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Reds Tidbits (2008 season)

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Bruce ground out to 2B.
Phillips walks.
Phillips steals second base.
Dunn flies out to LF
Votto doubles to LCF. Phillips scores.
Encarnacion strikes out looking.

CIN - 1
PHI - 0
mid 7th

Yeah!!! Suck on that, wifebeater! Nice hitting on an 0-2 pitch by Votto. How about putting him in the #2 spot in the batting order?
 
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Bako strikes out looking.
Griffey (batting for Volquez) walks.
  • Arroyo replaces Griffey as pinch runner.
Hairston walks. Arroyo to second base.
  • Romero relieves Myers.
P*tt*rs*n strikes out swinging.
Bruce grounds out to 1B

CIN - 1
PHI - 0
mid 8th

Patterson should have been bunting. At least make his out productive. He did manage to see as many pitches in this at-bat (5) as he had in his previous three at-bats combined.
 
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  • Bray relieves Volquez.
Victorino foul pop out to Votto.
Utley line drive to LF, 2-base fielding error by Dunn.
Howard strikes out swinging.
  • Cordero relieves Bray.
Burrell walks.
  • Taguchi replaces Burrell as pinch runner at first base.
Jenkins grounds out to Hairston.

CIN - 1
PHI - 0
end 8th

Crappy camera work tonight by FSN.

Nice play by Votto to track down that foul pop. It wasn't pretty, but he got the job done.

Nice outing by Bray. He pitched well enough to get all three outs. He's struggled against lefties and did a good job vs. Utley & Howard, Dunn's error notwithstanding.

Good to see Dusty finally make a smart move tonight by bringing in Cordero to finish the 8th. He shows an understanding of high-leverage situations for a change.
 
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Phillips singles to RF.
Phillips steals second base.
Dunn walks.
  • Janish replaces Dunn as pinch runner.
Votto RBI double to LF. Phillips scores, Janish to third base.
Encarnacion intentional walk.
Bako grounds into 4-2 fielder's choice. Votto to third, Encarnacion to second.
  • Madson relieves Romero. Dobbs replaces Jenkins in RF.
Cordero grounds into 4-3 double play.

CIN - 2
PHI - 0
mid 9th

Wow. Phillips stole second standing up on a pickoff move to first base. The Phils just pulled some serious Reds shit on that one. :lol:
 
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  • Hairston moves to LF, Janish takes over at SS.
Feliz grounds out to Janish
Coste flies out to Bruce
Dobbs grounds out to Janish

CIN - 2
PHI - 0
F/9

...And this one belongs to the Reds!

Great game tonight by Votto and Volquez. Dusty Baker - not so much.

Volquez is having an epic season and should be the starter for the NL in the All-Star Game.
 
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MuckFich06;1177450; said:
I know Jack Armstrong went like 12-0 and started the All-Star game in '90, but I'll be damned if I've ever seen a start like Volquez is having.
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I just stole this from RZ, who stole it from Baseball Prospectus. Kinda puts Volquez's season into perspective:

It's difficult to overstate just how well Volquez has pitched thus far. He has yet to allow more than two runs or pitch less than five innings in a start, closing in on the modern record for such a streak of 14 straight, held by Mike Scott and Greg Maddux. He also has a remarkable 1.46 ERA, especially impressive given the bandbox the Reds call home; Volquez's park-adjusted ERA+ is 305, meaning his ERA has been 205 percent better than league average. That is the best mark in history for all starting pitchers who have thrown at least 60 innings in a season. Of starters who qualified for the ERA title, the highest ERA+ was posted by Pedro Martinez (191 percent better than league average), whose 1.74 ERA was produced at the height of the "steroids era" offensive explosion, in the DH league, and in a premier hitter's ballpark. Like Martinez, Volquez is a relatively slight Dominican right-hander, measuring 6'1" and 190 pounds, compared with 5'11" and 170 for Martinez.
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Baseball Prospectus | Articles | Prospectus Preview: Wednesday's Games to Watch

FYI on the consecutive starts string noted above... tonight was Edinson's 12th such start in a row.
 
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jlb1705;1177455; said:
I just stole this from RZ, who stole it from Baseball Prospectus. Kinda puts Volquez's season into perspective:



Baseball Prospectus | Articles | Prospectus Preview: Wednesday's Games to Watch

FYI on the consecutive starts string noted above... tonight was Edinson's 12th such start in a row.
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Armstrong actually started the '90 season 9-3, now that I looked it up.

The only comparison I can find that I recall was Clemens in 1986, when he started 14-0 with a 2.21 ERA.

Roger Clemens 1986 Game by Game Pitching Logs

From a pitching dominance perspective, I'm reminded of Kerry Wood in '98 before he blew out his arm. I was at his 20K game and I still get chills thinking about it. I've never felt that kind of electricity in a ball park before or since.
 
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Schedule of the next 25 games(projected goal 15-10)
ATL x 1 W
@ PHI x 4 L L W
@ FL x 4
STL x 3
BOS x 3
@ NYY x 3
@ TOR x 3
PIT x 3
WSH x 1


Goals should be 7IP 100 pitches
Game 1: Cueto 7IP 100 pitches 14.3 PPI
Game 2: Arroyo 4.1 IP 88 pitches 21.5 PPI
Game 3: Harang 6 IP 113 pitches 18.8 PPI
Game 4: Volquez 7 IP 113 pitches 16.1 PPI
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Great win tonight. This team is playing excellent baseball overall. You can't say enough about the pitching in the first 3 games of this series.

The Phils came in avg 10 runs a game at home or something sick like that. we have held them to 8 total runs in 27 innings. The pen still hasn't given up a run.

Also in the non statistical stuff, this team is picking each other up when someone does make a mistake instead of letting it be an excuse for failure. Dunns drop in LF would have imploded this team not that long ago.

I wonder if we can not pick up Jr's contract next year, then sign him to a smaller one and get him to be the big bopper off the bench for us? I could really dig a bench with Freel/Kepp/Hariston/Janish/JR and a big RH bat.

Now for the stuff that concerns me. Bakko is in full regression to the mean, that means with a pitcher and Patterson in the lineup we have 3 auto outs and Hariston might be remembering who he is as well. NOBODY has 5 guys so good that you can carry 4 out machines.

Speaking of Patterson, its almost criminal that Dusty insists on running his useless ass out there. Its not fair to the rest of the team to have to overcome that useless POS. I'd have to go look it up but I'm pretty sure his first 3 outs came on no more than 4 pitches. I'm also going to venture a guess he hasn't reached base safely in his last 20 or so MLB AB's.

I'm running out of words to describe my hatred for Dusty and his allegience to a guy that simply cannot hit MLB pitching and will not take a walk.

How this team improves at SS, CF and C from here to next year will determine how far we go imo. Those 3 spots are just killing us.
 
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