4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

Thursday, April 6 7:10 PM ET
PIT Ian Snell, RHP (0-0, -.--)
Pirates (0-2)
CIN Brandon Claussen, LHP (0-0, -.--)
Reds (1-1)

Scouting Report:
Snell (1-2, 5.14 ERA in 2005) posted a 58-20 record in the Minor Leagues and will look to make the most of his first opportunity to start regularly in the big leagues. The right-hander has gone 1-3 with a 7.45 ERA in six starts with the Pirates. In his only career outing against the Brewers, Snell was charged with five runs in one inning.

Last season was Claussen's (10-11, 4.21 ERA in 2005) first full year in the Cincinnati rotation. He established career highs in every statisical category and was the staff's second-most consistent starter behind Aaron Harang. The lefty was 2-0 with a 1.74 ERA in three games against the Pirates in 2005.

Re: 4/5/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

Thanks! :)

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

Possibly the earliest start to a game thread ever.

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

http://www.pacbellpark.com/images/20...2/FDkRzz27.jpg vs. http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/...nell_79904.jpg

Go Reds!

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

Beat me by a solid 12 hours

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

Knew if I didnt do it now just like Dunn44 said would have done it in 12 hours ! :) hah ! Plus im new gotta get some friends around here !

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

I'm hoping for a Reds win against the Pirates.

Nice that Casey is coming back to Cincinnati, but in all honesty, I could care less. Players change teams all the time. He's a great guy off the field, but I won't miss him on the field. We need to move on to a different model at 1B, and hopefully, sometime down the road, we will.

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

Hopefully they get this game in here is tonight's National Weather Service forecast:

Tonight: Periods of showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 11pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 1am and 2am. Low around 54. South wind between 8 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

I'm watching the weather closely. I'm leaving here about 3:30 and I really want to see Casey's return.

It looks like it's for sure going to pour rain, but from the look of the radar, it might clear out and be gone by gametime.

I hope so anyway.

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

The forecast for tomorrow night is not good either so it may be a long couple of nights.

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

So far, so good... 2 HRs & 6 RBIs from the 1st-base spot in two games for the REDS.

:thumbup:

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

I think someone did an opening day thread last October as a joke.

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

My first set of Dragons tickets are Friday night. I'm bringing a snorkel.

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

I know Snell is highly regarded, but his stuff seemed very mediocre in the start I saw against the Reds in ST. He does have some nice offspeed stuff, but it just seems like he doesn't enough fastball to make the slow stuff effective on big league hitters. Anyone else have an opinion on Snell?

Re: 4/6/6 Game Thread vs Pirates (Welcome Home Casey)
 

If the Reds work Snell like they did Zambrano and Rusch, he's in for a miserable night.