4.27.12 Astros @ Reds

[WVRedsFan]

Game over as Heisey fans and Cozart pops out.

[Tom Servo]

Gotta stop letting one inning early on kill us.

[Degenerate39]

Bruce will homer tonight

[Big Klu]

Congratulations to Jay Bruce, who has passed Chris Sabo for 24th place on the Reds' all-time home run list.


Updated Reds HR list (players in italics are active):

Reds 100-Home Run Club
1. Johnny Bench - 389
2. Frank Robinson - 324
3. Tony Perez - 287
4. Adam Dunn - 270
5. Ted Kluszewski - 251
6. George Foster - 244
7. Ken Griffey, Jr. - 210
8. Eric Davis - 203
9. Barry Larkin - 198
10. Vada Pinson - 186
11. Wally Post - 172
12. Gus Bell - 160
13. Joe Morgan - 152
13. Pete Rose - 152
15. Lee May - 147
16. Dan Driessen - 133
17. Brandon Phillips - 126
18. Reggie Sanders - 125
19. Ernie Lombardi - 120
19. Joey Votto - 120
21. Sean Casey - 118
22. Frank McCormick - 110
23. Dave Parker - 107
24. Jay Bruce - 105
25. Chris Sabo - 104
26. Dave Concepcion - 101

[KittyDuran]

I would give him two more starts. I don't think a whole season of work should be reversed with three starts, he was good last year.

I mentioned this in another thread but maybe let Hannigan catch Mike for a few starts. I was at the game last night and Mike and Devin were not on the same "wave-length" you might say - Mike shaking Devin off and looking very frustrated...

[KittyDuran]

Fair question - the whole theft thing last year.

Wow... never understand this reasoning but if if makes you happy...

But to be honest, I wasn't high on Leake in 2010. 1) My feelings are that a MLB player needs to spend some time in the minors regardless of talent. Wasn't happy when the team shut him down because of innings pitched and wanting to protect his arm. 2) I'm selfish. Wanted to go to Dayton to see him pitch. 3) He wasn't as highly touted as Bailey (that's my entry into the Bailey vs Leake argument) with Bailey being a pitcher with stuff that would blow a batter away and Leake as just a ground ball pitcher. Bailey was the heir and Leake was a spare in the team's pitching royalty.

[KittyDuran]

I mentioned this in another thread but maybe let Hannigan catch Mike for a few starts. I was at the game last night and Mike and Devin were not on the same "wave-length" you might say - Mike shaking Devin off and looking very frustrated...

Quoting myself... some stats (which I loathe). Its early but a disturbing trend so far...

Hanigan: 8-3
Mesoraco: 1-8

[WVRedsFan]

Quoting myself... some stats (which I loathe). Its early but a disturbing trend so far...

Hanigan: 8-3
Mesoraco: 1-8

Wow. Never has a statistic screamed "young catcher" so loudly.

[KittyDuran]

Wow. Never has a statistic screamed "young catcher" so loudly.

Lance had that stat as well as average ERA (not including the last two games) on his blog:

Hanigan: 8-3 (2.64)
Mesoraco: 1-6 (5.12)