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LvJ · 08-06-2011, 07:27 AM

7-14 since the break. Lost last ngiht 15-5 to the Padres for number 8 in a row.

Now 3 games under and 8 back.

How quickly things change. We can still get 3rd place, folks!

traderumor · 08-06-2011, 08:18 AM

I predicted this scenario months ago, so it must've been easy to see.

kaldaniels · 08-06-2011, 08:28 AM

We couldn't have just bumped my Pirates thread to give me a little redemption?

GADawg · 08-06-2011, 09:29 AM

yeah well THEY were supposed to suck

Mario-Rijo · 08-06-2011, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by traderumor

I predicted this scenario months ago, so it must've been easy to see.

I think anyone with any minimum level baseball I.Q. did see it coming. This pitching was bound to have a drop off even if they were more talented than I gave them credit for (though I don't know they have proven anything there), they are young and relatively inexperienced. And the pitching/defense was what carried them.

mdccclxix · 08-06-2011, 10:01 AM

Same thing happened in Seattle when the offense never arrived - the pitching can't do it all. They may not be done sliding yet...

GAC · 08-06-2011, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by LvJ

How quickly things change. We can still get 3rd place, folks!

Yeah, lets set our sights high. LOL

We're still 2-7 head-to-head against this team, with 6 to go. And the way we have performed this past week vs the Astros, and last night vs the Cubs, it's hard to get my hopes up.

Blitz Dorsey · 08-06-2011, 10:14 AM

No need for us to jump the Pirates for third. It's all about getting the best draft pick possible now in this lost season. (And it will be fun watching the young guys and our stud players in general play the rest of the season. It's still going to be interesting to watch the rest of this Reds season, but we're out of it and I want the best draft position possible for the '12 draft if we're not going to make the playoffs. Which we're not.)

Big Klu · 08-06-2011, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey

No need for us to jump the Pirates for third. It's all about getting the best draft pick possible now in this lost season. (And it will be fun watching the young guys and our stud players in general play the rest of the season. It's still going to be interesting to watch the rest of this Reds season, but we're out of it and I want the best draft position possible for the '12 draft if we're not going to make the playoffs. Which we're not.)

So we should throw games?

OldXOhio · 08-06-2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Klu

So we should throw games?

We already have earlier in the season. Why change now?

Tom Servo · 08-06-2011, 12:01 PM

Just as I, and many others, predicted. They may end up finishing just a few games below .500 but they were never legitimate contenders for the Central crown.

Blitz Dorsey · 08-06-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Klu

So we should throw games?

No, but safe to say that when Dusty does mindless things like bat Janish in the two-hole, it won't bother me nearly as much as it normally does considering this season is a waste anyway. The players aren't going to throw games of course. But as a Reds fan, I couldn't care less if we finish third or fourth in the division. If you're not first (or in the wildcard race) you're last. If the Reds have no shot at making the playoffs --which they don't IMO -- then as a fan I'm hoping for the best draft pick possible now. No way we would ever fall to the level of the Astros, but I wouldn't even care if we finished fifth behind the Cubs this year. Might as well get the best draft pick(s) possible if you're completely out of the playoff race.

CTA513 · 08-06-2011, 04:35 PM

So what happens to all those Pirates fans that all of a sudden appeared out nowhere?

oneupper · 08-06-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CTA513

So what happens to all those Pirates fans that all of a sudden appeared out nowhere?

They get to remember 2011 as the year they contended into late July.

cincrazy · 08-06-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CTA513

So what happens to all those Pirates fans that all of a sudden appeared out nowhere?

Easy to make fun of them, but Reds fans did much the same thing last year. I was in PNC Park a few weeks ago to watch the Redlegs, and divisional opponents or not, I was happy to see them excited about baseball again. Can't be a bad thing for MLB if that city awakens from the dead as a baseball town.

08-06-2011, 07:27 AM	#1
LvJ Time is the Revelator. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 7,276	So the Pirates really suck 7-14 since the break. Lost last ngiht 15-5 to the Padres for number 8 in a row. Now 3 games under and 8 back. How quickly things change. We can still get 3rd place, folks! __________________ Hide your power alleys; Hide your wife

08-06-2011, 08:18 AM	#2
traderumor Unsolicited Opinions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Right Down Broadway Posts: 17,632	Re: So the Pirates really suck I predicted this scenario months ago, so it must've been easy to see. __________________ Can't win with 'em Can't win without 'em

08-06-2011, 08:28 AM	#3
kaldaniels Viva la Rolen Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,304	Re: So the Pirates really suck We couldn't have just bumped my Pirates thread to give me a little redemption?

08-06-2011, 09:29 AM	#4
GADawg Moderator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 1,070	Re: So the Pirates really suck yeah well THEY were supposed to suck

08-06-2011, 10:01 AM	#6
mdccclxix Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,652	Re: So the Pirates really suck Same thing happened in Seattle when the offense never arrived - the pitching can't do it all. They may not be done sliding yet...

08-06-2011, 10:14 AM	#8
Blitz Dorsey Party like it's 1990 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,309	Re: So the Pirates really suck No need for us to jump the Pirates for third. It's all about getting the best draft pick possible now in this lost season. (And it will be fun watching the young guys and our stud players in general play the rest of the season. It's still going to be interesting to watch the rest of this Reds season, but we're out of it and I want the best draft position possible for the '12 draft if we're not going to make the playoffs. Which we're not.)

08-06-2011, 12:01 PM	#11
Tom Servo thirsty and miserable Join Date: May 2006 Location: NJ/NY Posts: 5,385	Re: So the Pirates really suck Just as I, and many others, predicted. They may end up finishing just a few games below .500 but they were never legitimate contenders for the Central crown. __________________ "Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."

08-06-2011, 04:35 PM	#13
CTA513 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 10,702	Re: So the Pirates really suck So what happens to all those Pirates fans that all of a sudden appeared out nowhere?

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