4/13/09 - Reds vs. Brewers

[Mario-Rijo]

WT heck? My TV coverage jumped over to Best Damn Sports Show!!!! Keep my updated guys.

[Reds Fanatic]

3-2 count on Duffy

[reds44]

And he walks Duffy.

[Reds Fanatic]

Duffy walks.

[mbgrayson]

What happened to the game. Did everyone just change to Best Damn sports show.

My DirecTV feed changed from the game to Best Damn Sports Show with one out in the 9th....grrrrr.....

[RedsFan75]

Grrrr, times like this FSN drives me crazy! Ok, who's got the PBP.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Nick Swisher pitching for the Yankees tonight.

Scoreless 8th pitched by Swisher according to Marty

Walk by Cordero. Come on!

[Reds Fanatic]

1-0 count on Kendall

[OnBaseMachine]

How in the world do you walk Chris Duffy? A career minor leaguer. Man oh man.

[Team Clark]

I'm still laughing. It's bad enough that the directing misses at least 2 or 3 plays a game, now we have to put up with THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL LOL

[Reds Fanatic]

1-1 count

[reds44]

Great pitch on Kendall to even the count at 1

[HeatherC1212]

FSN is really annoying. Thanks for the pbp here. :bang:

[Team Clark]

Reds44 is probably on life support right now

[membengal]

I don't know how you walk him. Fox sports Ohio wouldn't let me see it.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wow. Duffy didn't see the fly out, Taveras throws back to first and it gets away from Votto...throw to second hits Duffy. *sigh*

[kaldaniels]

It looks like this one (the error)is on FSN Ohio rather than DTV?

[Playadlc]

WT should be fined for that throw. Good Lord.

[reds44]

Kendall flies out.

Reds nearly double off Duffy, ball hits him. Duffy tries for 2nd, and it hit him again.

Taveras has a puss arm.

Tieing run at 2nd. 2 out

[Caveat Emperor]

This is probably the only way they can get anyone to watch this show.

[VR]

I'm still laughing. It's bad enough that the directing misses at least 2 or 3 plays a game, now we have to put up with THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL LOL

no kidding, this is a joke. I'm paying $160 bucks for this nonsense.

[Ravenlord]

******* FSN is showing the The Best Damn Sports Show Period after showing 8 innings of game....where do i go to lodge a complaint for this ********?

[RedsFan75]

Both Dish and DirectTv out, it's FSN's problem

[membengal]

It seems so much more magical in my imagination.

[Reds Fanatic]

Throwing error on Taveras moves Duffy to 2nd on the fly ball

[reds44]

2-1 on Counsel

[RedsManRick]

Looks like Duffy was fooled by Gonzalez who played the pop fly like it was a grounder. Shame Taveras throws like my mom.

[Reds Fanatic]

2-1 count on Counsell

[alloverjr]

2-2 on Counsel

[Red in Chicago]

I've dedicated 3 1/2 hours to this game and with 1 out in the bottom of the ninth, they cut the feed...:thumbdown

[reds44]

What a pitch.

2-2

[Reds Fanatic]

3-2

[kaldaniels]

no kidding, this is a joke. I'm paying $160 bucks for this nonsense.

Your beef is with FSN Ohio, not DTV/Dish/whoever.

[reds44]

Where was that?

3-2

Coco is throwing gas

[VR]

Kendall flies out.

Reds nearly double off Duffy, ball hits him. Duffy tries for 2nd, and it hit him again.

Taveras has a puss arm.

Tieing run at 2nd. 2 out

The number of additional outs the Reds give by commission and ommission are simply staggering. It has to become a stat at some point...similar to unforced errors.

[alloverjr]

GO 3 unassisted. TOBTTR

[Reds Fanatic]

Counsell made an out. Gameday still updating but the Reds win 7-6.

[reds44]

And this one belongs to the reds!!!!

[WVRedsFan]

Reds Win with 7 hits. Someday, they'll begin to hit. Someday.

[kaldaniels]

:beerme:

[TheBurn]

This one belongs...

[_Sir_Charles_]

Grounder to Votto. And this one belongs to the Reds! *clutches his heart and passes out*

[Team Clark]

I've dedicated 3 1/2 hours to this game and with 1 out in the bottom of the ninth, they cut the feed...:thumbdown

Imagine how Kevorkian's patients must have felt?:p:

[Mario-Rijo]

GO 3 unassisted. TOBTTR

TY! :beerme:

[OnBaseMachine]

Nice job by Cordero!

Nice start to the road trip.

[Root Down]

Thank you EE!

[HeatherC1212]

That was nearly a disaster but I'm glad the Reds got the win. Too bad I didn't get to see it. :bang:

[RedsFan75]

Thanks for the PBP finish!

[membengal]

Thanks for the update all. FSN Ohio, well, I am censoring myself as to what I would like seen done to them.

Good on the Reds.

LOL that Volquez gets the win after all that...

[Caveat Emperor]

I feel like Lou Brown watching PBS instead of the game.

[kaldaniels]

Sloppy, but very impressive win to start off the roadtrip vs the Brew Crew.

[mbgrayson]

Hey! We are a .500 team! (For now...)

[Tom Servo]

Phew. Thank god.

[HotCorner]

Thanks to MLB Network for the highlights since FSN called it early.

[VR]

108 pitches yesterday, 181 today for the Reds.

Nice win EV, don't let it go to your head, you sucked.

[mbgrayson]

FSN Ohio Contact info:


FSN Ohio
6500 Rockside Rd Ste 340
Independence OH 44131
ph: 1-440-746-8000
fax: 1-440-746-9480

[guttle11]

FSN is a Mickey Mouse operation.

[Tony Cloninger]

Which fits this Reds organization for the last 10 years....Mickey Mouse.

They should start their own channel......like YES. It's their only hope.

[kaldaniels]

FSN is a Mickey Mouse operation.

I expect a manly apology from Thom tommorrow nice. GG would just chuckle and say "Sorry folks, so Chris how's the Ponderosa"

A decent apology on air tommorow and I forgive.

[guttle11]

Fitting, we're back right as the postgame show is starting up.

Thanks, FSN! I was going to start complaining about the lack of HD games, but now I see that simply getting a game on air might be above their heads.

[WVRedsFan]

Regardless of the "fan-love" for Volquez and Cordero, they seem to have regressed somewhat. My problem is I do not have any faith in Dick Pole to straighten them out. Maybe Mario Soto will have to make an appearance like last year. Potential is only good when it becomes performance on the field. We got that most of the time from Volquez last year and some of the time from Cueto, but so far this year, only Harang has put up numbers that we were expecting. If that continues, it will be a longer summer than 2008 was.

Escpecially if we continue to only get 3-7 hits per game. Thank goodness that the Brewers' pitchers were more incompetent than ours.

[Scrap Irony]

Dustique worked tonight.

I'm betting no one mentions that when they complain tomorrow.

Being the Cincinnati manager is like being the back-up quarterback, I think.

[mbgrayson]

I called the FSN # and complained. A woman took down my information and didn't say whether anyone else had called.

[Ravenlord]

anyone have links to complain directly to FSN or Castelinni for this %#&*@%&&?

[kaldaniels]

Pic is apologizing.

[Ravenlord]

Pic is apologizing.

screw him. they do this about once a month. this is crap, they're a hack organization. his employment is proof of that.

[kaldaniels]

screw him. they do this about once a month. this is crap, they're a hack organization. his employment is proof of that.

I agree it was weak. Even tried to give us a pitiful play-by-play of the final 2 outs.

[Ravenlord]

I agree it was weak. Even tried to give us a pitiful play-by-play of the final 2 outs.

par for the course. :(:rolleyes:

[kaldaniels]

So, did I witness the Reds shorten the game tonight?

[reds44]

screw him. they do this about once a month. this is crap, they're a hack organization. his employment is proof of that.
lol OH WOW

[VR]

Regardless of the "fan-love" for Volquez and Cordero, they seem to have regressed somewhat. My problem is I do not have any faith in Dick Pole to straighten them out. Maybe Mario Soto will have to make an appearance like last year. Potential is only good when it becomes performance on the field. We got that most of the time from Volquez last year and some of the time from Cueto, but so far this year, only Harang has put up numbers that we were expecting. If that continues, it will be a longer summer than 2008 was.

Escpecially if we continue to only get 3-7 hits per game. Thank goodness that the Brewers' pitchers were more incompetent than ours.

Cordero had a tough spring....but he's been throwing bbs in his 3 innings so far. EV just looks totally lost. That balk was inexplicable, as was his location overall.
I wonder if it's a challenge getting on the same page with Hernandez?

[HeatherC1212]

Joey is so articulate. I love listening to him talk during interviews. :)

[HeatherC1212]

Um, did Pec just say that Stormy got the save?! :confused:

Oh, he meant second hold of the year. He needs to do some research, LOL ;)

[Ravenlord]

Um, did Pec just say that Stormy got the save?! :confused:

Oh, he meant second hold of the year. He needs to do some research, LOL ;)

kinda my point with this hack organization.

[WVRedsFan]

kinda my point with this hack organization.

Speaking of which, tonight we happened to have on Fox Sports Pittsburgh for some reason (it's our local egional network for some reason) and they did this whole program on Pirate baseball over the years. It was *very* professional and well done, unlike some of the junk that FSO shows. Even in their game coverage, camera angles are supurb and the picture is sharp. They even have more HD games scheduled. Why is FSO-C so daggone horrible? There has to be a reason.

[WVRedsFan]

Cordero had a tough spring....but he's been throwing bbs in his 3 innings so far. EV just looks totally lost. That balk was inexplicable, as was his location overall.
I wonder if it's a challenge getting on the same page with Hernandez?

With a young pitcher, maybe. I rather think it's mechanics and rhythm. Something is amiss with Edinson's mechanics IMHO. Like I said earlier, I have no faith that our staff can solve it, but we all know who can. Calling Mario. Come home, Mario!

[OnBaseMachine]

Coffey is back

Former Reds bullpenner Todd Coffey has made four appearances for the Brewers this year and has a 0.00 ERA for his 4 1/3 innings.

"I'm glad to be away from the Reds because they tried to take away my sinker, my best pitch," said Coffey, released by the Reds last year on his birthday.

He pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings against the Reds Monday.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/cincinnati-reds/phillips-reds-will-be-heard-from-80618.html

[Degenerate39]

Coffey is back

Former Reds bullpenner Todd Coffey has made four appearances for the Brewers this year and has a 0.00 ERA for his 4 1/3 innings.

"I'm glad to be away from the Reds because they tried to take away my sinker, my best pitch," said Coffey, released by the Reds last year on his birthday.

He pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings against the Reds Monday.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/cincinnati-reds/phillips-reds-will-be-heard-from-80618.html

I'm glad he's away from the Reds because he tried to take wins away from the Reds

[reds44]

Couldn't have said it better 39.

I will now root against Todd Coffey everytime he pitches.

[cincrazy]

Couldn't have said it better 39.

I will now root against Todd Coffey everytime he pitches.

Oh come on now. It's nothing but a business, no reason to wish any ill will on the guy, seems like a good guy. Sometimes a change of scenery is good.

[paintmered]

Thanks so much Sportscenter for not having enough time in your hour to mention last night's game. :thumbdown

But hey, at least we got to see those USC off-season workouts.

[BuckeyeRedleg]

Todd Coffey is a good guy and I wish him well, but at some point this season the Reds are going to light him up like a Christmas tree.

[Falls City Beer]

Todd Coffey is a good guy and I wish him well, but at some point this season the Reds are going to light him up like a Christmas tree.

It doesn't surprise me that this staff would do something idiotic like attempt to take away a guy's best pitch (because, who knows, it can cause injury or something). I'm old enough to remember "pitch to contact."

This team has research & development working day and night on how to make pitchers worse.

[Degenerate39]

It doesn't surprise me that this staff would do something idiotic like attempt to take away a guy's best pitch (because, who knows, it can cause injury or something). I'm old enough to remember "pitch to contact."

This team has research & development working day and night on how to make pitchers worse.

Maybe the Reds should hire you then if you know everything about pitching.

[Reds Fanatic]

From Trent's blog here is the official reason the telecast got cut off early last night.


Statement from Henry Ford, Senior Vice President and General Manager, FOX Sports Ohio, regarding Monday's Reds-Brewers game:

"FOX Sports Ohio would like to sincerely apologize to the viewers, as well as to the Reds, for the technical mishap that resulted in our transmission being interrupted just prior to the end of the last night's game. The network experienced a very unfortunate switching error, which occurred at our transmission center in New York.

FOX Sports Ohio produces as many as 145 Reds games each season, and we take great pride in the production quality and expertise that we bring to each telecast, which makes this situation very disappointing.

We will review the telecast circumstances to minimize the possibility of a reoccurrence."

[reds44]

Oh come on now. It's nothing but a business, no reason to wish any ill will on the guy, seems like a good guy. Sometimes a change of scenery is good.
There is plenty of reason to wish ill will on him. He's not on the Reds and he is on a divison rival. I'm not hoping he gets drilled by a bus or anything, I just hope he gives up runs.

[nate]

There is plenty of reason to wish ill will on him. He's not on the Reds and he is on a divison rival. I'm not hoping he gets drilled by a bus or anything, I just hope he gives up runs.

Even if he's playing against the Cubs?

:cool:

[Falls City Beer]

Maybe the Reds should hire you then if you know everything about pitching.

How about they skip me and just hire someone who does know about pitching, huh?

[Patrick Bateman]

How about they skip me and just hire someone who does know about pitching, huh?

Perhaps someone who doesn't take away a pitcher's best pitch. Coffey wasn't that great to begin with, did they need to take away his livelihood?

[lollipopcurve]

Perhaps someone who doesn't take away a pitcher's best pitch. Coffey wasn't that great to begin with, did they need to take away his livelihood?

The fastball has always been his best pitch.

To me, it's bad form to go pointing fingers at the organization that drafted you into pro ball (41st round) and brought you to the major leagues. Coffey would come off A LOT better if he gave credit to Cincy for what the franchise did do for him, and credit to Milwaukee for helping him rediscover his sinker. Instead, his quotes make him sound a bit immature. I can understand his having a chip on his shoulder re: what Brantley said about him (Brantley is not a Reds employee) -- but to crap on the organization is kinda bush, in my opinion.

[_Sir_Charles_]

The fastball has always been his best pitch.

To me, it's bad form to go pointing fingers at the organization that drafted you into pro ball (41st round) and brought you to the major leagues. Coffey would come off A LOT better if he gave credit to Cincy for what the franchise did do for him, and credit to Milwaukee for helping him rediscover his sinker. Instead, his quotes make him sound a bit immature. I can understand his having a chip on his shoulder re: what Brantley said about him (Brantley is not a Reds employee) -- but to crap on the organization is kinda bush, in my opinion.

Agreed 100%. I always liked the kid, and maybe he just spoke without thinking, but that's still kind of a cheapshot.

[gm]

Coffey just looks "right" in a Brew-crew uniform. He's the "new" Turnbow

(here's hoping the Reds end his scoreless innings streak in a big way during this series)

Todd "owes" us a few Ws

[Degenerate39]

How about they skip me and just hire someone who does know about pitching, huh?

I'm sure Dick Pole knows what he's doing.

[Patrick Bateman]

The fastball has always been his best pitch.

To me, it's bad form to go pointing fingers at the organization that drafted you into pro ball (41st round) and brought you to the major leagues. Coffey would come off A LOT better if he gave credit to Cincy for what the franchise did do for him, and credit to Milwaukee for helping him rediscover his sinker. Instead, his quotes make him sound a bit immature. I can understand his having a chip on his shoulder re: what Brantley said about him (Brantley is not a Reds employee) -- but to crap on the organization is kinda bush, in my opinion.

I actually agree with that. I honestly think both parties are somewhat wrong on the issue.

[BuckeyeRedleg]

The fastball has always been his best pitch.

To me, it's bad form to go pointing fingers at the organization that drafted you into pro ball (41st round) and brought you to the major leagues. Coffey would come off A LOT better if he gave credit to Cincy for what the franchise did do for him, and credit to Milwaukee for helping him rediscover his sinker. Instead, his quotes make him sound a bit immature. I can understand his having a chip on his shoulder re: what Brantley said about him (Brantley is not a Reds employee) -- but to crap on the organization is kinda bush, in my opinion.


Well said.