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And their parents!

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Like the lineup Dusty threw together today, is he trying to give away an extra game? :hm

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Comeback! Reds Win! Reds Win! :banger :tu :D :noon :gary

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He threw together a winning lineup :tu

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

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Those pinch hitters helped. ;) His starting lineup was deplorable. :td

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Stubbs still sucks.

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Stubbs is the least of this team's worries right now. Harris is crap and needs to be DFA'd or released, Rolen is terrible at the plate, Frazier needs to get starts at third, and Dusty needs to learn how to make a fu@K!ng lineup. Yesterday's lineup was terrible. I could see it if they hadn't had any off days, but an off day, a rainout, and then sitting the left side of the infield after one game was friggin' ridonkulous! I hear Dusty's on a short leash right now. It's high time for him to go.

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I've never been a big Dusty hater, but yesterday's lineup just p!ssed me off to no end. We give the mediocre big name guy extensions, while Showalter and Johnson show the rest of the league how a manager should really manage a game. It's high time for us to get a manager who isn't laid back. Time to fire this team up and get us winning consistently.

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Don't bring baseball discussion into this thread, Dan and Hugh are on a roll. ;)

I agree, yesterdays lineup was crap, he got bailed out when he put in the regulars and the Cubs blew the 9th inning with errors. I tried to interject that, but Dan saw the final score and was more than happy with Dusty's 'managing' of the game :rolleyes:

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A guy on the Reds forum over at Cincy.com said that this was Dusty's master plan. Starters couldn't hit Dempster, so he saved them until late in the game against relievers and Marmol. I'm 99% sure the post was being sarcastic, but even so, I just don't think Dusty's that smart.:D Not even Nostradamus could've predicted that Marmol would've walked that many guys in the 9th.

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Not at all, he threw that lineup out there like it was get-away-day after a 10 game road trip, rather than the second game in a row after a day off. You can't tell me the guys weren't rested enough to play 9 innings. He got bailed out and in the box score looks like he knew what he was doing. :bh

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I've never been a Dusty hater (and yet I've never been his biggest fan either), but yesterday royally p!ssed me off! I'm taking a day or two to get over it, but right now, I'd say it's time for Dusty to go to the house or the booth at ESPN on a permanent basis. We won yesterday despite him and his stupid lineup. I hope in a day or two I settle down, but right now I've become a Dusty hater. That was absolutely inexcusable, regardless of the win. I know Dusty plays hunches, but if I put that kind of lineup card up on my 9th grade team after that many off days, I'm sure the Varsity coach would have told me to go the Hell home and never come back.

If a guy isn't hitting well, you don't put him out there expecting that he's due for a hit. He's probably not going to hit. You put the guys out there who are hot at that moment. I don't mind changing the lineup because guys are hot, but you don't put your worst hitter in the two hole simply because you think he is due.

Willie Harris is absolutely worthless, and couldn't hit in a low A ball game, and probably not in a high school game. .098 average and he's in the two hole? F*** Dusty and HARRIS! Stubbs is an All-Star compared to this guy. And we all thought Patterson/Taveras/Renteria was bad...

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Stubbs hit a HR tonight, but he still sucks.

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

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Stubbs sucks. They need to send him down to Dayton so we can take a drive up there and boo him. Adam's treat, since he is our lead boo bird.

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Dan and Hugh, we get your point about Stubbs. Now let's get some hate on the true reasons we're not winning:
Dusty
Harris
Rolen's offense
No true leadoff or cleanup hitter
Left Field situation

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But, Stubbs sucks!

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Like I said in my PM to you, I know it's sarcasm, but we've got to focus on the worst aspects of this team right now.

Stubbs is a Greek God compared to Harris at the plate.
Dusty needs to go, and now if we're going to even have a slight chance at the playoffs. No one in the minors to bring up right now b/c we sold them in the offseason and Janish has been on fire, but he suffered from a broken wrist. We need a skipper who can motivate guys to hit and/or bring a new approach to our offense. Laid back Dusty isn't going to change anything.

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Stubbs sucks
Dusty sucks
Harris sucks
Rolen's offense sucks
leadoff and cleanup hitter suck
Left Field situation sucks

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That's more like it!:r

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Everything about this team sucks! Sell the team to Canada. It is for the children! :tu

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We already did that when Votto signed that $225 million contract.

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Stubbs sucks
Dusty sucks
Harris sucks
Rolen's offense sucks
leadoff and cleanup hitter suck
Left Field situation sucks

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Not even seeing the score yet, I am guessing by the recent comments the Pirates won again and took the series? I'll take any win I can get! :D

Remember, the Pirates have put a new meaning to the term "suck" over the last 19 years! The Reds aren't that bad! :D

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Reds Win! Reds Win! :banger :tu :D

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Doh! That's what I get for thinking positive I guess...usually I just check the scores assuming the succos lost and sometimes........I get a nice surprise and see that they won...

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You're too damn positive, Larry!

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No, not you too. :lr

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

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Three way i/o five way.

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:banger :banger :tu :banger :tu

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

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Never, ever sign and bring into your baseball organization a pitcher named "Homer". You are tempting the gods of suckitudity more than they can possibly resist.

I mean really, would you sign a shortstop that happened to be named "Dropsy" or a power hitter called "Whiff"?

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:r Very true.

Dusty Baker sucks. He keeps playing Rolen even though he is terrible.

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Baker is handcuffed by his roster. Lots of guys in the lineup everyday could be sat down on different occasions. Rolen is not playing well at all, but the same can be said for a lot of different players at different points in the season. The problem is not having great options. Heck, look at LF, they have no answer there. :rolleyes:

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Yeah, but why keep putting Rolen in there when you have Frazier on the bench who is much better?

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Same reason he kept playing Willie Harris. ;)

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Very true. Dusty is a moron :r

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We won today by the skin of our teeth. Marshall and Ondrusek both made it a nail-biter.

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I agree with EVERYTHING Larry says....

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

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When is it safe to start talking baseball in this thread again?

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I thought we were doing that :sh

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When you and I start a discussion. ;)

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:hm

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The Reds are a professional BASEBALL team located in Cincinnati, OH. Win is a description of what the aforementioned team did.

So, if I am saying what a BASEBALL TEAM DID, then I am talking BASEBALL :tu

I hope this helps your :hm

It isn't like I came in here talking about NASCAR and the NBA

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To keep the conversation going, will you post 'Reds Lose!' as well. When they have a day off, please post 'Reds Day Off!'. Those are also baseball discussion. ;)

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It was nice to see Votto save the day yesterday after Greinke completely shut them down. This team is worrisome, as it seems they can't ever get everything to line up at the same time. It will be interesting going forward to see how they progress against this weak division. :hm

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Nah, I tend to be a positive glass half full type of guy.