“In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things.
The Baseball Bookstore
http://tsc-sales.com/
http://tscsales.blogspot.com/
http://silverscreenbooks.com/
That's rough with the long drive since there's still no guarantees Bruce will be starting tomorrow. I'll be waiting until the lineups are up tomorrow before making the final decision to head down. He better be starting, but you never know what kind of Dustification the Reds will try to pass for not starting Bruce tomorrow.
The Lost Decade Average Season: 74-88
2014-22 Average Season: 71-91
Dusty may want to ease him into the lineup....after all, Corey Patterson's a stud.
can he pitch on Wednesday to rest the rotation?
Well, now I know what I'm doing tomorrow night.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
With Cueto on on the mound (or Harang or Arroyo):
Hairston SS
Dunn LF
Bruce RF
EdE 3B
Votto 1B
Phillips 2B
Patterson CF
Any old stiff C
With Volquez or other ground ball guys:
Freel CF
Dunn LF
Bruce RF
EdE 3B
Votto 1B
Phillips 2B
Janish SS
Any old stiff C
Flip flop Bruce and Phillips against a LHP. Bako is probably the best stiff of the moment to catch, but I'd be looking to upgrade by using some one's grandmother back there.
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
For a split second I ALMOST looked that word up... :Dustification
2024 Reds record attending: 1-02024 Dragons record attending: 0-02024 Y'Alls record attending: 0-0
"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops." - Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran
Soooo....Who was right?
Who called it yesterday?
Oh yeah. The guy who's girlfriend's brother in law went to 31 flavors.
Oh..and Chip....
Face!:
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
I put Griffey at 1st, Votto in right, and Bruce in center with Patterson selling peanuts in the stand.
My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!
Walk up ticket sales just increased tomorrow.
So the mth suggested lineup has EE hitting cleanup. This subtle dig at Phillips is not exactly borne out by the statistics. EE has an OPS of .754. Phillips .882. People can spin this any way they want. They can use any stat line they want. Right now, EE is fortunate to be hitting sixth and Phillips is hitting like a powerhouse.
Realistically --
Hairston -- SS
Bruce -- CF
Griffey -- RF
Phillips -- 2B
Dunn -- LF
EE -- 3B
Votto -- 1B
Bako -- C
Pitcher
and againt lefties --
Same lineup except Ross catches and hits eighth.
And sometimes against lefties Griffey should sit --
Freel -- CF
Janish -- SS
Bruce -- CF
Phillips -- 2b
Dunn -- LF
EE -- 3B
Votto -- 1B
Ross -- C
With Bruce the Reds need to sign Dunn and add a righty power hitting outfielder (center or right) and a good catcher. And bring up the young arms as they develop. And then you have a team.
Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please. |