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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
Wonder what Harper was thinking as he watched Votto's day today?
I wonder if we'll see a Votto performance like this one in October? Today is why we watch sports.
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05-14-2012, 12:14 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
If I counted right that is 10 out of 11 "last game of the series" that the Reds have won this year. The only outlier being the Marshall game.
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05-14-2012, 12:18 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
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"Bryce Harper, superstud. Bruce Harper, God's gift to the world. Bryce Harper, world's coolest athlete. Bruce Harper, man, Bryce Harper is really good looking. Bryce Harper, what an amazing - hey why are the Reds celebrating?"
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05-14-2012, 12:33 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
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05-14-2012, 12:49 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
I know a lot of people hate the word "clutch," but Votto was clutch today. And clutch a lot as a Red for that matter.
The improbable circumstances today made this such an interesting yet entertaining game to watch. The Reds needed this win badly too. |
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05-14-2012, 02:28 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
Stubbs said Joey was close to hitting 5 HRs today. Thinking back there was a deep warning track fly ball out, and the double was a screamer that just needed more height. He was probably less than 10 feet from a 5 HR game.
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05-14-2012, 04:44 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
Hamilton who? We gotta us a Joey!
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05-14-2012, 05:30 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
The lead to this morning's Washington Post story:
Everything was a mess Sunday night for Henry Rodriguez. His nerves, the slop at his feet, the loaded bases behind him — all of it, in every way, an utter, complete mess, made worse by the man knocking the weighted donut off his bat in the on-deck circle. Walking to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning, already with two home runs and now carrying a chance to end the Washington Nationals’ long, wet and miserable day in the most gut-wrenching fashion, was Joey Votto. “Cross your fingers there,” first baseman Adam LaRoche said. “It doesn’t matter who’s on the mound.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...TNU_story.html
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05-14-2012, 08:07 AM
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05-14-2012, 08:34 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
It took them a while, but here's Marty's call on it.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...14697&c_id=mlb ~edit~ Ah, I see Oester found it. Oh well. Nice call regardless.
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05-14-2012, 08:42 AM
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05-14-2012, 09:03 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
We're seeing a hitter who may end up the best offensive player in Reds history. That last swing was so much like Barry Bonds -- super short and super powerful.
Somehow this team has to find one more big bat. Then we could really have something.
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05-14-2012, 09:08 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
Joey Votto earned a small chunk of that contract yesterday. Great performance by him. He was very close to a 5 home run day. But I'll take three anytime. I hadn't thought about this but the Nats announcers said by the time Votto's contract is up he will hold most of the Reds offensive records. I think that is pretty much spot on.
Also I hope the Reds take the momentum from this win and turn it into a really good run. The NL Central is out there for the taking.
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05-14-2012, 09:10 AM
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Re: 5/13/12 - Reds vs Nationals
According to Joel Luckhaupt's Twitter feed, this is the 5th time the Reds have had a walk-off Grand Slam. The other four were from Ed Bailey, Frank Robinson, Don Pavletich, & Adam Dunn (previously mentioned). That might have been the pinnacle of Pavletich's career!
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With that said, now that's a game story. Good sportswriting right there.
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