Double for Votto to lead off the second. I can’t wait to watch Votto continue to develop as a hitter over the next few years. He has an idea at the plate.
Patterson K’s (surprise) followed by Bruce getting nabbed at second. What a ridiculous inning. Good teams score in that inning. The Reds made two outs on the basepaths.
According to the Internetz, “No Major League baseball players were killed in World War II. The only major league baseball player killed in warfare was Eddie Grant, who was killed in World War I.”
Hafner’s shoulder problem seems to be a mystery. A couple of weeks ago, a caller to “All Bets are Off” hosted by the drab Bruce Drennan said that he had a friend that worked in the Cleveland clubhouse that knew what happened.
A little more research reveals that there were two men killed in WWII with extremely limited major-league experience: Elmer Gedeon (5 games) and Harry Mink O’Neill (1 game, 0 plate appearances).
Check out this website for info on baseball players in WWII. Seems pretty thorough. I didn’t know Warren Spahn was wounded (shrapnel in the foot).
Are there any catchers in the Reds system that look promising? The 2 on the roster now are absolutely worthless at the plate. Notice I didn’t count Valentin. He’s a third baseman now….gulp!
2009 stats: Sarasota 2-1 8 Games 8 Games Started 42.1 IP 4.89 ERA 1.44 WHIP
Carolina 3-2 6 Game 6 Game Started 36 2/3 IP 2.95 ERA 1.09 WHIP
Louisville 2-2 5 Game 5 Game Started 29 IP 2.48 ERA 1.21 WHIP
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Jerry Hairston Jr. SS
Adam Dunn DH
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Joey Votto 1B
Jeff Keppinger 3B
Jay Bruce LF
Corey Patterson CF
Paul Bako C
At least Patterson is at the bottom of the lineup.
I keep saying I’m tired of this bunch, but here I am watching again. I’m hopeless.
Cool throwbacks by the Indians.
Homer by Dunn!
He hit that ball REAL hard. Line drive.
He showed that he was coming out of the slump in Toronto. Robbed of extra bases last night. Homer here so far.
Jacoby must be working with him.
1-0 thanks to Dunn. Let’s see what Cueto is dealing today.
Be a little more aggressive, JC.
Leadoff walk for Cueto. Not a good sign.
Interesting that Hopper played LF last night but Crappy is playing CF tonight. Elbow still an issue with Hopper I guess.
5-4-3 double play. Excellent.
I love the double play!!!
Let’s kick some Tribe butt tonight!!!
If KC can be on a streak of 12 wins in 14 games then certainly the Reds can run off a few hot streaks.
Watching Byrd is like looking back in time. He’s old school in his technique.
Double for Votto to lead off the second. I can’t wait to watch Votto continue to develop as a hitter over the next few years. He has an idea at the plate.
Kepp HBP, right in the back. Two on for Jay Bruce with no outs.
Reds luck continues. Bad luck that is.
Do I really deserve to hit above Bako?
Let’s see if I can get on, then Bako, then Hairston. It can be an ex-Cub reunion!
That means I’d have to reach base, though.
Crud.
Broken-bat single by Bruce, but Patterson is up now.
Crap!!! Two on, one out with Crappy and Crappy II coming up.
Come on, Crappy!!!
By Welsh’s comments just now, Crappy is pretty much clueless on off-speed stuff, and he has been playing for how long?
Patterson K’s (surprise) followed by Bruce getting nabbed at second. What a ridiculous inning. Good teams score in that inning. The Reds made two outs on the basepaths.
Thanks to the Crappy KO and Dusty brainstorm on running when Crappy is at the plate, we can look forward to Bako leading off in the 3rd.
Oops, I K’d again.
I told Daddy Dusty not to hit and run with me because I can’t make contact.
Even George Grande is ripping on me. He said I’ve struggled against Byrd, and “anyone that doesn’t have patience will.”
I’m hurt.
Wow, that qualifies as stinging criticism from Grande. he’s usually relentlessly positive.
Does Dusty think he is Whitey Herzog or Jim Riggleman or something?
Papa Smurf must be getting PO’ed.
I feel a little better because Welsh just ripped on Phillips and Bruce for not hustling.
Phillips not hustling. Bruce should have reached second. Where’s the fire?
This team is just fundamentally bad. They don’t do many things well.
A lot of talent on the roster, but they just don’t make it translate on the field.
In the 70’s, it was the Big Red Machine.
In the 90’s, it was the Nasty Boys.
Now it is Dusty’s Dumba**es.
I really like Cueto’s red and black glove.
I see a future for Casey Blake as a spokesperson for that beard hair dye for old guys on Viagra.
Bako should have caught that one. That’s bush league. A passed ball puts two runners in scoring position.
Could the Reds please just call time and get into a bench clearing brawl with each other.
Almost a bench clearing brawl with the Indians there. That would have been cool.
Cueto escapes an inning as ugly as Casey Blake’s face.
With bases loaded in the second I’m suprised we didn’t bring Weathers in…
He’s sooo clutch.
Don’t tempt Dusty, preach.
Not exactly a host of great Cleveland Indians, is there?
Dunn’s clogging the bases again.
How was this Indians team so good last year?
Did any of the baseball players that served in WWII or Korea get killed in action?
I’m suprised that George didn’t tell us that Griffey’s pop out was going to stay in the park….
Indians had a healthy Martinez and a lot of overachievers. Had Hafner not had the messed up shoulder they would have been unstoppable.
Junior should be hitting 7th…
How did Hafner hurt his shoulder, Jim?
According to the Internetz, “No Major League baseball players were killed in World War II. The only major league baseball player killed in warfare was Eddie Grant, who was killed in World War I.”
Sizemore’s shot looked and sounded better than that. Whew.
Good one, preach.
As we speak, Sizemore flies out to medium RF and George says “It’s going to stay in the park.”
I like how the Border Patrol is advertising behind Cleveland’s home plate. “Now Hiring”
I know Ted Williams was a Marine pilot but how much action did most players see?
Nice play by Hairston, and good job by Votto.
Good inning by Cueto.
Jimmy, I saw the same advertisement at the Columbus Convention Center a couple of months ago.
Hafner’s shoulder problem seems to be a mystery. A couple of weeks ago, a caller to “All Bets are Off” hosted by the drab Bruce Drennan said that he had a friend that worked in the Cleveland clubhouse that knew what happened.
Sal Fasano sits on his fat butt behind home plate.
Wow. That had double written all over it. Came off the wall right to Gutierrez.
Votto could have had his second double, but he hit it TOO hard.
I think Votto might be seeing .300 real soon.
I love the hit and run with Keppy up.
At least hit and run with Keppinger hitting makes some sense. With Crappy Patterson at the plate, it is base running suicide.
Paul Byrd has written a book?
Paul Byrd is probably baseball smarter than anyone on the Reds roster.
I think he discovered the South Pole or something…
Fasano is listed on at 225 lbs. That one lumpy 225 lbs.
That’s funny – preach, you’re on your game tonight!
His brother, Harvey Birdman, is a lawyer.
A little more research reveals that there were two men killed in WWII with extremely limited major-league experience: Elmer Gedeon (5 games) and Harry Mink O’Neill (1 game, 0 plate appearances).
Check out this website for info on baseball players in WWII. Seems pretty thorough. I didn’t know Warren Spahn was wounded (shrapnel in the foot).
K-Patt, you’re up with the bases loaded. Don’t screw it up!
Way to go, CP. Knocked the cover off that one.
Bako!
Honestly. This is the worst I’ve ever seen anyone play for the Reds in my time as a baseball fan. It’s insane how badly Patterson is doing.
Paul Bako is the greatest player ever.
bako!
Wonders never cease!!! Bako bases clearing double!!!
Hey, we scored without having to hit a homer.
Drop Crappy to the 9 spot and move Bako up.
Heck, let Bako hit cleanup.
They just showed the Ohio Cup. I thought it was a Dippin’ Dots concession stand.
I’d rather have the dippin’ dots.
The Ohio Cup is the lame trophy of the future.
Excuse my cultural insensitively but Sinn-Shoo Choo. What a name.
What inning will we have the first double switch in this AL park?
Also excuse lousy spell checking.
Maybe the 8th inning so they can get Valentin in at 3B. I think LMM has a shot of being the All-Star 3B.
Choo chugs into third.
Does George Grande know that the warning track is that brown rock material back there?
I would hate to see a 96 mph fastball begin to rise toward my face.
Choo chugs into third.
I think I can. I think I can.
Bad pun, preach!
Just updated to Firefox 3.0. Looks good so far.
Luckily the Gutierrez drive had some hang time.
C’mon, Junior.
Was just checking out CP’s June numbers through his last AB:
AB: 43
BB: 0
AVG: .163
OBP: .163
I should have taped this inning for when I have trouble sleeping.
Wonder how many pitches Crappy saw this month? Less than 100?
I’m hoping Patterson sees, oh, about 0 pitches in July.
We need Eddie back ASAP. Hairston is playing some pretty lame SS.
Yep, Hairston’s 15 minutes are up.
I wish JB would catch fire again.
Is Bruce get hitting advice form Crappy? What the heck was he swinging at there?
Bruce is 2-3 tonight. Maybe he’s heating up again.
Wow, Patterson took a pitch!
At least Bruce striking out keeps CP from leading off the next inning
It’s even worse than I realized. According to Marty: K-Patt, you have the lowest on-base percentage of all Reds position players in the last 48 years.
Crappy down to .190 after the fly out off an offspeed pitch.
Is there a LHer going for Cleveland tomorrow?
Bako looks like John Kinsella.
Marty adds a qualifier the next inning – lowest OBP of all Reds’ position players with at least 180 plate appearances.
yet another broken bat.
“That will make a nice lamp back in Puerto Rico.”
George Grande guilty of some serious stereotyping of the Latin Americans.
Is Hairston injured again by that HBP? This joke isn’t funny anymore.
Dunn with .750 OBP tonight. Is that acceptable?
Chris Speier is starting to stretch in the dugout.
Is Junior’s bat hollow? Nothing jumps off of it.
Yeah, preach. Speier or else the Reds sign Pokey Reese from whatever beer league he is playing in.
Advice to Jerry – Don’t attempt to knock over Lumpy.
CP went 3 for 5 on April 9. Since then he’s batted .164 in 158 ABs..think Dusty realizes this?
Bray has the initial hit out of the way. Strike out the next two now.
Someone please alert Dusty Baker to the strengths and weaknesses of his players.
I’m sick of watching Bray brought in to face a lefthander, Weathers brought in to protect a small lead, and Patterson allowed to play at all.
I’m a little late weighing in on Jim’s comment at 112, but Bako DOES look like John Kinsella. It’s amazing. Same position and everything.
Yep, more foolishness, Bray always gives up a hit to the first batter he faces. Of course CP fell getting to the ball, what an idiot
Oh crap, Weathers is in. Is a five run lead enough of a cushion?
Where’s Burton? Idiot
Get Crappy one of those LifeAlert necklaces.
“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.”
I long for the day to come when DUSTY BAKER IS GOING, GOING, GOOOONNNEEEE!!!!!!!
Weathers being the BadA**!!!
As if Dusty knew that was going to happen? You know they might could get someone for Weathers by trading him…just don’t make a deal with the yankees
Geesh!!! 1st pitch flyout. Crappy is so freakin’ clueless.
.189
Is Patterson even coachable? I mean he is still doing the same knucklehead crap that he was doing two months ago.
Forget the Interstate, CP’s next stop is the state route!
Good thing that Patterson is in the OF…it’s as if Dusty and Crappy P want to lose
I’m convinced that Patterson is getting dumber with each game he plays.
I hate Crappy Outterson
JB!!!
Are there any catchers in the Reds system that look promising? The 2 on the roster now are absolutely worthless at the plate. Notice I didn’t count Valentin. He’s a third baseman now….gulp!
Not close to being ML ready. Uncle Walt will have to address it through a trade or free agency.
I’m just getting sick and tired of hearing how Ross and Bako are great “pitch and catch guys”. I’m pretty sure that’s code for, can’t hit a lick.
Close it out, Coco.
Nice to see Dusty has saved the $46 million man for a 5 run lead.
Eric Wedge looks like he is hiding. Sort of like Henry Winkler’s character in “Waterboy.”
Speaking of lookalikes, Fasano looks like Borat.
Who’s that kid in the Reds dugout? Oh, it’s Cueto.
Interesting people in togas. Actually, I wish the Reds fans were that crazy.
Looks like the Reds will be 20-19 with crappy p in the line up if they win tonight
Yea, we win.
Sweet, I was looking at the ERA of the pitchers tonight…all below 4.00 except JC…and he is on his way down with a few more games like that.
Is Cueto under 5.00 ERA yet?
4.68
And this one belongs to the Reds. A shutout, even.
Glad I could help the Reds win tonight. My four at-bats were awesome, and I almost caught that fly ball hit three steps in front of me.
DevilsAdvocate – At least no one can ever accuse me of clogging the bases. I’ll swing at a feint to first.