8/9 Game Thread - Reds vs. Cubs

i guess i have to eat my words for stating about how horrible he is leading off. Pass the Big Heap of Crow, please. :D

Yep, Jason LaRue's my favorite Red these days.

Goes down 0-2, battles back to hit a go-ahead homer. All man all the time.

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Originally Posted by Gainesville Red

So...........I guess Larue in the 2 Spot worked okay today.

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Larue said it himself...Number 8 hitters do not see many pitches to hit. Give him a pitch to hit and watch what he does with it :thumbup:

Dunn takes strike one called on a pitch at the ankles. He turned and said something to the ump.

Now he chases a pitch shoulder height. He's been swinging at a lot of bad pitches lately, but it's hard to blame him with the umps calling everything a strike.

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Originally Posted by NJReds

Guess you haven't been on the Reds mlb.com board...

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Or remember the Keep Randa Trade EE thread

Dusty didn't want to use two pitchers in that situation, so he was forced to use Ohhhhhman against the right handed hitting LaRue. Big mistake.

And I ask again, why use Kerry Wood last night in a 9-0 blowout for an inning when you can save him one more day and use him in a close game.

Dusty baffles me sometimes.

Dunn strikes out. 2 outs.

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Originally Posted by M2

Yep, Jason LaRue's my favorite Red these days.

Goes down 0-2, battles back to hit a go-ahead homer. All man all the time.

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It still amazes me how underappreciated the guy is. We see threads pretty regularly and I'm always stunned at some of the responses.

The Cubs' radio announcer called this "a Red Hot Day".

Casey grounds out to 2nd. 4-3 Reds mid 8th.

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Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine

Dunn takes strike one called on a pitch at the ankles. He turned and said something to the ump.

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He probably said that would be a strike if I was 2 feet tall.

:bang:

I highly disagree with Jason Standridge pitching the 8th, going through the middle of the Cubs order in a tight game, whether or not it works out. Belisle should be the one up right now, and if he's doing the ninth, then Weathers should be in the 8th. Standridge is due for a correction any day, I'd rather not find out up one run late.

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Originally Posted by Puffy

Dusty didn't want to use two pitchers in that situation, so he was forced to use Ohhhhhman against the right handed hitting LaRue. Big mistake.

And I ask again, why use Kerry Wood last night in a 9-0 blowout for an inning when you can save him one more day and use him in a close game.

Dusty baffles me sometimes.

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I think Dusty even baffles himself most of the time.

Rem

Reds on pace to have 11 hitters hit 10 or more homeruns this season, wow.

Aurilia, Valentin, Pena, Casey, Kearns, Griffey, Dunn, Larue, Randa, Lopez, with EdE being a longshot.

Larue/valentin is a very valuable catching combo.