Rolen walks.
Nice night for Navarro.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Navarro singles to center. 1st and 2nd
Would like to see the Reds run up the score in this series. Not to insult the Astros.
Just to beat out the Cardinals in the pythag race.
Would seriously consider letting LeCure hit and pitch another inning instead of Cairo
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
It's not a fundamental and frankly it doesn't even make sense.
The first pitch is sometimes the best pitch a hitter is going to see in an at-bat. Why should a hitter let that pitch go for the sake of being patient? When you're down 0-2 or 1-2, you're giving the pitcher an advantage because you now have to protect the plate and sometimes swing at a borderline ball because you can't afford to let close pitches go by. So why waste a fastball down the middle, if you happen to see it early in the count, for the possibility of having to hit defensively? You're not guaranteed a walk, so you shouldn't go up to the plate expecting to force one.
If a hitter gets a good pitch to hit early in the count, you should take it. That is not bad fundamentals, that is good hitting. Being patient for patience sake is not a good way to hit.
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"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
Brantley defending Cairo.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Cairo singles to left. 8-2 Reds!
Berry and Rolen lucky that throw was off line - Rolen would have been dead meat at the plate otherwise.
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
"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
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"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
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