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I love this, from ESPN’s story on the brawl: “La Russa wasn’t happy with Phillips’ comment and mentioned it to Reds general manager Walt Jocketty, who worked with him in St. Louis.”
Let me translate that for you: “LaRussa wasn’t happy with being called a whiner, so he went and whined to Walt Jocketty.”
Good grief. These idiots can’t help themselves, can they? I don’t commonly use the term Brandon Phillips used, but there really is no better, more descriptive term for the Cardinals, is there?
I will say this…there have been rumors that LaRussa might manage the Reds someday. If that happens, I will shut down Redleg Nation until LaRussa is gone. Maybe I will turn RN into a Cincinnati Cyclones site or something. But I won’t waste my time writing about Tony LaRussa every day. I would rather have Dusty Baker as our manager for the next fifteen years.
(Posting again from the BlackBerry, so no links or fancy formatting. Sorry.)
Chad, I’m with ya and you had me hooked all the way up until this line:
“I would rather have Dusty Baker as our manager for the next fifteen years.”
Then you lost me.
Seriously though, I have been thinking the same thing. Phillips calls them bitchers and complainers and all they’ve done since then is bitch and complain about it.
Exactly. My thoughts were that Brandon probably shouldn’t have said what he said. However, everything that’s happened since he said it has completely proved the point that he made. They’re just proving him right.
@Tracey: …and, unfortunately, winning. I said Sunday I’d be happy with anything but a sweep, but I sure would be happy if the Reds hadn’t dropped the first two.
Time to back up the talk today. BP and the Reds looked foolish last night. They were an embarrassment in the field, and could not hang.
Unfortunately, the Cards did it the way it was supposed to be done. Molina ran his mouth to BP, then went out and went yard. BP had an RBI groundout and a meaningless single with nobody on.
I think a loss today is a disaster.
Cardinals= JJ Reddick and the rest of Duke player lineage nobody can stand but always win.
Luckily, we don’t have to beat them head-to-head to win the division. Sometimes you just don’t match up well against a particular team. I’m frustrated because I’d love for the Reds to show the Cards up as much as anybody, but I’m comforted with the fact there is a lot of baseball left out there no matter what happens. This is so much fun right now.
@Scott: All this crap is obscuring that the Reds right now are getting zero offense from Phillips and Rolen. The Cards big hitters are producing.
Arrgh, I hate to be the grammar police here, but I really hate when people misuse the word “irony” (and I blame Alanis Morrisette). Irony is when something happens that is contrary to what was expected. I expect LaRussa to whine, so this is actually the opposite of irony. It’s funny, and it puts an additional exclamation point on LaRussa’s d-baggery, but it’s not irony.
Good translation, Chad.
The Reds really, really do need a win today. Or they pretty much have to sweep the Cards in St. Louis next month, don’t they?
@The Singing Bush: When you don’t want to be called a whiner and you whine about it, that’s irony. When you want to smoke and don’t have a lighter, that’s just a bad song.
While a win would be huge today, they just need to finish with a better record than the Cards from this point forward. Keep in mind, they are 5-9 against the Cards this year and they are still tied for first. But yes, a win would be huge.
So, what’s the over/under on how many suspensions each team get? I’ll go with 2 for Cincy – Phillips and Cueto and 1 for St. Louis – Molina.
Also, probably a TON of fines.
@hoosierdad: I wonder about Carpenter, and it will depend on what the umpire says Carpenter said to Dusty Baker. By the way, I would really like to know what Carpenter said myself.
The Braves radio guys said that while Phillips shouldn’t have made his comments on the record, most players feel the same way. Thanks Cards for confirming our suspicions.
Jared – I don’t want to get in a pissing match about this, but when you don’t want to be called a whiner and you whine about it, it’s hypocritical, it’s stupid, it shows a stunning lack of self-awareness. It is not, however, irony.
By the way, from LaRussa’s point of view, this is absolutely irony. That’s why I named the post as I did.
Is it irony when you badmouth the opposing team and then they beat the crap out of you for three straight days? Or is that just karma?
Seriously?!!!!
Dusty Baker for manager for 1 more year might make me puke… 15 more years might kill me.
I’d rather have a whinning winning manager then a loser like Baker.
Where has he won again?…….