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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    That looked more like the Reds we've seen all season...


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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Quote Originally Posted by Matt700wlw View Post
    That looked more like the Reds we've seen all season...
    that CS cost at least 2 runs.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Needed that deep fly ball one batter sooner.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Nothing kills a playoff atmosphere more than an Elizardo Ramirez start and a Norris Hopper leadoff CS.
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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Quote Originally Posted by Caveat Emperor View Post
    Nothing kills a playoff atmosphere more than an Elizardo Ramirez start and a Norris Hopper leadoff CS.
    ... and 4 Ellison ABs.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Quote Originally Posted by flyer85 View Post
    Hopper is as annoying as Freel
    My thoughts exactly. My 2 least favorite Reds among positional players are Hopper and Freel, largely because both have very limited skill sets, and are likely to negate anything positive they contribute with their lack of discipline on the basepaths and afield. We are so much better when guys like Freel and Hopper don't see anything more than situational playing time.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    losing the first game really took all the wind out of the sails and now letting Maholm of the hook. Game two could get ugly.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Quote Originally Posted by Caveat Emperor View Post
    Nothing kills a playoff atmosphere more than an Elizardo Ramirez start and a Norris Hopper leadoff CS.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Well, at least EdE's not benched.
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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Quote Originally Posted by flyer85 View Post
    ... and 4 Ellison ABs.
    In all honesty, the writing was on the wall the minute the pitching probables showed two lefthanders facing the Reds today. Its borderline criminal to field a ballclub that has this much of a problem with lefthanded pitching.

    They completely deserve their fate too -- they've known RH power would be a problem since they let Aurillia walk in the offseason and done nothing to correct it.
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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    So...no Hamilton in both ends? Really?

    I mean, really?

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

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    So...no Hamilton in both ends? Really?

    I mean, really?
    Correct. I have no explanation

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Every time I feel like there is a glimmer of competence with regard to this team, they stomp my hope into something unrecognizable.

    Gotta give them props for that, I guess.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Quote Originally Posted by Stormy View Post
    My thoughts exactly. My 2 least favorite Reds among positional players are Hopper and Freel, largely because both have very limited skill sets, and are likely to negate anything positive they contribute with their lack of discipline on the basepaths and afield. We are so much better when guys like Freel and Hopper don't see anything more than situational playing time.
    But the organization loves these kind of players. Speed and nothing else. It's like they lust for them. Freel, Hopper, Ellison--they all are fast, but the first two use poor judgment and the third simply cannot hit major league pitching. And yet the new manager proclaims in one of his first public statements that he's going to find a way to get Freel in every game and then starts Hopper and Ellison which was waving the white flag in the first game of this double header. Krivsky is as attached to speed as Bowden was to the multi-tool player. I don't know which was worse.

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    Re: 8/28/07 vs Pirates.....GAME TWO - the answer is no

    Quote Originally Posted by membengal View Post
    Every time I feel like there is a glimmer of competence with regard to this team, they stomp my hope into something unrecognizable.

    Gotta give them props for that, I guess.
    Hamilton IS OPS'ing .621 against lefties this season.

    Not like its that much of an offensive downgrade from anyone else in that regard, though.

    I think most righthanders would be better off just throwing with their left hands when they face the Reds.
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