Phillips - 70 starts in 4th spot
Conine - 28
Dunn - 22
Reds OBP by lineup position (rank in NL)
1st - .364 (3rd)
2nd - .362 (3rd)
3rd - .370 (10th) -- .370 looks nice, but relative to the rest of the league, not all that good
4th - .345 (12th)
5th - .355 (6th)
6th - .345 (8th)
7th - .343 (3rd)
8th - .289 (15th) -- Ugh
9th - .215 (14th) -- Ugh
When all is said and done more is said than done.
Same exercise, but with OPS:
1st - .819 (5th)
2nd - .834 (3rd)
3rd - .880 (8th)
4th - .839 (9th)
5th - .796 (7th)
6th - .797 (7th)
7th - .795 (3rd)
8th - .706 (8th)
9th - .454 (13th)
When all is said and done more is said than done.
One last observation about last nights game, which my wife and two of our kids went to. What a lovely night for a ballgame. I hadn't really guessed the attendance, but was shocked after the game when they announced it as just over 16,000. Ouch! I know it was a school night, and I'd be interested in seeing historical data for Septembers, but wow, that's a small turnout. I commented to someone around me that, in some ways, Castellini selling half price tickets last year looks a bit wise now - they would have been better off selling another 5,000 plus tickets at half price and putting some more fannies in the seats.
All in all, it was a nice game. I thought Arroyo pitched well and I liked what I saw from the relievers. I was surprised to look at the box score this a.m. and see we walked no one. Very nice.
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