Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
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VR
and you know his story.
My favorite part of "you know his story" is that even though we supposedly know a story, George likes to tell it to us anyways
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
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WVRedsFan
I was thinking about a good comeback, but you supplied it. We went along with Hairston's fantastic numbers over a short period of time and we got exactly what we deserved. Not much. And starting people because they come from a certain area is stupid. They should be starting Balentien every day because he has potential. McDonald has not.
It's stupid unless you have a lot of family members in town to watch you play (which I believe he does). In which case, I'm actually fine with it.
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
BTW, last night they celebrated 30 years of SportsCenter last night and guess who was the first guest? George Grande. They also showed old clips while he was on the network 30 years ago. You can't escape him.
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
Homer's pounding the zone with his best pitch. He's learning.
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
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Brutus the Pimp
It's stupid unless you have a lot of family members in town to watch you play (which I believe he does). In which case, I'm actually fine with it.
And that relates to winning a ball game how?
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
Bailey strikes out.
SEND HIM DOWN! :O)
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Corky grounded out to short.
Homer K'ed.
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Stubbs walks(!) 1 on, two out.
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Nice AB there from Drew. 0-2 and works the walk.
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Wonder why Janish was bunting?
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Stubbs caught stealing, but I'm not sure he didn't get in before the tag. 0-0 after 2 1/2.
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Nailed trying to swipe second. Stubbs has impressed me overall, but he seems to get pretty poor jumps on his stolen base attempts.
His speed compensates quite a bit, but somebody should work on him with getting secondary leads and such. Eric Davis would be a good choice I'd think
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
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WVRedsFan
And that relates to winning a ball game how?
It doesn't. But you have a group of players that are supposedly good enough to play at this level. You've got to trust them to play once in a while. If they're not good enough, they shouldn't be there.
Even then, players (in theory) are not going to start every game anyhow. So I don't mind rewarding a guy in an isolated case with a start in his hometown.
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
Stubbs thrown out, but it is pretty hard to steal on a 98 MPH fastball and a perfect throw
Re: 9/7/09 - Reds vs. Rockies
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WVRedsFan
I was thinking about a good comeback, but you supplied it. We went along with Hairston's fantastic numbers over a short period of time and we got exactly what we deserved. Not much. And starting people because they come from a certain area is stupid. They should be starting Balentien every day because he has potential. McDonald has not.
McDonald's numbers since the call up likewise warranted a start. Being from Denver is just icing on the cake. It's happened since time immemorable.