Lineup per Fay....
Brandon Phillips 2b
Paul Janish ss
Joey Votto 1b
Scott Rolen 3b
Jonny Gomes lf
Jay Bruce rf
Drew Stubbs cf
Ramon Hernandez c
Mike Leake p
vs. RHP Todd Wellemeyer
Lineup per Fay....
Brandon Phillips 2b
Paul Janish ss
Joey Votto 1b
Scott Rolen 3b
Jonny Gomes lf
Jay Bruce rf
Drew Stubbs cf
Ramon Hernandez c
Mike Leake p
vs. RHP Todd Wellemeyer
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
A Janish sighting!
I would have done every thing Baker did (play Corky yesterday so you don't have Janish and Corky in same lineup), put Phillips first for day, etc. Everything except I would never let Janish bat second. Never, never, never.
I would have either put Stubbs there for a game or Hernandez. You can't double up Stubbs and Hernandez hits best when he consciously tries to go to right side.
Oh well.
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"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
Happy to see Rolen starting today, but disappointed not to see Cabrera after the night he had last night. I am guessing this has been a scheduled off day since before the Washington series.
He told Dusty he needed a day off last night. "I'm old"Originally Posted by Edd Roush
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
This game will be on the MLB Network for us out of town Reds fans. I have my DVR set and will watch tonight.
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No kidding, the forgotten defensive specialist gets a start.
It's Dusty. Bah.
Oldlando strikes!
When's the last time the Reds have played a game THIS early in the day?
All our business day specials are at this time.
They play all their weekday afternoon games at 12:35. When was their last weekday afternoon game (at home of course)? Tuesday, 5/18, almost a month ago. It was a 5-4 win against the Brewers on a Votto walkoff single. Fisher with the win, Trevor Hoffman with a blown save and the loss.When's the last time the Reds have played a game THIS early in the day?
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I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
According to the schedule, the last business day special was on May 18th, 2010 against the Brewers. I guess we haven't really had that many day games aside from the Sunday ones at home so far this year.
BTW-If we lose the game today I'm never starting a game thread again, LOL
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
Well, personally, I have no problems with Dusty or his lineups usually. I am from same school as he is in that its easier to do your job when you don't shuffle everyone everyday. That was why I hated Bob Boone so it would be contradictory of me to hate Dusty for doing what I said I wanted.
Besides that I think he did the Corky/Janish thing brilliantly (play one Wednesday, then the other Thursday so your 7 and 8 aren't horrible and horribler) and in general I like Dusty, even though thats blasphemy on this board, or so it seems.
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
- - Rowdy Roddy Piper
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
Only two lefties in the lineup. Wellemeyer has been awful vs lefties this year (.305 BAA). Not that bad against righties (.204 BAA).
That said, Gomes over Nix makes sense the way he's hitting.
Votto and Bruce need to have big games.
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Good lineup today. It's good to have some decent options when guys need days off....especially the outfield this year. I would have liked to see Nix or Heisey in left, but not a big deal. I'm hoping they can put a bunch of runs up early and coast to a win today....they deserve it.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
Gomes usually hits lower than Bruce vs RHPs. Interesting flip flop.
Will the game be on MLB Network for us Cincinnati folks? The Atlanta meltdown not broadcast by FSN was, but it was also a road game. I'll never be able to grasp MLB blackout rules. Fingers crossed for 12:30!
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