Fastball called strike three REDS WIN
Fastball called strike three REDS WIN
The Card announcers make me appreciate GG and Welsh.Originally Posted by Reds/Flyers Fan
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Speed and defense?
2nd error this past week or so that I have seen charged to Phillips that really wasn't his fault. Oh well.
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
This whole game was like the anti-Reds. Baserunning errors, porous defense, the bullpen not up to snuff, a 5th starter doing well, timely hitting, the 1-2 hitters actually producing at the plate. Seriously, what the hell is in the water tonight?
I disagree, go for an out. It cost nothing to try.
Well that 9th inning took a few years off my life.Holy cow, I know a win is a win but can anything be easy with these guys?!!? LOL
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
Cost the Reds a run in a game that they won by 1. Neither player was ready to take that throw by Phillips. So he air mails it to space. Lots of blame to go around on that play.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
I like Hanigan but I'm afraid he turns into Paul Bako after 300 ABs.
I wish noting but the best for Justin Lehr but hard hit balls have a funny way of turning into base hits, extra base hits and runs scored, no matter how good your defense is.
I'll be rooting for Lehr but sooner or later your luck runs out.
Last edited by Ron Madden; 08-12-2009 at 03:31 AM.
That was a weird game. Even as the Cards were collecting the hits, there was never the feeling that they were going to bust it open. In fairness, for every at-em ball, there were about 3 dribblers for hits as well off Lehr. That 9th inning was nuts, but you could tell Holliday wasn't seeing the ball off Coco. For some reason, he looked lost in that AB.
We had 7 W's, they had 2. Lehr, despite the hits, walked only 1 in 6. We turned two infield DP's. For me, in some ways the story of the game was our missed opportunties. We could have closed that game out several times long before the end.
As long as he still maintains a decent number of walks, limits his strikeouts...I'm fine with him. His defense makes him a more than capable starter IMO.
But this will be his challenge. Once pitchers realize he can't get more than a single, no one will walk him. IMO, he'll never have the SLG to be an everyday guy. He's going to have to be very lucky to have a .675 OPS.
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