2008 Cincinnati Reds

[duke776]

Re: 2008 Cincinnati Reds

Ok so I read that they are going to give Bruce a long hard look at batting 3rd. The first two games he hits a dinger in each. Hits safely in all three games and goes 4 for 12 for a .333 avg.

Today he is batting 7th. Can anyone tell me the logic behind that?

Dusty Baker is just a pure genius

[ChubbyBanana]

Re: 2008 Cincinnati Reds

I'm guessing they have given up, and are now attempting to shift around people in hopes of figuring it out for next season. Who knows.

[duke776]

Re: 2008 Cincinnati Reds

The reds waive the white flag every time Patterson plays...in other news, Burce hit a homerun tonight, and Arroyo only let up 1 earned through 6 tonight, now maybe if they could just beat the bad teams the reds would be pretty good.

[SlimKibbles]

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Bronson looked pretty good tonight. That HR that Bruce hit almost looked like it was off the end of the bat and it went a long way.

[sportsdude]

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lol I saw the Parra-Fielder scuffle live during the game, first time I've seen a dugout fight live.

[SlimKibbles]

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lol I saw the Parra-Fielder scuffle live during the game, first time I've seen a dugout fight live.

Yeah the cameras were fixed on Parra right before that happened because a pinch-hitter was going to bat for him. I'm sure it was a routine deal with the cameraman showing the pitcher in the dugout when he's night is over. Then he exchanges words with Fielder and all hell breaks lose.

[PhantomPain]

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It is just so dang laughable with this team. I go to check out the score and of course it is 6-0 Houston.

Too bad the Reds couldn't work out a trade for Fogg

[sportsdude]

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The Reds are 2-8 in their last 10 and are now down 6-0 to the Astros. I feel like after the Junior trade, the rest of the team gave up on this season. Come on Dusty, now more than ever is the time to ever your money and get these players motivated.

[SlimKibbles]

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Yep, Corey Patterson is playing, Fogg gave up a 3-run HR to Pence that he hit off the end of his bat, and Jay Bruce tried to make a non-chalant catch on a ball hit by Oswalt which he of course dropped. They are putting on a heckuva display tonight.

[duke776]

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I hope we put Fogg on waivers and some team claims him, not so sure how likely it will e. I wouldn't even try to get a player from the other team, I'd gladly just let him go to a different team. Now, we never know, he could've already cleared waivers or placed on them because a lot of that stuff doesn't become public. Also, why does Corey Patterson even have a job, I'd much rather give Chris Dickerson a chance right now. I'm sure he will once september hits, but Corey Patterson just doesn't do it for me.

[sportsdude]

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a few things:

-Jocketty just brought in Bill Bavasi to be a special assistant to the GM. You may remember Bavasi for creating that disaster of a team in the Pacific Northwest known as the Seattle Mariners.

-The Reds first round draft pick this year, Miami 1B Yonder Alonso, is considering returning to school instead of signing with the Reds. Alonso is asking for a $7 million signing bonus, well above the Reds offer of $2.8 million. MLB slotted the pick where Alonso was selected at $2.8 million too so it appears Alonso is just asking for an exorbitant amount of money.

-I was listening to the local sports radio today and I heard that Dusty had some interesting comments on the team yesterday. I can't find a link to a newspaper so I'm paraphrasing here, but he basically said he didn't like the personnel of the team when he was hired and that the Reds are "Wayne Krivsky's team, not mine and not Walt's." Basically saying he doesn't feel can win with this team and that he does not like the current players on the team. He went on to say it's frustrating because he wants to win now more than ever.

[slickdtc]

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a few things:

-Jocketty just brought in Bill Bavasi to be a special assistant to the GM. You may remember Bavasi for creating that disaster of a team in the Pacific Northwest known as the Seattle Mariners.

-The Reds first round draft pick this year, Miami 1B Yonder Alonso, is considering returning to school instead of signing with the Reds. Alonso is asking for a $7 million signing bonus, well above the Reds offer of $2.8 million. MLB slotted the pick where Alonso was selected at $2.8 million too so it appears Alonso is just asking for an exorbitant amount of money.

-I was listening to the local sports radio today and I heard that Dusty had some interesting comments on the team yesterday. I can't find a link to a newspaper so I'm paraphrasing here, but he basically said he didn't like the personnel of the team when he was hired and that the Reds are "Wayne Krivsky's team, not mine and not Walt's." Basically saying he doesn't feel can win with this team and that he does not like the current players on the team. He went on to say it's frustrating because he wants to win now more than ever.

This whole post made me sick. I've never felt like giving up on a team like this before, mostly after reading what Dusty supposedly said. I don't care what anyone says, HE is a big part of the problem here.

I want to say we should blow up this team and put tons of youth out there a la the Florida Marlins, but this team is already pretty damn young. Even if we did, we'd have morons leading us.

We need a coach who is hungry to prove himself with a young, hungry team.

[PhantomPain]

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Ummm...is there anyone worse than the Reds right now?

Just curious.

[Coug00]

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Ummm...is there anyone worse than the Reds right now?

Just curious.

Hey, on the bright side your Reds just hired Bill Bavasi as a special assistant to Jocketty to turn things around.

[SlimKibbles]

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We need a coach who is hungry to prove himself with a young, hungry team.

Ron
Oester

Make it so.

Hey, on the bright side your Reds just hired Bill Bavasi as a special assistant to Jocketty to turn things around.

Maybe Walt knows something the rest of baseball doesn't? I sure hope so. What a disaster he created in Seattle.