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The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
In honor of Joey's milestone, I thought it might be a good time to bring these back:
Doozy #1 http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...otto#post42869 Doozy #2 http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...otto#post42856 Doozy #3 http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...otto#post42841 Spot where the squirrel found the acorn: http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...otto#post42837 "Body similar to Darren Fletcher . . ." (Ha ha ha ha. Did they just pick a mediocre catcher who played for Canadian teams?) http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...otto#post42835 "Votto is looking like he was a large reach." http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...ighlight=votto -- http://www.redszone.com/forums/showp...04&postcount=1 the team the Reds are headed toward in a few years: C - Miller 1B - Votto 2B - Bergolla/Lopez SS - Olmedo 3B - Encarnacion RF - Kearns CF - Pena LF - Dunn Obviously it won't pan out exactly like that, but that's the current target team. My guesstimate is that said club wouldn't be any good until 2006 at the earliest. [2006? who knew M2 was such an optimist?]
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04-05-2012, 02:26 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
If I'm Tony Womack, I'm asking for some of that $225 million
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...ighlight=votto
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04-05-2012, 02:28 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
I'm pretty sure I said some stuff about Votto when he was in the system that would look bad if it was brought up now.
I got Cueto right, I got Votto wrong.
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04-05-2012, 07:14 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
I wasn't on here when Joey was drafted, but I specifically remember that I was pretty unhappy that they overdrafted someone in that slot.
He is reason #1 why I don't get as fired up about specific draft picks anymore unless it is an egregious situation. |
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04-05-2012, 07:18 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
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04-05-2012, 07:37 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
I took my 2 teenage daughters to a game back when Bruce had just come up and Votto had been up for like a year. They both wanted Bruce jerseys. I told them at the time that Votto would end up being the better player.
They ended up getting Votto jerseys. Smart girls. I was pretty smart too. 
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04-05-2012, 09:44 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
Pretty nostalgic to read through those threads and read posters we haven't seen here in a long time..
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04-05-2012, 11:03 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
"Impressive physical specimen. Hard worker." Yep.
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04-05-2012, 11:14 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
Two thoughts:
- Seeing the names of prospects in Votto's class and how much of a utter crap farm system the Reds had in the early 2000's. - Scott Hatteberg.
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04-05-2012, 11:29 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
Great post Chili.
Votto is the only one left in the system for that last thread!?!?!? Only a couple ever even contirbuted at all.....on the field or with trade value? Dear Lord I really have blocked out how horrific the Reds system was back then.
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04-05-2012, 11:58 AM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
I think Denorfia's the only other MLB player from that 2002 draft.
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04-05-2012, 12:20 PM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
I believe I remember stating that he'd never hit LHP.
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04-05-2012, 12:21 PM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
My absolute favorite thing about early days Votto was the consensus baseball industry opinion that he was never going to be near as good as Cubs prospect Brian Dopirak.
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04-05-2012, 12:27 PM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
My overwhelming Votto memory was the Orioles balking at him being included in the potential Bedard deal and holding out for Bruce.
Oops.
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04-05-2012, 12:29 PM
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Re: The days most of us first heard of Joey Votto
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Heck, the Reds could have had a draft of Hamels or Greinke, Votto, Lester, and Granderson in the first 3 rounds.
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