My bad on the All-Star note. That was the two previous seasons. Dusty did start Frazier over Rolen in game 4. Didn't much help, so he went back to Rolen for game 5 and Rolen went 2-5.
Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch. Moan, moan, moan. Dusty's sooooooo stupid. Let's hate the only good baseball the Reds have played this century. Or, isn't there some sport you like?
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
redsfanmia (01-28-2020)
Yep, loved everything about a few of those teams, except for one, Dusty Baker. He's a failure because failures miss out on championships when theY have the better team. Just about every time he's lost in the playoffs, he's lost to the underdog. Either he's very unlucky, or he's a miserable failure when it comes to post season. I don't believe in coincidences happening over and over to the same person, so that leaves FAILURE.
Phoenix2 (01-28-2020)
I never understood the vitriol for the Dustbuster. He wasn’t perfect, but no manager is. He’s a good dude, ran a good clubhouse, and won a fair amount of games. Give me that guy.
HokieRed (01-28-2020),jimbo (01-28-2020),pedro (01-29-2020),REDREAD (01-31-2020),RedsfaninMT (01-28-2020),Roy Tucker (01-29-2020)
"Lemonade requires a significant amount of sugar. Otherwise, you've just made lemon juice."
Again, if the Reds had a decent manager, the Giants wouldn't have won the 2012 World Series. What they did in 2010 and 2014 is irrelevant to walking into GAB and sweeping 3 games to win series 3-2. I'm going to guess that you weren't around for the 1970s or 1990 World Series. Because if you had, you're standards wouldn't be so ridiculously low.
If that was the only time, I'd cut him slack. But Dusty made a habit of pulling defeat out of the jaws of victory in the post season his whole career.
Don't get me started on using Harang and Volquez in relief in a meaningless 18 inning game in San Diego. I suppose the fact that Harang, our ace for a few years right up until that game, was never same and it took Volquez about 7 years to return to form was also some coincidence?
But I'm done arguing with you. Anybody that can justify using Scott Rolen over Todd Frazier for the post season is just as stupid as Dusty.
Last edited by foster15; 01-28-2020 at 09:47 PM.
westofyou (01-28-2020)
(Referring to Jack Hannahan signing with a Korean team)
Since there are no teams on the moon, I guess South Korea's far enough from Cincinnati to satisfy me.
-RichRed
westofyou (01-28-2020)
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