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    Re: 9/10: Reds vs. Pirates--IT'S SLUMP BUSTER TIME

    Maholm has always had the Reds number. I feel fortunate that we won a game he started, his stats vs other teams notwithstanding


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    Re: 9/10: Reds vs. Pirates--IT'S SLUMP BUSTER TIME

    Quote Originally Posted by NJReds View Post
    - Coco blows a save by allowing four hits to the five batters he faces
    - From the 3rd inning to the 11th inning the Reds offense managed 1 hit and K'd 10 times
    - Maholm had allowed 15 runs in his previous 7 innings before befuddling the Reds.
    - They make Mr. DFA ... Chan Ho Park ... look like Mariano Rivera

    I understand why the posters were frustrated last night.
    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.
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    Re: 9/10: Reds vs. Pirates--IT'S SLUMP BUSTER TIME

    That got out of hand fast! Brock killed a man with a trident!

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    Re: 9/10: Reds vs. Pirates--IT'S SLUMP BUSTER TIME

    Quote Originally Posted by PuffyPig View Post
    Do U have any idea how stupid this makes U sound....?
    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.
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    Re: 9/10: Reds vs. Pirates--IT'S SLUMP BUSTER TIME

    Quote Originally Posted by dsmith421 View Post
    I will never understand why people choose to read game threads ex post facto and then complain about a lack of perspective by the posters involved. Of course there's a lack of perspective, the actual game is occurring. Furthermore, the majority of last night's game thread, particularly after the Coco choke-o, was gallows humor.
    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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    Re: 9/10: Reds vs. Pirates--IT'S SLUMP BUSTER TIME

    Quote Originally Posted by redsmetz View Post
    Re: dropping Harang, you've set best. And I'd agree with them. We all know Harang's gone next season, but you don't diss his years of service here just as we finally may be reaching the promised land. Cold is exactly the word for it.
    Totally agree w/ this. I think that would not only be beyond cold, but I think that could, potentially, hurt the Reds, long-term in regards to getting players to come here.


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