Hatteberg 1b
Hopper cf
Phillips 2b
Dunn lf
Keppinger ss
Encarnacion 3b
Ellison rf
Ross c
Arroyo p
Hatteberg 1b
Hopper cf
Phillips 2b
Dunn lf
Keppinger ss
Encarnacion 3b
Ellison rf
Ross c
Arroyo p
According to John Fay Gonzalez is getting the day off because his throwing arm is tender.
Who needs Hamilton when you have Jason Ellison?
Ellison over Hamilton. I don't understand.
And so we see the return of the Sunday Special lineup. Took Pete Mac long enough, though I guess maybe I haven't paid attention to Sunday lineups recently and he may have done this before.
Hopper and Ellison in the same lineup? If nothing else they'll have no problems out-scrapping the Pads today. Think I may pass up watching the game in favor of the final round of the PGA.
"It's still a long way to the top if we want to rock'n'roll, but at least they dumped the tuba player."
--M2
They benched 3 players with injury issues. I have no problem with these 3 getting days off. It's the lack of depth that hurts.
Griffey always needs rest. Or he will likely get injured. Benching him on Sundays is usually a safe assumption.
Hamilton is coming back from an injury. I have no problem having him eased into the line-up. We are against Peavy anyways. If you are going to rest players, may as well be against him.
Hopper over an activated Hamilton clinches it for me. Especially when you've already decided to play Ellison, who seems to have a similar skill set (I didn't say they were good skills) to Hopper.
The only reason I could see for keeping Hamilton on the bench today is so that he can miss out on Peavy being the opposing pitcher in his first game back. Even then though, that's a pretty poor reason.
"It's still a long way to the top if we want to rock'n'roll, but at least they dumped the tuba player."
--M2
Ellison is actually Hopper-lite. Ellison is worthless and with Hamilton being activated has no business being on the roster. Bellhorn is actually far more valuable than Ellison.
Ellision has 1 BB and 0 XBH on the season. Just another example of how clueless WK is when it comes to building a roster.
"Enjoy this Reds fans, you are watching a legend grow up before your very eyes" ... DoogMinAmo on Adam Dunn
Giles....wow.
I'm sorry, but it is not acceptable to allow him to do this like he has against the Reds
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