I just texted my son up at The OSU and he wrote back, "Come pick me up! We're going!" Na, probably not.
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That's rough with the long drive since there's still no guarantees Bruce will be starting tomorrow. I'll be waiting until the lineups are up tomorrow before making the final decision to head down. He better be starting, but you never know what kind of Dustification the Reds will try to pass for not starting Bruce tomorrow.
Dusty may want to ease him into the lineup....after all, Corey Patterson's a stud.
can he pitch on Wednesday to rest the rotation?
Well, now I know what I'm doing tomorrow night.
With Cueto on on the mound (or Harang or Arroyo):
Hairston SS
Dunn LF
Bruce RF
EdE 3B
Votto 1B
Phillips 2B
Patterson CF
Any old stiff C
With Volquez or other ground ball guys:
Freel CF
Dunn LF
Bruce RF
EdE 3B
Votto 1B
Phillips 2B
Janish SS
Any old stiff C
Flip flop Bruce and Phillips against a LHP. Bako is probably the best stiff of the moment to catch, but I'd be looking to upgrade by using some one's grandmother back there.
For a split second I ALMOST looked that word up... :p:Quote:
Dustification
Soooo....Who was right?
Who called it yesterday?
Oh yeah. The guy who's girlfriend's brother in law went to 31 flavors.
Oh..and Chip....
Face!:p:
I put Griffey at 1st, Votto in right, and Bruce in center with Patterson selling peanuts in the stand.
Walk up ticket sales just increased tomorrow.
So the mth suggested lineup has EE hitting cleanup. This subtle dig at Phillips is not exactly borne out by the statistics. EE has an OPS of .754. Phillips .882. People can spin this any way they want. They can use any stat line they want. Right now, EE is fortunate to be hitting sixth and Phillips is hitting like a powerhouse.
Realistically --
Hairston -- SS
Bruce -- CF
Griffey -- RF
Phillips -- 2B
Dunn -- LF
EE -- 3B
Votto -- 1B
Bako -- C
Pitcher
and againt lefties --
Same lineup except Ross catches and hits eighth.
And sometimes against lefties Griffey should sit --
Freel -- CF
Janish -- SS
Bruce -- CF
Phillips -- 2b
Dunn -- LF
EE -- 3B
Votto -- 1B
Ross -- C
With Bruce the Reds need to sign Dunn and add a righty power hitting outfielder (center or right) and a good catcher. And bring up the young arms as they develop. And then you have a team.