This cues Ned Yost to hook Capellan and bring on righty Julio Santana and his impressive strikeout total but mediocre ERA (4.57). Lopez works the count to 2-2, but then watches a third strike. End of inning, 2-0 Brewers going to bottom of 8.
This cues Ned Yost to hook Capellan and bring on righty Julio Santana and his impressive strikeout total but mediocre ERA (4.57). Lopez works the count to 2-2, but then watches a third strike. End of inning, 2-0 Brewers going to bottom of 8.
Alan Simpson, the True Creepy.
Allan Simpson comes on to pitch the eighth and retires Brady Clark on a fly ball, but walks JJ Hardy. Kent Mercker comes on and whiffs Lyle Overbay and gets Carlos Lee on a fly to left.
To the top of 9, 2-0 Brewers.
Derrick Turnbow, former Rule 5 pick and banned-supplement user, on to close for Milwaukee. Has any franchise been better at combing the scrap heap for usable bullpenners?
Oh my. I just lifted up a rock and what did I find underneath? All kinds of Adam Dunn bashers crawling out. Might we be hearing from some of them before the day is over?
Dunn follows up a great game last night(2 for 3, homerun, double, 2 walks) with a horrible one today(four strikeouts.)
Adam Dunn leads off and quickly gets in front 2-0. Strike looking, foul, ball three, foul, strike three looking. That would be four for AD today and 162 for the season. Somewhere, from a high place, BadFundamentals readies his leap into the wild blue yonder. The rest of us just drink, or think about drinking.
My rant wasn't meant as a bash on Dunn by himself. At least he shows up to play and is in the lineup everyday. Of course, if he put the ball into play today, that wouldn't be so bad either....
Javy Valentin runs the count all the way out, then flies out to right. It's up to Austin Kearns, 0-for-3 with a pair of Ks.
money says Kearns K's looking
My point was there are two sides to every story and just because Dunn struck out three times (now 4) doesn't mean he didn't try.Originally Posted by Centralchamps05
You'd be the first person who would blame the Reds if Pena, Casey, or Griffey got hurt worse. What would your reaction be if they went out there and got hurt and missed all next season? You'd blame O'Brien and Narron and you would be on here saying they should get the boot for it. There is no reason to risk further injury when the games don't affect the Reds chance of the playoffs.
Ball one to Kearns. Ball two. A strike looking, then a pair of fouls.
...and a grounder to third ends it. A three-hit, two-walk shutout for the Brew Crew today.
I finally got the Reds internet radio to work. Now that the game is over. It wouldn't work last couple weeks.
I usually reserve a rant like this for my dog. She'll at least listens to me enthusiastically while hoping she'll hear me say "walk" or "eat" or "get your bone".Originally Posted by Centralchamps05
If I direct to anyone else, they say "how 'bout dem Bengals?".
But I usually feel a little better post-rant.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
My point is this, these guys haven't been very tough all year. Maybe it is wiser to not play them the last few games, but it seems to be the same story every year.
I'm frustrated. We still haven't been told why Griffey's foot sprain wasn't healing. And while I know Casey had a concussion, how long does that take to come back from? How severe was it?
I want players who'll play all bandaged up. Maybe they don't exist, maybe they never did. But as a fan that is what I want to see on my favorite team.
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