Reds vs. Cardinals Sunday 7/15/2012

[New York Red]

Homer at 90 pitches, do you send him back out if we go out 1,2,3 ?

Not sure I want Homer facing the heart of the Cards order a 4th time.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Bill Hall?

Unretireable HoFer

[50YrRedsFan]

Rolen's not helping this team much at all.

[BluegrassRedleg]

Anyone know if Baseball Reference (or any other site) has a way to track all-time opponent stats versus a team? Would be curious to see where some of these Reds killers rank all-time.

[Maker_84]

Rolen's not helping this team much at all.

he's still good at defense

[50YrRedsFan]

he's still good at defense

We have one of the best defenses in baseball.......I would sacrifice some defense for a more consistent offense.

[New York Red]

LOL ... Bailey with a single.

[TheBigLebowski]

he's still good at defense

Not really. If a quicker guy can get to a ball on his feet and make a play look routine, he's not a lesser defender than a guy who might have to dive to make the same play. It's kinda what defensive sabermetrics are based upon. Guys like Andy Van Slyke and Jim Edmonds made a lot of money making the mundane play look extreme.

[RedsFanInBama]

Anyone know if Baseball Reference (or any other site) has a way to track all-time opponent stats versus a team? Would be curious to see where some of these Reds killers rank all-time.

They do.

Bill Hall OPS'd .938 career with 18 homers against the Reds in 102 games. For his career, he is a .744 OPS with 125 homers in 1,053 games.

[BluegrassRedleg]

They do.

Bill Hall OPS'd .938 career with 18 homers against the Reds in 102 games. For his career, he is a .744 OPS with 125 homers in 1,053 games.

But do you have to just search by individual batters, or do they have anything to show, for example, the all-time BA vs. CIN leaders with X number of ABs or more?

[New York Red]

Very concerned about Bailey pitching to Beltran, Berkman and Molina in the 8th.

[Falcon7]

No I'm not a Dr. that specializes in Brain Trauma, does that make you feel better?

My assumption (yes you may break the word down if it makes you feel good) was that:

1 - LaRue was most likely going to retire after the season. There was not a formal announcement but it was rumered if I recall correctly.

2 - As a catcher, that wasn't his 1st concussion, he had a few previously with most of those when he was the Reds starting catcher between 2001 and 2005.

3 - You don't have to be a to know that there are residual effects of concussions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion

It obviously doesn't take a to read this and along with the earlier quote where LaRue went to Pittsburgh:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/larue/



Hope this clears it up for you, good luck on that one.

As far as repeating BS stories long enough, on that one. PHILLIPS, PHILLIPS, PHILLIPS, PHILLIPS and that junk could go on for the next forever with both clubs 100+ year history.

No, please continue with your chosen version of the altercation... I'm sure LaRussa loves you for it.

LaRussa did for Steroids what Paterno did for child abuse. Just let it happen, head in the sand, and likely covered it up.
And now he works for Bud making 2.5 mil a year... just pure genius LaRussa...

[RedsFanInBama]

But do you have to just search by individual batters, or do they have anything to show, for example, the all-time BA vs. CIN leaders with X number of ABs or more?

Oh, I don't know about that. I just searched Bill Hall's career splits.

[Maker_84]

Very concerned about Bailey pitching to Beltran, Berkman and Molina in the 8th.

still would rather have him than someone from the pen

[RedsFanInBama]

Very concerned about Bailey pitching to Beltran, Berkman and Molina in the 8th.

I don't think he'll get to Molina. If he doesn't get Holliday-Beltran-Berkman in order, he's done IMO.