6-30-22 Reds @ Cubs 8:05 PM

[Red Raindog]

Now officially very ugly


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[Ron Madden]

I had a phone call and missed what happened after Derek Johnson went to the mound to talk to Ashcraft

[membengal]

SIGH

[durl]

Gonna be another ugly game. Ashcraft can't hang a 95mph pitch over the heart of the plate like that.

[KeefeCato]

Ballgame and tomorrow will be a disaster as well.
Pitching matchup
Minor vs. Fried.

[Red Raindog]

I had a phone call and missed what happened after Derek Johnson went to the mound to talk to Ashcraft

I missed it also but I don’t think it helped much



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[Ron Madden]

Cubs 6
Reds 0
end of the 2nd

[NebraskaRed]

GABP attendance is already down this year, but how low can it go? How many people are really going to be attending games in August or September at this point?

The Marlins did $1 tickets a few years ago, the Reds should look into that.

[durl]

I really hate making the Cubs look like a first place team.

[TheBigLebowski]

Ok. I tried. Watching this team is a lot like stabbing yourself in the butt with a nerf sword.

It doesn’t hurt anyone, but it’s weird and pointless.

[malcontent]

There’s a lot of good in Ashcraft, but there are also worrisome traits.

Throws 98-100 but doesn’t miss many bats.

Only throws 2 pitches well.

Struggles with control more than one would like.

But I love the arm, sharp slider and the ground ball tendencies. If there is such a thing as a pitcher designed for GABP, it’d be him.

Could really use an effective changeup. Has only thrown one less than 2% of the time.

[Ron Madden]

Ballgame and tomorrow will be a disaster as well.
Pitching matchup
Minor vs. Fried.

I can remember a whole lot of slugfest played in this ballpark, this game might not be over yet.

[KeefeCato]

GABP attendance is already down this year, but how low can it go? How many people are really going to be attending games in August or September at this point?

The Marlins did $1 tickets a few years ago, the Reds should look into that.

September will be the lowest point in stadium history IMO. Team will be closing in on 100 loses by then.
Castillo and Mahle will be gone. Greene will be shutdown by then.
High school, and College football plus the Bengals will kill the weekend attendance.
In September with school in session even the BRM didn't draw weekday games.

[KeefeCato]

I can remember a whole lot of slugfest played in this ballpark, this game might not be over yet.

I would agree if the Reds had even a semblance of a bullpen.

[malcontent]

Hendricks may have struck out more guys with an 80-mph changeup than anyone in history.