7/9/13 Reds @ Milwaukee

[klw]

John Fay ‏@johnfayman 7m

No lineup or transaction announced yet. Probably waiting to see if Mesoraco or Hanigan can catch. #Reds @Cincienquirer

Reds
#Reds lineup:
Choo 8,
Cozart 6,
Votto 3,
Phillips 4,
Bruce 9,
Heisey 7,
Hannahan 5,
Hanigan 2,
Cingrani 1.

Q: Is this the first time we have had Hannahan and Hanigan back to back in the starting lineup. It must be the first time those two have followed Heisey. If only Homer was on the mound...

Brewers lineup

1. Aoki
2. Segura
3. Braun
4. Gomez
5. Weeks
6. Halton
7. Maldonado
8. Betancourt
9. Peralta


Because someone will ask ...

*In case you missed the notebook update to my story on Ryan Hanigan and Devin Mesoraco both hurting, Dusty Baker said that 3B Jack Hannahan is the emergency third catcher for the Reds.

http://marksheldon.mlblogs.com/2013/...ame-90-at-mil/
I guess it makes sense to someone (not me) to have Hannahan in the lineup if he is your emergency catcher and both others are already hurting. Who is the fourth option? Ondrusek?

[Tom Servo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BOwETsDCIAI2caf.jpg:large

Well, I'd rather be playing the Mud Hens after the way the Brewers knocked Homer around, but I think at this juncture I'd stick with Cingrani over Sharky.

[klw]

Well, I'd rather be playing the Mud Hens after the way the Brewers knocked Homer around, but I think at this juncture I'd stick with Cingrani over Sharky.

Yeah sorry I thought I had the cut and paste set to the right link but I did not. Maybe in two years on this date Sharky will be in Cincy pitching against Milwaukee and this will seem very prescient.

[toledodan]

Death, taxes and cozart in the two hole......

[NebraskaRed]

Death, taxes and cozart in the two hole......

Yeah but death puts an end to taxes (well, kinda). I think that a long time from now, when we've all given up the ghost, Dusty will be in heaven still putting ghost-Cozart in the two hole.

[texasdave]

Here's Happily Hoping Heisey, Hannahan and Hanigan Hit Heavenly Homers.

[texasdave]

Yeah but death puts an end to taxes (well, kinda). I think that a long time from now, when we've all given up the ghost, Dusty will be in heaven still putting ghost-Cozart in the two hole.

Why do folks keep 'harping' on this?

[NebraskaRed]

Why do folks keep 'harping' on this?

"harping" or "making jokes in a lighthearted manner"?

[texasdave]

"harping" or "making jokes in a lighthearted manner"?

Heaven. Angels. Harps. I wasn't being critical of anyone there. Just making another bad pun.

[NebraskaRed]

Heaven. Angels. Harps. I wasn't being critical of anyone there. Just making another bad pun.

I caught it, just a little late. I'm slow. It's hot. And humid. Those are my excuses.

[NebraskaRed]

Anyone want to ask Dusty why he's so cranky?

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/201...improved-much/

Baker said he didn’t know if the club was looking outside the organization.

“There’s not a whole lot available,” he said. “Nobody’s doing anything. There’s a lot of teams that think they’re still in it. You don’t see a lot of transactions. I don’t have a lot of answers. Not all these decisions are mine.”

Hanigan got a cortisone shot yesterday.

“Hopefully, it helps,” he said. “I don’t want to talk about it a whole lot.”

[texasdave]

FanGraphs audio interview with Tony Cingrani.

He started with a slider and worked it into a curve. And now he is back throwing the harder slider. So Cingrani now has a curve, slider, change up and the fastball.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/fangr...l-for-example/

[ProfessorTofty]

Cingrani has yet to have a Major League loss to his name and here's hoping that streak remains. Last night was a rough loss for the team, but I'm hoping they come back hungry and win this one.

[Australian Red]

How long will they leave it to make a decsion on the catcher?

[ProfessorTofty]

Jim Day in the broadcaster's booth again.