alwaysawarrior (09-29-2013)
What does expanded rosters have to do with this? A sense of urgency would mean you want to bring in the guys we'll use for the playoffs anyway and not the Zach Dukes of the world to 'play with urgency.'
Hoover pitched Friday and Saturday.
Marshall pitched yesterday.
Simon pitched Friday.
Parra pitched yesterday.
Lecure pitched yesterday.
Chapman hasn't pitched since the Mets series.
I would consider those our 'main' guys. So let's say we stop the bleeding and win yesterday. We play today and Cueto has a short outing again and we have to use our bullpen again. Now you're looking at using some of those guys for extended innings and essentially using them just to determine whether or not we play in Pittsburgh or Cincinnati on Tuesday.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm less concerned about location of game rather than how we play on Tuesday.
Sunday doesn't matter unless you win Saturday. The game was managed like neither game mattered.
As for what expanded rosters have to do with it..... you have more options to use than normal. A tired bullpen isn't an excuse for leaving a pitching in there who has given up 4 home runs in 4 innings.
HokieRed (09-29-2013),joshua (09-30-2013),Old school 1983 (09-29-2013)
The quote was they wanted to Arroyo through 5 innings. That means they felt they had 4innings of reliable relief work in the pen, but no more. Probably Marshall, Hoover, LeCure and Chapman. Taking Arroyo out before he finishes means pitching Ondrusek or Parra, or Duke or Christiani or Partch or Reynolds... none good options in a tight game.
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
Slyder (10-01-2013)
This team won 90 games this year without really trying, or so it seems. Dusty hasn't been any better at his job than the position players have been at theirs. They are uninspiring and self-satisfied. This is no way to go into a playoff game.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
Old school 1983 (09-29-2013),thatcoolguy_22 (09-30-2013)
The word that keeps coming to me, to describe this team over the last 2 months is...
Passive.
This team just seems very passive to me. It's so laid back. They never panic, which is a good thing. Their confidence is so quiet. I think it comes straight from the top, and it's generally a good thing. But there are times that call for more urgency, more energy, and even though BP misnamed it, more swagger.
After how these last 2 series went, I can't believe for a second that the Reds approach the Tuesday game at PNC with confidence.
sorry we're boring
dougdirt (09-29-2013),Falcon7 (09-29-2013),joshua (09-30-2013),LexRedsFan (09-29-2013),Old school 1983 (09-29-2013),remdog (09-29-2013),Roy Tucker (09-29-2013)
Dusty was whining about the bullpen being overworked the first week of the season. And yes, I'm serious. I remember posting about it at the time.
Falcon7 (09-29-2013)
Yeah.
I've liked Dusty for quite a while, but he lost me this weekend. Urgency, intensity, the will to win, whatever you want to call it, this team ain't got it. And the Pirates had it. It was visible and discernable.
It's not a switch that can get turned on. It's a habit. You need to play that way all the time.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
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