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Reds Tidbits (2008 season)

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Have you actually heard someone mention that he is injured or just speculating?

I agree though, I was chatting with other Reds fans during the game and mentioned that his curve hasnt been curving for most of this season. Is the "rubber arm" finally out of elasticity?
 
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I am just speculating.

Regardless whether you think Arroyo is or isn't getting run support or whatever your opinions on whether he's a #2 or a career #5 or a long reliever, he has never looked this bad at any other point in his career. Everything that leaves his hand is a BP fastball down the middle of the plate or its dropped into the dirt 3 feet in front of the plate.

His WHIP is up 0.5 vs his career, his BAA is up over 0.100 -- hitters are drilling him at a better than .350 clip this year -- and his ERA is more than 3 full-points over his career average.

Surely Arroyo's a better pitcher than Milton or Fogg, right? Or even Todd Coffey!
 
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Dispatch

Reds will look for tranquility on West Coast

Friday, April 25, 2008 3:00 AM
By Scott Priestle


The Columbus Dispatch

CINCINNATI -- The Reds completed a busy homestand with a 5-3 loss to Houston yesterday. The team then headed to San Francisco for the normalcy of life on the road, where they are insulated from the front-office change that marked the week and the talk-radio cries for more.
Of more pressing concern to the players and coaches is keeping the pitching staff in shape and building some momentum on offense. Nothing has come easy for this team, and now players are fighting the natural tendency to worry. It is a test every team faces at some point in a season.
"Everybody realizes we're better than we're playing," left fielder Adam Dunn said. "We're making dumb mistakes. The reason is because everybody is trying to jump-start the offense. It's just not working for us. It's been a very weird start."

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Dispatch

Michael Arace commentary: Architect of '70s Reds probably resting easy

Friday, April 25, 2008 3:27 AM
By Michael Arace


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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In February, Bob Howsam died of heart disease at age 89. If his name rings a bell, it should, because he was in on the ground floor of the American Football League, he helped found the Denver Broncos, he was the general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals when they won the World Series in 1964, he helped build the 1967 and '68 Cardinals teams -- and all that was a warm-up.
Howsam was GM of the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1977. He maintained a well-stocked farm system, hired Sparky Anderson and traded for Joe Morgan and George Foster. He was the architect of the Big Red Machine.
He must be spinning in his grave. Right?

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Dispatch

Giants 3 Reds 1
Harang's solid outing not enough

Saturday, April 26, 2008 3:06 AM



ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jonathan Sanchez pitched into the ninth inning and matched his career high with 10 strikeouts in the San Francisco Giants' 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night.

Sanchez (2-1) outdueled Reds ace Aaron Harang and kept Ken Griffey Jr. at 597 career home runs. He retired 16 straight batters during one stretch.
The win was Sanchez's second straight after going winless in his first three outings of the season. He gave up a pinch-hit home run to Brandon Phillips with one out in the ninth. After a single by Ryan Freel -- only Cincinnati's fourth hit of the game -- Brian Wilson came on and retired Griffey on a groundout and Edwin Encarnacion on the popout for his eighth save in nine chances.

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I saw the SF pitcher was a lefty and decided to get some sleep instead of stay up and watch this disaster of a team. Unfortunately I did not get to sleep before I saw freel dazzle us with his base running acumen.

Its still April and I'm already going from fury to apathy. Thats pretty damn early in the season even for me.

At this point I hope they do not bring Dunn or JR back next year, I like Dunn but this has more to do with the culture of losing than an individual player. I feel losing is so ingrained in this gaggle fuck of a team that they just don't know any better.

I don't want to see anyone left on this team not named Harang who's been here more than 3 years. Give me a bunch of kids for Dusty to brainwash into believing its ok to win and lets see what happens.
 
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schwab;1149355; said:
Hard to believe that no one here has yet mentioned that the lefty who shut us out thru 8 last night played his ball at Ohio Dominican and was passed on by the Reds at least 26 times in the draft.

VOMIT.
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What is there to bring up? I'd say almost any poster here that could throw the ball 60'6" with their left hand could do the same.

Good news is tonight we face a right hander, bad news is Belisle is pitching for us.

BTW, were tracking 102 losses but the boss says we aren't going to lose anymore, so we've got that going for us.
 
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