8-18-24 Reds vs Royals 1:40 PM

[TheBigLebowski]

I wonder if David will be going to Toronto.

He’s not getting fired. His seat isn’t even warm.

[WVRedsFan]

After the first two games, I visited with family, knowing the expected result. Someone needs to so something to light a fire. The funeral director we have managing wont do it. That's the problem no matter.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

He’s not getting fired. His seat isn’t even warm.

Probably not even in your or my lifetime. Mediocrity is accepted here.

[Cahill]

I keep thinking about that quote from Lou Piniella in the Enquirer earlier this week when he said 'Every time I put the uniform on I wanted to kick your a$$. Can anybody imagine David Bell ever saying something like that?

[OldFashionedRed]

Probably not even in your or my lifetime. Mediocrity is accepted here.

Oh, it'll happen in our lifetime. It's just baseball might look something like this by then:

- automated ump
- furry caps on the helmets just like the NFL
- VR where we can visit the game, and before the game so that we can watch Bell shell his seeds and count them
- mound that goes up and down depending on the height of the batter
- timeouts
- yellow cards
- contraption that Marte wears that slings his arm forward after the first double-pump
- a cornfield windmill version of House since all runners are sent home whether they're on third, second or first or even waiting on the next pitch

[Maldez]

Probably not even in your or my lifetime. Mediocrity is accepted here.

Mediocrity would've been a delight this series...instead we got a train wreck. The stench of losing fills my nostrils.

[klw]

[Ky Fried Redleg]

I can honestly say that this is the first time this season that I have really been profoundly disappointed in my beloved Reds. Yes, they've played some bad baseball before(many times) but this is the first time that , I feel like, after the opening game setback, they just mailed in the remainder of the series. You can get swept at home and still give your best. But you cannot get swept at home by a tally of 28-3 and say that you gave your best. This team lacked fire this series. They hung it up after Friday's loss. Totally unacceptable. Someone needs to be held accountable but no one will. This is a not an organization where accountability is demanded of everyone, or anyone, for that matter.

Some folks on here poo poo the idea that this club needs some veteran leaders who will hold their teammates accountable. You know, a Scott Rolen or Greg Vaughn-type who would chew some ass after the display we saw this weekend. Leadership like Rolen, Vaughn, and others is an invaluable and often overlooked intangible that can make the difference between a team fading in the second half and a team making a playoff push. The bottomline is this team is not good enough and needs better players but it doesn't help when there is such a void of veteran leaders who could help the team hold things together when morale is fading and things are starting to spiral out of control.

I'll shut up now.


"I can't complain but sometimes I still do." ---Joe Walsh

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Espjnal with three of the Reds 7 hits. His average continues to climb. Now batting at .253, after a slow start to the season.

[Sea Ray]

Espjnal with three of the Reds 7 hits. His average continues to climb. Now batting at .253, after a slow start to the season.

He's not going to win any Silver Slugger awards this year but he's had more good months than bad so you gotta give him credit for that

[Tony Cloninger]

I would think most teams may have similar records percentage wise when scoring those amount of runs. It's the frequency this offense sucks that is the takeaway. The explosions against total garbage teams make the run differential better than it should be and fool people into thinking the offense and hitting strategy doesn't suck.

The 1975 Reds. 6-33 when scoring 2 runs or less.

But 11-9 when scoring 3 runs. Their pitching was always underrated because lack of CG and besides Gullett. Barely 2-1 SO to BB ratios. It was a pitch to contact staff.