Game Thread: Rockies at Reds — 2008.07.25
(Ed. Bumped to top because I screwed up and posted it a day early!)
The Reds face the defending National League champions, the Colorado Rockies, tonight.
Goodness, that still sounds strange.
Anyway, a sweep will give the Reds a record of .500. Dare to dream!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
They dont play tonight
its an off night
July 24th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
It is an off night, man it would have been nice getting Volquez that extra time off, to bad Fogg had to get hit in the face during BP!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
no game dude. way to get my hopes up man.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Chad,
you totally freaked my life out. I went ahead and made plans for the night since there was no game and I saw this and wham, I freaked out. Alas, there is no game tonight.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I admit that I didn’t know there wasn’t a game, but at least now my hopes of getting to .500 won’t be dashed until tomorrow.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I think this game was on an early version of the schedule.
The off day actually gives the Reds the opportunity to replace Fogg with Volquez on Friday.
Oddly enough, Fogg’s been the better pitcher lately.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Tonight’s starting line-up:
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
Corey Patterson
July 24th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I just threw up on my keyboard. Thanks Jim.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
(I can imagine, can’t I)
Volquez on the mound looking sharp through 5. Perfect game so far.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
JUNIOR!!!! 3 run bomb. 3-0 good guys.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Not funny! Here I am jumping from web site to web site, from TV Guide to tv listings trying to find out why the game wasn’t listed anywhere I was looking lol
July 24th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
PHILIPS!!! Back-to-back 4-0 Reds.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Dr. K was just called. Dusty swallowed his toothpick sideways. No real damage, but it makes spitting out those sunflower seeds an adventure. 5-0 Reds
July 24th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Rosecrans on with Marty last inning. Trent finally had enough. Told Marty to shut his pie-hole and quit being so bitter. Also, George finally said ‘damn’ as in “Best Damn Sports Show Period”. Unfortunately he was talking about Cowboy’s English skills. 6-0 Reds.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Possible replacement for Sorry Bakerson? Sean Cumberland was promoted to Louisville and lately has been batting lead off…he’s left handed, hits for average with some power and reasonable speed and is just under 24. I don’t know if he has CF experience though. He’s no Crappy Patterson in Baker’s eyes but lets hope this may be his replacement…anything is better than him.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
P.S. Drew Stubbs batting .466 at Chattanooga AA! Next year could really look good for the Reds….500 this year and post season next.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Reds make costly baserunning error so bad that after the umpires huddle they decide to take a run away 5-0 Reds
July 24th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Could have had an add on run, but acting manager Chris Speier was too preoccupied telling Adam Dunn the one about when Woody Fryman got him drunk and put him in a dryer during spring training and he forgot to send in the sign. 5-0 Reds.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
“Yeah, Adam, it sounds like fun and games until someone puts enough pine tar on the door of the dryer so it won’t open and sets the timer to ‘wool’. That Woody Fryman was a real…”
July 24th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
oh no theres an argument at the plate
and Patterson has pulled off his cleet and is trying to kill people with it!!
and he throws it up and trys to hit it with his bat! oh and a swing and a miss… he truly cant hit anything
July 24th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Bite me! lol
July 24th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Top of the 8′th, Weathers is on the mound. 5-0 Reds.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Oops.
I actually wrote this post and intended to set it to publish tomorrow night (since I’m not going to be around to post it tomorrow). Guess I put 7-24 instead of 7-25. Sorry.
I’ll leave this post up and just bump it to the top tomorrow.
Funny stuff here, though.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
So Chad, the Reds were up 5-0 earlier today huh? :oops:
July 24th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
weathers comes in gets 1 out
end inning
reds 5
Rockies 6
July 24th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
After our masterful double and triple switches we have Bako, Patterson, and Patterson due up. Yes, that’s right, he was double switched twice and is due up twice in the same inning. Masterful…In the meantime Dick Pole looks over at Cueto and says “Watch this.” He picks up the bullpen phone and says “Get Coffey up.” Two minutes later he calls again and says “Never mind, just kidding.” This goes on for twenty minutes. Finally Dick makes a call and says “Tell Coffey to run his butt up to section 5 and get me a sno-cone. No, I’m not joking, cherry…No, I called YOU cherry, I want grape.” He turns back to Cueto “Just don’t lose your stuff kid. Otherwise you’ll have to get my milkduds to stay around. That’s why Patterson is still here: He’s gets Dusty’s popcorn. He’s got Corey, I’ve got Coffey….and Spierer has his tortured memories of Woody Fryman. Sad, ain’t it?”
July 25th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Enjoy the brawl!
http://fox45.com/
July 25th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Can we bump the 5-0 score up to Friday as well?
July 25th, 2008 at 11:30 am
already did but it was nullified by a baserunning error
July 25th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Amusing thread!
Since BP pointed out that the Reds chances for the playoffs were .08 (or something like that), that really makes me wonder what the Rockies chances were last year through the same number of games before they went on that roll.
Anybody have a clue about that one?
July 25th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Friday night’s Cincinnati Reds line-up:
Jay Bruce cf
Jeff Keppinger ss
Ken Griffey Jr. rf
Brandon Phillips 2b
Adam Dunn lf
Edwin Encarnacion 3b
Joey Votto 1b
Paul Bako c
Edinson Volquez p
July 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Man shoots lawn mower
July 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I dont always agree with Dusty’s decision making, but one thing im starting to appreciate is seeing a steady line up night after night. Seems like the last 3 or 4 guys to fill out the card had a knack for changing things up just about every night.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
OK fine. Volquez didn’t cover first. Fundamental mistake. WE HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME MARTY.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Down 2-0.
I knew that hat was gonna catch up on him.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Wisconsin has a law on the books pertaining to shooting a faulty lawn mower?
July 25th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Apparently a very strict law regarding lawn mower shootings. Anyone know the prognosis on the mower?
July 25th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Some people should not be talking about rock’n roll and Thom Brennaman is one of those people.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Signs of intelligence. Good thinking by Edwin.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
here comes the magic man
July 25th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Come on, Reds!!! Comeback time so we can get off the topic of high school football in the broadcast booth.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Java now in
July 25th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Did they just take a run away from the Rockies? never mind that was last night
July 25th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Willy Tavares gets people so excited by the stolen bases that they totally ignore the lack of getting on base.
Whoa!!! Junior TRIPLES!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Griffeys first triple of the season? is that correct?
July 25th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Be patient, hitters. Junior is catching his breath.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Only 2 triples since 2003? Wow.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Yes, Mike. Only his third in seven years.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
When was the last season that Griffey was still considered “fast”? ‘99, perhaps, because it’s sure not been with the Reds.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
That was a wasted triple!
July 25th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
This team is real Jekyll and Hyde.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Sad to hear about the death of Randy Pausch, the “Last Lecture” prof from Carnegie Mellon.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Another lack of patience type of night for the offense.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I just heard the Rox are looking at Arroyo and the Reds would be willing to pick up some of his salary if they can agree on the talent. THis is according to ESPN’s Rumor Mill or whatever its called.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Why do the Rox need the Reds to pick up salary? At least, they have talent to send the Reds.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I think yesterday’s game was more interesting.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I agree Jim
July 25th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Well that’s that..
July 25th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
We need a name for the Reds Jekyll-Hyde personalities.