REDREAD (08-27-2013)
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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
One more thing. Against the contending teams (LA, Ariz, Cards, Bucs, and Atlanta, the Reds are 15-22 this year. The Pirates are 20-18, and the Cards are 20-20. Here is the difference and the reason why the Reds are where they are.
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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
That's what made this game so painful.. Saw the Reds get their early lead. Had to take a kid somewhere, I come back, it was still 4-3? or 5-3 ? I was feeling good.
Then I saw the whole thing unravel.. What a nightmare.
Parra and Hoover have been good more often than not, but that was pretty much a worst case scenario for both (Well, I guess Parra got one out that mattered, to his credit, if I remember correctly)
Sadly, I doubt the Reds can pull some kind of miracle run in the postseason. It would be awesome, but games like this symbolize the season. We are a good team. I'm not mad at the season.. but the Pirates and Cards are both better.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
remdog (08-27-2013)
Red Raindog (08-27-2013)
Best part about baseball? I watched this game, went out and met some buddies for some beers and now I'm in a fair mood and ready for tomorrow's (today?) game. Football, I'm still pissed off for a week.
Is it "next season" yet?
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive
This was a game not having Marshall and Broxton came home to bite hard. Parra and Hoover didn't get the job done quite obviously. Much better chance with the previous two.
I'm but resigned to fact the Reds will be a WC team. They just can't compete with the Cardinals this year. I think the pitchers are somewhat intimidated by the Cards hitters and the Reds just don't have enough hitting to match them.
Reds Fan Since 1971
757690 (08-27-2013),OnBaseMachine (08-27-2013),REDREAD (08-27-2013),remdog (08-27-2013)
True, but when the Cards have beaten us in the last 10 or 15 series we've met.. (I forget the exact number, they said it on TV or radio, but it's a lot)
Doesn't really give me optimism That's why I'd rather face the Cards in a one game wildcard than a series.. Of course, the Cards are probably going to win the division now.
Thanks for the pickme up though.. I know, it's just a silly game. I should not take it as seriously as I do.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
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