Reds vs. Nationals Friday 5/11

[Red Raindog]

Originally Posted by Krawhitham

then you are not watching the games

You do not lead the world in walks if you are seeing a lot of good pitches

[Stray]

Even though we were a couple of hits away from taking a game we had no business winning, you can't give up 7 runs and expect to win on any night.

That was a terrible performance from Leake.

[texasdave]

Leake and Louisville both start with the letter "L". Coincidence? I think not.

[Falcon7]

Originally Posted by Krawhitham

then you are not watching the games

You do not lead the league in walks if you are seeing a lot of good pitches

How many walks did Bonds have during his huge HR years?

And every pitcher has pin point control, right?

[texasdave]

Need to start beating good teams sometimes. Although Gonzalez versus Leake was clearly advantage Washington.

[Tadasimha]

Originally Posted by Krawhitham

give him 2-3 days off to get his head right, then put him in the 2 hole and see if he has anything left in the tank.

If not use him for late inning defense

I wouldn't put him in the 2 hole even after a few days rest. Rolen has done well a couple of times off the bench already this season, making him the late inning defensive sub and/or pinch hitter might be the best move with him.

[Tadasimha]

Scoreboard watch: Atlanta has tied it up with the Cardinals (6 all) through 7

[Ironman92]

Originally Posted by Falcon7

And now Votto is basically a "Judy Hitter", don't expect too many 3 run HR's from the 20 MILLION/a year man. Starting to be more like Mark Grace.

The GG winner that led the majors in hits in the 90's?

Awesome

Votto's OPS is excellent....got take what they give you.

[miamiredskin]

Originally Posted by Ironman92

The GG winner that led the majors in hits in the 90's?

Awesome

Votto's OPS is excellent....got take what they give you.

Would you have paid Mark Grace $20mil per?

[New York Red]

Originally Posted by Falcon7

And now Votto is basically a "Judy Hitter", don't expect too many 3 run HR's from the 20 MILLION/a year man. Starting to be more like Mark Grace.

LOL ... are you serious? You must hate Votto. Or maybe you have a chub for Mark Grace. Grace never had 20 HR in a season, 100 RBI in a season, or even 100 BB in a single season. Votto has had a better career in just four full seasons than Grace had in 20 years, or however long he played. Good grief, the ignorance of some of our own fans is mind-boggling at times.

[Falcon7]

Originally Posted by New York Red

LOL ... are you serious? You must hate Votto. Or maybe you have a chub for Mark Grace. Grace never had 20 HR in a season, 100 RBI in a season, or even 100 BB in a single season. Votto has had a better career in just four full seasons than Grace had in 20 years, or however long he played. Good grief, the ignorance of some of our own fans is mind-boggling at times.

Is he hitting like Grace now or not? On pace for 10 HR! And at GABP!

Hate him? That's just stupid, I like Votto a lot, seems like a very nice young man. Of course I don't really know him.
Just talking baseball and why he's more like a Mark Grace type hitter (not much power, also like Sean Casey, Hal Morris, ect.)
If you guys are happy with him hitting .290 with 90 RBI and 10 HR, that's fine.

[texasdave]

Gio Volquez. 115 pitches in 5 innings.

[texasdave]

Originally Posted by George Foster

Bone
Head
Play

Brandon Phillips is the King of Boneheaded Plays. Don't worry. Dusty won't say a word. Brandon does whatever he wants and Baker chews another toothpick. Pathetic.

Wasn't someone just saying this team doesn't make a lot of boneheaded plays? They are watching with their eyes closed.

[texasdave]

This team is missing something. It has too much talent to be scuffling along at .500 just like in 2011.

[Stray]

Originally Posted by texasdave

Brandon Phillips is the King of Boneheaded Plays. Don't worry. Dusty won't say a word. Brandon does whatever he wants and Baker chews another toothpick. Pathetic.

Wasn't someone just saying this team doesn't make a lot of boneheaded plays? They are watching with their eyes closed.

That was a bad baserunning play by Phillips after he made a good one going 1st to 3rd on Bruce's single. When was the last time Phillips got busted on the base paths on a dumb play, last year?

Surely you know that that stuff is going to happen every now and then. It's the stuff happening over and over that would worry me.