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Old 07-29-2008, 07:44 PM   #1
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Reds vs Astros 7/29/08

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Patterson cf
Keppinger ss
Dunn lf
Phillips 2b
Bruce rf
Cabrera 3b
Votto 1b
Ross c
Arroyo p

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Matsui 2b
Tejada ss
Berkman 1b
Lee lf
Blum 3b
Pence rf
Erstad cf
Quintero c
Moehler p
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Old 07-29-2008, 07:45 PM   #2
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The Reds *should* crush Moehler but ya never know. I predict two homeruns from Dunn tonight and one from Bruce.
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The Reds *should* crush Moehler but ya never know. I predict two homeruns from Dunn tonight and one from Bruce.
OBM is the eternal optimist.

The Reds will be lucky to get 3 runs total tonight.

Moehler will pitch his best game of the seaon tonight against this team which is in a horrible funk and without Encarnacion and Griffey.
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:31 PM   #4
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Re: Reds vs Astros 7/29/08

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OBM is the eternal optimist.

The Reds will be lucky to get 3 runs total tonight.

Moehler will pitch his best game of the seaon tonight against this team which is in a horrible funk and without Encarnacion and Griffey.
This team is in a horrible funk with Encarnacion and Griffey...
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Old 07-29-2008, 10:13 PM   #5
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OBM is the eternal optimist.

The Reds will be lucky to get 3 runs total tonight.

Moehler will pitch his best game of the seaon tonight against this team which is in a horrible funk and without Encarnacion and Griffey.
You were right. One run in 8 innings off Moehler. Wow.
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Old 07-29-2008, 11:07 PM   #6
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You were right. One run in 8 innings off Moehler. Wow.
OBM, I can see when this team goes into one of these spells from a mile away. I'm not sure what's wrong, but when it goes bad, everyone goes bad. We taken Jay Bruce from a patient hitter to a first pitch hitter. Jeff Keppinger no longer is the guy "that always hits." Brandon Phillips hacks at everything that comes up there and makes tons of outs. Even Votto and Edwin just swing away without regard for making the best of their at-bats. Only Dunn and Griffey are hitting well now and one of them didn't play tonight.

On the pitching front, you just knew that Bronson would have one of those games--he was due. Without a healthy Harang, we have three kids, the inconsistent Arroyo, and Josh Fogg as our starters. Volquez has not been himself and Cueto is learning on the job. It's a recipe for disaster. No hitting and no starting pitching = losses. Expect another tomorrow and by the time this road trip is over, the Reds will be back in last place. They'll fight back in August to probably fourth, but they'll have to fight both Houston and Pittsburgh for that, and both of these teams make our offense look like the 1962 Mets. It ain't pretty.
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Old 07-30-2008, 07:35 AM   #7
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OBM, I can see when this team goes into one of these spells from a mile away. I'm not sure what's wrong, but when it goes bad, everyone goes bad. We taken Jay Bruce from a patient hitter to a first pitch hitter. Jeff Keppinger no longer is the guy "that always hits." Brandon Phillips hacks at everything that comes up there and makes tons of outs. Even Votto and Edwin just swing away without regard for making the best of their at-bats. Only Dunn and Griffey are hitting well now and one of them didn't play tonight.
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Old 07-29-2008, 07:49 PM   #8
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Re: Reds vs Astros 7/29/08

Is Griffey sitting due to the Grifffey-Brantley feud?
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Old 07-29-2008, 07:51 PM   #9
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Is Griffey sitting due to the Grifffey-Brantley feud?
I doubt it but expect the radio guys to make believe he is.
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:10 PM   #10
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I doubt it but expect the radio guys to make believe he is.
Yeah, I'm sure that will happen......
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:10 PM   #11
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5 pitches...two outs.
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:11 PM   #12
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Re: Reds vs Astros 7/29/08

Dunn again hits a bomb that is gone in GABP but is only a warning track flyout in this park.
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:11 PM   #13
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Re: Reds vs Astros 7/29/08

Dusty never learns. There is no justification for Corey Patterson-Baker to hit leadoff.
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:14 PM   #14
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Re: Reds vs Astros 7/29/08

Dunner hitting 3rd...if only it was more than a one night thing
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:16 PM   #15
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Re: Reds vs Astros 7/29/08

1-2-3 first inning by Arroyo. He took a line drive off the leg that caromed to Phillips for an out. He looks to be OK.
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