3/22 game thread Reds v Twins night game

[Heath]

Second Twin, k's

One down

[Heath]

New Reds Drinking game - you have to shoot a 12oz can of your favorite beverage everytime Welsh uses the words 'Veteran'

[Falls City Beer]

Krono does not drink 5ths

That's not what a little bird told me:

http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cgori/images/dana-drunk.jpg

[Heath]

6-4 Force - lead runner is out...runner safe at 1st.

[KronoRed]

I'd die of Apple Juice OD playing that game

[Big Klu]

I see that Bannon wears the same number as Freel.

[Heath]

The 41 people at the edge of their seats in this thread - can Brian Shackleford do the job?

[Heath]

I see that Bannon wears the same number as Freel.
Its a college football thing.

[KronoRed]

That's not what a little bird told me:

http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cgori/images/dana-drunk.jpg
Well..he's a dirty little liar :evil:

[Heath]

Shackleford gives up a walk.
2nd of the inning.

Murmur goes through the crowd as we near the possiblity of extra innings.

[KronoRed]

Get an out please.

[Falls City Beer]

Score? *fart*

[Heath]

Tom Hume giving Brian S. his late inning advice. - must not have learned from his playing career.

[Heath]

Score? *fart*

4-1 Red Stockings.

[KronoRed]

Only sissies wear Stockings

[Heath]

Looks like Shack's motion has been evened out.

[Heath]

bases juiced. No one in the Reds BP.

Jason Tyner, a "pesky hitter" per GG - steps in.

[Heath]

Tyner's been around...... (C'mon George - finish the thought)

[KronoRed]

..the block?

..the world?

..the beach?

[Heath]

2 - run single by the man who gets around, 4-3 Reds -runners on 1st and 2nd.

[Heath]

..the block?

..the world?

..the beach?

only the Grande knows.....

[Coffeybro]

..the block?

..the world?

..the beach?

..long enough to read all of Krono's posts?

[Heath]

Jerry Narron's just cut Shack.

[KronoRed]

This is graves like.

[BUTLER REDSFAN]

pesky

[Falls City Beer]

Shack-fu

[Heath]

Bartlett up - 1st & 2nd - 4-3 Reds.

[BUTLER REDSFAN]

are pesky and scrappy the same??

[Big Klu]

Its a college football thing.

Got it...

#6 WR Ryan Freel (Jr.) 5'10", 180 lbs.
#6 FS Jeff Bannon (Fr.) 6'4", 185 lbs.

[Heath]

Tom Hume taking notes -

[Heath]

Got it...

#6 WR Ryan Freel (jr.) 5'10", 180 lbs.
#6 FS Jeff Bannon (fr.) 6'4", 185 lbs.
:thumbup:

[KronoRed]

Tom Hume taking notes -
"Cut em all and let Krivo sort it out"

[KronoRed]

are pesky and scrappy the same??
Pesky people have some talent, Scrappy have none.

[Heath]

Hey - Shack K's Bartlett

Reds Win Reds Win...wait..it doesn't count!

[Heath]

GG just called Shack the Shack Attack.

Pardon me - :barf:

[reds44]

he gone

[KronoRed]

Victory is ours!
http://www.sprintusers.com/wallpapers/uploadedfiles/092905stewie-victoryismine.jpg

[Heath]

"Cut em all and let Krivo sort it out"

I originally thought this said Cut em all and let Krono sort it out.

[KronoRed]

GG just called Shack the Shack Attack.

Pardon me - :barf:
Is he a poster here? I've seen that before :help:

[vaticanplum]

Got it...

#6 WR Ryan Freel (Jr.) 5'10", 180 lbs.
#6 FS Jeff Bannon (Fr.) 6'4", 185 lbs.

We are the scrappiest team in all the land! Uh, almost.

[BUTLER REDSFAN]

as of right now 289 posts for a spring training game--seems a few of us cant wait for opening day :)

[KronoRed]

I originally thought this said Cut em all and let Krono sort it out.
You don't wanna see me sort the pitchers out
http://worat.dyndns.org/pics/small/images/Machine%20gun%20on%20stand.jpg

[Big Klu]

GG just called Shack the Shack Attack.

Pardon me - :barf:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/ShaqO.jpg/300px-ShaqO.jpg

says hello! :D

[Heath]

Oh boy - I'm sorry to say that I was a culprit of most of those posts...ugh...

[KronoRed]

Oh boy - I'm sorry to say that I was a culprit of most of those posts...ugh...
You're one of the 10 you know.

[Heath]

Now on FSN ohio - we have poker superstars with Howard Lederer in a goatee and burns. - Click -

[Heath]

You're one of the 10 you know.

read my sig line. ;)

[KronoRed]

Wait..we're not doing PBP on? come on it's a titanic struggle! ;)

[KronoRed]

read my sig line. ;)
I've seen the list :devil:

[corkedbat]

We have scrappy to spare. Just ask the Louisville fans this year. Is scrappy a contraction for 'is crappy'? :)

[Big Klu]

Pretty good effort tonight by the RedsZone in the first televised game of Spring Training. Looks like we might be in mid-season form!

[Strikes Out Looking]

Thanks to those of you who had access to the game and gave us the blow by blows. I got a headache just reading the Welshisms, but then you folks in the midwest didn't have to listen to Ron Darling last summer (he's now left the Nats and will be doing Mets games).

Can't wait until Opening Day!

[Heath]

Well, I just kept posting and posting. And Krono's not pulling me out. Nor is Chip. Nor is woy. Doc. Scott left. My right index finger hurts and I have PM that I need to read.

Time to ice the shoulder. I don't know how much I got left in me. My arm feels like Jello.

I'm gonna get burned out in ST and end up on the disabled list.

Or worse - www.batsbaseball.com/forums


;)

[KronoRed]

Man..the minors..hope it doesn't come to that ;)

[Sea Ray]

Good inning by Coffee -- I liked his pitch sequences there, getting ahead of Mauer 0-2 and then throwing some junk down in the zone and then getting him to K on a solid fastball.

I think you have to regard Coffee as a good candidate for set-up man with, perhaps, a move to the closer's role if he dominates hitters. He hasn't shown me enough to nominate him as closer, but on pure stuff, he belongs at the back end of ballgames.

I think the best candidate on this roster for the closer's role is Matt Belisle. He can match Coffey's 93 MPH fastball and I like his composure out there on the mound. He wingled out of some tough jams last year. (Good point M2, maybe wiggled would have been a better word...)

The best part of the game tonight was Milton's performance. That looked like the Eric Milton we were supposed to get last year. He was firing in nice 93 MPH fastballs with some pop. I'm not worried about his calf injury anymore. Looks like we've got 4 members of our starting rotation set.

I'd like to see an 11 man pitching staff start the year with the bullpen consisting of Weathers, Coffey, Belisle, Shackelford, Mercker and Hammonds. If they end up losing a young pitcher to waivers (like Shackelford) in order to keep a journeyman like Burns or White I won't be pleased.

[M2]

He wingled out of some tough jams last year.

I hear tell that wingling in public is illegal in 27 states.

[Heath]

I hear tell that wingling in public is illegal in 27 states.

But, oh man wingling with runners in scoring position....word...SABR ain't got nothing on that :D

[Redus]

Just got back from watching this at my parents who can get fsn ohio. If you have it dvr'ed or recorded go back and slow down that last pitch. It was his splitter. :thumbup: Had a small arguement with my dad as he didn't think it was until he rewound and slow motioned it. Just wanted to let you guys know he will still bring it out on occasion.

Sweeeeet. Tell your brother were all rooting for him and to kick some a** this year. Save 30+ Todd!!!!!!!:beerme:

[KronoRed]

I hear tell that wingling in public is illegal in 27 states.
What about on borders? any leeway?

[redsmetz]

Larue gets hit by the pitch even in spring training.

Hey, he's got to get ready for the season...whaddaya think we have Spring Training for???? :D

[Heath]

Final Box of the evening...


GPFT FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 5 0
MINNESOTA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 1 FINAL

WP - ERIC MILTON (1-1)
LP - SCOTT BAKER (1-1)
SAVE - BRIAN SHACKELFORD (1)


HOME RUNS: CIN - ANDY ABAD (2) OFF SCOTT BAKER IN THE 5TH

TIME: 2:31 ATT: 7,615



Box Score

CINCINNATI (4) AT MINNESOTA (3)

CINCINNATI AB R H BI MINNESOTA AB R H BI
R Freel 2b 4 0 0 0 S Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
N Hopper lf 0 0 0 0 J Rabe lf 0 0 0 0
D Wise cf 4 0 0 0 L Castillo 2b 0 0 0 0
R Aurilia ss 4 0 0 0 L Maza 2b 0 0 0 0
C Denorfia rf 0 0 0 0 J Mauer c 0 0 0 0
J Cruz dh 3 0 0 0 S Wooten c 0 0 0 0
A Kearns rf 3 1 1 0 R White dh 0 0 0 0
J Bannon pr 0 0 0 0 J Pridie dh 0 0 0 0
J LaRue c 2 2 0 0 T Hunter cf 0 0 0 0
D Ross c 1 0 0 0 A Torres cf 0 0 0 0
A Abad 1b 4 1 3 4 J Morneau 1b 0 0 0 0
F Menechino 3b 3 0 0 0 J Hart 1b 0 0 0 0
M Kata lf 4 0 1 0 T Batista 3b 0 0 0 0
G Williams 3b 0 0 0 0
L Ford rf 0 0 0 0
J Tyner rf 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 4 5 4 TOTALS 0 0 0 0

CINCINNATI 000 022 000 -- 4
MINNESOTA 001 000 002 -- 3

E--J Bartlett. DP--CINCINNATI 2. LOB--CINCINNATI
6, MINNESOTA 6. 2B--A Abad, M Kata, S Stewart.
HR--A Abad 1 (2) (off S Baker). SB--R Freel 1 (4),
M Kata 1 (1).
IP H R ER BB SO HR
CINCINNATI
E Milton (W,1-1) 5 3 1 1 0 6 0
T Coffey 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
M Gosling 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
M Belisle 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
B Shackelford (S,1) 1 1 2 2 3 2 0
MINNESOTA
S Baker (L,1-1) 4 1-3 2 2 2 3 5 1
D Reyes 1 2-3 1 2 0 1 0 0
F Liriano 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
J Nathan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
M Guerrier 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

HBP--J LaRue by S Baker, R Barrett by T Coffey.
SO--CIN: J LaRue, D Wise, R Aurilia, J Cruz, R
Freel, A Kearns, M Kata. MIN: T Batista 2, L
Castillo, T Hunter, J Bartlett, J Mauer, J Pridie,
S Stewart, J Morneau, L Maza, R White. BB--CIN: F
Menechino, J Cruz, R Freel, A Kearns. MIN: S
Wooten, J Hart, G Williams. T--2:31. A--7,615.

[Redus]

who the hell stole his stapler tonight? And could they please do it the rest of the year?http://www.lostandfrowned.com/milton.gif

[Heath]

who the hell stole his stapler tonight? And could they please do it the rest of the year?http://www.lostandfrowned.com/milton.gif

I'm lost - is this Joe Paterno? :dunno:

[KronoRed]

No, that guy gets angry

[Chip R]

Well, I just kept posting and posting. And Krono's not pulling me out. Nor is Chip. Nor is woy. Doc. Scott left. My right index finger hurts and I have PM that I need to read.

Time to ice the shoulder. I don't know how much I got left in me. My arm feels like Jello.

I'm gonna get burned out in ST and end up on the disabled list.

Or worse - www.batsbaseball.com/forums


;)

Now I had an excuse. I posted the HSL report which was no easy task since Furman was doing the show. Then I had to catch up on the game thread and then my mom called me and I did not get caught up until the game was getting over with, so there. :p:

[Redus]

I'm lost - is this Joe Paterno? :dunno:

No its "Milton" from the movie office space. I was making a lame attempt at humor...Milton=Eric Milton get it? Anyhow this milton works in an office and gets pissed whenever someone takes his stapler. So whoever took Eric Miltons stapler that pissed him off enough to strike out 6 please keep it up.:p:

[KronoRed]

Red staplers rock.

[redsmetz]

Just another thought to note what others have said. I know that one ST start a season does not make, but I want to see this Eric Milton on the mound all year. Most especially, it's good to see he's over the nagging ankle (?) injury he's been nursing most of spring. Milton succeeding means tons for the Reds.

[redsmetz]

Okay, not many people give Jerry Narron much credit, but I'll credit him for a bit of humor. Today's Enquirer quotes him about putting Matt Kata in the outfield, saying he just put him out there to see if he'd say "I'm not playing in the outfield". Good one.

[RedsFan75]

That was funny!

[registerthis]

Shows you what an overvalued stat the "save" can be that Shackleford got one for that ugly performance.

Re: Milton, nothing is ever determined based off of the results of one ST game, but the fact that he's able to hit 93-94 with his fastball is certainly an encouraging sign. An Eric Milton who can give the Reds 200 IP of 4.50 pitching would help this team significantly.

[traderumor]

Shows you what an overvalued stat the "save" can be that Shackleford got one for that ugly performance.

Re: Milton, nothing is ever determined based off of the results of one ST game, but the fact that he's able to hit 93-94 with his fastball is certainly an encouraging sign. An Eric Milton who can give the Reds 200 IP of 4.50 pitching would help this team significantly.Exactly. That slop curve will get him by if he can juice it up to the high end of the low 90s. I am so glad he is back to just letting the old 4 seamer rip, and if that knee can hold up...oh man, I better slow down.

RE: Shackleford, there's a lot of lefties in camp. Last night's performance may have just got his ticket stamped to Louisville to start the season. He was all over the place.