I think plenty people agree with me, but go on and make me the whipping boy. I expect that.Originally Posted by PuffyPig
I think plenty people agree with me, but go on and make me the whipping boy. I expect that.
www.ris-news.com
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
What managerial moves are you referencing?
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
I said right after he got the second out to leave Cueto in. Go down with your best.
I can't blame Dusty though for tonight. I can't really blame anyone.
That just sucked.
Taking Cueto out at only 95 pitches and then bringing Logan in, but apparently that's stupid to think that, so I move we strike it from the record.
www.ris-news.com
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
I doubt many posters believe that Baker lost the game becuase he shouldn't have brought in Bray and Ondrusek.
I would have bet big money that no one would have said that.
Ondrusek was the obvious choice in a 3-3 game in the 9th.
Whatever. I've removed my comment. How stupid of me to think that,
www.ris-news.com
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Nah, it was the right move. Damon had already homered off him, two bottom of the order lefties had just singled in the inning, it was exactly the right move, really a no brainer.
And Bray did his job. It was baseball, bloops fall in, line drives get caught. I can accept that.
But it is still a sucky way to lose a well pitched game. If you want to blame someone, blame the game for being the way it is.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
They scored 3 runs and struck out 13 times. Forgive me if that's not terribly impressive.
They didn't do enough. In fact, scoring 3 runs in a game is only getting teams a win 40% of the time this year in the league. So that's not enough, good pitcher or otherwise.
Scratching out 3 runs isn't a job well done. It's not terrible, but it's not sufficient a majority of the time.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Dusty certainly didn't lose the game tonight. Baseball is just so much about luck.
Personally I want my "ace" going at least 110 pitches in if he is not gassed. This decision tonight wasn't terrible at all though, IMO. Dusty has made plenty of those type of decisions this year though.
This is the time. The real Reds organization is back.
Damon hit a HR and stung a line drive earlier in the game against Cueto. Bray has been one of the best lefty-on-lefty guys in the game the first half of the season. He hit a flare that went 150 feet.
Ondrusek has been a pretty solid guy out of the pen the past two years.
It's not stupid to think that, but it's off base.
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
They were facing David Price. They went into the 8th down by a run, and got the lead. That's timely hitting.
Cueto pitched great, that's great hitting.
Bruce hit a homer to tie it in the ninth, more clutch hitting.
They got beat on a blooper. There's just not a lot you can do.
Come on, Brutus, this was David Price. The offense did its job, scratched out a few runs off a top shelf pitcher, the pitching was good, just a bloop away from a big win. It's a tough loss, esp. when we seem to have lost all the close ones for two months running now.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
These games happen. Looking back for someone/something to blame is kind of ridiculous.
Posting Permissions
|
Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please. |
