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Reds Tidbits (2009 season)

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Marty was boasting earlier that radio never cuts out during the game after talking about FSN Ohio going to BDSSP in the bottom of the ninth last night. Guess what happened with 1 out in the bottom of the ninth tonight.

Good call Marty!
 
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I did this last year after drinking a bunch of Millers while watching the Reds play at Miller Park, and I'll do it again ...

1) Web gem by Hairston Jr. in the 9th. I was worried Humpty Dumpty had dislocated his wrist on that dive, but Donkey doesn't make that play. That's either a rally starting single in front of Dunn or a rally starting triple that rolls past him.

2) I'm really disappointed Corey Hart still doesn't wear sunglasses at night.

3) Hanigan has a canon. He could not have placed that bullet in the 5th to pick off Hart in a better location if he had walked out to second base and handed it to Philips.

4) Am I a bad Reds fan for rooting against the Reds offense in the 8th and 9th? Francisco Cordero is on my fantasy team, and I was doing my best Cowboy impersonation saying E5 isn't clutch when he came up with the bases loaded in the 8th, and mumbled when Votto blew the save opp in the 9th by giving the Reds a four run lead.

5) For once in my lifetime, I saw Bill Hall play against the Reds like Bill Hall. Tonight was Exhibit A why the hot corner is called the hot corner. He caught at least three balls with his shoulder, face, and the end of the leather. I only remember one diving stop that resulted in an out.

6) Are the Reds a playoff team with a rotation of Harang, Volquez, Arroyo, Cueto, Owings and Tevares in CF? Are the Reds a playoff team with a rotation of Harang, Arroyo, Cueto, Owings, and (insert some clown here) and Josh Hamilton in CF?

7) The fabric of my baseball universe has been ripped asunder. Are you telling me the Reds can take a lead into the seventh and slam home a win? Burton, Rhodes, Weathers, and Cordero are an awfully imposing combo if the Reds can get through six with a lead.

8) Thom and Chris redeemed themselves for all past broadcasting transgressions tonight, for three reasons:
[8.1] Thom and the crew delivered Chris a birthday sausage in the 6th to celebrate his 54th tonight. I cannot think of many things simultaneously more manly or more ghey than a sausage with birthday candles in it. I'll have to check under my bed for Wanda Sikes before I go to bed tonight after that last sentence, but seriously ... a birthday sausage?
[8.2] Chris dropped a Snakespliskan/Escape from New York reference on Thom, and Thom did a triple take. It was fucking priceless.
[8.3] Every time a chopper was hit to Encarnacion, Thom said, "And this will end the inning if Edwin can make the throw." High comedy right there.

9) Is the human pear, Turnbow, still on the Brew Crew roster?

10) When Jay Bruce came up, he looked like the second coming of Ted Williams, or Hank Aaron in the magical two week debut. After tonight, I'm thinking I could strike out Jay Bruce.
 
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Dryden;1450059; said:
6) Are the Reds a playoff team with a rotation of Harang, Volquez, Arroyo, Cueto, Owings and Tevares in CF? Are the Reds a playoff team with a rotation of Harang, Arroyo, Cueto, Owings, and (insert some clown here) and Josh Hamilton in CF?
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No
 
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Who the fuck is Darnell McDonald?

Jerry Crasnick has the answer!

Jerry Crasnick: Starting 9 -- Recognizing those who overcame long odds to land a roster spot - ESPN

McDonald cracks the #3 spot in this weeks Starting 9, which should be titled, "How the Hell did these guys make MLB Opening Day rosters?"

Darnell McDonald, Reds outfielder
Twelve years ago, McDonald was the closest thing to Bo Jackson in a high school yearbook. As a star running back for Cherry Creek High in Colorado, he rushed for 6,121 yards and 83 touchdowns. McDonald was multifaceted enough to win a scholarship to the University of Texas and a promise that he could play both football and baseball for the Longhorns.

When Baltimore offered him a $1.9 million bonus as a late first-round pick, McDonald spurned Austin for pro ball. But he spent more than a decade learning that athleticism alone was not a ticket to the majors.

McDonald passed through the Cleveland, Tampa Bay, Washington and Minnesota organizations in one memorable three-year stretch. He violated minor league baseball's drug policy with Triple-A Buffalo, and achieved a degree of notoriety as a Rochester Red Wing when he lost a 50-yard match race with that lovable thoroughbred loser, Zippy Chippy.

All of McDonald's time, persistence and introspection finally paid off this spring when the Reds decided to carry him and Laynce Nix as reserve outfielders and send Jonny Gomes to Triple-A Louisville.

"He called his dad and his wife, and I had to get away from him because it looked like he was close to tears," manager Dusty Baker told the Dayton Daily News.

McDonald even landed a start on Opening Day when Willy Taveras came down with the flu. He struggled with the elements and had a rough outing defensively in center field. But he went 3-for-9 at the plate in his first five games in Cincinnati, and he's still hanging around.
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Yes, that's right, Darnell "not Bo Jackson" McDonald is the guy that lost the 50-yard foot race to Zippy Chippy, which is the only race against either man or equine that Zippy Chippy ever won. Zippy Chippy was beat by McDonald in a 45-yard rematch, and another Rochester player in a 40-yard contest.
 
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c-rowbuckeye;1450538; said:
Oh good, another game I don't get to see in favor of overpaid egomaniacs not playing defense...
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As opposed to watching a bunch of overpaid (not quite as egomaniacal) bums not playing defense? :p
 
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jlb1705;1450584; said:
I'll trade you. I get the Reds on FSN and if I'm lucky I get the Cavs on overflow on only one of my TVs IF they don't show the BJs. Cincinnati's a hockey town, you know.
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NHL Playoffs > April Baseball

This is why cable only sports packages that these teams lock themselves into suck though.
 
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My view: local team should be on in that area no matter what point in the season each sport is in. I have no problems with the Reds bumping anything else to overflow here in Cincy. I only get one overflow channel (and only on the TV I have the digital box on) and don't like that if all three are playing they'll put hockey on the overflow channel and not show basketball at all. Sure, Columbus is closer than Cleveland - but not close enough to make a difference. I guess FSN knows better - they're running a business - but I can't imagine there are more hockey fans in Cincinnati than basketball fans.
 
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