4/20/14 - Redlegs vs Baby Bears - Rubber Match

[villain612]

Brewers are already 9 games over .500.

[Tom Servo]

We're good again!

[KYExtemper]

Good win today and great to win our second straight series. Hopefully we can take it right to the Pirates at PNC.

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Brewers are already 9 games over .500.

This is all a conspiracy since it's Bud's last year and all.

[villain612]

After this game, Rocco is now sporting the following stat line:

.515 AVG
.553 OBP
.970 SLG
1.522 OPS


I can't even do that on MLB The Show.

[Raisor]

After this game, Rocco is now sporting the following stat line:

.515 AVG
.553 OBP
.970 SLG
1.522 OPS


I can't even do that on MLB The Show.

Id be a hypocrite if I didn't point out #smallsamplesize

[BluegrassRedleg]

The MLB.tv feed has been absolute crap all friggin year.

I feel your pain, but Louis CK has a good reminder for us...

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/1myllo...acle-of-flight

[WVRedsFan]

I thought Homer was lucky today. I'm probably in the minority, but it unnerved me to see him miss pitch after pitch. He went 3-2 with so many batters. I guess the result was fine, but he seemed to be on the edge of a big inning every inning. He's not sharp yet. I hope he finds it soon.

We saw the real Manny Para today Was it the real Manny or the Manny we saw earlier. I still don't trust Manny Para in any game. Also, our other lefty superstar out of the pen was less than impressive today. Here's a guy who is supposed to be tough on left handers and the first two he faces get hits. Yes, he didn't let any damage happen, but it was really shaky. Hopefully that was just first time jitters, but triple digit pitches shows me he is still on the road to recovery.

[Big Klu]

Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):

Reds 100-Home Run Club
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Adam Dunn - 270
5. Ted Kluszewski - 251
6. George Foster - 244
7. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 210
8. Eric Davis - 203
9. Barry Larkin - 198
10. Vada Pinson - 186
11. Wally Post - 172
12. Jay Bruce - 167
13. Brandon Phillips - 161
13. Joey Votto - 161
15. Gus Bell - 160
16. Joe Morgan - 152
16. Pete Rose - 152
18. Lee May - 147
19. Dan Driessen - 133
20. Reggie Sanders - 125
21. Ernie Lombardi - 120
22. Sean Casey - 118
23. Frank McCormick - 110
24. Dave Parker - 107
25. Chris Sabo - 104
26. Dave Concepcion - 101

[Big Klu]

[Raisor]

I thought Homer was lucky today. I'm probably in the minority, but it unnerved me to see him miss pitch after pitch. He went 3-2 with so many batters. I guess the result was fine, but he seemed to be on the edge of a big inning every inning. He's not sharp yet. I hope he finds it soon.

We saw the real Manny Para today Was it the real Manny or the Manny we saw earlier. I still don't trust Manny Para in any game. Also, our other lefty superstar out of the pen was less than impressive today. Here's a guy who is supposed to be tough on left handers and the first two he faces get hits. Yes, he didn't let any damage happen, but it was really shaky. Hopefully that was just first time jitters, but triple digit pitches shows me he is still on the road to recovery.

They won 8-2

[_Sir_Charles_]

Brewers are already 9 games over .500.

They're better than most people expected...but they're not THIS good. The pitching will regress.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I thought Homer was lucky today. I'm probably in the minority, but it unnerved me to see him miss pitch after pitch. He went 3-2 with so many batters. I guess the result was fine, but he seemed to be on the edge of a big inning every inning. He's not sharp yet. I hope he finds it soon.

We saw the real Manny Para today Was it the real Manny or the Manny we saw earlier. I still don't trust Manny Para in any game. Also, our other lefty superstar out of the pen was less than impressive today. Here's a guy who is supposed to be tough on left handers and the first two he faces get hits. Yes, he didn't let any damage happen, but it was really shaky. Hopefully that was just first time jitters, but triple digit pitches shows me he is still on the road to recovery.

Homer's still not there yet. But it was improvement. Vast improvement. That's all I'm looking for.

I'm with you on Parra. I loved the results he had last year, but I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I'm hesitant to feel confident about him in exactly the same way I felt with David Weathers. He mostly got the job done...but I was nervous every time.

With regards to Marshall...I'm not worried about him at all. You've got to expect some rust with him. But his breaking stuff looked sharp. He was right on the edge of the zone on pretty much every one of them. He just needs reps I think. His track record speaks for itself. If he's healthy, he's in my pen without a doubt. (what do you mean with "triple digit pitches"?)