Maholm has always had the Reds number. I feel fortunate that we won a game he started, his stats vs other teams notwithstanding
Maholm has always had the Reds number. I feel fortunate that we won a game he started, his stats vs other teams notwithstanding
I don't. Kind of thing happens all the time. It's a long season and night to night some guys you don't expect to get the job done do and some you expect to get the job done don't. Any one game in MLB is probably about the hardest thing in the major sports to predict, which is something that keeps me coming back for more. Sure it can be frustrating when guys perform outside their norms, but I really do not understand why people don't get that on a nightly basis, there is little predictability to an MLB game.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
That got out of hand fast! Brock killed a man with a trident!
The beginning of that at bat was worse than the previous at bat that Rolen looked terrible on.
Furthermore, I was baiting fate. I knew it when I posted it. Kind of a "come on Rolen shut LoganBuck up thing". If you read back further to the ninth when he came up you will see me urging Rolen on.
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
I said up front I had read the entire thread, but I just went back to read the original post about Votto getting it. The poster said:
Has anyone ever seen a whole team choke like this? I mean our "mvp" candidate doesn't get hit in the arm and yet he is so scared he sprints to 1b and pretends to be hit.
How has nobody mentioned that our best hitter was scared to hit?
I stand by my critique. That was an absurd statement. Base runners, no matter how they come about, are essential. Having two on with no out, moving a runner up to scoring position, is critical. We're sweating every pitch of every game. I understand that. I turned the game off last night and lamented to my wife, "we're going to blow this, aren't we?" - so I understand the frustration.
But it's not gutless to take a base. It's imperative. It was just a silly statement.
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