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Old 09-11-2006, 06:06 PM   #1
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Custer's Last Stand
Well this is it.
The highs of April.
The decent May.
The slump of June.
The Trade of July.
The wild August.
The west coast trip.

3 games. At home.

Make it happen.
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Old 09-11-2006, 06:09 PM   #2
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I hope they do better than the General did
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Old 09-11-2006, 06:14 PM   #3
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I hope they do better than the General did
With more class would be nice too.
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Old 09-11-2006, 06:32 PM   #4
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Reminds me, I could go for some frozen custard...
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Old 09-11-2006, 06:48 PM   #5
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Reminds me, I could go for some frozen custard...
I was in Maine in the late fall once and the local custrad stand was closed.

The sign said:

Closed for the Season
Reason, Freezin.
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Old 09-11-2006, 09:29 PM   #6
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Reminds me, I could go for some frozen custard...
Mmmm. Frozen custard. One of the few things I miss about St. Louis.
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Old 09-11-2006, 10:13 PM   #7
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Mmmm. Frozen custard. One of the few things I miss about St. Louis.

But admit it, you're a HUGE water ice fan....
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Old 09-11-2006, 10:19 PM   #8
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But admit it, you're a HUGE water ice fan....
I like it with soft serve.
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Old 09-12-2006, 12:05 AM   #9
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I like it with soft serve.

So you probably don't care for Rita's in the least bit...

Water Ice, the 1 thing I've yet to understand, since moving to Philly.
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Old 09-11-2006, 09:27 PM   #10
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The decent May.
I like the positive tone, 44! However, May had the worst W-L percentage for the REDS in a month this year. And that was due to some bad offense and some not-so-good bullpen work. The starters were good that month (3.89 ERA), but no scoring equals no winning. Started the month tied for 1st place and ended it 5.0 GB of the Cards.

Apr. 17-8 (.680)
June 15-12 (.556)
July 11-14 (.440)
Aug. 12-17 (.414)
May 11-16 (.407)

I'd like to see Sept. above April in the above list!
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Old 09-11-2006, 11:59 PM   #11
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I like the positive tone, 44! However, May had the worst W-L percentage for the REDS in a month this year. And that was due to some bad offense and some not-so-good bullpen work. The starters were good that month (3.89 ERA), but no scoring equals no winning. Started the month tied for 1st place and ended it 5.0 GB of the Cards.

Apr. 17-8 (.680)
June 15-12 (.556)
July 11-14 (.440)
Aug. 12-17 (.414)
May 11-16 (.407)

I'd like to see Sept. above April in the above list!
This is the biggest reason why I think WK barely gets a passing grade (probably a D-, only b/c of his early season moves). Look at July and August, the months when he went on an unprecedented roster slicing and dicing. Not good at all.
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Old 09-12-2006, 11:03 AM   #12
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I like the positive tone, 44! However, May had the worst W-L percentage for the REDS in a month this year. And that was due to some bad offense and some not-so-good bullpen work. The starters were good that month (3.89 ERA), but no scoring equals no winning. Started the month tied for 1st place and ended it 5.0 GB of the Cards.

Apr. 17-8 (.680)
June 15-12 (.556)
July 11-14 (.440)
Aug. 12-17 (.414)
May 11-16 (.407)

I'd like to see Sept. above April in the above list!
RFA, I think he might have meant to type "descent", as in going down.
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Old 09-13-2006, 06:41 AM   #13
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I like the positive tone, 44! However, May had the worst W-L percentage for the REDS in a month this year. And that was due to some bad offense and some not-so-good bullpen work. The starters were good that month (3.89 ERA), but no scoring equals no winning. Started the month tied for 1st place and ended it 5.0 GB of the Cards.

Apr. 17-8 (.680)
June 15-12 (.556)
July 11-14 (.440)
Aug. 12-17 (.414)
May 11-16 (.407)

I'd like to see Sept. above April in the above list!
Now, that's a stark reminder that the team's W-L record has been resting on its April laurels.
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Old 09-12-2006, 02:14 PM   #14
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I think I'll see if I can rent the movie "Little Big Man" with Dustin Hoffman and watch it with the kids.

But on a Reds note.... I'd love to see them finish out the season with a stretch of wins. As bad as the NL remains it would be fun to watch a few teams at least get worried and "we" "me" "us" "the team" "the Reds" get excited.
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Old 09-12-2006, 04:10 PM   #15
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I'd hate to see the season end on a complete implosion and have that lingering in our minds all offseason. While they are ultimatley a .500ish team I'd hate to see the good things they did over the course of the year overshadowed by a total collapse in the last weeks of the season.
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