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Reds tidbits (2010 season)

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Free agent Gary Matthews Jr., Cincinnati Reds near deal - MLB - SI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Free agent outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. and the Cincinnati Reds are close to a deal, a week after the New York Mets released the former All-Star.
Matthews would likely get a minor league contract. He hit .190 with one RBI in 58 at-bats with the Mets.
Cincinnati would be Matthews' eighth team. Reds manager Dusty Baker is close friends with Matthews' father, who also was an All-Star outfielder.
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Bucknut24;1721187; said:
I personally don't see what's wrong with it since its gonna be a minor league contract, now if he plays for the reds then i'll facepalm
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I'd start preparing the face palm then. I'm willing to bet quite a bit that GMJ is on the 25 man roster, playing CF and leading off at least once before this year is out.

Name the last no talent, has been/never was, scrappy vet type the Reds signed to a minor league contract and didn't eventually bring up. Dusty played baseball with this guys father. Its a done deal.

How any sane human being can look at what this team needs and think GMJ is in any way shape or form a potential solution is absolutely beyond me. That is of course until I remind myself this is the same braintrust that decided to sign Willy Tavaras to a 2 year deal.

The institutional affinity for talentless CF'ers is an ongoing wonder.
 
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Jaxbuck;1721199; said:
I'd start preparing the face palm then. I'm willing to bet quite a bit that GMJ is on the 25 man roster, playing CF and leading off at least once before this year is out.

Name the last no talent, has been/never was, scrappy vet type the Reds signed to a minor league contract and didn't eventually bring up. Dusty played baseball with this guys father. Its a done deal.

How any sane human being can look at what this team needs and think GMJ is in any way shape or form a potential solution is absolutely beyond me. That is of course until I remind myself this is the same braintrust that decided to sign Willy Tavaras to a 2 year deal.

The institutional affinity for talentless CF'ers is an ongoing wonder.
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Maybe the Reds discovered a new, undetectable steroid GMJ doesn't know about. That should return him to his 2006 form.
 
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scott91575;1721203; said:
That should return him to his 2006 form.
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Tavarasesque in that his far and away career year was just a normal season for a good player. 2006 was about 10 standard deviations from this codsacks career norm. He's been cranking out sub .700 OPS goodness ever since.

Guarandamntee this useless bastard is in Cincy before the years out.

I'd rather they signed Gary Matthews SR than this fucktard.
 
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Still 2-0 in the 6th.

WTF is this? :lol:

- G. Gross unknown into double play second to catcher to third, C. Jackson out at home, K. Suzuki out at third, K. Kouzmanoff to second
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Thanks for that, yahoo.

G Gross grounded into double play, second to catcher to third, C Jackson out at home, K Suzuki out at third, K Kouzmanoff to second, G Gross to first.
Oakland's Manager B Geren ejected by J Crawford in the 4th.
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ESPN was actually a little more helpful....

Gabe Gross hit a soft line drive at Brandon Phillips at second. Phillips let in dropped. He threw home for the force out Jackson. Ramon Hernandez threw to third to get Suzuki. Third baseman Miguel Cairo tagged Suzuki. Had Cairo stepped on the bag and threw to second, it would have probably been a triple play. A?s manager Bob Geren was ejected for arguing the call. Presumably, he thought the infield-fly rule should have been called.
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John Fay to the rescue
 
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scott91575;1721876; said:
Orlando Cabrera is now 4 for his last 53 for an incredible .075 batting average. Perfect leadoff hitter for Dusty. Yet hey, at least he drew 2 walks in that time for an OB percentage of .109.
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Wait until Gomes remembers who he is. That regression to the norm is going to be brutal.

Speaking of brutal:

From Jeff Fletcher:

Walt Jockettey said the #reds are hoping to have G.Matthews Jr. signed to a minor of deal by the weekend. GMJ would play at AAA.
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Jeff Fletcher (JeffFletcherAOL) on Twitter

Just a matter of time.
 
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