At least he got rewarded for all the rug burns he probably got swinging from his knees!
At least he got rewarded for all the rug burns he probably got swinging from his knees!
"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
Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):
Reds 100-Home Run Club
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Adam Dunn - 270
5. Ted Kluszewski - 251
6. George Foster - 244
7. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 210
8. Eric Davis - 203
9. Barry Larkin - 198
10. Vada Pinson - 186
11. Wally Post - 172
12. Gus Bell - 160
13. Joe Morgan - 152
13. Pete Rose - 152
15. Lee May - 147
16. Brandon Phillips - 137
17. Dan Driessen - 133
17. Joey Votto - 133
19. Reggie Sanders - 125
20. Jay Bruce - 121
21. Ernie Lombardi - 120
22. Sean Casey - 118
23. Frank McCormick - 110
24. Dave Parker - 107
25. Chris Sabo - 104
26. Dave Concepcion - 101
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If there was any question, Mike Trout is still really, really good at baseball. Hit a 2-run homer a little bit ago, his 18th.
"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
Jay is struggling against lefties this year.
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Hinshaw in
Bruce K's for the 2nd out
Ludwick walks
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“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Just jumping in quickly. Jeff Brantley had a good one very early in the game (after he knocked in Heisey, I think) - he said we should start calling him "Clutch-wick". I thought that was a good one.
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Goose Gossage in for the Pads to face Rolen.
Rolen grounds out to short.
7-6 Reds after 7.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Wonder who pitches the eighth.
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