4/23/2013 Reds vs Cubs The Return of the Corkster

That K was on the home plate ump. Strike 1&2 were ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Billy_Bearcat

WTH, those are strikes!?

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It has been all night. (the 2nd one, not the first)

Ballgame. We lost this one, but I love the fight in this club.

I guess Votto had to try that one

sigh

Well.

Get em tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by VR

Screw this, I'm going to bed, Reds choked and they have no chance of winning.

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i wouldn't call it choking they just played a horrible game and didnt get lucky this time. Time for the team to start hitting the ball or this road trip wont be pretty

i still wish Heisey would have either swung at that 1st pitch fastball in the ninth or Dusty had pinch hit Paul for him..

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Originally Posted by OGB

This guy's strikezone is godawful

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Votto has to swing there or that jerkoff rings him up

great game by cingrani...props to the rookie.

Parra sucks and having 6 hits against this atrocity of a baseball team just won't work. Have to win these games against the scrubs to offset the tough ones against the elite. Bah.

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Originally Posted by Brutus

It's not about this game versus next game. It's about not overworking pitchers to where they'll get a tired arm and be ineffective for several nights or even a week at a time. Remember Chapman's tired arm last year? It cost the Reds 10 days avoiding using him.

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So then why is Chapman warming up in the 8th inning? For giggles?

Seems to me like Dusty was fully willingly to pitch Chapman in the 9th should the Reds have the lead or tie it up in the bottom of the 8th. He should have kept that plan for the 10th. Who gives a [darn] if Parra had already pitched one inning, it's Parra. He's going to give up on average a run every inning. You can't keep rolling the dice on him inning after inning in a close game when you've already shown that you're willing to put Chapman in.

Game over. Reds will fall to second place with the Pirates only a game behind.

C'est la baseball. Get 'em tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Maker_84

i wouldn't call it choking they just played a horrible game and didnt get lucky this time. Time for the team to start hitting the ball or this road trip wont be pretty

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:laugh:

Well that's one way to pay a compliment.

I won't blame that one on Joey. Ump doesn't know the strike zone. He called it wrong all game. And it came to a head when he backed Joey into a corner with 2 bad strike calls.

Ridiculous when the umps don't give you a chance by calling it correct.

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Originally Posted by Joesh

So then why is Chapman warming up in the 8th inning? For giggles?

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In case they got the lead.