Reds gear – Cincinnati Reds dunce hat – just like the one Dusty should be wearing.
Jeter looked safe.
Mussina only threw four pitches in the 1st inning.
Very Mussina-friendly umpiring so far tonight.
BS
VOTTO!!!!!
TAKE THAT, BAMBINO!!!
I didn’t see any Reds hats in the stands where that ball landed.
Wow, a run! Maybe, just maybe, the Reds can score 8 or 10 runs today for Edinson and finally show some sort of offensive spark.
I’ll be wearing my Reds hat to the Sunday game…I’m hoping I’ll be able to watch the final game of a Reds sweep of the Yanks.
Nice job, Bako. Giving me another reason to not want you in the line-up.
I wish those aliens from the movie Cocoon would come to Earth and let Junior swim around in that swimming pool. Let Johnny Bench jump in the pool as well. I wish the ones from X-Files would show up and abduct Corey Patterson and Dusty Baker.
Bako is being lazy behind the plate.
Nice defensive work by Joey V.
Votto looking like the games MVP
I am at the game and my entire section is reds fans really a cool thing to see.
Cabrerra a two hit night so far.
The Yankees play with passion.
I just had to say that.
Sounds like Redlegnation is well represented at tonights game. You guys should have all gotten together for a beer before the game!
What does everyone think of Darryl Thompson making his debut at Yankee stadium?
I think it was a mistake not to have him come to the ball park tonight in order to get acclimated.
Come on, EV. Don’t let these creeps score.
Another reason to hate the Yankees.
The next best thing to a Reds win is a Yankees loss so if the Reds win it’s a double bonus! I agree Jim, D.T. is only 22 and going to make his MLB debut in Yankee stadium? Whew, scary.
Is that 2 throw outs by Bako?
Thanks for the call. That looked well low.
Bako has a chance when they go on the fastball. The one they stole was on a change-up. While that is two runners thrown out, the first was a bad throw that Cabrerra made a nice play on. It looked like the runner was safe but the ump called him out. Maybe he hates the Yankees, too.
Phillips fly out that George Grande makes it sound like is going out.
Opportunity knocks. Please answer.
Someone pulls a “Votto” when Votto is hitting!
My Lord. Just fire Dusty and the entire staff.
looks like another Helen Keller, nothing to hear.
oh no Votto just lost style points on that play
How about the announcers talking about Jeter being the most over rated player and A. Rod up there too?
How about VolK’s? Should we give Dick Pole any credit for his improvement?
By my count, first thirteen batters, Mussina 10 first pitch strikes, EV 5 first pitch strikes.
Is EV like the pitcher in Bull Durham, wild enough to be a little scary?
Looks like 2+ more weeks with Sorrey P.
Yet another clutch SS!!
Ton of Reds fans here, by the way. The Bruuuuce chant has been loud.
Maybe you should have pitched to JB!
Well done Jolbert!
Go Reds, I hate the Yankees!!!!!!!!!!!! :
Cabby is 3 for 3 tonight with some RBi’s to go along with it
That’s a GREAT slide by Cabrera, for what it’s worth.
I’m not wearing the Reds gear, but I regret it. Lot of red in the stands. I’m very surprised.
Nice slide by cabby, he is in the running for MVP of the game
Nice defense.
Marty: “This, is Jolbert Cabrera Night here at Yankee Stadium.”
Nice play in the field by Cabrera. Does he have some sort of vandetta against the Yankees, he’s been playing better today than I’ve ever seen him play!
Who had Cabrera 4-4 in the office pool tonight? (That’s what I thought).
Man. SS is cursed.
And another shortstop bites the dust. Let’s put Patterson there tomorrow.
Hilarious!
Ha ha – showed Melky one fastball, and all the rest changeups to confound him. Swing and a miss, strike 3.
103 pitches … Does EV go again or Burton/Cordero to finish?
Incidentally, that one fastball to Cabrera – the second-to-last pitch of Voltron’s outing, possibly – was the fastest speed he’s registered all night. 97mph.
According to the Yank’s announcers “the one knock on Corey Patterson is that he stands too far from the plate”
Re 65: I thought the “one knock” against Patterson was that he was lousy. That’s what I expected them to say.
The “one knock” against him is that he is in the line up, or that is rather a “knock” against the one who put him in there.
Let’s be one bad a** dude, Burton. NO more long shots like that out to RCF.
A few maple trees dying tonight.
What announcers were saying Jeter and A-Rod were overrated?
I think JB is good initials to have…Jared Burton & Jay Bruuuuuce
So Dusty thinks CP is a better CF than Hopper I take it.
That ‘overrated’ thing was a recent Sports Illustrated fan poll or something, I think.
I’d take their overrate butts in the Reds line-up any day.
Make it non-eventful, FC.
Mr. Potato Head at the game with his Reds cap.
Dusty thinks Corey Outterson is better at everything, and I mean everything!
Who was injured? Did Janish get injured on the 4-3 groundout?
Phillips with a couple of good plays, and “Volquez likes it” as the Yankee announcers say.
Jim, what is the history of Ben Jukich?
Cabrera hurt his left hand, which is why Janish is in the game now.
Man! EE almost had that.
They never die, I hate the Yankees!
with that mustache Giambi looks like he could be LLM’s brother.
GO REDS
I think Jukich was the PTBNL in the Chris Denorfia deal.
Alright!!! Reds win!!!
Great game by EV. JC performed like a #2 hitter tonight.
And the Reds, after not being able to do ANYthing against the hapless Dodgers, come in and beat up the Yankees and their 7 game winning streak, in Yankee Stadium. I truly don’t get this team, but I’m happy tonight
YES!!! Now if Thompson can shut them up tomorrow!! Giambi looks like some 1970’s private investigator from a B movie
jbsh, that ‘injury delay’ in the 9th was on the first groundout to second. Phillips had a cramp in his calf. He was okay.
I wonder if Keppinger will be up to be at least a DH now with Carberra injured?
Jukich played college ball in South Dakota, which isn’t real impressive. He must have had some Moneyball indicators that lead to Oakland drafting him in the first place.
Gameday indicated an injury delay after Abreu groundout in bottom ninth, no explanation as yet. Janish was reference to the SS curse. I concur that the Patterson joke was hilarious, by the way. Well done CeeKeR.
Cabrera has a dislocated finger, they said he was headed to the hospital so he could get some painkillers and have the doctors “pop” it back into place.
How bad is Cabrera’s hand injury? This team may have to sign Pokey Reese out from some softball team.
CeeKer, this team is an enigma. That’s for sure. Having Bozo the Clown as our manager probably perpetuates that.
Thanks for injury delay explanation DA. Might be interesting to see tomorrow if there are any roster adjustments. Keppinger, please. Hopper, please.
Probably not a DL situation then, correct?
The announcers were talking like since he had to go to the hospital and have in numbed to pop it back that it may be sore for a few days.
But not 15 days so he likely stays on the active list.
Keppinger, BTW, was 2 for 4 including a double.
It sure will be nice to have Keppinger back in the line-up.
It was Cabrera’s glove hand wasn’t it?
Great win tonight. Volquez is just unbelievable. The kid has some much poise. He truly believes that nobody should ever score on him and you can tell he gets pissed when they do.
Y-City Jim-Your constant bashing of Bako is tiresome and unwarranted. You act like David Ross is Johnny Bench. Ross is an awful defensive catcher and not much better offensively. Bako has caught Volquez all year so why mess with success?
mhopp-Do you listen to the game with one ear? The announcers never said Derek Jeter and A-Rod were the most overrated players, they said it was according to a Sports Illustrated poll of former players. They then went on for five minutes talking about how they aren’t. Also, you have asked about Ben Jukich now 10-straight nights. The answer has never changed.
When it is time to demolish Yankee Stadium they should let fans from opposing team enter a raffle to have the opportunity to press the plunger for the explosives. I’d buy some chances.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Jolbert was put on the DL. I feel bad for him. He had a great game.
That slide by Cabrera was amazing!!!
Cabrera is going on the DL. The bone broke the skin. Ouch!!!
They are talking activating Hairston rather than Keppinger.
Dear God, Dusty is at it again!! No, I guess that makes sense since Kepp hasn’t been playing the field every night. I’d rather Hairston get re-injured than Kepp obviously.
There is plenty to kill Dusty about, but not this. Keppinger isn’t ready yet according to the medical staff.
In defense of any catcher playing at Yankee stadium, You have a lot of ground to cover on a passed ball.
I can’t believe the room behind home plate at this stadium!
I came home late tonight and just watched the game DVR’d on FSN.
A few observations:
George Grande is just horrible. I don’t have enough energy to itemize all of the grievious mistakes he makes while broadcasting a baseball game……particularly this one. He is flat out bad on many, many different levels.
As for our beloved Reds…
Cabrera’s slide was one of the best I have ever seen, Votto is a future All Star, Hopper needs to hire Jeff Gillooly to take care of Corey Baker’s son, and watching Edinson Volquez throw the ball makes me happy to be a Reds fan. What EV is doing this year is just astounding. Goodnight.