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Reds Tidbits (2009 season)

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jlb1705;1474633; said:
Yes. On the radio they pointed out that sacrificing isn't part of his game. In that case, I think you use somebody like Arroyo as your PH since your're reasonably sure he can get the bunt down. Then, even if it shakes out in a way that Arroyo gets on base, you can use Dickerson as a pinch runner.
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Thought the same thing. If you want a sac you bunt Arroyo (he leads all of MLB with 8 sac hits), and if you want to swing away you pinch hit Gomes.

Dickerson was a bad choice there all the way around.
 
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And I was pulling out my effing hair while Thom and Marty mused on how with no outs and runners on 1st & 2nd, "a strikeout is the last thing you want here." :smash:

Umm... NO. Haven't we been down this road about strikeouts?
 
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jlb1705;1474657; said:
And I was pulling out my effing hair while Thom and Marty mused on how with no outs and runners on 1st & 2nd, "a strikeout is the last thing you want here." :smash:

Umm... NO. Haven't we been down this road about strikeouts?
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The same two guys who were calling for Norris Hopper to be the starting LF a few years ago over Dunn? Those two guys were saying this stuff? Shocking.
 
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Jaxbuck;1474374; said:
Good point. Forget everything I said, he's pure gold. Walt's a genius. :biggrin:
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Stat-wise, Willy is actually 2nd in the NL in stolen bases-Dusty has commented on how the pitchers are holding back runners all over the league this year. I would like to see Willy try to bunt his way out of his slump right now.
 
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stxbuck;1474887; said:
Stat-wise, Willy is actually 2nd in the NL in stolen bases-Dusty has commented on how the pitchers are holding back runners all over the league this year. I would like to see Willy try to bunt his way out of his slump right now.
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Never been any question he is an elite base stealer. Its that whole "you can't steal first base" thing that is the proverbial sand in the vaseline of his game.
 
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I don't bunt with 1st and 2nd with no outs...You already have a guy in scoring position, so you have to figure that you have a better chance of scoring a run with 3 outs than 2 outs...

Yeah I know about the 8 more way that one can score from 3rd than 2nd, but why give up an out when you already have someone in scoring positoin?
 
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crazybuckfan40;1475502; said:
I don't bunt with 1st and 2nd with no outs...You already have a guy in scoring position, so you have to figure that you have a better chance of scoring a run with 3 outs than 2 outs...

Yeah I know about the 8 more way that one can score from 3rd than 2nd, but why give up an out when you already have someone in scoring positoin?
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Because they were down 1 run in the 8th. Larger deficit or earlier in the game, I agree.
 
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BuckeyeMike80;1475520; said:
I'm wondering, with Votto on the DL, Phillips and Volquez hurting, if this isn't that bump in the road that the Reds really hadn't hit yet.
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They already hit it in the last series they played the Cardinals and they still took the series. The pitching was just atrocious in Milwaukee, especially the turd left by Harang. If the top of the rotation bounces back I don't think it'll be a persistent problem through the year, barring getting swept by StL this week and the team just phoning it in from here on out.

Remember 2006, Cincinnati lead the division two weeks before the All-Star break then lost 8 of 9 before the vacation. After that, everyone, including the FO mailed it in when suddenly the top of the division came back to the pack, leaving Cinci scrambling to make up the 2 or 3 games back they were in September with ill-advised deals, when they could have been strengthening the bullpen in August and winning a game here and a game there without being in full-out panic mode. Although, they could have been winning games in August by actully, you know, playing their best players everyday and giving a shit too, but the whole mentality of the org changed after that losing streak in July.

That'll be the test this year.
 
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Bucky Katt;1475843; said:
Another sweep followed by getting swept. Fine job, fellas. :tic:
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Thats what .500 teams do. Everything was going right and they were slightly above, now some stuff is going to go wrong and they'll likely be sub.500 for a while. My personal definition of a good season was 80+ wins coming in and I still stand by that. They aren't as good as they looked April-May and they aren't as bad as they are going to look here for a while.

.500 is an improvement for this franchise, still not a good team but they don't completely suck anymore and there is at least some logical reason for hope. Compared to where we have been the past decade plus I'll take it.
 
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