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Cincinnati Reds 2019 season (Black Hole)

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Stingl: Front Row Amy is the center of attention at Brewers games
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Amy Williams, a.k.a. Front Row Amy, is an avid Milwaukee Brewers fan and sits right behind home plate at most home games at Miller Park.




If you watch the Brewers on TV, you've seen Amy Williams.

There's the windup, there's the pitch, and there's Amy by herself in the front row behind home plate at Miller Park at most home games. That's her right above the dot-com in the Brewers ad to the left of the umpire.

She says she loves the Brewers and swears she never set out to be noticed. Men being what we are, it just happened. Sports radio started talking about this striking brunet last season, and then sports website Deadspin wrote about her.

"After that, things kind of went crazy," she said.

Front Row Amy was born. Now she has a Facebook page with that name that has more than 12,000 fans, and another 8,000 followers chat with her on Twitter @BrewerGirl823.

Last month, a guy dressed like Amy with a black wig, stuffed-in breasts and cleavage lines painted on his chest sat in her seat at one of the games she skipped. That spawned his own Front Row Andy page on Facebook.


"I thought that was funny," Amy said. She eventually met Andy and posed for a photo with him.

It's surprising, to me at least, to learn this sudden celebrity is a wife and mother of three - a son, 12, and daughters, 9 and 7 - and that she drives to and from each game from her home in Oshkosh, where she works with her husband of 18 years, Russ, in a property management business.

"He is so supportive and so nice. He takes care of the kids when I come to the games," she said.

Amy never cared about baseball until she discovered the Brewers during the 2007 season. She found that going to games made her feel like she was part of something big, and she learned that she enjoyed it most when she went alone.

"It was like an escape. I could sit here and keep score and not have to talk to anybody. I could get absorbed in the game," she said.
 
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Gennett entering final stages of rehab stint
Wood set to open rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville

By Mark Sheldon @m_sheldon
June 23, 2019
MILWAUKEE -- The long rehab process from a severe right groin strain is near the finish line for Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett. It’s possible that Gennett could rejoin the team for the start of its next homestand Friday vs. the Cubs.

Gennett’s rehab assignment moved from Class A Advanced Daytona to Triple-A Louisville on Sunday as he traveled to meet that affiliate in Indianapolis. He is expected to play for Louisville on Monday and Tuesday.

“Nothing has been determined yet on the next step,” Reds manager David Bell said. “From a health standpoint, he’s good. Everything has checked out so far.”

The Reds have been without Gennett since he was injured during a Spring Training game on March 22. He was 2-for-14 with a double and a walk in four games for Daytona.

Following a two-game road series vs. the Angels and an off-day Thursday, the Reds begin an important three-game series vs. the National League Central-leading Cubs beginning Friday at Great American Ball Park. Gennett hasn’t been ruled out of the lineup.

“There’s a chance, but at the same time, if he needs another day or two or three or four, we wouldn’t want to rush it just to be able to get him for the first day [of the series],” Bell said.

Wood to begin rehab assignment

For at least one day, Gennett and left-handed pitcher Alex Wood will be together in Louisville. Wood, who has been out all season with lower back spasms, is scheduled to join Louisville on Tuesday to throw a bullpen session. On Thursday, his rehab assignment will begin with a start against Toledo.

On Saturday, Wood threw 42 pitches over two simulated innings of live batting practice against teammates Kyle Farmer and Phillip Ervin. There were no lingering effects Sunday.

“ felt good. Felt better the first day, just my stuff-wise, but my breaking ball was pretty good yesterday,” Wood said. “Command got a little bit better. Overall, pretty good.”

Facing hitters again has been a key test for Wood, who last pitched in a game on Feb. 25.

“Even though it was a live BP, it’s similar to game action,” he said. “You’re facing hitters. Anytime you can do that, it’s always much different than just throwing a bullpen. It was good to do an up-down, get out there and compete a little bit and kind of take the next step forward.”

Rehab assignments for pitchers can last up to 30 days. It wasn’t clear yet how many starts Wood would need to be ready.

“I think it will be somewhere in the middle,” Bell said. “We can’t rush it, and he hasn’t had a Spring Training. We have to build him up. I know he’s anxious and we’re anxious to get him back, so we’ll just have to find a happy medium of making sure he’s ready, but getting him back as soon as we can.”

https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/scooter-gennett-preparing-for-return-to-reds
 
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brodybuck21 said:
Gennett entering final stages of rehab stint
Wood set to open rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville

By Mark Sheldon @m_sheldon
June 23, 2019
MILWAUKEE -- The long rehab process from a severe right groin strain is near the finish line for Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett. It’s possible that Gennett could rejoin the team for the start of its next homestand Friday vs. the Cubs.

Gennett’s rehab assignment moved from Class A Advanced Daytona to Triple-A Louisville on Sunday as he traveled to meet that affiliate in Indianapolis. He is expected to play for Louisville on Monday and Tuesday.

“Nothing has been determined yet on the next step,” Reds manager David Bell said. “From a health standpoint, he’s good. Everything has checked out so far.”

The Reds have been without Gennett since he was injured during a Spring Training game on March 22. He was 2-for-14 with a double and a walk in four games for Daytona.

Following a two-game road series vs. the Angels and an off-day Thursday, the Reds begin an important three-game series vs. the National League Central-leading Cubs beginning Friday at Great American Ball Park. Gennett hasn’t been ruled out of the lineup.

“There’s a chance, but at the same time, if he needs another day or two or three or four, we wouldn’t want to rush it just to be able to get him for the first day [of the series],” Bell said.

Wood to begin rehab assignment

For at least one day, Gennett and left-handed pitcher Alex Wood will be together in Louisville. Wood, who has been out all season with lower back spasms, is scheduled to join Louisville on Tuesday to throw a bullpen session. On Thursday, his rehab assignment will begin with a start against Toledo.

On Saturday, Wood threw 42 pitches over two simulated innings of live batting practice against teammates Kyle Farmer and Phillip Ervin. There were no lingering effects Sunday.

“ felt good. Felt better the first day, just my stuff-wise, but my breaking ball was pretty good yesterday,” Wood said. “Command got a little bit better. Overall, pretty good.”

Facing hitters again has been a key test for Wood, who last pitched in a game on Feb. 25.

“Even though it was a live BP, it’s similar to game action,” he said. “You’re facing hitters. Anytime you can do that, it’s always much different than just throwing a bullpen. It was good to do an up-down, get out there and compete a little bit and kind of take the next step forward.”

Rehab assignments for pitchers can last up to 30 days. It wasn’t clear yet how many starts Wood would need to be ready.

“I think it will be somewhere in the middle,” Bell said. “We can’t rush it, and he hasn’t had a Spring Training. We have to build him up. I know he’s anxious and we’re anxious to get him back, so we’ll just have to find a happy medium of making sure he’s ready, but getting him back as soon as we can.”

https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/scooter-gennett-preparing-for-return-to-reds
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Deck chairs on the titanic
 
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brodybuck21 said:
6 game win streak followed by a 3 game (and counting) losing streak. sounds about right

puig lost his mind again last night
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I just don't understand how a guy who is bewildered by breaking balls of any sort can argue balls and strikes.

If you can't figure out why they strike you out so easy on those pitches that spins funny drops off away from you, then you have zero grounds to argue the finer points of a strike zone with anyone. Umpires included.

I think Puig, and guys like him, lack the emotional IQ to know it but are actually just frustrated because pitchers won't simply throw them a fastball every time.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I just don't understand how a guy who is bewildered by breaking balls of any sort can argue balls and strikes.

If you can't figure out why they strike you out so easy on those pitches that spins funny drops off away from you, then you have zero grounds to argue the finer points of a strike zone with anyone. Umpires included.

I think Puig, and guys like him, lack the emotional IQ to know it but are actually just frustrated because pitchers won't simply throw them a fastball every time.
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this is Suarez to a TEE
 
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