I think 0 for 8 of it was the cleanup and 5 hole hitter. Since they stink, the guys getting on ahead of them are just base clogging. I'm not sure if that number was plate appearances or ABs, but all three runs were scored on outs, "that's what you call manufacturing a run" as Brantley put it. At some point, you would think the "manufacturing runs" crowd would realize that mass production is always beneficial when you are wanting quantity over quality, and while the fine art of doing something slowly and one at a time can be a beautiful thing like scoring a run with a fast guy, a stolen base and two outs to get him in, when its quantity you want, give me mass production methods, like guys on base, then extra base hits from good power hitters in the middle of the order to mass produce runs. Because the manufacturing runs with a minimum of baserunners and hits is losing baseball, which is what the Reds are in season two of doing with this constipated offense.Originally Posted by VR
