I know they haven't played much, but the call ups don't really look like game changers. Doesn't look like any are major league caliber.
I know they haven't played much, but the call ups don't really look like game changers. Doesn't look like any are major league caliber.
Last edited by malcontent; 09-17-2014 at 10:39 PM.
Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement. --- Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
Generally speaking, they aren't game changers. Rodriguez is the only guy who will be among the Reds Top 10 prospects and he will be 22-years-old NEXT season. He has a chance to be a game changer. The others are potential parts.
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If we get a normal Bruce back and a healthy Votto and the pitchers are healthy we will be looking at the cellar.... from way up top.
WVRedsFan (09-18-2014)
There's the walk. Still hope. Is Rondon a lefty? Guess it doesn't matter.
Last edited by texasdave; 09-17-2014 at 10:39 PM.
Nice at bat by Bruce to end the game...............1 pitch.
Reds now a season low 11 games under .500 at 71-82.
With this loss and the Pirates win the Reds are officially eliminated from the post season.
“The guys we've had for the most part have been serviceable at this level.”
KittyDuran (09-18-2014)
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In the 54 seasons I have been a Reds fan (almost from birth), I've suffered through 21 losing seasons. The years 1966, 1971, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011 were frustrating, but not as frustrating as 2014. The managers who participated in this carnage were Dave Bristol, Sparky Anderson (who got fired after his first losing season), Russ Nixon, Pete Rose, Tommy Helms, Lou Peinella (the year after the World Championship), Tony Perez/Davey Johnson, Ray Knight, Jack Mackeon, Bob Boone, Dave Miley, Jerry Narron, Pete Mac, Dusty Baker, and Brian Price. I would say that 2014 is the most frustrating. Bristol, Soarky,Rose, Sweet Lou, Davey, and Baker were well-known winners, but recovered to win. the rest were fodder. Thank Gawd there were 33 wining seasons in thaty time period. I see nothing but 1997-1997-2009 in our future without wholesale changes in ownership, front office, and the dugout. I do not want to live through that period again.
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Roy Tucker (09-18-2014)
Sorry, I did mean to say Cubs. They have had a AAA lineup most of the season themselves.Too bad teams won't charge by the level of their play.
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Sparky wasn't fired after his first losing season. Sparky first and only losing season with the Reds was 1971. Wagner and his stupidity fired him after 1978. They finished that season,IIRC, only 3 or 4 games behind the Dodgers.
I went back and looked up 1978. Reds won 92 games that season and finshed 2.5 behind the Dodgers. Makes Wagner looked that much more of a moron.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/Y_1978.htm
Last edited by cumberlandreds; 09-18-2014 at 07:45 AM.
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