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Yeah I was arguing with my brother, with me saying he was garbage leading the league in SO and having a horrible OBP for a leadoff hitter. He needs to play because of his D and speed but he shouldn't be hitting leadoff till he gets his act together. When he does get on in the leadoff spot its almost a guaranteed run combining his speed with BP and Votto hitting behind him.

It was awesome to see them win today and was a great outing by Arroyo. Now its time for the Spankees.

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Reds fans are pretty fickle, besides special give-aways/Opening Day/certain Saturdays/Yankees, there are usually plenty of seats to be had. Weekday games are usually less than 'full'. :tu

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So another year that Bob can say, if you come to the ballpark, we'll invest more. Never ending circle.

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Nice to see Arroyo win a day game. Day games are usually the ones where he stinks the joint up.

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He is definitely not a good lead-off hitter. He has less than remarkable selection of pitches and can't get on base. He is a decent power hitter, but his play is so streaky (except for his strikeouts). He should be batting 8th in the lineup so the pitcher can bunt him over the one time a game he gets on base. :tu

His defense is respectable but he loves taking bad jumps and letting fly balls drop, kind of like the one that got him a 'homerun' the other day. Looked like him and Bruce out there playing a high flyball. :rolleyes:

There are some here (Dan) who think he is a HOF'er in the making, but I think he is more like trade bait to get a real leadoff hitter back (Reyes). :2

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The Reds are a small market team and all of them in this area, despite being homers, don't turn out to watch games. Heck, I know people who are 'diehard' Reds fans that have been to fewer games this season than I. I like watching sports, particularly in person, but "the Reds 'till I die" fans don't seem to want to go to the ballpark. :rolleyes:

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Yes, the attendance picked up considerably. The attendance was 32,026

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

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Stubbs 0-4 :banger :tu :D 0 K's :) :banger

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Only about 10,000 short of capacity, it was 'Fireworks Friday' :tu

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Anyone coming to Florida for Rays vs Reds??

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Maybe Andy, he is closer than I. Dan might have some free time. :tu

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The news is getting better for the Reds, Pujols out with a broken arm. :sh

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Drew Stubbs. 3 K's, one backwards :tu :r :D :banger

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Nope. Way too far for me. I'll consider going to Atlanta, but that's about as far as I'll be willing to go right about now.

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Tough year for the Cards this year. Surprised they're doing so well.

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Yeah, I just heard on the radio this morning that Pujols had the broken arm/wrist. Hopefully we can capitalize on it.

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It's the NL Central. Of course we won't capitalize on it. Larussa is too good of a manager, and we've only scored 7 runs over the last 4 games. The Cards lost seven in a row at one point this season and still were in first place afterwards.


Good to see John Fay getting on board the Cozart bandwagon. If the Enquirer beat reporters keep hounding Walt and Dusty, then maybe we'll see a change at ss. Janish and Renteria just aren't getting the job done.

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Joey Votto will likely capitalize, he looks to be the starter for the All-Star game by default. :tu

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Reds DON't LOSE!:noon:noon:noon:banger:sl

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The Reds still can't beat winning teams this season. See: 2010-2011 :td

Reyes can't get here fast enough to save the Reds from themselves, the leadoff position and SS. :rolleyes:

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Zero K's for Stubbs today. :tu:noon:banger:D:)

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:r

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Moving Stubbs back in the lineup to get his stats up to .265 in time for the Reyes trade today :tu

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I checked the lineup for this afternoon. Drew Stubbs is batting 6th today. :hm

I think this is a good idea until Stubbs can reduce his strikeouts. What do you think Andy?

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I like it. He's got the speed of a leadoff, but not much else. Who is leadoff today? Phillips?


Nevermind. I don't like it at all. Lewis hitting leadoff?:td That's worse than Stubbs. Give Heisey a shot there, or move Cozart up for the time being and let him hit leadoff for a few games.

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Man, Leake looks terrible in this game and he is only down 2 :sh

Lewis is looking decent in the leadoff and atleast had some patience in his at-bats and drove in the run on the sac-fly.

Stubbs is still 0-2 today but reached on an error and scored on an error :rolleyes:

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Stubbs has led off 3 innings and without Pena having 3 errors he would be sitting on the bench 3 times. He did not strikeout yet, so maybe its working. :hm

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Stubbs in the 6 looks a lot like the leadoff, no patience, no hits. He waited until his 4th AB to strikeout though, but he may have seen 12 pitches total this afternoon. :td

I like the way Lewis approached the leadoff roll, he had patience, fouled off pitches, and tried to put the ball in play. A few more opportunities to bat there and he could maybe be the right fit. The trade rumors have all but dried up, so this looks to be the team going forward. What say you Dan and Andy? :hm

Worst part of their play recently, the Reds can't score runs against 4 and 5 guys in the Yankees rotation and today they played about the weakest lineup the Yankees can put on the field. No Rodriguez (the reason they even had 2 runs with 3 E's by Pena), no Texeria, no Jeter and they are facing three pitchers that were in Triple-A to start the year. Luckily the weak division is all moving backwards right now :td

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Stubbs on the bench tonight :hm Good move Dan? :confused:

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Yes... Stubbs should never play till he gets his act together..

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A trade may still happen, but it probably won't be what the fans want to see, as per usual.
At this point I say let's see what Cozart and maybe Alonso can do. LF and SS are killing us offensively this year. Heisey hasn't been bad, but being in a platoon role doesn't help him any.


I wouldn't go that far, but Stubbs needs to sit for a few games and maybe he can get himself together.

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Awesome win tonight!:tu

Too bad it wasn't against the Yankees' A team. But a win is a win.

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

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Stubbs sits, Reds win :tu
Heisey might be the answer to the leadoff spot after that display tonight. What do you think Dan? :confused:

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2 for his last 21 and 5 of 30 with 11 K's, he needs a nice long sit. I am not sure he has a 10 game stretch this season that he hasn't struck out atleast 10 times. Maybe a trip to Louisville would teach him some patience. :hm Good news, his STRIKEOUT total for this SEASON has now reached 100, or equal to the same number of WALKS he has in his CAREER. :td

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Good news!

Looks like Renteria is about to get DFA and Cozart being called up. It's not official yet, but Lance and Fay are both reporting it's probably gonna happen today.

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Good. I would like to see them DFA Fred Lewis as well.

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Yeah, but I hear the Reds are interested in Ludwick.:td

Really, I'd like to see one person in LF (Heisey) for at least 7-10 starts in a row.

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Yeah. I mean you need to reward someone when they hit 3 HR's off of the Yankees in 1 game :banger

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He could be the leadoff at that rate. :tu

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Volquez needs to be sent back down.
Don't care if he's serious now b/c of his haircut.:rolleyes:


Heisey seems to feel at home in the leadoff spot.

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Dan hasn't commented much about the change or responded to sports talk, probably because his team MVP is playing absolutely terrible of late. Stubbs needs to get knocked down to the 8th spot. :hm

Heisey seems to atleast have some patience and try to get on base, rather than striking out on 4 or 5 pitches. Could be the answer. :tu

Edit: Stubbs strikes out again while I am typing :td

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Stubbs does not need to get knocked down to the 8th spot. Stubbs needs to sit for 8 games.

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Sam LeCure looks like player from the early 80's that just got off a night of binge drinking but he throwin well.

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He's reminds me of an old cowboy. With his looks and his mentality. Cool and consistent.



Marty just said that Davey Johnson might be named the Nats manager as early as tomorrow. I'd love to see ol' Davey back in action again.

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I agree.

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That was a horrible last two innings. Stubbs sucks. Janish looked ok, but I still want Cozart called up. Votto's looked like crap lately too. Tied for third with the Pirates.:td

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Note the day that Dan said Stubbs sucks. He pretends to love him, but he really knows how terrible he is. :rolleyes:

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He needs a trip to Louisville, but no one will send him there. :td