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Reds Tidbits (2006 Season)

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Looks like the wheels just fell off for Joey Eischen...

Down two in the 11th, Griffey hits a game-winning 3-run HR to center. Welcome back!

Not to mention the bats pulled Weathers & Co.'s asses out of the fire tonight.

Did anyone else think Ryan Freel looked like Willie Mays Hays getting thrown out at second during that rally? :lol:
 
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What a series of at-bats in the 11th! Olmedo fouls off bunches of pitches and gets a hit. Freel with a line drive hit. Lopez fouls off a bunch more pitches and gets a hit. Encarnacion fouls off several pitches to draw a walk and Junior kills one! :bow:

Rick White = :roll1:
 
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crazybuckfan40 said:
I know we are all loving the bats and how they came alive and how much we hate the bullpen, but we had a guy on 3rd with no outs in the ninth and couldnt get him home.

BTW I think by midseason Coffey becomes the closer.
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A) Freel shows us all why he is a super sub and possibly the worst double switch by Narron in the history of baseball.

B) I don't think it will take til midseason but I do like getting weathers as many saves as possible to shine him up for a trade. A lot of GM's will overpay for that stat in a big way.

All in all I think we are getting close to one of those stretches where the pen just gets decimated unless we can make a trade or one of the returning arms (Milton, Wilson) can make the move out there.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
A) Freel shows us all why he is a super sub and possibly the worst double switch by Narron in the history of baseball.

B) I don't think it will take til midseason but I do like getting weathers as many saves as possible to shine him up for a trade. A lot of GM's will overpay for that stat in a big way.

All in all I think we are getting close to one of those stretches where the pen just gets decimated unless we can make a trade or one of the returning arms (Milton, Wilson) can make the move out there.
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Well not trying to sound to optimistic, but the guys that are stuggling are the vetrans that have proven that they are not as bad as they have showed at times. Guys like Rick White and Hammond. The guys that are the suprises are Coffey, Shack, and Belisle to an extent.

If Weathers can stay solid, and Wagner, could get his shit together down in AAA and we move one of the guys you said out to the pen, we might not be half bad.
 
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I wouldn't count on Wilson. He got scratched from his last start for sholder fatigue. Would Wilson be willing to pitch out of the bullpen? Thats a question I would like to see answered or we just make Wilson the fourth starter and pick up some bullpen help and go to a four man rotation. Coffey is definitely the man as I've said on here before. Wags coming back up might be an option but we definitely need the bullpen help.

Dangerous offensive lineup now though with Jr. back and Kearns finally seeing the ball.
 
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Cincy

5/12/06

Welcome back, Junior

Fresh off DL, he blasts winning homer in 11th

BY JOHN FAY | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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Ken Griffey Jr. hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning Thursday night to lift the Reds to a stunning 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals at Great American Ball Park.
The home run overcame two bullpen failures and a huge base-running blunder by Ryan Freel.
"It was our third chance to win it," second baseman Brandon Phillips said. "Griffey did what Griffey does."
The pitch from left-hander Joey Eischen was on the outer half of the plate, and Griffey put his classic swing on it. He watched for a while, threw his hands in the air, pumped a fist once and started his home run trot while his teammates gathered near home plate to congratulate him.
"I don't think I got past first base and everyone was waiting on me," Griffey said.
Griffey was playing for the first time since April 12, when a knee injury put him on the disabled list. He's seen the Reds go 17-9 without him, so it was nice finally to be part of the festivities.
"It's awesome," he said. "I don't get many chances to go up there and hit a game-winning home run. To do that in my first day back ... to come out there and help out, that's why you play."
The shock of the moment left Griffey numb.
"After I hit it, I was on Cloud 9," he said. "It's one those of things you can't describe."
In one swing of the bat, what would have been an awful loss became as sweet a victory as the Reds have had this year.
David Weathers blew his second straight save in as many nights. Then the Reds got the potential winning run in scoring position in the ninth and 10th innings but failed to score. And Rick White gave up three runs in the top of the 11th to put the Reds down 4-1.
Ray Olmedo led off the 11th with a single for the Reds. Freel followed with a shot to left, foolishly tried to stretch it into a double and was thrown out.
"That really took the air out of us," Reds manager Jerry Narron said.
But Felipe Lopez singled and Edwin Encarnacion walked.
"Those were huge at-bats," Narron said. "They both went deep in the count. Those could have been outs and the game would have been over. The two at-bats from Edwin and Lopie were huge."
The Nationals brought in Eischen to face Griffey, who took a strike and then launched one toward the smoke stacks in right-center.
"Griff's Griff," Narron said. "That's what he does."
Reds starter Bronson Arroyo pitched eight shutout innings, allowing six hits and striking out eight before handing the 1-0 game over to Weathers.
Narron said he considered going with Todd Coffey, he of the 0.86 ERA.
"But Stormy's done the job for us," Narron said of Weathers. "It's one of those situations where you put someone in that situation for the first time in a 1-0 game. I didn't want to do that to Todd Coffey."
La Salle grad Zach Day started for Washington and was excellent - seven innings, one run, seven hits, one walk and three strikeouts.
The Reds broke through in the fifth. Lopez singled with two outs and promptly stole second. It was his 16th stolen base of the year - a new career-high.
Encarnacion lined a hit the opposite way to right to score him.
That's when Narron arrived. He had gone to North Carolina to attend the graduation of his daughter, Callie, from UNC-Greensboro and missed the start of the game.
"I walked into the dugout as Felipe was scoring," he said.
Arroyo had seven strikeouts through three innings. After that, he began taking the pitch-efficient route. The Nationals managed only one baserunner in the fourth through seventh innings. Arroyo worked out of a jam in the eighth.
"Bronson was outstanding," Narron said. "I would have liked to send him out for the ninth. But I'd like him to pitch every other day, too. He threw 117 pitches."
Weathers gave up a leadoff single to Daryl Ward. Damian Jackson ran for Ward and stole second, moved to third on Ryan Zimmerman's groundout and scored on Matt LeCroy's sacrifice fly. Austin Kearns' throw beat Jackson to the plate, but catcher David Ross could not come up with it.
White gave up a leadoff homer to Nick Johnson in the 11th. When the Nats added on two more runs, it looked bleak for Cincinnati.
But thankfully, Griffey was around for the Reds. Narron had considered pinch-running for him when he doubled in the eighth.
"That might have been the only right decision I made all night," Narron said.
It was right enough to get the Reds a victory.
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Radio: WLW-AM (700)

TV: Fox Sports Net

Pitching: Phillies LH Cole Hamels (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Reds RH Elizardo Ramirez (1-2, 3.18)
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Dispatch

5/12/06

REDS NOTEBOOK

Griffey’s return fires up Reds

His presence will benefit entire lineup

Friday, May 12, 2006

Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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CINCINNATI — With the forecast calling for rain, rain and more rain, the Reds didn’t seem likely yesterday to activate center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. from the disabled list to play against the Washington Nationals. So naturally, they did.
"I’m going to have to play sooner or later," said Griffey, who missed 26 games because of a strained tendon behind his right knee.
"There’s no time like now, for the most part. It’s going to rain for the next couple of days anyway, so I might as well."
Ho hum. Yet the return of Griffey to his customary third spot in the batting order is expected to have a ripple effect. His teammates were delighted to hear the news.
"Having him in the lineup is great," leadoff hitter Felipe Lopez said. "We get to see better pitches from hitting in front of him. I’m not going to change a thing. I’m still trying to get on base."
Left fielder Adam Dunn realizes that with Griffey back he no longer is the team’s primary power threat.
"You’re adding a guy who everybody knows who he is and knows what he is capable of doing," Dunn said. "He just changes our lineup completely. It doesn’t change the way I get pitched. It seems like it’s going to help Felipe. They’re not going to want to pitch to (Griffey) with runners on base."
Dunn acknowledged that the Reds have played well without Griffey, which should translate into good things.
"Him in the lineup is only going to make us better," Dunn said. "It’s definitely not going to make us worse."
Reds bench coach Bucky Dent made the announcement. He was filling in for manager Jerry Narron, who missed the start of the game because he went home to North Carolina to watch his daughter, Callie, graduate from UNC-Greensboro. Narron left two lineups with Dent, one with and one without Griffey. Dent added Griffey after a discussion about the possibility of the field being wet.
"The doctor and everybody said it was OK for him to go," Dent said. "Griff, he wanted to play. So that’s what we did."
To make room for Griffey, the Reds optioned outfielder Chris Denorfia to triple-A Louisville.
Crime pays

Lopez swiped a career-high four bases Wednesday night in a 9-6 win over Washington. He said the reason wasn’t complicated.
"(Washington pitcher Livan Hernandez) was really slow to home, so I took advantage of it," said Lopez, who already has matched his career best with 15 steals. "There’s no science to it. I was just taking advantage of the situation."
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crazybuckfan40 said:
Well not trying to sound to optimistic, but the guys that are stuggling are the vetrans that have proven that they are not as bad as they have showed at times. Guys like Rick White and Hammond. The guys that are the suprises are Coffey, Shack, and Belisle to an extent.

If Weathers can stay solid, and Wagner, could get his shit together down in AAA and we move one of the guys you said out to the pen, we might not be half bad.
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Hammond seems to be better of late. In his last six outings, he has pitched 7 2/3 innings, giving up 5 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, and 8 K's. As the year goes on, we will see his ERA drop significantly. He may never be a super pitcher, but I would bet his ERA ends up closer to 3 than to 5.
 
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