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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
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08-18-2012, 08:34 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
It's funny how we expected to split, knew he was a warm body, and are still bummed that something rare didn't happen.
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08-18-2012, 08:35 PM
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08-18-2012, 08:35 PM
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08-18-2012, 08:35 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
You know things are good when even on a bad night at the yard, you still gain a half game on your nearest chaser.
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08-18-2012, 08:41 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
Took us to till the 5th to get a hit and then a run off of Mr. Boo Radley last week, for the record.
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08-18-2012, 08:42 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
anyone with a score/inning update?
by the responses in the thread I fear the Reds are down 15-1 at this point.
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08-18-2012, 08:42 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
Cardenas looks like a throwback player from the 70s
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08-18-2012, 08:43 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
4-1 Cubs B4
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08-18-2012, 08:44 PM
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Sorry top 5th
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08-18-2012, 08:46 PM
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I feel like Valbuena has been killing us, and he's not very good at all.
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08-18-2012, 08:47 PM
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08-18-2012, 08:47 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
poor job by Bruce missing the cutoff badly. Good try by Valdez though.
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08-18-2012, 08:54 PM
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Redmond looks like a mop up guy at best to me.
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08-18-2012, 08:55 PM
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Re: 8/18 Game Deux - Reds at Cubs
Run into one Devin
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