5-30-10 Astros @ Reds

[_Sir_Charles_]

Orlando Cabrera SS
Miguel Cairo 1B
Brandon Phillips 2B
Jay Bruce RF
Jonny Gomes LF
Laynce Nix CF
Ramon Hernandez C
Paul Janish 3B
Mike Leake P

Sunday special today. No Rolen, Votto or Stubbs.


Bourne
Keppinger
Berkman
Lee
Pence
Blum
Manzella
Quintero
Paulino

[WebScorpion]

Orlando Cabrera SS
Miguel Cairo 1B
Brandon Phillips 2B
Jay Bruce RF
Jonny Gomes LF
Laynce Nix CF
Ramon Hernandez C
Paul Janish 3B
Mike Leake P

Sunday special today. No Rolen, Votto or Stubbs.


Wow, that's pretty cocky. Dusty thinks these guys can win taking out 3 of their best defenders and pitching a guy who leans on his defense... Not a move I would have made, but hey, that's why I'm not paid to manage a team. :dunno:

The key against this Paulino kid is patience...most of his bad games he walks a hitter per inning. Let's keep the momentum rolling going into St. Louis. :clap:

[TheNext44]

An 0-7 pitcher on last place team vs. an 4-0 pitcher on a first place team. I would never bet against the Reds, but with those longs odds, I would love to bet on the underdog.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Well, keep things in perspective a bit. Rolen is an excellent defender. But his replacement is Janish. If there's a drop off there...it's pretty small I'd think. Stubbs replacement is Nix who's also an excellent defender.

I actually expected Rolen to be out today. Day game after night game. Pretty routine for him.

[nate]

Has Heisey played CF since being called up?

[nate]

Has Heisey played CF since being called up?

He has, two games.

[nate]

He has, two games.

Thanks, nate!

[redsfandan]

Seriously, not sure what Heisey has to do to get more abs. Nothing against Nix but I'd just rather have Heisey in center.

[Screwball]

Felipe Paulino: 0-7, 5.08 ERA (82 ERA+), 1.53 WHIP. His ERA was 6.27 last year. Reds should tag this dude.

[membengal]

Or, get shut out. Paulino owned them in his first appearance against them last season. No carts before horses.

Hoping Leake comes up big again.

[Raisor]

Thanks, nate!

Are you cloning yourself again?

[Screwball]

Or, get shut out. Paulino owned them in his first appearance against them last season. No carts before horses.


I said should, not will. Felipe faced us 4 times last year, and the Reds had an .859 OPS against him (139 OPS+). Of course, there's SSS and all that, but this offense is straight raking, and Felipe Paulino isn't all that good. With the stud that is Mike Leake on the mound, I got my broom in hand.

[Homer Bailey]

An 0-7 pitcher on last place team vs. an 4-0 pitcher on a first place team. I would never bet against the Reds, but with those longs odds, I would love to bet on the underdog.

Reds are -200, 'Stros are +185. I may pull the trigger on the 'Stros. I only bet against the Reds in the rarest of circumstances to hedge my happiness, and this may be one of them.


Thanks, nate!

LOL.

[PuffyPig]

He's given up 2 or less runs in 5 of his last 7 starts.

With an ERA in the low 5's, and a FIP of 3.63 and a xFip of 4.56, he's much better than many are saying.

[membengal]

He's given up 2 or less runs in 5 of his last 7 starts.

With an ERA in the low 5's, and a FIP of 3.63 and a xFip of 4.56, he's much better than many are saying.

This.

[Screwball]

He's given up 2 or less runs in 5 of his last 7 starts.

With an ERA in the low 5's, and a FIP of 3.63 and a xFip of 4.56, he's much better than many are saying.

Astros' defense ain't all that good. I would expect his ERA to be much higher than his FIP.

But yeah, you're right. He's not completely chopped liver. IIRC, he throws hard and if he's locating he can be a bare. But given the fact the Reds demolished a pitcher with a MUCH better track record just two days ago - and just about every pitcher they've seen the last couple weeks - I'll take my chances on the Reds getting to him today.

I mean hell, Miguel Cairo's probably good for a couple dingers, right? ;)

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wow. Stadium looks pretty solidly packed. Nice to see again.

[mth123]

Reds are -200, 'Stros are +185. I may pull the trigger on the 'Stros. I only bet against the Reds in the rarest of circumstances to hedge my happiness, and this may be one of them.



LOL.

Pete! That you?

[Screwball]

Wow. Stadium looks pretty solidly packed. Nice to see again.

Taste of Cincinnati accounts for a lot of the Reds' attendance this weekend. We'll see if it continues throughout the summer.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Foul bunt. Darn, Razor had him dead to rights.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Taste of Cincinnati?

[_Sir_Charles_]

Leake loses his no-no. Leadoff single for Bourn

[Mario-Rijo]

Roll one up here Mikey!

[_Sir_Charles_]

Anybody know what kind of experience Janish has at third? I know he's excellent at short, but the angles and depths are considerably different at third and it makes me wonder if he's comfortable out there.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bourn swipes 2nd. Brandon tries to fake that the ball went to the OF. Not buying it.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Kepp walks. First 2 reach.

[Mario-Rijo]

Leake just doesn't look crisp out there today.

[Screwball]

Taste of Cincinnati?

Big ordeal in Cincy. Lots of Cincinnati area restaurants set up booths downtown offering up their product (for around $5). Lots of food, beer, and entertainment for the masses. Bunch of fun if you ask me. :thumbup:

[_Sir_Charles_]

Big ordeal in Cincy. Lots of Cincinnati area restaurants set up booths downtown offering up their product (for around $5). Lots of food, beer, and entertainment for the masses. Lots of fun if you ask me. :thumbup:

Ah, gotcha. Thanks.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Really nice play by Brandon to turn the 4-6-3 DP

[_Sir_Charles_]

Grounder to Janish to end the threat. No runs. Nice.

[TheNext44]

Wow. Stadium looks pretty solidly packed. Nice to see again.

If you win, they will come.

[Screwball]

Even with runners on 1st and 2nd and nobody out, I can honestly say I wasn't worried about it. Dude's a beast.

Now let's get to Paulino.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Reds go down 1-2-3 in the first.

Sorry, eating lunch. Hard to type & eat. Somebody might want to do PBP for a bit.

[Screwball]

Cabrera had more time than he thought. Coulda got his feet set.

[_Sir_Charles_]

closer than I thought on the replay. Looks like his foot was on when the ball reached Cairo.

[_Sir_Charles_]

bb #2

[WebScorpion]

bb #2 Is he not hitting his spots or is the strike zone hard to read? :confused:

[_Sir_Charles_]

missing spots...not by much though.

[Screwball]

Is he not hitting his spots or is the strike zone hard to read? :confused:

Not hitting his spots. Clear balls.

[mbgrayson]

Missing his spots...for sure.

[_Sir_Charles_]

NICE! Fly ball to Nix and he NAILS him at third. Not really that close either. Excellent throw.

[Screwball]

Even with runners on 1st and 2nd and nobody out, I wasn't even worried about it. Dude's a beast. :thumbup:

[mbgrayson]

Leake through two innings with no score, 35 pitches, 19 strikes.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Even with runner on 1st and 2nd and nobody out, I wasn't even worried about it. Dude's a beast. :thumbup:

lol. lets hope you don't have to copy/paste that EVER inning. :D

[TheNext44]

two quick outs for Paulino. game could be over before 3 pm

[TheNext44]

make that three quick outs.

[Screwball]

Paulino's dealing. Sure could use a Votto or Rolen in the lineup.

[membengal]

Paulino is fully capable of being tough. You all were warned.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Paulino is fully capable of being tough. You all were warned.

Yep, despite his record, he's got some nasty stuff. The walks have hurt him this year, but if he's got some control...could be a long day.

[Screwball]

Paulino is fully capable of being tough.

And he's also fully capable of imploding. His 5.50+ ERA over the last couple years warn as much.

[CTA513]

So far a lot of pitches for Leake and very little for Paulino.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Falling behind just about every hitter.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bourn give Leake a gift. Ball four and he goes golfing.

[Screwball]

Awesome pitch to K Bourne there. Looked like a strike until the bottom dropped out.

[TheNext44]

Dickerson is back in the booth.

Lets start a Facebook page to get him in the booth everyday he's on the DL, or at least on SNL.

[Ron Madden]

Chris Dickerson is in the tv booth again today. :thumbup:

[_Sir_Charles_]

Kepp with a single. 1st & 2nd with 1 down.

[_Sir_Charles_]

DP! 4-6-3 thanks to Berkman yet again.

3rd "yessirree" already for the Reds.

[oneupper]

What's the record for most DPs in a game?

[_Sir_Charles_]

Groundball pitchers are nice to have. :p:

[Tony Cloninger]

At least Baker has a full and ready bench to help in the late innings.

[Screwball]

Even with runners on 1st and 2nd and one out, I wasn't even worried about it. Dude's a beast. :D

[Tony Cloninger]

Did he walk Paulino?

[Tornon]

Yep, despite his record, he's got some nasty stuff. The walks have hurt him this year, but if he's got some control...could be a long day.

Or a really short one

[Tornon]

Did he walk Paulino?

No, Paulino singled on a 3-2 pitch

[BCubb2003]

Looks like Dusty put in a first-rate defense for Leake today.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Did he walk Paulino?

Nope. Solid single between BP & Cairo

[pedro]

"Monie" ?

[Degenerate39]

"Monie" ?

Ramon Hernandez

[redsmetz]

What's the record for most DPs in a game?

The record is 7 by the following teams:

Yankees vs. Philadelphia on August 14, 1942
Houston vs. Giants on May 4, 1969
Braves vs. Reds on June 27, 1982 in 14 innings
Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh on June 16, 1994 in 10 innings.

Read more: What is the MLB record for most double plays in a single game? | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/19305#ixzz0pR7eadSs

[oneupper]

That's Ramoncito's first out in this series.

[Screwball]

"Monie" ?

:D

[_Sir_Charles_]

1 down, Janish up. Leake on deck.

[oneupper]

Janish walks. He is the savior.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Draws the free pass. First baserunner for the Redlegs.

[pedro]

Ramon Hernandez

Just thought it was weird. :)

[Degenerate39]

Just thought it was weird. :)

Oh I gotcha

[oneupper]

Astros' guys say Leake looks like Leonardo DiCaprio.

[Screwball]

Wow, Janish was out by a mile. What happened there?

[_Sir_Charles_]

Janish out stealing. Missed sign?

[_Sir_Charles_]

Leake just continues to hit! 8 for 20. .400 ba.

[edabbs44]

Freel is an idiot.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Freel is an idiot.

Ummm...okay. That's kinda out of the blue.
Did I miss something on the Reds telecast?

[Ron Madden]

Freel is an idiot.

Yep.

[Screwball]

Freel is an idiot.

:D

[Degenerate39]

Ummm...okay. That's kinda out of the blue.

On the Reds feed they showed Janish's first MLB hit a walk off single against the Marlins. Freel kicked Janish in the face

[edabbs44]

Ummm...okay. That's kinda out of the blue.
Did I miss something on the Reds telecast?

They showed a clip where Janish got a GW hit and he was jumping all over Janish, pulling on his jersey and then kneed him in the face. Bloody nose.

Came from the Kendry Morales discussion.

[Tony Cloninger]

Yes...during Janish first GW hit celebration....you see doing his thing...basically being a spazolla and nailing janish in the nose.

Please...no over the top celebrations anymore...it almost looked like a gang initiation.

[oneupper]

Are we missing Joey yet?

[_Sir_Charles_]

Gotcha. I remember that one well. Agreed. Freel's an idiot.

[Tony Cloninger]

They score 35 runs in 3 games without him and beacuse they go scoreless after 3....you say that?

[edabbs44]

Are we missing Joey yet?

I'm a bit suspicious, but I won't miss him until tomorrow.

[Tony Cloninger]

They will miss Rolen more....looks like the offense is weaker without him all season.

[_Sir_Charles_]

I'm a bit suspicious, but I won't miss him until tomorrow.

Dusty's always done this. Once the guy's ready to come back, he gives him one extra day...just to be sure.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Wait, the leadoff man didn't get on? What's wrong with Leake? :O)

[Screwball]

Wait, the leadoff man didn't get on? What's wrong with Leake? :O)

Just trying to save me from copying and pasting. Good people that Leake is.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Just trying to save me from copying and pasting. Good people that Leake is.

Awfully considerate of the young fella, huh?

K #2 for Leake.

[_Sir_Charles_]

There we go. 1-2-3. Time for Mike to settle in. Now let's rip into Paulino!

63 pitches after 4 for Leake

[_Sir_Charles_]

Votto Jr, Phillips, Bruce due up.

[Screwball]

Votto Jr, Bruce, Gomes due up.

You mean Phillips and then Bruce, right?

[_Sir_Charles_]

You mean Phillips and then Bruce, right?

hehe. I tried to change it quickly. D'oh!

[reds44]

Cairo.

[_Sir_Charles_]

mini-votto! Bloop single.

[redsmetz]

Say this about Cairo, he said he knows his position on this club and he's had that his whole career. Clearly he came to this group of games, ready to play. That's an asset.

[Screwball]

You can't shut down Miguel Cairo. You can only hope to contain him.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Sharp single through the right side for BPhil

[_Sir_Charles_]

Jay looks really locked in right now.

[_Sir_Charles_]

liner the other way...at Lee though. I love him going the opposite way.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Gomes needs to clean up that mohawk. Lookin' pretty shabby. :O)

[Screwball]

Gomes doesn't look good against a righty with sharp movement.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Gomes K's on a 97 mph heater.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Nix flies out to end the inning.

Everytime I see Nix, I think of Steve Garvey. Freaking forearms like Popeye.

[WebScorpion]

Paulino's only thrown 52 pitches through 4 innings...we need to take a few more pitches and get into their bullpen as soon as possible. You gotta give Paulino credit, he's really coming after them today. He does have one game this year where he pitched 7 innings, gave up one ER, struck out 11, walked none, and took the loss. Poor guy.

[_Sir_Charles_]

K #3

[Screwball]

Manzella swung and missed at ball four. That's what insane movement gets you.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Grounder to Janish for the 2nd out.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Paulino 2 for 2.

Both pitchers....3 for 3 total. :O)

[WebScorpion]

Paulino 2 for 2.Dude hits like Mike Leake! :D

[_Sir_Charles_]

Walk #3. haven't seen his control like this since his first 2 starts.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Single to Gomes...they hold Paulino. Bases loaded. Berkman up.

[Screwball]

Leake ain't afraid to throw inside to Berkman.

[WebScorpion]

Bases loaded. Berkman up.
Time for another K.

[_Sir_Charles_]

*whew* Grounder to Ocab. 6 left stranded through 5.

[Ron Madden]

What a huge out right there.

[Screwball]

Even with the bases loaded and Berkman up, I wasn't even worried about it. Dude's a beast. :beerme:

[membengal]

mike leake is straight filthy. he absolutely does not have anywhere near his good stuff today, and has battled through five scoreless innings.

[mbgrayson]

Leake at 84 pitches through 5 (barely) scoreless innings. Given his previous pitch count cutoffs, maybe only 1 more inning.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Even though Berkman isn't himself this year, he still makes me nervous as hell.

[Tony Cloninger]

In the old days of bad Reds pitching.....that would have been over OC's head...or even into Left-Center field and over the wall.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Even with the bases loaded and Berkman up, I wasn't even worried about it. Dude's a beast.

You really should just make that your sig so you don't have to search to copy paste. :O)

[WebScorpion]

What a huge out right there.
He threw 3 straight cutters on the inside corner and then a sinker on the outside corner with a little more pace than the cutter so the old man couldn't catch up to it. Nice. :thumbup:

[mbgrayson]

Paulino should be hot and tired, having been out on the bases for a while in the top of the 5th.

[_Sir_Charles_]

This is the best I've seen Paulino all year.

Is that enough to jinx him? Paulino for Cy Young!!! How about now?

[Screwball]

This is the best I've seen Paulino all year.

Is that enough to jinx him? Paulino for Cy Young!!! How about now?

Nope. I think we need to channel Jobu or somethin'.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Janish lines out to right.

[oneupper]

Who is that guy in Berkman's uniform?

Seriously, though. Is he done?

[_Sir_Charles_]

Nope. I think we need to channel Jobu or somethin'.

I'll get the rum!

[WebScorpion]

Ramon practicing patience...the count goes full before he takes the bat off his shoulder. GO to SS

Janish not so mucch. FO on 1st pitch.

[Ron Madden]

Cards lead the Cubs 1-0 Pujols HR.

[_Sir_Charles_]

1-2-3 for Paulino after leake K's looking.

[mbgrayson]

Paulino through 5 innings on only 63 pitches. They need to find a way to get to this guy, or he will go all the way.

[Screwball]

Paulino through 5 innings on only 63 pitches. They need to find a way to get to this guy, or he will go all the way.

Their bullpen is not only taxed, but garbage as well. Patience is key. Rolen and Votto would've provided that.

[_Sir_Charles_]

*whew* I thought that was gone. Gomes hauls it in at the track.

Gomes seems to be chatting a bunch lately with the fans in LF

[WebScorpion]

Who is that guy in Berkman's uniform?

Seriously, though. Is he done?Maybe. It could just be the slowest start of his career...he's only? 34. You'd think he would have a few more good years in him. Maybe he's got a lot of nagging injuries, or maybe he's just tired of playing on losing teams. :dunno:

[_Sir_Charles_]

Leake SNAGS one! Nice reflex play there.

[GoReds]

Leake could begin a Maddux-like run of gold gloves.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Maybe. It could just be the slowest start of his career...he's only? 34. You'd think he would have a few more good years in him. Maybe he's got a lot of nagging injuries, or maybe he's just tired of playing on losing teams. :dunno:

Remember who's hitting behind him too this year. Carlos Lee has been struggling mightily too.

[Ron Madden]

Their bullpen is not only taxed, but garbage as well. Patience is key. Rolen and Votto would've provided that.

During Hernandez' ab Marty was griping about the Reds being too patient today.

[Screwball]

*whew* I thought that was gone. Gomes hauls it in at the track.

Yeah, I did too.


Gomes seems to be chatting a bunch lately with the fans in LF

The other night when I was next to the LF foul pole I asked him if he wanted a beer. He declined.

[_Sir_Charles_]

bloop single to center, but nix slips and blum heads into second. ruled a double.

[Tony Cloninger]

Leake makes it look very effortless. Looks like he could throw all day.

[_Sir_Charles_]

The other night when I was next to the LF foul pole I asked him if he wanted a beer. He declined.

Jonny being Jonny? :beerme:

[mbgrayson]

Leake makes it look very effortless. Looks like he could throw all day.

No Dusty, No!. He is too young to burn that arm up.

Leake is through six scoreless on 97 pitches.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Shallow pop to lf, Ocab's got it. Still scoreless.

I think this outing is one of Leake's most impressive so far. He's CLEARLY not got his stuff and he's still getting it done. You expect that kind of stuff from good VETS...not rooks.

[dougdirt]

Mike Leake's ERA is sitting at 2.45 on the season. Is that good?

[_Sir_Charles_]

I'm calling it. This is OUR inning!

[_Sir_Charles_]

Sharp liner RIGHT at Manzella. Dang.

[Screwball]

Shallow pop to lf, Ocab's got it. Still scoreless.

I think this outing is one of Leake's most impressive so far. He's CLEARLY not got his stuff and he's still getting it done. You expect that kind of stuff from good VETS...not rooks.

Yep, sublime stuff from Leake. Tempered of course that it's against Teh Suck that is the Astros, but still, dude's been amazing.

Now we just need some runs...

[WebScorpion]

Leake makes it look very effortless. Looks like he could throw all day.
At 97 pitches through 6 innings...he might be done if they're trying to keep his pitch counts down this year. I doubt it though...I think they leave him to see if the offense can get him a chance at the 'W'.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Really high chopper...Blum barehands it to get Cairo. Got 'em by half a step.

[pedro]

Kelch and Brantley talking about best OF arms they've ever seen.

For me that would be Dave Parker.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Kelch and Brantley talking about best OF arms they've ever seen.

For me that would be Dave Parker.

Geronimo. Not even close for me.

[mbgrayson]

Kelch and Brantley talking about best OF arms they've ever seen.

For me that would be Dave Parker.

What about Josh Hamilton?

[_Sir_Charles_]

phillips with a 2 bagger.

[Ron Madden]

Need baserunners.

[Tony Cloninger]

Mike Anderson who played for the Phillies in the middle to late 70's had a great one. He just did not hit much at all to have anyone notice it.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Phillips has got to be well up there in the league leaders in doubles. He seem to have a ton of them.

[mbgrayson]

Kelch and Brantley talking about best OF arms they've ever seen.

For me that would be Dave Parker.

Ichiro is not too bad...

[WebScorpion]

Geronimo. Not even close for me.
For me, it's either him or Clemente. I've seen both of them make throws I thought were against the laws of physics. :eek:

[guttle11]

Mike Leake's ERA is sitting at 2.45 on the season. Is that good?

Barring something stupid, Leake's batting average through May will be higher than his ERA.

[_Sir_Charles_]

DARN! I thought that was a triple for sure. Just foul.

[mth123]

Kelch and Brantley talking about best OF arms they've ever seen.

For me that would be Dave Parker.

Clemente, Ellis Valentine, Dwight Evans, Ollie Brown, Dave Winfield

[_Sir_Charles_]

For me, it's either him or Clemente. I've seen both of them make throws I thought were against the laws of physics. :eek:

Okay, I forgot Roberto. Yeah, he'd be right up there. But I'll play the homer card and stick with Cesar. But Jay's creeping on up the list at light speed.

[mth123]

Ichiro, Hamilton, Bo Jackson

[_Sir_Charles_]

Jay grounded out to short to end the inning btw. Remains scoreless after 6

[WebScorpion]

Leake's day is done...no decision. Fisher in to pitch the 7th.

[pedro]

Dave Parker made a couple of throws in an all star game, I think it was 1979, that were just shocking and will always stick in my mind.

[oneupper]

Leake's day is over. Third non-decision in a row.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bo was just a freak. Simply an amazing, amazing freak.

[membengal]

No second guessing from me, great call Dusty, regardless of outcome here.

[oneupper]

Dave Parker made a couple of throws in an all star game, I think it was 1979, that were just shocking and will always stick in my mind.

He was actually the MVP of the game because of those throws.

[_Sir_Charles_]

:clap: Great job Rook. Good call Dusty.

[Ron Madden]

No second guessing from me, great call Dusty, regardless of outcome here.

I agree.

[Screwball]

Paulino's shut down a hot offense. My hat's off to mem and PuffyPig.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Quintero hit right on the elbow. Ouch.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Humberto's staying in the game. As is Paulino. Batting for himself

[_Sir_Charles_]

almost got Quintero at first on razor's snap throw. CLOSE.

[GOYA]

Reggie Sanders had a mighty fine arm too. Teams rarely ran on him

[_Sir_Charles_]

Fly out to Jay. Paulino looks solid with the stick in his hands.

[mbgrayson]

Rhodes in to face some lefties...

[SunDeck]

Clemente, Ellis Valentine, Dwight Evans, Ollie Brown, Dave Winfield

Best throw I've ever seen was Andruw Jones when he had his cup of coffee in Durham. He threw a one hop aspirin to third base from the right/center warning track, keeping a guy from going 1st to 3rd and holding the batter to a long single. He was like a man playing among boys in (then) single A.

[pedro]

Clemente, Ellis Valentine, Dwight Evans, Ollie Brown, Dave Winfield

Ellis Vallentine definately came to mind for me.

Kelch said Geronimo.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Rhodes in for Fisher.

Garry Maddox had a cannon for Philly as I recall too. But I just saw waaaay too much of Geronimo to put him behind ANYONE on my list.

[pedro]

Best throw I've ever seen was Andruw Jones when he had his cup of coffee in Durham. He threw a one hop aspirin to third base from the right/center warning track, keeping a guy from going 1st to 3rd and holding the batter to a long single. He was like a man playing among boys in (then) single A.

I lived in Atlanta all through the 90's and even though he won the GG every year I don't think you can over estimate just how great young andruw jones was in CF. Just amazing.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Bourn nailed at 2nd by Razor to end the inning. Scoreless it remains. What a difference today is from the past week or so.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Dinger will win it. You can just feel it.

[Screwball]

Bourn nailed at 2nd by Razor to end the inning. Scoreless it remains. What a difference today is from the past week or so.

Reds win this. Mark it down.

[_Sir_Charles_]

80 pitches for Paulino

[Tony Cloninger]

Alex Gonzalez has hit his 11th Homer for the Jays. They are a nice looking team...considering they looked like a dead one after the Halladay trade.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Nix thought it was ball 4 for sure. Looked pretty good to me.

[Screwball]

Ump missed that one.

[Ron Madden]

Nix thought it was ball 4 for sure. Looked pretty good to me.

It was high and outside.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Gameday...right on the black.

You throw like he has today...you'll get a few calls.

[pedro]

Alex Gonzalez has hit his 11th Homer for the Jays. They are a nice looking team...considering they looked like a dead one after the Halladay trade.

Holy shnikies.

[Screwball]

Gameday...right on the black.

Foxtrax was up and out. My eyes were up and out. Gameday was barely in the "acceptable" zone.

Shoulda been a walk IMO.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Foxtrax was up and out. My eyes were up and out. Gameday was barely in the "acceptable" zone.

Shoulda been a walk IMO.

Notice Quintero's glove never moved an inch. I think it was closer than some think. Up for sure, but close enough to protect the plate on it.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Janish K's and has something to say about it too. Right on the black on gameday too.

[KoryMac5]

Paulino bringing some gas late in the game.

[Tony Cloninger]

Not close at all...it was near Nix's neck....and outside. Pitch track shows it way high.

[membengal]

He has something to say because the two pitches he took for "strikes" were nowhere near "strikes".

[mbgrayson]

Paulino at 91 pitches through 7 innings. He may be ok for one more, although he was straining a little there.

[GoReds]

Dusty needs to get his money's worth and get tossed. Those calls were horrible.

[mbgrayson]

Arthur Rhodes back out for the 8th...

[_Sir_Charles_]

I don't know which is right, but for what it's worth...Gameday...has all those pitches IN the zone. Both close ones to Janish AND the last pitch to Nix. And to my eyes, they looked close enough to be called strikes.

[GoReds]

The pitch to Nix was nowhere near the zone. Fox trax had the pitch out of the zone as well. Pitch to Janish was borderline, but hasn't been called all game.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Liner to Phillips. 2 down.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Price coming out. I wonder why?

[Tony Cloninger]

The Jnaish one that almost hit him.....was a border line one ...as was the last one. I mean that was like on the outside of the outside of the black.

The one to Nix...no way you swing at it without looking like a 12 year old little leaguer. It was a strike at the letters to Frank Howard maybe...but not to Nox.

[Ron Madden]

The pitch to Nix was high and outside. I'll say no more about it.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Rhodes coming out. Masset in. Rhodes was acting like he was hurt or something.

[membengal]

It looks like his sore foot again. That is worrisome.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Just out of curiosity, can we get tossed out of the game thread for arguing balls & strikes? *grin*

[_Sir_Charles_]

103,769 attendance for 3 games. :clap: Way to bring it Redsland!

[_Sir_Charles_]

K's swinging. Good job Nick!

[mbgrayson]

Masset strikes out Lee on 4 pitches. Nice...

[_Sir_Charles_]

Heisey ph

[mbgrayson]

Heisey pinch hitting for Masset, walks on 4 straight.

[Tony Cloninger]

More concerned about Rhodes. How bad has his foot been?

[TheNext44]

Small ball time

[TheNext44]

Perfect bunt, moving Heisey to second

[TheNext44]

Roy Hobbs up.

[_Sir_Charles_]

lol

[_Sir_Charles_]

Paulino at 100

[mbgrayson]

Cairo foul straight back knocks the fan's drink all over the place...oh well.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Paulino~ "I want to announce my presence with authority"

Quintero to Cairo~"here comes the fastball"

[mbgrayson]

Cairo grounds to third, Heisey holds at 2nd.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Phillips looking to hit it over the Ohio

[Ron Madden]

Paulino is going down!

[_Sir_Charles_]

Phillips walks. Bruce approaches the dish.

[mbgrayson]

Ok, now it's time for Broooooce....

[_Sir_Charles_]

How do you leave him in here?

[mbgrayson]

How do you leave him in here?

Because you have the Astros pen.

[GoReds]

After last couple of days, Astros bullpen has "do not disturb" sign posted.

[_Sir_Charles_]

3-0 to Bruce

[mbgrayson]

3-0 to Bruce

2-1 actually.

[_Sir_Charles_]

2-1 actually.

Oh, sorry. You're right.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Crud. Sharp grounder to Berkman.

[mbgrayson]

Bruce grounds to 1st.

[_Sir_Charles_]

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