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Reds Tidbits (2006 Season)

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I went to the game last night, and let me tell you it was a blast. I dont get to come to alot of games becuase I live in Florida, but I picked a great one to come to. First off even though everybody was calling for rain, it never rained a drop, and the sky was blue for most of the night. Then to my plesant suprise who do I see roaming center field, Ken Griffey Jr. Bronson pitched a gem and then the bullpen F*cked it up. I was so pissed at white, but we still stayed after they were down 3 in the 11th, unlike most people. All I can say is F*ck you to all those people who left early, You missed a great ending. What crowd that was left went crazy when Jr hit is bomb. Everybody was jumping up and down and running through the isles high fiving and hugging. Hands down the best game I have ever been to. :biggrin:
 
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Tipdogusaf said:
I went to the game last night, and let me tell you it was a blast. I dont get to come to alot of games becuase I live in Florida, but I picked a great one to come to. First off even though everybody was calling for rain, it never rained a drop, and the sky was blue for most of the night. Then to my plesant suprise who do I see roaming center field, Ken Griffey Jr. Bronson pitched a gem and then the bullpen F*cked it up. I was so pissed at white, but we still stayed after they were down 3 in the 11th, unlike most people. All I can say is F*ck you to all those people who left early, You missed a great ending. What crowd that was left went crazy when Jr hit is bomb. Everybody was jumping up and down and running through the isles high fiving and hugging. Hands down the best game I have ever been to. :biggrin:
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Yeah I hope that the rain holds off for saturday, b/c I will be there, but lucky me I get to see Dave fuckin' Williams with the ball in his hands.
 
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Elizardo... Spanish for "THE LIZARDO!"

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I'm going to tonight's game. Sure the weather's gonna be crappy, but who cares?! The Reds are kicking ass! Besides, it can't be any colder than that Cubs game I went to at Wrigley at the beginning of the season. HOLY SHIT that was cold!

GO REDS!!!!!

Apparently, the Reds will be squaring off against Cole Hamels - some hot-shit prospect who's been mowing people down in the minors. Hopefully they greet him rudely tonight.
 
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Apparently, the Reds will be squaring off against Cole Hamels - some hot-shit prospect who's been mowing people down in the minors. Hopefully they greet him rudely tonight.
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Yep in 3 starts in triple A he had an ERA of .39. Really impressive, and he is a lefty and you know how we struggle against lefties some times. We get em early tho and he could fold, being a young prospect.

I believe he has a lot of K's too.
 
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That's a great picture!

By the way, it's apparently already begun... Matsui goes down (and it was ugly), Junior hits a game-winning bomb, and the guys on Baseball Tonight start talking about the Yanks coming after Junior. :roll2:
 
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jlb1705 said:
That's a great picture!

By the way, it's apparently already begun... Matsui goes down (and it was ugly), Junior hits a game-winning bomb, and the guys on Baseball Tonight start talking about the Yanks coming after Junior. :roll2:
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I've heard Kerns' name too. To be honest, if you were a GM of a team that NEEDS outfield help in a hurry....where would you go? First stop, Cincinnati, Ohio.

The good news is that the Yankees have nobody worth trading for him, since the 1 thing Cinci needs and the 1 thing the Yanks don't have is pitching.
 
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Dispatch

5/12/06

PHILLIES 8 REDS 4

Phillies’ rookie impressive in shutting down Reds

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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CINCINNATI — The kid didn’t arrive from out of town in a vacuum.
Reds manager Jerry Narron heard about Philadelphia rookie left-hander Cole Hamels a couple of weeks ago in a telephone call from Donnie Scott, the manager of Cincinnati’s Class A affiliate in Sarasota, Fla.
"He faced Sarasota," Narron said of Hamels, who made his major-league debut last night in Great American Ball Park. "Donnie Scott was saying there’s a guy on the Phillies that will be in the big leagues before the year is up. I don’t think Donnie Scott knew that (Hamels) would be here in May. He really liked him."
The hype surrounding Hamels emanated from more directions than the Florida State League, and Narron was interested in seeing Philadelphia’s first-round pick in the June 2002 freeagent player draft pitch in person.
Despite some control problems, Hamels was as advertised. He handcuffed the Reds on one hit over six innings and helped the Phillies open the three-game series with an 8-4 victory. Hamels walked five and struck out seven, including Ken Griffey Jr. twice. Nobody hit a ball hard off him.
"He’s a pretty good pitcher," Narron said. "He’s got a good fastball, a live fastball with good late movement. He didn’t throw a lot of balls over the plate."
The performance by Hamels and a late bullpen meltdown by the Reds overshadowed a superb effort by Reds’ starter Elizardo Ramirez against his former teammates. Ramirez (1-3) checked the Phillies on seven hits over six-plus innings and reached a career-high seven strikeouts. He deserved better.
"It was a well-played game until late and it got really ugly," right fielder Austin Kearns said. "If we’re going to continue to stay in this thing for the long haul, we can’t afford to have the mistakes that happened"
First baseman Ryan Howard, the 2005 NL rookie of the year, produced the only major hiccup for Ramirez with a two-run home run in the fourth inning.
After Phillies manager Charlie Manuel pulled Hamels, the Reds immediately took advantage of reliever Ryan Madson (4-1). Kearns broke up the shutout with a solo homer into the upper deck in left field. One out later, Edwin Encarnacion tied it at 2 with a home run into the lower deck seats in left.
Philadelphia regained the lead by scoring an unearned run in the seventh. The Phillies put away the game by scoring five runs off relievers Matt Belisle, Brian Shackelford and Rick White. Shackelford issued three walks in the ninth inning and wild pitched a run home. White balked in another run to blunt a two-run ninth for the Reds.
"What really hurt us was the base on balls in the ninth inning gave them a chance to tack on some runs," Narron said. "We just can’t pitch two or three guys every night. We’ve got to get the others guys to keep it close and give us a chance when we’re behind"
The Reds lost left-fielder Ryan Freel to a tight left groin muscle in the fifth inning. He left the game after running out a grounder to Howard at first base and will be re-evaluated today.
jmassie@dispatch.com
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Dispatch

5/13/06

REDS NOTEBOOK

Pitch count costs Arroyo a victory

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Jim Massie
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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CINCINNATI — For the curious-minded out there, yes, Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo wanted to pitch the ninth inning of Thursday night’s 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Arroyo already had thrown 117 pitches over eight shutout innings on the wet, chilly evening. Manager Jerry Narron decided to hand the 1-0 lead to closer David Weathers, who blew the save. Ken Griffey Jr. ultimately won the game with a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11 th inning.
"Yeah, I could have gone back out there," Arroyo said. "I was pretty fresh after the eighth because it was a cool night, for one. And two, I threw most of my pitches early in the game. I felt like I could have gotten three outs. But it’s Jerry’s call. There probably aren’t that many managers in the game who would have left me out there."
Narron didn’t apologize for the making the change.
"If he’d have been at 107 (pitches), he would have gone back out," he said. "I just know if he goes back out there, I am not going to take this guy out until he gives up the go-ahead run. That could have happened on pitch 140 if I send him back out there, and I was not going to do that.
"Everybody in the world might second-guess me about that, but I don’t second-guess myself one bit. If it was up to me, I’d pitch him for 200 innings every time he goes out there and I’d pitch him every other day. Believe me, I like to see him out there. You just can’t do it."
Who’s on first ?

Narron moved Adam Dunn from left field to first base last night so that he could get Ryan Freel in the lineup. Freel played center field while Griffey was on the disabled list.
"It’s definitely not going to be an everyday thing," Narron said. "It’s just a spot start for Dunn. It’s just something we’re going to do once in a while to get the guys out on the field and keep them sharp."
Griffey full go

Despite a second night of wet conditions, Narron did not hesitate to write Griffey’s name in the lineup. He also said that his heart didn’t skip a beat when Griffey made a diving catch in the seventh inning Thursday to rob Royce Clayton of a hit.
"I believe you play the game hard and you play it all out," Narron said. "When you try to protect yourself against injuries, that’s when you usually get hurt."
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