The Reds have sprung a Leake.
The Reds have sprung a Leake.
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
Ugly inning. Cabrera singles to left. 3-1. Bases still loaded.
got the ground ball...but not near anybody
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Leake trying to singlehandedly end the winning streak.
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"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Nice out there.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
He gets the first out on a 1-2 FC.
Paging Justin Masterson! Paging Justin Masterson!
Nice catch by Bruce on a line drive. Then Maybin runs into Mesoraco. Mesoraco is ok but Maybin looks hurt. 3-2 Reds.
Shades of Ray Fosse
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"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Gotta give credit to Mes, he wasn't afraid to stand there and take the hit.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Why is he pitching every hitter so far inside?
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"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
I'm wondering if Maybin left early. He sure got there quick.
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
-Walt Whitman
40 pitches so far for Leake (20 strikes, 20 balls)
Leake clearly off his game tonight.
This is the ol Left Hander rounding third and heading for home.
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