So glad to have the Phillies in our rear-view mirror for the year. Something about them just makes us crawl up in a little ball. Even in our win last night, we only scored on 1 swing.
On to the Astros, Pirates, Marlins & Cubs.
So glad to have the Phillies in our rear-view mirror for the year. Something about them just makes us crawl up in a little ball. Even in our win last night, we only scored on 1 swing.
On to the Astros, Pirates, Marlins & Cubs.
It is very annoying that we had to face them after they got Howard and Utley back and not before. I would have much preferred to face their Jim Thome/Freddy Galvis lineup.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
No excuse. They have Leake's number.
It seems they have the number of almost every Reds' starter recently. Not sure why, but they do.Originally Posted by RANDY IN INDY
"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
The Phils have been very good since the All Star break. They're playing good baseball right now. They're not what they once were, but certainly not someone I'd want to play down the stretch.
The one silver lining........Jay Bruce had their number this series.
It would have been interesting to have played them about a month to six weeks ago to see what the difference (if any) there would have been.
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They won 4 of 7, lets not make it sound like they dominated us.
They scored pretty much on 2 swings today.
Outscored 33-22 in 7 games.
"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
Brown and Mayberry really killed us. They're coming on pretty well, it seems.
Sorry, but this is the sort of attitude the Lost Decade Reds (and we fans) might have had. I'm in the "it's no big deal" camp. I'm not really sure this year's Reds are quaking in their cleats at the Phillies, although I assume they give them whatever respect they're due. I think we pretty approach everyone like that, don't you think?
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MLB's intradivisional schedule really makes zero sense.
The Reds/Phils and Cardinals/Nationals sequencing illustrates the point.
That's all nice and good, and the Reds will clinch the division by pounding those creampuffs (not necessarily the Pirates, but certainly the rest) to smithereens in the next few weeks. But, like 2010, those wins automatically dry up in the first week of October. The playoffs will have teams that much more closely resemble the big, bad, meanie Phillies than the "Astros, Pirates, Marlins & Cubs."
Last edited by Reds/Flyers Fan; 09-05-2012 at 07:41 PM.
The Reds have a better record against teams over .500 this year than the Cardinals, Braves, Pirates and Giants, FYI.
"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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