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And Votto's struggling right now. Phillips is the better player this month.

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Remember, Dan thinks that Stubbs is a future HOF'er and Bruce is the future MVP. :rolleyes:

I like Phillips, he and Votto are about the only players who come to play every day, as I have said before. :bh

Votto has had little opportunity to drive in runners with empty bases. Put some runners on for him and allow him to play baseball. Phillips is doing better because he is essentially a leadoff hitter for the second inning. ;)

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Phillips, Votto, Hernandez, Hanigan, Rolen(?), Arroyo, and Cueto are the only ones who haven't looked horrible at this point. Hanigan can't hit, but he has decent at-bats and he calls a helluva game. Rolen and Cueto have been on the DL already too much, and Hernandez only gets limited field time. He should have been the DH every game in Cleveland. Hanigan behind the plate and Hernandez as DH.

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Maloney and Frazier called up. Volquez and Smith sent down. Danny R Herrera has been DFA.

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We should have made Gomes DFA.

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And we should have left Maloney down in Louisville. Id take Willis over this clown, but Willis is hurt and probably about to go on the DL.

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Piss poor pathetic. 6 straight.

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Drew Stubbs 0'fer, 3K's. MVP! MVP! :rolleyes:

Man the Reds play a decent team or two and they can't come close to competing. Playoff rematch, my ass. They didn't even belong on the diamond with them. Below .500 against teams with a winning record, heck they have only played 11 games against winning teams and they stink up the joint. :td

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Agreed.

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We suck right now :r

We will turn it around soon.

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It was funny a couple of days ago. Now it just stinks.
Maybe this thread needs to be moved to the Thoughts and Prayers section.:sad



Once again, why was Maloney called back up?

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I think the more important question is why the heck is Gomes still on this team?

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B/c he was a vital part to our team winning last year. Although he slumped in the second half of the season, it was Gomes that started the momentum last may which took us to first place. I think they're waiting for a while to see if he will get on a roll again, then trade him when it comes closer to the trade deadline. I'm not sure if he has options at this point, and it would be useless to have him DFA.

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I would love to see him DFA'ed. No one is going to claim him and pay 1.25 million to a guy not hitting above .200. So, we can then send him to AAA. If he refuses, he gets no money.

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But he could be part of a trade bundle. I'd rather see us get something of value in return for him.

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Did Dan actually just participate in sports discussion? :hm

More importantly, how come Dusty still hasn't shaken up this lineup? And why are they not seriously considering a package for Reyes? :sh

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I see what you are saying, but do you think we could actually get something in return for him?

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Did you guys see Joey Votto's SportsCenter commercial? It is pretty good. It is about halfway down on the page: http://www.espn1530.com/pages/lancesBlog.html

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Too far from trade deadline? It was posed to me on another board that most trades of any significance do NOT happen this early in the year. I looked it up, and other than the big trade with Piazza back in 98 (and that was due to personal conflicts), I couldn't find any.

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Stubbs and Bruce look AWESOME tonight.:r

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Reds win! Reds win! :tu :banger :tu :banger :tu

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...about damn time!

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I missed Dan's smileys this week.

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I am glad I could cheer you up :banger :noon :noon :banger:noon

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Frazier up, Frazier down. Moonlight Graham?

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:r

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Uggghhhh.... top of the 16th. I think I am going to bed.

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I'm with you, Dan. I'll find out how it ends in the morning...:hn


:sleep:

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Cowards! :D

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Sissies.:td

Probably better, you missed the Reds not being able to score on a position player pitching for the Phils. And some questionable decisions by Dusty :hm

Dan missed his boy going 0'fer in extras. Kind of like a normal game for him though I suppose. MVP!MVP! :rolleyes:

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Some people have jobs ;)

What did Dusty do?

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:tg

I fell asleep about ten minutes too early.:td I saw Votto and Bruce's horrible at bats against the second baseman. That should have been the game winner there.


Three more outs and I would have made it.

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Why are Reds batters even pulling their bats off their shoulders? Just go Drew Stubbs and watch pitches go by, if he strikes you out, more power to him. :sh

Dusty had pitchers in his bullpen, but stuck with the same guy even with the bases loaded and one out. Heck, they even had Arroyo, he only made it 2.2 innings the other day. :hm

Phillips had the game winning run but gets caught chatting it up and not paying attention :td

Stubbs looked poised for a career day at 2 for 4 with 2 runs. Then ends up thowing 3 K's in there and finished right on track at 2-9. Nice 'play' in the outfield dropping the fly ball after getting turned around twice leading to Ibanez's 'triple'. Is Reyes still available? :rolleyes:

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What Phillips did was stupid, but I am not going to give him a hard time about it. Think about how many games he has won us with his gold glove defense.

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Phillips did look bad on that one last night. CoCo should have thrown a curveball rather than that fastball. PHillies couldn't hit curve balls all night. Stubbs looked horrible, Rolen 0-7, Bruce was great though, just couldn't produce later in the game. He put us in the game twice in one night. It was someone else's turn after that.

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Reds get dominated again :bh

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Bruce has come through as of late and Janish actually did something at the plate today. Hitting is SLOWLY coming around, but now our pitching has completely fallen apart. Bailey about to go on the DL? Jesus.

Atlanta's offense has been worse than ours lately, but I still say they kick our tails yet again...:hn
Phillies didn't have a single player in today's lineup that was above .300, so Atlanta will probably have a field day against us.

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Drew Stubbs is so awesome! He went from 50 to 60 strikeouts in only 4 games. One away from first place :banger

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And this one belongs to the Reds! :noon :noon :noon :banger :tu

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The Reds did a good job taking advantage of the errors today, got the bounces and the game. Not bad. 2-8 in the last 10 isn't great, but you have to start somewhere. :hm

Oh and Dan, defend your boy please. He is trying to play his way to Louisville the last few games. Its a good thing they can win when he doesn't get on base. Drew Stubbs for MVP! 0 for 6, 4 K's. Great stat line there :td

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Forget about Stubbs, Bruce has become the man lately. Almost to .300, leads the NL in HRs, has become a clutch hitter. The only thing I can rag on him is his defense and high strikeout rate. I'll take strikeouts anyday if he can produce and win ballgames for us though.

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Reds Bleh :td :bh :( :sh

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We're not winning, but at least we're not getting our @$$es handed to us. Extra innings means we're competitive.

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They've been out scored 40-67 over the last 11. Take out the two wins and its 29 - 63. I wouldn't exactly call that being competitive. :hm

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Take out the Pittsburgh and Cleveland games.

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Why does Drew Stubbs always look so dumbfounded when he strikes out? He does it so often, you would think he would be used to it by now. :hm

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Dang.

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Another day, another loss. This one lost by a blown call? What say you?

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In real time he is out, most replays are inconclusive, and even the best angle looks close. I think the umpire was definitely influenced by the fact the throw was well ahead of Janish. :2

The best offense in baseball scored one run, going to be tough to win. Looks like they can't hit good pitching again. Terrible lapses in judgement this road trip, even Phillips and Votto included. Need to get their heads right with the Brew Crew coming to town. And Stubbs looks like he is much more comfortable stinking up the joint. :td

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Drew Stubbs, 20 strikeouts to 1 walk in the last 10 games, Reyes, 0 strikeouts in his last 10. Reyes leads all SS in nearly every offensive category. Stubbs leads the MLB in watching 3rd strikes. Can we make this trade now? An upgrade at two positions. Look at trying to get Liriano too and the Reds might be on to something. Janish can go to Minnesota, they need a SS, Reds can probably unload about 3 players per trade and get two huge upgrades. :hm