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Reds Tidbits (2012 Season)

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http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/24338/votto-stanton-add-grand-drama-on-sunday

Votto's grand slam into the grassy knoll in center field at The Great American Ball Park capped a three-homer day and should erase concerns about "What's wrong with Joey Votto?" Nothing was wrong, of course, even though Votto entered the day with just two home runs. He was hitting .296/.454/.491, leading the majors with 15 doubles and 31 walks. He simply hasn't been getting a lot of pitches to hit. Entering Sunday, fewer than 40 percent of the pitches he'd seen were in the strike zone. Votto is one of the most disciplined hitters in the majors and his chase percentage of 20.5 ranks among the best in baseball.

The Nationals challenged Votto on a wet, rain-delayed game in Cincinnati and showed why throwing him too many strikes can be a dangerous proposition. In the first inning, he hit a 1-0 fastball from Edwin Jackson six or seven deep into the left-field seats. In the fourth, he crushed a 3-2 changeup from Jackson over the 404 sign in dead center.

After the Nationals took a 6-3 lead, the Reds scored two runs in the eighth when Bryce Harper lost a Jay Bruce flyball in the dreary early evening gray sky. All that did was set up the dramatic bottom of the ninth, when Votto turned around a two-out, 2-2, 96-mph fastball from Henry Rodriguez to give the Reds a 9-6 victory.

Votto also doubled, and now his season line reads: .319/.466/.593, meaning he raised his slugging percentage 102 points in one day. What's wrong with Votto? Nothing.
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Turned the TV on to watch the 9th inning, luckily. All of the .200 hitters getting on base to get Votto up was great, Votto sealing the deal was really fucking great.

Now, why are there only a few Reds hitting above .250? Where is the damn offense outside of Votto, Bruce and a couple of others?
 
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JohnnyCockfight;2154805; said:
Turned the TV on to watch the 9th inning, luckily. All of the .200 hitters getting on base to get Votto up was great, Votto sealing the deal was really fucking great.

Now, why are there only a few Reds hitting above .250? Where is the damn offense outside of Votto, Bruce and a couple of others?
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Just wait til it gets warm.
 
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JohnnyCockfight;2154805; said:
Turned the TV on to watch the 9th inning, luckily. All of the .200 hitters getting on base to get Votto up was great, Votto sealing the deal was really fucking great.

Now, why are there only a few Reds hitting above .250? Where is the damn offense outside of Votto, Bruce and a couple of others?
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Who are these couple of others you speak of?
 
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