8/11/06 - Reds vs. Phillies - Game Thread

[captainmorgan07]

freel swips second

[oregonred]

freel swips second

Sure, leave out credit for Farney :thumbdown

[George Foster]

that was a professional at bat by Hatty...but that's what he does..

[Matt700wlw]

Sure, leave out credit for Farney :thumbdown

Farney gave him the green light.

[reds44]

Scrappy walk by the Hat.

Come on Ken!

[oregonred]

BTW, the Hatte rocks.

[captainmorgan07]

there's junior first pitch swinging

[captainmorgan07]

7-1 bucos

[reds44]

7-1 bucos
:beerme: :beerme:

[SirFelixCat]

how many outs with Jr. up?

[reds44]

I don't understand how you get a 90 MPH heater blown by you.

It astonshes me.

[reds44]

how many outs with Jr. up?
0

[George Foster]

0

[George Foster]

to old...period

[KronoRed]

0

[RedLegSuperStar]

Griffey.. ouch

[captainmorgan07]

junior always is a sucker for that pitch

[reds44]

And he swings at ball 4.

I'm sorry but he is washed up.

[WMR]

I wonder if Marty is OKAY with Edwin getting some PT after he bashed him so badly?

[RedLegSuperStar]

Edwin.. you got one more in ya?

[captainmorgan07]

anybody feeling a 3 homer ball game?

[George Foster]

And he swings at ball 4.

I'm sorry but he is washed up.
refer to post 264

[flyer85]

EE complicates things a little more than Aurilia

[vaticanplum]

Griffey. Chill.

[oregonred]

It just ain't happening for Jr right now for whatever reason. Man we need him to be productive (let alone above-average)

[reds44]

Catchers interfearance!!!!

Haha Ede is the man.

[RedLegSuperStar]

well catcher.. you saved 3 RBI's from Edwin

[flyer85]

Reds get a big break with catcher interference

[Coffeybro]

Haven't seen catcher's interference in a long long time.

[George Foster]

It just ain't happening for Jr right now for whatever reason. Man we need him to be productive (let alone above-average)

I which to God I was wrong but don't hold your breath... He swong at ball 4 and the catcher interference would of had us another run..

[oregonred]

Loaded for the Big Donkey -- 1 out

[RedLegSuperStar]

Dunn just a base hit.. erase that 0fer

[George Foster]

his hands seem lower to me...

[reds44]

Swing the bat Dunn.

[George Foster]

with ducks on the pond, our big guns can't get them in....:thumbdown

[flyer85]

that pitch was 3-4 inches off the plate

[RedLegSuperStar]

Dunn.. you .. you .. Big Donkey

[oregonred]

Hopefully Dunn and Griffey are saving all the ammo for the weekend. Arrgghhh...

[captainmorgan07]

white in

[flyer85]

hope for the Rick White we remember

[RedLegSuperStar]

white in

BP will capitalize

[oregonred]

Dunn.. you .. you .. Big Donkey

Farney should walk down from third and give a swift kick in the arse to the Big Donkey on the way back to the dugout ;)

[George Foster]

squeeze..... best bunter is up

[DoogMinAmo]

Hopefully Dunn and Griffey are saving all the ammo for the weekend. Arrgghhh...

I have always said that the idea of being clutch is trully a selfish idea. A good hitter produces no matter if someone is on base, in scoring position, etc. Keeping the present score in mind, however, way to save it for the weekend Dunner!

[George Foster]

take another

[RedLegSuperStar]

Walk him to bring Mr. Walk Off up

[Matt700wlw]

Rick White got an out....how come he could never do that in Cincy?

[captainmorgan07]

Rick White got an out....how come he could never do that in Cincy?
no idea

[RedLegSuperStar]

ouch.. bases loaded no outs and come away with nothing

[reds44]

You've got to be kidding.

Nice job Griffey and Dunn. Phillips can't even hit Rick White.

[reds44]

ouch.. bases loaded no outs and come away with nothing
bases loaded 1 out.
1st and 2nd 0 outs

[George Foster]

I have always said that the idea of being clutch is trully a selfish idea. A good hitter produces no matter if someone is on base, in scoring position, etc.


Something the 3rd hole hitter knows very little about.

[George Foster]

bases loaded 1 out.
1st and 2nd 0 outs

I hope we don't need those runs....

[OnBaseMachine]

Cool. Dunn takes a 1-2 fastball behind the knees for strike three. That was a ball on Ryan Howard last inning.

And then Phillips get ahead 3-0 and makes an out. What a surprise. The Reds are great at doing that.

[Matt700wlw]

Castro takes over at 3rd

[WMR]

BOO! Should have left Edwin at 3rd. You want to take someone out, take out Clayton.

[George Foster]

"hands of gold" now at 3rd. Let's hope it does not go extra innings

[captainmorgan07]

BOO! Should have left Edwin at 3rd. You want to take someone out, take out Clayton.
i was just about to say the same thing

[oregonred]

ouch.. bases loaded no outs and come away with nothing

Not really

1st and 2nd no outs. Jr K.
EdE catcher's interference
Big Donkey K
BP flyout

[Matt700wlw]

That was close...

[RedLegSuperStar]

Wow.. close one

[George Foster]

Bray will think of the pitch the next time he is struggling to "pinch a loaf."

[captainmorgan07]

we can all breath now

[oregonred]

Cool. Dunn takes a 1-2 fastball behind the knees for strike three. That was a ball on Ryan Howard last inning.

And then Phillips get ahead 3-0 and makes an out. What a surprise. The Reds are great at doing that.

Obviously Narron's fault.

[flyer85]

I would have used Mercker

[RedLegSuperStar]

Not really

1st and 2nd no outs. Jr K.
EdE catcher's interference
Big Donkey K
BP flyout

I forgot Edwin bats inbetween Junior and Dunn

[Matt700wlw]

Bloop

[George Foster]

here we go...WHIP is going to hurt us..

[captainmorgan07]

bray very hittable lately

[reds44]

Bray has forgoten how to get people out.

[oregonred]

IMO, Bray is being used too much right now. He's not used to being worked 4-5 times a week.

[RedLegSuperStar]

smell that?

smells like a double play!

[flyer85]

who exactly is Coffey warming up for. It may be over by the time Burrell comes up this inning.

[CrackerJack]

Bray and Majewski need to go away.

[CTA513]

Bray did a good job letting the Phillies tie it up.

:thumbdown

[Matt700wlw]

Crap.

What happened to Bray?

[WMR]

gosh dang it (words substituted)

[George Foster]

Poor Lohse...that sucks

[captainmorgan07]

dang

[RedLegSuperStar]

i ment 2 run homer

[captainmorgan07]

give me mercker

[membengal]

Well that's too bad.

Wish Mrs. Edmonds would sound that happy when a Red hits a homerun...

[captainmorgan07]

buco's just wrapped up a 7-1 complete game for zac duke

[reds44]

Well at least we won't need Edwin's bat....


oh wait

Bray was a terrible choice to bring in. he hasn't been getting anyone out.

[RedLegSuperStar]

happy to sad all in 6 seconds

[flyer85]

Like I said I would have used Mercker.

Of course Jerry has no lefty throwing in the pen

[George Foster]

smell that?

smells like a double play!

smells like Monday morning at a San Fransisco bath house...

[flyer85]

new and improved pen my red ....

[RedLegSuperStar]

Lohse now knows what Bronson has dealt with over his last 10 starts

[Matt700wlw]

buco's just wrapped up a 7-1 complete game for zac duke

Which probably means the Reds will lose...they never seem to gain any ground.

[DoogMinAmo]

Bray was getting squeezed like crazy, it is tough to be effective if you have to throw it down the pipe.

[flyer85]

Howard is likely to take care of things

[alloverjr]

THE reason I woul not take out EE for defense...ever. I still don't trust this bully.

[captainmorgan07]

hope we can hold um ross clayton castro in the 9th

[RedLegSuperStar]

Cards are giving us a game but we refuse... frustrating

[George Foster]

i don't like the vibes of this game....

[TheBigLebowski]

I hate The Trade more each and every day.

Bray's high peripherals are finally catching up to him, so therefore Narron is using him more and more.

[flyer85]

Cards are giving us a game but we refuse... frustratingbut the bullpen is fixed :eek:

[George Foster]

get him out now...

[CTA513]

Bray getting ready to give the Phillies the lead.

[Matt700wlw]

Here's Howard...and this could be bad news...

[reds44]

How long you gonna leave him out there Narron?

[Redmachine2003]

Narron has not a clue how to use a bullpen. Bases loaded and no outs and you can't score you deserve to lose

[KronoRed]

but the bullpen is fixed :eek:
Define fixed :help:

[Joseph]

Grrrrrrr!

[reds44]

The trad looks dumber and dumber by the day.

[flyer85]

whats so hilarious is Narron refuses to admit he might not have it and just leaves him out there.

[DoogMinAmo]

Time to yank Bray.

[Fullboat]

They have to shutdown both Washington relievers.

[KronoRed]

This is a repeat of Magic last week..he doesn't have it GET HIM OUT :runawaycr

[RedLegSuperStar]

but the bullpen is fixed :eek:

it is and I think could be good if used right.. Narron has over used Bray, why not bring in Franklin? Mercker? give the kid a night off

[OnBaseMachine]

The Reds only source of offense tonight is now out of the game. Awesome.

[alloverjr]

They have to shutdown both Washington relievers.

Could we blame Bowden for Bray's ineffectiveness too? ;)

[TheBigLebowski]

I am going to be sick to my stomach if we lose this game.

[George Foster]

Bray should be used on long relief. Frankin deserves a shot

[Wheelhouse]

Bray looks like he needs more seasoning in the minors...not a confident pitcher.

[George Foster]

I am going to be sick to my stomach if we lose this game.

clean out the garbage can...

[flyer85]

The thing about the trade was that it wasn't necessary at the time. Guardado has done a lot to stabilize the situation. If they were going to trade those guys they needed to acquire bat missers.

[reds44]

I still don't understand why you take Edwin out in the 8th. He has been a magician with the glove lately and has ALL of our RBIs.

[Fullboat]

Could we blame Bowden for Bray's ineffectiveness too? ;)

Don't know if we could blame Bowden but these two guys have
been overworked.

[George Foster]

The reason Stormy was not left in is??????

[flyer85]

Could we blame Bowden for Bray's ineffectiveness too? ;)Bray is not bad, he has an upside due to his stuff and youth but he is nothing special right now and nodoby ever said he was.

[flyer85]

The reason Stormy was not left in is??????pitched 4 days in a row

[reds44]

The reason Stormy was not left in is??????
he's not old enou.....

no that can't be it.

[reds44]

pitched 4 days in a row
That explains it.

[flyer85]

I still don't understand why you take Edwin out in the 8th. He has been a magician with the glove lately and has ALL of our RBIs.Narron is clueless.

[Wheelhouse]

Bray is not bad, he has an upside due to his stuff and youth but he is nothing special right now and nodoby ever said he was.

Who's "nodoby"? He ain't comin' to my party! :laugh:

[Kc61]

Suspect that Bray would be more effective if used less often. Narron decided Bray is his eighth inning man and has pitched him too much. Bray has obviously suffered in his last few outings. Just too much use of a young pitcher, largely in high stress situations.

Let's not leave the offense off the hook. Griffey, Dunn and Phillips all failed in that 8th inning when the Reds should have had at least one run. I like Phillips hitting seventh or eighth. I don't like him hitting sixth.

[George Foster]

That explains it.

Bull. Bray was coming in no matter what. It's "the Narron way"

[OnBaseMachine]

Griffey's gotta catch that.

[Matt700wlw]

Griffey looked awful there...

[CTA513]

Reds losing 4-3...

:bang:

[George Foster]

Coffey good again....:bang:

[WMR]

GRIFFEY!!! Aaaaargh. :(

[reds44]

And Griffey drops it.

[CrackerJack]

Sorry but that was truly pathetic Jr.

[Wheelhouse]

I've never seen Griffey miss a ball like that...ever.

[flyer85]

Griffey drops what should have been an easy catch.

Should be an E-8

[RedLegSuperStar]

Brings in another over used arm.. and this was is looking grim!

[Reds4Life]

Jr didn't need to jump, and it looked like he outran the ball. Ugh.

[reds44]

So what exactly is Griffey good at?

[Matt700wlw]

It's really getting old losing and winning on the same days as the Cardinals do...

Reds - if you want this thing, you HAVE to win on nights they lose...


I wonder if the Reds can get anything off of Gordon?

[reds44]

It's really getting old losing and winning on the same days as the Cardinals do...

Reds - if you want this thing, you HAVE to win on nights they lose...


I wonder if the Reds can get anything off of Gordon?
Ross
Clayton
Castro


no

[KronoRed]

Gross just gross..come back time

[flyer85]

Freel would have been standing there waiting on it.

Just sayin'

[Fullboat]

And we got Gorden coming in. Oh Joy.

[George Foster]

I've never seen Griffey miss a ball like that...ever.

I've said in the past. Your career is a bell curve. Griffey is on the low end of the right side.

[Kc61]

Wayne, with all your pitching moves, you didn't get a shut down eighth inning set up man. What a terrible inning, top and bottom.

[flyer85]

the bullpen and defense sure has been fixed.

Wow now Clayton and Castro are coming up.

[RedLegSuperStar]

Lohse feel free to kick Narron.. 6 1/3rd innings 6 hits 8 k's 1 er 1 bb all for not

[flyer85]

And we got Gorden coming in. Oh Joy.its called game over

[CTA513]

Cardinals lose and the Reds give away a game to let the Cardinals keep the 3 1/2 gam lead.

:explode:

[reds44]

Griffey strikes out on ball 4 with 2 men on, then misses a very makeable catch the next inning.

If Clayton did that RZ would have killed him. Griffey shouldn't be any different.

[oregonred]

sickening inning all the way around. sad...

[George Foster]

So what exactly is Griffey good at?

Living off of past performances....

[2001MUgrad]

No way in the world thats a triple. That was pitiful. Both pitching wise and defense, again!

[Wheelhouse]

There's been a lot of talk about who we need in the stretch run: Arroyo, EE, Dunn--the bottom line is, if Griffey doesn't perform and lead the team, the Reds are done.

[WMR]

Amateur night at the ballpark with Jerry Narron.

[Matt700wlw]

I need a beer...

Hurry up, game (only if it's a loss...if they're going to win, we can wait longer). :bang:

[edabbs44]

Our old friend Rick White in line for the W.

[OnBaseMachine]

I hate watching one of the best players of all-time (and one of my favorites) slowly deteriorate into an all-around bad player.

[flyer85]

if Griffey doesn't perform and lead the team, the Reds are done.and we know what the answer is going to be

[edabbs44]

Griffey strikes out on ball 4 with 2 men on, then misses a very makeable catch the next inning.

If Clayton did that RZ would have killed him. Griffey shouldn't be any different.
Griffey's been ripped for months, and rightfully so.

[oregonred]

There's been a lot of talk about who we need in the stretch run: Arroyo, EE, Dunn--the bottom line is, if Griffey doesn't perform and lead the team, the Reds are done.

yep, he's simply been awful since the 2-month Reds swoon started at 36-24...

[reds44]

Hollandsworth on deck...

why not Rich>?

[Matt700wlw]

I hate watching one of the best players of all-time (and one of my favorites) slowly deteriorate into an all-around bad player.

It's hard to criticize him, because I'm a Griffey fan...but it is sad.

[flyer85]

for all of Wayne's activity the Reds still lose games due to the pen and poor defense.

[WMR]

Freel would have been standing there waiting on it.

Just sayin'

Deno could have caught that Willy Mays Hayes style.

[KronoRed]

Our old friend Rick White in line for the W.
Good lord that just makes it worse :(

[CTA513]

Encarnacion is good enough to start the game, but not good enough to stay in past the 7th.
Doesnt matter now since the bullpen was kind enough to give the game away.


:help:

[RedLegSuperStar]

Hollandsworth on deck...

why not Rich>?

Rich is so yesterday.. Hollandsworth is the new "it"

[reds44]

Rich is so yesterday.. Hollandsworth is the new "it"
If it means bad then yes.

[Matt700wlw]

This would be a good time for Hollandsworth to say "hello" to Gordon...

[Wheelhouse]

I hate watching one of the best players of all-time (and one of my favorites) slowly deteriorate into an all-around bad player.

Why, when your most favorite is already an "all around" bad player? :ughmamoru

[reds44]

Come on Holly.

[edabbs44]

Rich is so yesterday.. Hollandsworth is the new "it"
Rick can't hit RHPs...I think Jerry has figured it out. Now on to Jr and Royce.

[George Foster]

it's amazing the Griffey stat guys are slient....

[RedLegSuperStar]

Clayton out.. what in the world?

[OnBaseMachine]

Why, when your most favorite is already an "all around" bad player? :ughmamoru

Great post, smartarse.

[flyer85]

surprised Jerry didn't have Clayton bunt

[flyer85]

I assume RA will bat for Castro

[reds44]

Great post, smartass.
Oh name calling.


mature

[Wheelhouse]

Great post, smartass.

C'mon just kiddin'

[KronoRed]

Why, when your most favorite is already an "all around" bad player? :ughmamoru
Yeah Dunn is horrible, we should have traded him for 2 relievers :ughmamoru

[Matt700wlw]

Javy to pinch hit for Castro...

[George Foster]

that was still a pretty good at-bat for Holly

[TheBigLebowski]

Another great acquisition by Krivsky.

[RedLegSuperStar]

Ok.. Gamblin Narron.. use that bench!

[OnBaseMachine]

Oh name calling.


mature

Smartaleck remarks. Mature.

[reds44]

Wtf>


Javy?

[CrackerJack]

Nacho strikes again!

[Matt700wlw]

:valentin:

:jump:


WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reds4Life]

Javy!

[KronoRed]

Gordon = SUCK :D

[TheBigLebowski]

Javy will go deep.

[George Foster]

Javy to pinch hit for Castro...

Havy....:thumbup: :thumbup:

[Wheelhouse]

Oje Javier mi amigoooooo!!!!!!!

[RedLegSuperStar]

back to back nights

[reds44]

JAVY!!!!!!!

no way!!!!!!

[membengal]

Sweet God! A miracle! Thanks Javy!

[captainmorgan07]

if javy goes yard this will be an intersting defensive positioning hollandsworth would have to go to right and freel to ss

[WMR]

Oh my f'n god!!!! WHOO HOO!!!! YEE HAW

[savafan]

The Reds are en fuego

[flyer85]

what has gotten into Javy

golfs one out.

[George Foster]

Javy will go deep.

I love you TBL I really do....:thumbup:

[oregonred]

holy crap JAVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Matt700wlw]

The Daily Show I assume will pitch?

[vaticanplum]

So what's our score now?

[reds44]

They have a CF who can catch the ball.


This team drives me insane. Please close it out Eddie!

[TheBigLebowski]

Javy will go deep.

HOLY CRAP - I DID IT AGAIN!!

[flyer85]

Nacho Libre :notworthy

[RedLegSuperStar]

wow.. can we hang on with what we have left?

[Fullboat]

Javy saves our butts bigtime.:thumbup:

[OnBaseMachine]

So what's our score now?

5-4 Reds.

[George Foster]

Rollins has a true cannon

[flyer85]

this has the feel of those games in Milwaukee

[reds44]

Come on Eddie!!!!

[Kc61]

Javy can hit left handed.

[TheBigLebowski]

I love you TBL I really do....:thumbup:

Something kismet is going on between the Reds' catchers and I.

[George Foster]

this has the feel of those games in Milwaukee

God don't say that....

[CrackerJack]

So what's our score now?

5-4 Rosie Reds, bottom of 9th

[remdog]

When Valentin can hit back-to-back pinch HR's this might actually be the year when miracles happen and the Reds make the playoffs! :eek:

Rem

[Wheelhouse]

HOLY CRAP - I DID IT AGAIN!!

Bravo Big!!!

[CTA513]

Valentin hammered that ball.

They showed Valentins homerun after all the highlights of the game and I thought that Valentins homerun was from another game.

Good job by Javier!

:beerme:

[Strikes Out Looking]

Javy takes off his mask and reveals himself to be Hal King!

[Virginia Beach Reds]

The inept fox guys were going through the highlights and almost missed the live action. that was wierd.

[captainmorgan07]

so freel has to go to ss and hollandsworth has to go to right

[George Foster]

Something kismet is going on between the Reds' catchers and I.

Keep doing the vodoo that you do:thumbup: :thumbup:

[TheBigLebowski]

Good news is that Easy Eddie has the 7-8-9 batters.

Bad news is that we *are* the Reds, and he does pitch for our bullpen.

The bottom of the 9th will have us all on the edges of our seats.

[Wheelhouse]

Aurilia at SS--think this way tomorrow....

[WMR]

RA at SS! Hopefully a sign of things to come! :)

[George Foster]

Eddie....Eddie.....

[flyer85]

God don't say that....you remember, the ones where the Reds lose the lead mulitple times :help:

[reds44]

Freel to 3B
Holly to RF
Rich to SS

[RedLegSuperStar]

welp ha ha White.. no soup for you!

[membengal]

The inept fox guys were going through the highlights and almost missed the live action. that was wierd.

Yes indeedy, it's amatuer hour tonight for sure. That was disorienting as hell. Hard to tell at first that Javy had done that in this game. Mrs. Edmonds was reduced to yelling "BEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" as the ball had already landed.

[LINEDRIVER]

Valentin gets a ride on Griffey's yacht

[flyer85]

I thought I heard this week that Javy had never hit a PH HR before this year.

[George Foster]

RA at SS! Hopefully a sign of things to come! :)


We can only pray Narron will want his bat in the line-up

[RedLegSuperStar]

so freel has to go to ss and hollandsworth has to go to right

Freel 3rd
Aurilia SS
Hollandsworth RF

[captainmorgan07]

Freel 3rd
Aurilia SS
Hollandsworth RF
i was close

[George Foster]

welp ha ha White.. no soup for you!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Wheelhouse]

I thought I heard this week that Javy had never hit a PH HR before this year.

He has always loved the fastball and has mucho pop from the left---perfect to face Gordon...

[George Foster]

this is a good at bat:thumbdown

[Matt700wlw]

Oh crap.


:pray:

[George Foster]

this is a good at bat:thumbdown

He deserved that...he battled pretty good right there

[reds44]

Oh boy.

I have a bad feeling.

[RedLegSuperStar]

Ouch.. Eddie!

[CTA513]

The Reds cant ever seem to have an easy 9th inning.

[flyer85]

Like I said, has a Milwaukee feel