5-19-11 Pirates @Redlegs (OK Buccos, it's not cute anymore, know your role)

Lineups, courtesy of Jamie Ramsey, Better Off Red

Chris Heisey 8
Edgar Renteria 6
Joey Votto 3
Brandon Phillips 4
Jay Bruce 9
Miguel Cairo 5
Fred Lewis 7
Ramon Hernandez 2
Johnny Cueto 1

Glad to see Stubbs getting a day off, especially when it results in both Heisey and Lewis in the lineup. It seems like Drew has been trotted out there every day and even though he has performed wonderfully I don't want to run his legs into the ground.

Dusty giving Gomes a rest to prepare for his weekend of DHing.

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Originally Posted by Chip R

Dusty giving Gomes a rest to prepare for his weekend of DHing.

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D'oh!

The Pirate lineup:


A. McCutchen cf
X. Paul lf
G. Jones rf
N. Walker 2b
L. Overbay 1b
R. Doumit c
P. Alvarez 3b
R. Cedeno ss
J. McDonald p

Cairo might be behind Bruce because he might have a good history against the Pirate starting pitcher or to be a potential baserunner in front of Lewis to allow Fred to attempt a hit-and-run.

But I'd protect Bruce with Hernandez and bat Cairo 8th (or Ninth).

No Reds TV today. But the game will be on the MLB Network.

I would have liked:
Chris Heisey 8
Fred Lewis 7
Joey Votto 3
Brandon Phillips 4
Jay Bruce 9
Ramon Hernandez 2
Edgar Renteria 6
Miguel Cairo 5
Johnny Cueto 1

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Originally Posted by klw

I would have liked:
Chris Heisey 8
Fred Lewis 7
Joey Votto 3
Brandon Phillips 4
Jay Bruce 9
Ramon Hernandez 2
Edgar Renteria 6
Miguel Cairo 5
Johnny Cueto 1

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:nono: SS always bat second.

I may have liked this even more:

Fred Lewis 7
Brandon Phillips 4
Joey Votto 3
Ramon Hernandez 2
Jay Bruce 9
Edgar Renteria 6
Chris Heisey 8
Miguel Cairo 5
Johnny Cueto 1

I may have liked this one EVEN MORE!

Pete Rose 3b
Ken Griffey rf
Joe Morgan 2b
Johnny Bench c
Tony Perez 1b
George Foster lf
Cesar Geronimo cf
Dave Concepcion ss

But maybe I'm too greedy. :O)

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Originally Posted by _Sir_Charles_

I may have liked this one EVEN MORE!

Pete Rose 3b
Ken Griffey rf
Joe Morgan 2b
Johnny Bench c
Tony Perez 1b
George Foster lf
Cesar Geronimo cf
Dave Concepcion ss

But maybe I'm too greedy. :O)

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no no no. To quote CumberlandReds SS must hit 2nd. Also you must split up the lefties, CF hits leadoff. Catcher hits 8th.


Cesar Geronimo cf
Dave Concepcion ss
Joe Morgan 2b
Tony Perez 1b
Ken Griffey rf
George Foster lf
Pete Rose 3b
Johnny Bench c
Freddie Norman p

Pretty hard to come up with a bad lineup with those guys.

Heisey runs down the 1st out.

The X man flies to LF. Two Away.

Jones K's. Perfect inning for Cueto.