9.15.14 Reds @ Cubs Yorman!

[klw]

http://mlblogsramsey.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/9-15.jpg?w=555&h=750

vs
Cubs lineup
Coghlan LF,
Baez SS,
Rizzo 1B,
Soler RF,
Valbuena 3B,
Castillo C,
Alcantara CF,
Watkins 2B,
Wood P



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#Reds are only 3-12 in Monday games this season. #MLB

[Tuff Nut]

Two 3Bs?..I'll take an educated guess and say Santiago will be playing 2B.
Also, hurray for Yorman.

[klw]

Two 3Bs?..I'll take an educated guess and say Santiago will be playing 2B.
Reds trying out a new shift.

[WVRedsFan]

Three regulars? Might give the Cubs an edge in chasing us. Like to see the kids, but one or two a game is plenty.

[powersackers]

I'll tune in to this one.

[dfs]

Three regulars? Might give the Cubs an edge in chasing us. Like to see the kids, but one or two a game is plenty.

Well, they don't really have a left fielder and now that Frazier is over at first, they don't really have a third baseman, so you can't "blame" those slots on Price.

I love the guys, but it's hard to imagine folks hitting worse than Bruce, Cozart and Phillips at this point. So....I can't really "blame" Price for that either.

The only hope for this franchise is that some guys resurrect their careers.

[OldXOhio]

Finally a Reds game worth tuning in to

[Larkin Fan]

What an AB by Billy. Exactly what he needs to do to be a pest to the opposition.

[WVRedsFan]

Simon hitable early

[WVRedsFan]

Bases loaded. Simon isn't the Simon of the first half.

Castillo pops up on the first pitch. No score after 1.

26 pitches in the first. Bullpen better get ready.

It's dead here. Later.

[Chip R]

Simon hitable early

Walkable too.

[malcontent]

Elmore takes way too many pitches to be on this team.

[klw]

Just following on Gameday so I don't know if the zone placement is correct, that being said, do the Reds know that they don't have to swing if the ball is out of the zone? I think only one of the 7 to BHam showed up as being in the strike zone.

[WVRedsFan]

Just following on Gameday so I don't know if the zone placement is correct, that being said, do the Reds know that they don't have to swing if the ball is out of the zone? I think only one of the 7 to BHam showed up as being in the strike zone.I don't think any of the Reds outside of Votto are very good at pitch recognition. You have to wonder if they even know the strike zone.

[BCubb2003]

I don't think any of the Reds outside of Votto are very good at pitch recognition. You have to wonder if they even know the strike zone.

The same could be said of the umps, however. That might play with a batter's mind.

[malcontent]

I don't think any of the Reds outside of Votto are very good at pitch recognition. You have to wonder if they even know the strike zone.
That's why it would be nice to cut ties with one or two of our beloved hackers this offseason

[malcontent]

This team is the perfect remedy for whatever's been ailing Wood.

BTW, does Price know that Lutz is still on the team?

[757690]

Another hit for Yorman! And Thom completely ignores it, talking about WWII, lol.

[Larkin Fan]

Another hit for Yorman! And Thom completely ignores it, talking about WWII, lol.
Thom being irrelevant? Imagine that

[Chip R]

Thom being irrelevant? Imagine that

Unbelievable.

[757690]

Wait, I thought Simon wasn't very good anymore?

[malcontent]

Wait, I thought Simon wasn't very good anymore?
I'd say he has a secure spot in the 2015 rotation.

[Ironman92]

Wait, I thought Simon wasn't very good anymore?

Our defense allows him to pitch so many innings. If he pitched for the Indians he'd likely not surpass 29 innings all year

[Ironman92]

Frazier gets thrown out stealing second by roughly 20 feet.

Steve Smith's fault.

[malcontent]

Frazier gets thrown out stealing second by roughly 20 feet.

Steve Smith's fault.
Price loves it.

Does Steve Smith remind you of this guy?

http://cdn2.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/13839879/tdw_061_thumb.0_standard_400.0.jpg

[757690]

Our defense allows him to pitch so many innings. If he pitched for the Indians he'd likely not surpass 29 innings all year

Speaking of which...

[Ironman92]

Speaking of which...

I know...I swear next year I'm going to keep a log for him or Leake.

[Roy Tucker]

Looks like we're homing in in a shortest game thread of the year.

[Ironman92]

Homing?

[texasdave]

"Homing in on" is correct. The Reds need to practice homing in on home plate.

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Looks like we're homing in in a shortest game thread of the year.

It looks as if it will take about 25 innings before either on of these teams score. We got plenty of time left.

[Ironman92]

Damn....what a potentially game saving catch. I'd guess his wrist is boogered up a bit. Covered a ton of ground and aggressively even though he was coming up into the bricks

Negron got totally robbed

[BCubb2003]

Like a homing pigeon, or homing in on a signal. Often misunderstood as "honing" ...

[texasdave]

I just had a vision. Price puts Brayan Pena in to pinch run and he gets thrown out at the plate in the top of the 9th. Smith sends the runner even though the catcher has the ball in his mitt before Pena reaches third. JJ Hoover comes in to pitch the bottom of the ninth and gives up a walk-off home run on his last warmup pitch.

PS These mushrooms are great.

[Ironman92]

Like a homing pigeon, or homing in on a signal. Often misunderstood as "honing" ...

Webster's has had both for several years now. Thanks to George Bush and George Plimpton

[BCubb2003]

Webster's has had both for several years now. Thanks to George Bush and George Plimpton

We have high standards of elocution here.

[Roy Tucker]

We have high standards of elocution here.

Someone got electrocuted?

[WVRedsFan]

Well, the kids hit no better than the regulars. Even the regulars that regularly hit can't hit. Woe is us.

[Roy Tucker]

Villarreal sure looks better than early this season.

[Ironman92]

Just bring in Heisey and end this....the world is waiting

[BCubb2003]

I was led to believe there would be some Cubbing.

[texasdave]

The Cubs should have a bobblehead goat night. Maybe that would break the curse.

[WVRedsFan]

Reds are going to fool around and the Cubbies will win in a walk-off.

[Roy Tucker]

Nice AB by Mes. A selective eye.

[Roy Tucker]

Weird slide by Yorman. Like he got stuck.

[texasdave]

Weird slide by Yorman. Like he got stuck.

That's called the Votto Slide.

[Ironman92]

These 3 guys for the Cubs might be 3 of the 5 in this game to be able to drive one out.

[texasdave]

How did I miss Lutz's at-bat? He is now driving below the Mendoza Line on I78, with a .496 OPS. Could be the reason his backside is glued to the bench. Lutz is texting Janish for batting tips.

[Ironman92]

Hooveresque

[WVRedsFan]

As I predicted. Playing all the kids at once, you should have expected it.

[Ironman92]

He murdered that ball

So much for pitching Chapman...you gotta save your closer on the road. It's what the book says.

[Kc61]

Just an obvious ending.

A manager might tell the pitcher, whatever you do don't let Rizzo beat you.

Maybe Price did say that, who knows.

[WVRedsFan]

Kids. They'll be the death of all. Or at least a baseball team. :)

[Roy Tucker]

He hit the bejesus out of that ball.

Rizzo is a mighty fine hitter

Reds bullpen is 0-80 bazillion after the AS break.

[Larkin Fan]

Who didn't see that one coming?

[texasdave]

Everyone in the Game Thread saw that walk-off homer coming. I wonder how the Padres feel right about now? Rizzo hit that ball over Yonder. Hehe. A little pun to end the night.

[WVRedsFan]

Decision making. Not the Reds strong suit in 2014.

[Roy Tucker]

Thom looks like Mr. Bibendum.

[texasdave]

Game Thread well over 50 posts. A handful of them were actually about the game too. Nice.

Okay, I will say it. Another one-run loss.

[757690]

The good news is that it looks like the Reds found a replacement for Hoover.

[Larkin Fan]

Everyone in the Game Thread saw that walk-off homer coming. I wonder how the Padres feel right about now? Rizzo hit that ball over Yonder. Hehe. A little pun to end the night.

To be clear, in case it already wasn't, my post was pure sarcasm.

[texasdave]

Reds bullpen keeping it Villar-REAL.

[Roy Tucker]

The good news is that it looks like the Reds found a replacement for Hoover.

My dog just looked at me wondering why I laughed.

[WVRedsFan]

Game Thread well over 50 posts. A handful of them were actually about the game too. Nice.

Okay, I will say it. Another one-run loss.Shortest of the year?

Beat me to it. I think you can okay a couple of the call ups in a game, but benching Phillips, Pena, and the whole outfield was the white flag before the game actually began. The competitor in me won't accept that, but that's just me. One more nail in the coffin of a losing season.

[texasdave]

To be clear, in case it already wasn't, my post was pure sarcasm.

I know. It's all good.

[WVRedsFan]

Reds bullpen keeping it Villar-REAL.

Groan :)

[Roy Tucker]

Shortest of the year?

Beat me to it. I think you can okay a couple of the call ups in a game, but benching Phillips, Pena, and the whole outfield was the white flag before the game actually began. The competitor in me won't accept that, but that's just me. One more nail in the coffin of a losing season.

I feel the same way. I understand what they're doing but I hate league games played with live ammo getting treated like a spring training B game.

[Larkin Fan]

VillaReallybad

[WVRedsFan]

The good news is that it looks like the Reds found a replacement for Hoover.

Post of the long, long season.

[WVRedsFan]

I feel the same way. I understand what they're doing but I hate league games played with live ammo getting treated like a spring training B game.

I'm up too late, but I have to say one more thing. Many have expressed the notion that if we lose, we will get a better draft pick. Let me just say this. If the ones who played tonight are any indication of the judgment our scouts have, we need to win every game. I've never seem more incompetence in my life than the prospects, especially when comparing them to Purate, Cardinal, and Cubs prospects. Free agency is the only way to get this club over the hump.

[lollipopcurve]

the whole outfield was the white flag before the game actually began

Check out the numbers of the guys who have had the most time in RF and LF.