Reds Tidbits (2012 Season)

[scott91575]

Shout out to the Nationals, losers of five straight.

and the Braves have been tanking themselves. They have to be thinking "not again!"

Of course the Dodgers have lost 3 in a row and the Pirates have been playing bad. The only Wild Card team playing well at all are the Cards.

 

[Jaxbuck]

The magnitude of the coming collapse is going to be immense.

Hoke-like in its immensity

.500 from here = 95 wins for the Reds.

WB's would have to go 24-9 from here on out to just tie that.

 

[Dryden]

Astros simulated wins at 52? Not gonna happen.

 

[Dryden]

Tomorrow will end the Reds' string of 34 games in 34 days (due to that rescheduled Cubs day/night double header). Reds are 21-12 over that stretch.

 

[Tanner]

Can the winner of the wild card game play a team in its own division in the 1st round of the playoffs?

 

[JXC]

Can the winner of the wild card game play a team in its own division in the 1st round of the playoffs?

Yes...divisions don't matter anymore.

Wildcard 2 plays at Wildcard 1.

The winner plays the team with the best record in the league.

The other two teams play each other.


Right now St. Louis would play Atlanta, with the winner playing the Reds. The Giants would play the Nationals.


Also different this year, and just this year, is the format of the first round.

The Wild Card one game playoff winners, will play two games at home, and then play three games at the 1 seed.

The 3 seed will play two games at home, and then play three games at the 2 seed.


So the disadvantage of being the 1 or 2 seed this year, is that you have to play the first two games on the road. Whereas, before you would play the first two at home, and then game five at home. Obviously, if you end up winning one of those first two games, you seem to be in a great position.

 

[Tanner]

thanks

 

[schwab]

I admit I skipped a few pages as in about 20, but..

fuck this team. Fuck. It's almost like they are so close to being good, but they can't quite completely wash the suck off. One of these years I do believe the dreaded Cincinnata franchise may blindly get a clue.

I repeat: This team fucking sucks

 

[TooTall]

I admit I skipped a few pages as in about 20, but..

fuck this team. Fuck. It's almost like they are so close to being good, but they can't quite completely wash the suck off. One of these years I do believe the dreaded Cincinnata franchise may blindly get a clue.

I repeat: This team fucking sucks

That's the spirit

 

[EDDIE GGGG27]

Danny Graves and Todd Fat Ginger F#ck Coffey woukd be proud of this collapse thats about to take place.

 

[scott91575]

So, with a ton of off days coming up (the Reds don't play more than 6 games in a row until the last 9 games of the season), do the Reds start skipping starts or do you keep the rotation set?

Although it is nice that a series with Leake, Bailey, and Arroyo set to pitch happens to be the Stros. The other time it will happen this year is at the Cubs. Skipping anyone messes that up.

 

[jlb1705]

Yes...divisions don't matter anymore.

Wildcard 2 plays at Wildcard 1.

The winner plays the team with the best record in the league.

The other two teams play each other.


Right now St. Louis would play Atlanta, with the winner playing the Reds. The Giants would play the Nationals.


Also different this year, and just this year, is the format of the first round.

The Wild Card one game playoff winners, will play two games at home, and then play three games at the 1 seed.

The 3 seed will play two games at home, and then play three games at the 2 seed.


So the disadvantage of being the 1 or 2 seed this year, is that you have to play the first two games on the road. Whereas, before you would play the first two at home, and then game five at home. Obviously, if you end up winning one of those first two games, you seem to be in a great position.

All that makes getting the #1 seed that much more important. If you're gonna face the disadvantage of having to go on the road for the first two games, it helps if the other team already had to use their ace.

Although, I suppose if that means you drop two in St. Louis and then have to come back home and sweep the rest and your Game 3 opponent is Adam Wainwright, you're pretty much fucked.

The way MLB shoehorned everything in this year is stupid.

 

[jlb1705]

Boshin'

Brandon Phillips ‏@DatDudeBP

LOL... DAMN, that's kinda #Boshin RT @FatdaddyMaxwell: @DatDudeBP Best Record in baseball makes u do crazy things http://pic.twitter.com/tdgLaeSp

 

[Honor&Glory]

The kiss of death...


This collapse will be so epic, I am considering taking the entire month off from work to track its progress in its entirety ....fuck Storm Chasers...I chase historical downfalls!

 

[Bucknut24]

and Stubbs already has 1 strikeout