From Fay today:
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/201...y-start-game-4
Nix and Hanigan will definitely start tomorrow night and Dusty is considering starting Wood if there is a game 4.
From Fay today:
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/201...y-start-game-4
Nix and Hanigan will definitely start tomorrow night and Dusty is considering starting Wood if there is a game 4.
As long as Nix is in LF, not CF, I'm OK with that.
Haha, I didn't even consider that possibility until you said something. Thanks for letting that thought enter into my mind :thumbdown
Any ways, what does everyone think the line-up will look like tomorrow?
Dusty will likely go with
Phillips
Cabrera
Votto
Rolen
Bruce
Nix
Stubbs
Hanigan
Arroyo
I would go with
Stubbs
Bruce
Votto
Rolen
Nix
Hanigan
Phillips
Janish
Arroyo
Janish oughta be playing too
For Love of the Game
"If you aren't first; you're last"
I know it's small sample, but did Dusty not notice how well the offense performed when Cabrera was no longer at the top of the lineup?
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Mark Sheldon said Nix is starting in LF, so no worries.
Votto for MVP
You can't have it both ways with Dusty, IMO.
I think the consensus is that he is a great team-builder/leader by deferring to vets and deftly managing ego's, psyche's, young players, etc... There were several times this season that the Reds could have gone south and I do believe that quality leadership was part of the reason we stayed the course. And leadership comes from the top....and it absolutely filters through Dusty.
Therefore, I think we must accept that Dusty is going to be very slow to make any drastic changes involving those vets that he invests with leading the team.
I don't think he could make a guy like OCab a focal point and then stick him on the bench come post-season.
I stand corrected. Perhaps it just correlated with Stubbs and Bruce catching fire. Though the .333 OBP and .415 SLG aren't anything to write home about. I'd still prefer a better OBP threat batting ahead Votto. I don't care if Hanigan and Rolen are slow, you can't score from the dugout. Nor do I care that Bruce and Votto are both LH.
When the 9th inning comes around and the guys at the top are getting an extra PA, I want those guys to be my best hitters.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Doesn't Hanigan normally start when Arroyo is pitching anyway?
Lance Nix vs Oswalt....
Code:AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 17 9 3 1 2 4 1 2 .529 .556 1.176 1.732
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
I can't help but to agree completely.I get what everyone is saying about Dusty and the vets and Cabrera being a great clubhouse guy.It's just that Cabrera contributed nothing last night and certainly cost the team 3 runs.For a great leader his playoff track record is poor.
Say what you want about how great Halladay was last night, but even for the great ones it's much more difficult to pitch with a one run lead opposed to cruising thru almost the entire game with a 4 run lead.
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