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Reds tidbits (2010 season)

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something from earlier when Votto hit the homer.

chris Welsh was doing what Thom Brennaman usually does (making an ass out of himself by pontificating about something that isn't important) and was detailing how Votto doesn't watch his homers and doesn't stand at the plate. And literally as he was saying it, the replay showed Votto finishing his swing and looking up at the ball for a good 2 seconds before even turning to start jogging to 1st base. :lol:
 
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It should be noted the highlight of the game was Phillies on 1st and 2nd in the 11th and Juan Castro at bat, and the Reds outfield is playing "no doubles" depth. Camera cuts to Gomes signaling the outfielders to move in since Castro can't hit a baseball that far. :lol:
 
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MLB: Joey Votto, Cliff Lee and Carlos Zambrano among the midseason award winners - ESPN

National League MVP of the Half-Year: Joey Votto, Reds

We're betting most Americans have heard and read more about Joey Votto in just the past week than they had in his entire career before now. But here at the Worldwide Leader, we can assure you that it isn't because we're trying to recruit him to star in a new reality show or anything. It's because he's the best player in baseball who'd managed to avoid nearly every radar screen in America before this. But Votto is more than merely the most deserving player left off the original All-Star rosters. He's also the most valuable player in his whole league so far. You want numbers? How 'bout these numbers: The guy leads the league in homers (22), on-base percentage (.417), slugging (.595) and OPS (1.012). And the more important the situation, the better he's been: .351 with men on base, .395 in the late innings of tight games, .379 from the seventh inning on, with 16 homers that have either tied games, put his team ahead, brought his team within a run or broken open a one-run game. But put those numbers aside for a second. The biggest reason this guy ekes out a tight MVP duel with Albert Pujols? Votto has been a culture changer for a team that hasn't won a postseason game in 20 years. "He comes to play," Braves manager Bobby Cox told Half-Year in Review. "He's a dirt player. He's a tough out. He's really grown on me." And, all of a sudden, he's been growing on the rest of the hemisphere, too.
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Modest Votto humbled by the voting populace - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Go fuck yourself, Charlie Manuel ...

And even after the fans overrode Manuel, he still tried to defend leaving Votto off by crying that Howard didn't make the 2008 team.

"In 2008, go back and look at who was leading the league in home runs and RBIs and didn't get on there," Manuel said. "That was OK then, wasn't it? What goes back around comes back around sometimes. There's nothing like a memory. Memory counts in baseball."

No, selective memory counts. See, if Manuel's memory were as good as he'd like to think, perhaps he'd have remembered that Howard was hitting .234 at the break in 2008. And that his on-base percentage was .324 and slugging percentage .508. Maybe he'd have remembered that Howard ranked 30th in the league in OPS. And it's possible he'd have remembered that, among NL first baseman, Lance Berkman, Pujols, Adam Dunn, Derrek Lee, Mark Teixeira, Gonzalez, Conor Jackson and Fielder ? that's more than half of the league's first-base regulars ? had a better OPS than Howard.
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Would be a good retort, except Dunn was playing LF for the Reds then. :wink2:

Votto still being all-class about the affair.

"I think that what Charlie did was great," Votto said, and if ever again you need proof of the kindness of Canadians, look no further. "I've got a manager in Dusty Baker who would do the exact same thing. I think any player that plays this game wants a guy that covers their back, a guy that will pick them first, a guy that rights the wrongs because there have been past instances where Ryan Howard wasn't selected and probably should have.

"I like managers like that. I have a manager like that. I think that's a really cool thing."
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Great stuff, but if he were to smack a 450-footer tonight and felt compelled to spit at the Phillies dugout rounding the bases and do the crotch-chop towards Charlie when he crosses home plate, I wouldn't mind one bit.
 
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Cliff Lee is on his way to the Rangers. :(

As an added kick to the balls, the Rangers are reportedly getting $2.5 million for the privilege, too.

The Seattle Mariners are the Minnesota Timberwolves of baseball.
 
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jlb1705;1729665; said:
Cliff Lee is on his way to the Rangers. :(

As an added kick to the balls, the Rangers are reportedly getting $2.5 million for the privilege, too.

The Seattle Mariners are the Minnesota Timberwolves of baseball.
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It comes down to one simple fact....the Mariners liked Smoak better than Alonso.

As for the money, that had to be done since the Rangers are in bankruptcy. Of course the question still remains how they can take on any extra payroll.
 
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