7/30/09 - Reds vs Padres

[Reds Fanatic]

Willy Taveras scratched with a sore left wrist.

The new lineup:

Jerry Hairston Jr. cf
Alex Gonzalez ss
Joey Votto 1b
Brandon Phillips 2b
Jonny Gomes rf
Edwin Encarnacion 3b
Laynce Nix lf
Craig Tatum c
Johnny Cueto p

[VR]

Over half way through the year, and Reds FINALLY get some good news on the injury front.


Willy Taveras scratched with a sore left wrist.

The new lineup:

Jerry Hairston Jr. cf
Alex Gonzalez ss
Joey Votto 1b
Brandon Phillips 2b
Jonny Gomes rf
Edwin Encarnacion 3b
Laynce Nix lf
Craig Tatum c
Johnny Cueto p

[nate]

Heh, VR!

[VR]

Back to back doubles (haven't said that for a long time) net the Reds a run. EE up, BP on 2nd with none out.

edit...my bad, Gomes was up (he walks) EE now up with 2 on/ none out.

[nate]

Chat is open for your inner masochist.

[VR]

EE does a great job, gets BP over to third, where he can now score like 37 different ways.

[Homer Bailey]

EE GIDP. :rolleyes:

[CTA513]

EE GIDP. :rolleyes:

can't have the bases being clogged

[Homer Bailey]

Thom could not care less about this game.

[oneupper]

Yay! A Game Thread!

[Homer Bailey]

EE trying to throw this game. No pun intended.

[VR]

JC is now at 32 Earned runs over his last 38 innings, including 77 baserunners.

update....33/38.1/78

[Homer Bailey]

I missed the game last night and heard Thom and Cowboy talking about a botched double play last night. How was it botched last night?

[VR]

ESPN has a 'chance of scoring' percentage at the bottom of their gamecast.

I've noticed they've starting putting ":bowrofl:" on that line when the Reds are batting.

[Homer Bailey]

And here's where a defender like EE murders your pitching staff. A failed double play and it leads to another run. Hitting .200 and can't play defense.

[Homer Bailey]

Now a 3 run homer. Cueto is having enough trouble as is. If he can't get routine plays from his D, he is going to suffer big time.

[redsmetz]

Make it four runs - Venable homers. Ugh.

[Reds Fanatic]

Venable hits a 3 run homer. 6-1. Ugh.

[reds44]

God Cueto has turned into mush since that start in Philly.

[CTA513]

Now a 3 run homer. Cueto is having enough trouble as is. If he can't get routine plays from his D, he is going to suffer big time.

If he can't get the Padres out hes in trouble.

[SirFelixCat]

LOL. Uncle.


I hope this entire team is just embarassed. Why in the hell would you pay to go watch a Reds game? They don't care so wtf should you/we?

[reds44]

If he can't get the Padres out hes in trouble.
Uh oh watch out, I got chewed out for saying this.

[VR]

JC is now at 32 Earned runs over his last 38 innings, including 77 baserunners.

update....33/38.1/78

OK, my calculator is in danger of melting down....but I think it is now.....

38.1 Innings
37 Earned Runs
81 Baserunners

0 Confidence
0 Major league instruction

[Reds Fanatic]

Cueto's numbers are just amazingly bad lately. Batters are now hitting .355 against Cueto this month.

[Reds Fanatic]

Padres are about to go 6-1 against the Reds this year. They are 35-61 against the rest of this league and 6-1 against the Reds.

[cumberlandreds]

The Reds are in full tank mode now. It's going to be a race to the finish with the Pirates to see who finishes last.
This is 2nd year in a row Cueto has died in the 2nd half of the season. I really wonder if he has the stamina to be a starting pitcher for a full season/. He is a small guy and pitching has not been kind to most small guys in MLB history.

[Homer Bailey]

If he can't get the Padres out hes in trouble.

It was a GABP home run. Any other park it stays in.

A lot of pitchers would look a lot worse if their defense constantly let them down.

Cueto has been baaaad lately but he doesn't deserve those earned runs.

[Homer Bailey]

Padres 3B helps his pitcher out and there are 2 down. What a coincidence.

[RichRed]

If Dusty "snapped" yesterday, what's the word for what he's going to do today?

[cumberlandreds]

If Dusty "snapped" yesterday, what's the word for what he's going to do today?

Doesn't crackle come after snap and then pop? :)

[CTA513]

It was a GABP home run. Any other park it stays in.

A lot of pitchers would look a lot worse if their defense constantly let them down.

Cueto has been baaaad lately but he doesn't deserve those earned runs.


Harang has also been bad and the defense behind him also let him down yesterday and nobody really said anything about it.

[VR]

If Dusty "snapped" yesterday, what's the word for what he's going to do today?

Perhaps Jocketty should have the 'Dusty' conversation with Dusty today.

Then, BCast can have it w/ Jocketty tomorrow.

Then, the fans can have it w/ BCast on Saturday.

We'll have this ship turned around by Monday.

[Homer Bailey]

Harang has also been bad and the defense behind him also let him down yesterday and nobody really said anything about it.

Ummmm.... ok? Harang has also been beaten senseless for the last 2 years.

[VR]

I'm in Hawaii next week. I really really hope there is no internet access where I'm staying. I really need to turn away from the carnage of this trainwreck for awhile, I just can't pull myself to do it with easy access of the net.

Serenity now.

[CTA513]

Ummmm.... ok? Harang has also been beaten senseless for the last 2 years.

Cueto looks to be on the same path except he leads the team in meltdowns on the mound.

[VR]

By the way....after %*#&$-slapping the Reds in this series...it would be great for Bud Black to come out and say...

"“They’re not a good club,” “We're beating them like this. What does that make us?”

[BRM]

By the way....after %*#&$-slapping the Reds in this series...it would be great for Bud Black to come out and say...

"“They’re not a good club,” “We're beating them like this. What does that make us?”

:laugh:

That would certainly be a big slap in the face to the Reds.

[MississippiRed]

Last night, I was driving home in a thunderstorm and trying to listen on Marty on 700WLW through the static. Anyway, I think it was the top of the 9th (it was after Roenicke) and Marty and the other guy were talking about the Reds pitcher having a live arm and it just being a matter of time before he got his control straightened out. He said he had never been wild in the minors and should just trust his stuff.

I checked today and saw it was Fisher listed as pitching the 9th. Is Fisher's stuff that good? Is he a guy the Reds should be counting on to be a bulpen mainstay for a few years? Is Marty on drugs?

[CTA513]

Last night, I was driving home in a thunderstorm and trying to listen on Marty on 700WLW through the static. Anyway, I think it was the top of the 9th (it was after Roenicke) and Marty and the other guy were talking about the Reds pitcher having a live arm and it just being a matter of time before he got his control straightened out. He said he had never been wild in the minors and should just trust his stuff.

I checked today and saw it was Fisher listed as pitching the 9th. Is Fisher's stuff that good? Is he a guy the Reds should be counting on to be a bulpen mainstay for a few years? Is Marty on drugs?


Fisher has a good fastball and slider but he keeps getting himself in trouble by walking hitters and thats what he did again today.

[Homer Bailey]

The Reds lineup just went Nix, Tatum, Sutton, Jairston, and Janish.

Just read that sentence.

[LincolnparkRed]

The Reds lineup just went Nix, Tatum, Sutton, Jairston, and Janish.

Just read that sentence.

They just need to play more, that group will turn it around for us just watch

[VR]

Have the Reds pitching been able to get the '27 Yanks-ish Pads out in order yet today?

[VR]

Reds should be only 3.5 out after today....of the 2nd worst record in baseball.
Who's projected as top 5 picks for next year?

[Homer Bailey]

For those listening or not listening on the radio, Thom just invited all listeners to email the Reds booth if they had a boat that the Cowboy could borrow this weekend. So I emailed the following:

"Mr. Walt Jocketty has a boat for you! It's called the Titanic. However, he plans on shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic as it sinks."

He then said on the air, I have a great email that unfortunately I can not read it on the air. So I emailed again and asked if it was my email that he couldn't read on the air, and he confirmed that it was.

Nice to know that Thom is as fed up with this crap as we are.

[reds44]

For those listening or not listening on the radio, Thom just invited all listeners to email the Reds booth if they had a boat that the Cowboy could borrow this weekend. So I emailed the following:

"Mr. Walt Jocketty has a boat for you! It's called the Titanic. However, he plans on shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic as it sinks."

He then said on the air, I have a great email that unfortunately I can not read it on the air. So I emailed again and asked if it was my email that he couldn't read on the air, and he confirmed that it was.

Nice to know that Thom is as fed up with this crap as we are.
Hahahahahahaha wow.

[VR]

For those listening or not listening on the radio, Thom just invited all listeners to email the Reds booth if they had a boat that the Cowboy could borrow this weekend. So I emailed the following:

"Mr. Walt Jocketty has a boat for you! It's called the Titanic. However, he plans on shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic as it sinks."

He then said on the air, I have a great email that unfortunately I can not read it on the air. So I emailed again and asked if it was my email that he couldn't read on the air, and he confirmed that it was.

Nice to know that Thom is as fed up with this crap as we are.

Nicely done Homer!

Look out now...the Reds are putting a 9th inning hurtin on the Pads.

[RichRed]

The Reds lineup just went Nix, Tatum, Sutton, Jairston, and Janish.

Just read that sentence.

I'm 13 again, Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak begins, the Falklands War is raging and "Bette Davis Eyes" tops the charts. Yep, smells like 1982.

[VR]

Pffft, take that Padres. 7-4 now.

Reds are primed to grab defeat from the jaws of defeat.

[LincolnparkRed]

So if Rosales can be a .285-300 hitter next year with some coaching do you keep him around to be a super sub? He can't be that bad to hit over .400 AAA and then lose it when he gets here

[LoganBuck]

They couldn't get the corpses of the real 27 Yankees out.

[oneupper]

Another stat-padding late inning rally. Yummy!

[VR]

I'm 13 again, Cal Ripken's consecutive games streak begins, the Falklands War is raging and "Bette Davis Eyes" tops the charts. Yep, smells like 1982.

German Barranca just hit a 3 run jack.

[RichRed]

German Barranca just hit a 3 run jack.

That kid's goin' places.

[GAC]

The Pad's winning pitcher Wednesday night was in single-A at the beginning of the season. Look what he did to our lineup.

That is very telling as to the status of this current team.

I really hope this '09 squad hits the bottom as far as they can go, and never win another game. That's how frustrated I am.

But I don't think that would even wake this FO up.

[WVRedsFan]

The Pad's winning pitcher Wednesday night was in single-A at the beginning of the season. Look what he did to our lineup.

That is very telling as to the status of this current team.

I really hope this '09 squad hits the bottom as far as they can go, and never win another game. That's how frustrated I am.

But I don't think that would even wake this FO up.
I'm with you, GAC. But there will always be those apologists who will cite how we're missing big cogs (Bruce, Hernandez, Volquez, and even Owings and Hanigan--look at their stats. Only Hanigan and Volquez were making any difference and not much at that) right along with the FO. This team cannot hit and never will. Nothing like putting pressure on a pitching staff like that--especially a young one.