scott91575
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Well, one team had to win. What an awful ballgame. Complete miracle this team is only 7-9.
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Bucky Katt;2145559; said:Just wait till it gets warm!
scott91575;2145561; said:Well, one team had to win. What an awful ballgame. Complete miracle this team is only 7-9.
Jaxbuck;2145557; said:...but it's a hard .170.
Bucky Katt;2145559; said:Just wait till it gets warm!
buckeyefool;2146670; said:Wonder how mant UK fans accidently got sat in the Bark at the Park section tonight
Bestbuck36;2146696; said:Reds win 9-2!! I really didnt think they'd get 9 runs this whole series.
Lets keep that stuff rolling boys.
jlb1705;2146720; said:Buster Posey lost this game for the Giants in the first inning. Brandon Phillips should have struck out on that ball in the dirt. Posey appealed that he caught a foul tip after the ball hit the dirt but never touched the bat. If his instinct had been to tag Phillips rather than appeal for a caught foul tip it probably would have meant the end of the inning. Instead, Phillps gets one more chance and takes Cain deep.
Speaking of catchers, I liked seeing Hanigan back there tonight. While I like Mesoraco's potential with the stick and think he can be a good one, he is not anywhere near Hanigan when it comes to the finer points like calling the game, settling the pitcher and framing pitches. I know Latos was eventually going to turn it around one way or another, but I think tonight's performance had a lot to do with pairing him up with a more experienced backstop.
scott91575;2146731; said:Coming into this game here are the ERA's for the catchers...
Hanigan - 2.88
Mesoraco - 5.12
jlb1705;2146740; said:Hanigan, being Arroyo's personal catcher, is due for a bit of a correction in his number. I think there is a definite difference in the two backstops, but I don't think it is as great as those numbers indicate. Hanigan is on the wrong side of 30 and Mesoraco seems dedicated to his craft - hopefully he's learning some of those finer points so he can grow into the player the Reds are going to need him to be in the coming years.