5-13-07 Reds vs Dodgers - JN one ups himself

[flyer85]

Here's my question, is Mike Stanton done? Has his bird thermometer popped? Or is there any reason to think he'll rebound from the dreck he's been so far?

and if he does it won't matter. This team is sunk time to unload the geriatric scappers.

[Matt700wlw]

I really do think this team is not this bad....


I think I do, anyway. I'm beginning to wonder.

[flyer85]

Yet Salmon gets sent down

because the GM hasn't invested in him ... but he has in Stanton, Saarloos, Conine, Castro etc.

[Matt700wlw]

because the GM hasn't invested in him ... but he has in Stanton, Saarloos, Conine, Castro etc.

Castro and Conine are at the bottom of my list of issues right now....they don't pitch out of the bullpen

[flyer85]

Castro and Conine are at the bottom of my list of issues right now....they don't pitch out of the bullpen

this team stinks and it isn't just the bullpen. Time to unload the old chaff because there isn't any upside with these guys.

The Reds haven't had a GM with the cojones to tear it down, and I doubt the current GM does either.

[George Foster]

I'm already scouting the '08 draft.

They will draft a scrappy, runt of a centerfielder like last year....:thumbdown :thumbdown

[George Foster]

Team Clark might know more about this, but I keep wondering if our scouting is our problem. It's almost like everyone in the park knows what pitch we're going to throw and when we're going to throw it. Other teams know who bats well against certain pitchers and how to pitch certain hitters, but we don't have a clue.

Rookie GM, near rookie manager (well new in terms of being in charge), maybe that's the problem. What they have done hasn't worked and that's on thing that's for sure.

We have a GM who has never made the "real" decisions before and a manager who has never had a winning season. Our scouting dept. is also the worse in MLB. That's not my opinion but the opinion of most GM's.

[WMR]

They will draft a scrappy, runt of a centerfielder like last year....:thumbdown :thumbdown

Just how Scrubby liked his power forwards.

[dsmith421]

Not if Wayne's picking him.

I enjoyed watching the first couple games of the Tim Lincecum Era--kid's complete class. Can Stubbs hit rookie ball pitching yet?

[Screwball]

Can Stubbs hit rookie ball pitching yet?

His line at Low A Dayton: .279/.354/.457/.811 with 5 HRs in 31 games. Not too bad, but I think a first round pick with college experience should be putting up better numbers than that in low A.

[Big Klu]

Congratulations to Ken Griffey Jr., who moved into a tie with Wally Post for tenth place on the Reds' all-time home run list, and moved into ninth place on MLB's all-time HR list with 570.


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

Reds All-Time Home Run Leaders
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Ted Kluszewski - 251
5. George Foster - 244
6. Adam Dunn - 209
7. Eric Davis - 203
8. Barry Larkin - 198
9. Vada Pinson - 186
10. Wally Post - 172
10. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 172
12. Gus Bell - 160
13. Joe Morgan - 152
13. Pete Rose - 152
15. Lee May - 147
16. Dan Driessen - 133
17. Reggie Sanders - 125
18. Ernie Lombardi - 120
19. Sean Casey - 118
20. Frank McCormick - 110
21. Dave Parker - 107
22. Chris Sabo - 104
23. Dave Concepcion - 101
24. Gordy Coleman - 98
25. Paul O'Neill - 96

[Degenerate39]

I'm already scouting the '08 draft.

Draft me then I graduate in 08.

[edabbs44]

Draft me then I graduate in 08.

You might be too young for Wayne.

[Degenerate39]

You might be too young for Wayne.

Unfortunetly.