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and leading off - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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03-31-2008, 05:17 PM | #52 |
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03-31-2008, 05:32 PM | #53 |
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Not to mention Votto sitting on the bench, not getting to play, and using Hopper as a PH in the 7th.
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03-31-2008, 05:54 PM | #54 |
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It's the first game guys. Hatteberg should be starting until Votto starts to show he can hit again. I can't say I'm sold on Patterson but let's wait and see first.
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03-31-2008, 06:17 PM | #55 |
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1 game, but the more I thought about it I just hate everything about it... because Patterson's career line:
.258 (BA) .298 (OBP) Is significantly lower than Hopper's (in an albeit smaller sample size): .332 .379 I just don't know what the signing accomplished at all. |
03-31-2008, 07:26 PM | #56 | |
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Let's be honest. Hopper, Patterson, Freel -- it doesn't matter. Come June 1st, Bruce will be up and will be playing CF. |
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03-31-2008, 07:27 PM | #57 |
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We can only hope
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03-31-2008, 09:04 PM | #58 |
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Yo Shortstuff, just want you to know that my chosen team for this season's OOTP5 career will be the Reds. I am planning on playing, as I typically do, historical starting in 1948 and hopefully go to 1972.
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03-31-2008, 09:54 PM | #59 |
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Buc: Stopping at 1972! That's like masturbating and stopping right before climax. You have to go through 1976 at least!
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03-31-2008, 09:54 PM | #60 |
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Nice, you get the beginning of the Big Klu's career.
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03-31-2008, 09:55 PM | #61 | |
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Almost said the same thing but if you think about all the variables, he may have a completely different Reds team by the time the 70's would roll around |
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04-01-2008, 07:29 AM | #62 | |
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When exactly is he going to show he can hit? He's not exactly in a platoon with Hatteberg, since they're both lefties. Hatteberg would be a great PH. Votto will not.
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04-01-2008, 08:21 AM | #63 |
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On the bright side, Reds Rocket has started blogging again: http://theredsrocket.blogspot.com/
Funny stuff - I particularly enjoyed his breakdown of the various positions based on how they could best benefit him personally. |
04-01-2008, 08:55 AM | #64 | |
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Yeah, it only takes two seasons for everything to be really different. That's why it is so obsessive to me because even though I typically play around Golden Age, it's pretty much different each time. Historical replay holds no interest for me, unlike an alternate career using historical players. I'm stopping at 1972 because that would be 25 seasons. That's how many lines I have available on my career log spreadsheet, plus there's a really nice 25-set 3-ring dividers. I'm anal like that and I pretty soon, I'm going to have to buy storage space for all my 3-ring binders of game logs. |
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04-02-2008, 12:41 PM | #65 |
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Handing out hardware
CNNSI Most overrated 2008: Juan Uribe, Chicago. I'm not sure anybody even thinks that highly of him, but apparently the White Sox do. They should have released him, but instead are starting him at second base. He has more than 3,000 career at-bats with an on-base percentage worse than .300. Only two other players still have a job after being that bad for that long: Alex Gonzalez and Corey Patterson. |
04-02-2008, 12:49 PM | #66 |
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Juan Uribe is like Drano for the bases!
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04-02-2008, 08:56 PM | #67 |
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stupid move to have Edwin bunt with 2 on and no one out here
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04-02-2008, 08:57 PM | #68 |
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and as I type this he proves my point. Nice win for the Reds
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04-02-2008, 10:42 PM | #69 | ||
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Brantley, after Eddie hesitates on 3 straight bunt attempts and goes down 1-2 in the count. The following then ensues:
Brantley: If you want to bunt, take him out. He isn't clutch. Thom: His numbers indicate otherwise Brantley: This guy is not a clutch- ball is pitched Brantley: -player ball leaves park REDS WIN!!! 6-5! Eddie makes up for his terrible throw earlier! edit- Here's the vid!
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04-02-2008, 10:59 PM | #70 |
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By the by, anyone know whats up with the new FSN HD channell?
I think it started appearing on March 23, but since then it just says HD Promo all day long and I was anticipating watching the Reds/Cavs in HD-utopia and wondering when it'll actually kick in. |
04-02-2008, 11:25 PM | #71 | |
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Great comment by a user on RedReporter
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04-03-2008, 12:53 AM | #72 |
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Sad to see that in the second game of the season the stadium is that empty
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04-03-2008, 02:10 AM | #73 |
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Hey, it's a weekday.
I am planning on making an impromptu trip to the park Sunday, you think I'll have trouble (with 2 or more friends) finding cheapish tix? |
04-03-2008, 04:48 AM | #74 | |
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04-03-2008, 06:39 AM | #75 | |
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That was an awesome exchange. I totally agreed with Thom Brennaman, and couldn't believe what Brantley was saying about Encarnacion not being clutch. The guy may make 3 throwing errors, but I don't think any Reds are better at getting a key hit in the late stages of a game. Brantley is an idiot.
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04-03-2008, 11:42 AM | #76 |
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GET 'EM CUETO! Pissed I got to follow this on MLB's Gameday.
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04-03-2008, 12:11 PM | #77 |
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So far, Davis pitched to our first 8 batters and Bako left the bases loaded with a groundout as we only got 2 runs - why is he starting two games in a row?
But Cueto's first 2 career big league innings, no hits 3 k's |
04-03-2008, 12:13 PM | #78 |
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They should get Danny Graves to commentate now. That made Brantley look stupid.
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04-03-2008, 12:43 PM | #79 |
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Cueto 4 ip 0 hits 7 k first big league outing wooo
Wish I could watch this on TV, geez. Also tried to pick him up in Fantasy but he wasn't even listed bc he hadn't ever pitched. Gay. |
04-03-2008, 12:44 PM | #80 |
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this pisses me off also. For whatever reason Reds games are never on during the day ( obviously ratings, etc...) but they black the game out on mlb.com and the gameday package, so I can't even watch the games there. Just plain stupid and not fan friendly. |
04-20-2008, 10:23 PM | #81 |
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Hey, Shorts, take a look at the starting screen for my old-school Reds dynasty. Found a really cool Crosley Field postcard that I used as the background.
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04-23-2008, 01:18 PM | #82 |
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Krivsky canned, that's too bad. He's done a lot of good things for us, IMHO.
Bring on Walt Jocketty, a man with a good track record. All of Wayne's moves
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Krivsky made some great pickups from the trash heap, Phillips and Hamilton in particular, but he has more misses than hits. My guess is all the money going to Cormier, Stanton, Majewski, Patterson, Castro, Fogg, Freel and Gonzalez is what cost him his job. By my count that's somewhere around 17-20 million dollars going to players not on the team, backups and a shitty starter. A small market club won't win with that much wasted cash.
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04-23-2008, 02:20 PM | #84 |
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At the same time, I bet if you look around at most teams the hit/miss ratio is probably 1:3 too. I'll take Phillips/Hamilton-turned-Volquez type guys for a few blown contracts any time.
Or maybe I'm just spoiled because we used to have Bowden. |
04-23-2008, 02:34 PM | #85 |
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Here are the things that killed him:
1. Trade with the Nationals. What I thought was decent at the time has been a terrible trade. 2. Corey Patterson at 3 million when we already had two centerfielders who easily could product what Patterson has at the leadoff position. Not to mention Bruce. 3. Josh Fogg for a million.....what a joke. 4. Paying Stanton 3.5 million right now to sit at home I really don't think his trading is what did him in, so much as some of the contracts he's made out. |
04-23-2008, 02:57 PM | #86 |
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You've hit four good points rowech, but I think the day Jocketty signed on board in January, Krivsky's job was just a countdown to today.
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04-23-2008, 03:36 PM | #87 |
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It's obvious now that Jocketty wasn't there just to take over when something bad happened, but for him to have just long enough to get to know the organization and farm system. The slow start was just a convenient excuse to make the move.
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04-23-2008, 09:52 PM | #89 |
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Bronson Arroyo is the new Eric Milton!
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04-24-2008, 04:12 AM | #90 |
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The only thing that pisses me off is he got absolutely nothing for Kearns and Lopez in that Washington deal. Plus he seemed to like to overpay for old washed up pitching.
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Get lost, Astro-boy.
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04-28-2008, 06:44 AM | #93 |
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I can't say I was too happy about getting rid of Josh Hamilton... but Volquez just went to 4-0 yesterday. I think I'm over it.
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04-28-2008, 04:16 PM | #95 |
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For all the hype Cueto's been getting, Volquez is really the gem of this staff so far
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3 wins in a row, break out the bubbly
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about time Bronson had a good game.
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