Reds Tidbits (2008 season)

[crazybuckfan40]

BTW anyone wondering about Bruce, even tho he left the game early last night due to a shoulder injury, which is said to be no big deal and will only require an off day or two...

He had a homer, triple, and single, and was going for the cycle before he got pulled...Seems to be warming up...

[CincyBuck88]

Originally Posted by jlb1705

596!

3-run HR to CF for Griffey - wind blowing IN from CF.

Was at the game today, great day for some baseball.

I know its a tradition at Wrigley, but I would've kept Griffey's blast! He hit it about 15 feet away from me in the bleachers, and the guy that threw it back tossed it about 60 feet or so. Idiot!

[coastalbuck]

Got to watch on WGN, very nice to watch a win. It was needed.

[jlb1705]

Originally Posted by coastalbuck

Got to watch on WGN, very nice to watch a win. It was needed.

I was just glad to watch a game without having to hear Jeff Brantley speak. If Reds fans really need a whipping boy he should be your guy. He opens his mouth and nothing but bull[censored] comes out.

[Buckeye Chris]

I will admit the win today gave me a little hope. I mean after watching today I realised something. The only reason the cubs were winning was because the wind was blowing out of center field. But today the wind was calm and we stomped them...

Is there anywhere you can find the red schedule with dates of the aired games.

[Jaxbuck]

Didn't get to see the game but nice to read about a W.

Time for some roster juggeling when they get back tommorrow I'd say.

At the very least I hope Belisle and Bray replace Fogg and Coffey but it wouldn't suprise me if Belisle comes up, Fogg goes to mop up and Coffey goes down.

Position players/bench gets a lot more interesting. Ross is in midseason form down in L'ville (sub .200 BA) so I don't know what the hold up is in calling him back up.

Bottom line to me is that 2 of Hatte/Freel/Hopper (plus prospects?) need to be turned into RH bench/platoon power.

[MuckFich06]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

Didn't get to see the game but nice to read about a W.

Time for some roster juggeling when they get back tommorrow I'd say.

At the very least I hope Belisle and Bray replace Fogg and Coffey but it wouldn't suprise me if Belisle comes up, Fogg goes to mop up and Coffey goes down.

Position players/bench gets a lot more interesting. Ross is in midseason form down in L'ville (sub .200 BA) so I don't know what the hold up is in calling him back up.

Bottom line to me is that 2 of Hatte/Freel/Hopper (plus prospects?) need to be turned into RH bench/platoon power.

Marty was beside himself on the broadcast today about the lack of effort by Krivs to address the lack of RH bench/platoon power. Marty, Jeff, and John Fay all seemed to agree that Dusty doesn't think much of Castro. Brantley in a shocked voice said he'd heard there is interest in him. I got the impression that this was Krivs roster out of ST but Dusty will be having some input on moves. They were expecting maybe to see Hairston or Jolbert Cabrera taking his place. The were guessing in upwards of 5 moves taking place, but more likely 1 or 2.

Anyways, this one is for Jax... listen to Bill James own Paul Daugherty on 700WLW, interview starts about 2/3 of the way through:

Best line after Daughtery tries to poke fun at fans who think they can run a ballgame because they read stats on Baseball Prospectus:

"It could be you are a small minded person who is intimidated by the fact that they know more than you do."

As Doc presses the point, James nails him that all kinds of jackasses think they can run ball clubs for lots of asinine reasons like they played HS ball or can run a hardware store... it doesn't invalidate the stats. He concedes that there are other aspects to running a club like managing personalities, but it doesn't lessen his premises. Many other gems in this interview, James is a bit of a prick but spot on.

http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/182...erty_On_Demand
(starts about 2/3 of the way through and lasts about 5-10 mins).