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Reds tidbits (2010 season)

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jlb1705;1671280; said:
Isn't he coming off a broken wrist or something like that anyway?
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He supposedly overcame that in Arizona Fall League but yes he had wrist/hand issues last year.

It doesn't really matter, he wasn't making the MLB team this year no matter what. Bruce having a good spring and being Tavares free is the encouraging news offensively.
 
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Yes, I'm not old enough to grow tired of their ways yet, but I do remember the 99 season, which for me is as good as it gets. I see your points of view, but I also tend to get down because quite frankly, just like me being a Browns fan, I've never had the joy of watching a great team.

I guess that why I'm here on this site, for my one team that wins :) Its nice to talk about games and how to win, rather than who to draft/trade for/sign/fire.
 
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Ouch. '99 was a kinda fun year, but that team wasn't even really that good, and in the end didn't even make the postseason. It's sad that's the best memory of Reds baseball that a lot of people have. I'm right between you and Jax in age - I remember 1990 - and actually '94 & '95 weren't bad years to be a Reds fan - but the strike ruined one of those seasons and the Atlanta Braves pitching staff ruined the other.

I think I'm still around as a Reds fan for two reasons:

  1. Some part of me thinks that 1990 can happen again someday. If my best memory of Reds baseball was the '99 season I might not have stuck it out. Hats off to you.
  2. I live closer to the ballpark now then I have at any point in my life. I grew up north of Dayton, and now live and work about 15-20 minutes away - so why not follow the Reds. Growing up it was a big deal to go to a Reds game. You'd plan an entire day or weekend around it. Now for me at least I end up at some games by accident. If I never moved away from my hometown I might not care about the Reds anymore either.
 
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Dryden;1671847; said:
Schlemiel, schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated!
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Both of them could hit better than Reggie F Sanders circa 1995.

Leatherpants catches hell now but when he got Vaughn for Sanders he fucked SD so bad its not even funny. The best part was every swinging dick Reds fan alive knew it and the SD GM didn't.
 
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Actually, Sanders had a damn fine regular season in 1995. He spent most of the year with an OPS around 1.000, finally settling in at .975 by the end. He was 6th in the MVP voting. He just couldn't get around on the high fastballs the Braves were feeding him. He really tailed off for the next few years before being traded - but bounced back with the Padres and actually OPS'd higher than Vaughn did that season in Cincinnati.
 
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Reggie Sanders charged the mound after Pedro Martinez hit him with a pitch. In the eighth inning. Of an up-til-then perfect game. Dumbass.

Looking back now, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Pedro WAS throwing at him.
 
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jlb1705;1671916; said:
Actually, Sanders had a damn fine regular season in 1995. He spent most of the year with an OPS around 1.000, finally settling in at .975 by the end. He was 6th in the MVP voting. He just couldn't get around on the high fastballs the Braves were feeding him. He really tailed off for the next few years before being traded - but bounced back with the Padres and actually OPS'd higher than Vaughn did that season in Cincinnati.
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Yeah, yeah yeah. :wink2:

The fucker K'd on what seemed like 3 straight pitches in what seemed like every AB in that Braves series. Fuck him for all time after that.
 
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Reds lost to the Rockies today 6-10 at High Corbett Field (Tucson).

It was an up and down game. Juan Fransico had a few nice snags late in the game but that was about it.

The pitching (Harang) for the Reds was horrible as we gave up 7 runs in the 3rd. The replacement wasnt much better.

The scoreboard showed 15 hits each, but really it wasn't even close. A nice morale rally in the 9th to make the score look decent.

A plus side came when Billy Hatcher tossed my wife a foul ball and was nice enough to autograph it for her afterward.
 
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SEREbuckeye;1680849; said:
Reds lost to the Rockies today 6-10 at High Corbett Field (Tucson).

It was an up and down game. Juan Fransico had a few nice snags late in the game but that was about it.

The pitching (Harang) for the Reds was horrible as we gave up 7 runs in the 3rd. The replacement wasnt much better.

The scoreboard showed 15 hits each, but really it wasn't even close. A nice morale rally in the 9th to make the score look decent.

A plus side came when Billy Hatcher tossed my wife a foul ball and was nice enough to autograph it for her afterward.
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I'm hoping Harang is ok but I'm not buying it anymore. I think he's toast.

The other guys should have been Lehr, Masset and 3 minor leaguers I have never heard of. Not real worried about them getting lit up but that's just going by what I saw listed for pitchers this morning.
 
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Jaxbuck;1680923; said:
I'm hoping Harang is ok but I'm not buying it anymore. I think he's toast.

The other guys should have been Lehr, Masset and 3 minor leaguers I have never heard of. Not real worried about them getting lit up but that's just going by what I saw listed for pitchers this morning.
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Yeah, it was Lehr and Masset, sorry for the vague descriptions. I think Harang is done. The Reds have always been crippled by their pitching rotation - evident today. Outside of Bronson, not much to see here.

Im going to be optomistic and say its just Spring ball and its all about ironing out wrinkles.
 
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SEREbuckeye;1680998; said:
Yeah, it was Lehr and Masset, sorry for the vague descriptions. I think Harang is done. The Reds have always been crippled by their pitching rotation - evident today. Outside of Bronson, not much to see here.

Im going to be optomistic and say its just Spring ball and its all about ironing out wrinkles.
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I think Cueto and Bailey will keep getting better.

Arroyo is a steady sub 4.5 ERA innings eater and the #5 spot will be better this year. The pen is solid. The problem will be scoring runs if Bruce doesn't have a huge year (probably even if he does) and now, it seems, the #1 rotation spot.

I was holding hope of a legit 83 win season but Harang is a real concern and its not just from ST numbers. The past 2 years he's been on the decline.
 
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