Now Hated more than the Cubs - Your 2011 Reds thread

"Is that real? Man, fuck the reds. Hate them more than the cubs tbh"

So is Jonny Gomes a dick on Adam Wainright's injury? At least from the Reds' Beat writers, there doesn't seem to be much consensus.

Hal McCoy seems to be the one that sprung this whole singing on the injury thing.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/02/23/reds_on_alert_over_loss_of_wai.html?cxtype=feedbot

There seems to be some differences on what went down from Mark Sheldon and John Fay who were also there this afternoon.

http://marksheldon.mlblogs.com/archives/2011/02/gomes_on_wainwright.html

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2011/02/23/sorting-out-gomes-wainwright/

I dunno...doesn't quite seem like Brandon Phillips who kind of underlined what he said to McCoy that started this whole bruhaha last year.

I've been to Dayton. They need a paper?

Got to have something to wrap up stuff as you move out.

this is the year that jay bruce goes ham on the league. this is it. please ignore that i said the same thing last year and maybe the year before too.

http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1218441880/-4.jpg

New Gomes/Reds haters, read http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/02/25/gomes.wainwright/index.html

Who wouldn't want to be in the dugout foxhole with that guy?

They're not wearing these softball jerseys during the regular season, are they?

!!!

http://nbchardballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/dusty-baker-bobblehead.jpg?w=252&h=408

ahahahaha, love it

One Dusty, one cup.

Not sure if this quote would be less dumb if it happened to be about Daniel Herrera.

“We would still leave (starting) as an option,” Jocketty said. “He definitely could be a top-of-the-rotation guy. He’s either going to have to do that or be a closer. I don’t see him being a set-up guy forever.”

D Stubbs doubled to right.	3	0
B Phillips sacrificed to pitcher, D Stubbs to third.	3	0
J Votto hit sacrifice fly to center, D Stubbs scored.	3	1
S Rolen walked.	3	1
J Bruce singled to right, S Rolen to second.	3	1
J Gomes grounded out to pitcher.

Way to play for one run with the heart of your lineup in the first inning when you're already down by two, Dusty.

what a moment

turned on this game in the bottom of the ninth.

great win Reds.

http://30fps.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2011-March-31-15-39-12.jpg

posing for HOF plaque

"The worst thing I did was accept that trade for [Reds GM] Walt Jocketty," said Edmonds, who went from the Brewers to the Reds last summer. "I should have shut it down and went home. I would be healthy right now and probably playing." He also criticized the Reds' medical staff.

groundskeeping crew in tuxes o_O

lil patch of gray:

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/4/5/2092794/andrew-cashner-shoulder-injury-cubs

this is not the cubs thread

Wish I could recall the expert baseball analyst who, during the first inning of opening day, tweeted something snarky about the people who picked the Reds to win their division.

the reds are hitting .338/.409/.566 AS A TEAM so far this year

Yeah, the skeptics sure have been decisively devastated by 5 games

and using "this year" in the first week, J0rd, for shame

the fuck is this

Mike Leake was arrested Monday in Hamilton County, Ohio on charges of theft.
Leake was stopped by Macy's employees in downtown Cincinnati after trying to leave the store with nearly $60 worth of T-shirts. He was taken to jail and is facing a misdemeanor. Leake, 23, is earning right around $425,000 this season.

different dude with same name?

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110418/SPT04/304180108/Reds-pitcher-Mike-Leake-arrested

jesus does he look like a kid.

Craig Monroe Disease

i understand not wanting to pay money for american rag clothes tbqf.

Mike Leake - WTF?

Was he hanging out with some Bengals?

so uh alrodis may have broken some fastest pitch record tonight

That's good. Wasn't everyone freaking out a couple days ago when he was topping out at 92?

Wish I could recall the expert baseball analyst who, during the first inning of opening day, tweeted something snarky about the people who picked the Reds to win their division.

yeah, pretty much anyone with 82 wins could win this

I'm sure there is some hating going on after this weekend.

Brandon Phillips came up pretty big this weekend.

Reds starting pitching has really got a lift getting Homer Bailey and Johnny Cueto back.

They have to send down Chapman though, that guy couldn't hit the strikezone in T-Ball right now.

Hate is good ... I love watching teams play that hate each other.

Kerry Wood v. the Reds... most Cublike play of all time just now

God I hate liking this team

Volquez is Louisville-bound.

He's a wreck. Starting pitching is just not coming together like last year. The Reds got a boost getting Bailey and Cueto back, as they have both been pretty good.

Nice win tonight. Jay Bruce got a big hit.

carlos fisher's arm is going to fall off

dusty don't care

The Reds starting pitching which going into the season looked like it could be a strength has just been brutal. The bullpen has been really good and while a couple of positions are not hitting much, over all they are driving in runs.

Doesn't look like the magic is here this year. They might not be as bad as they seem at this point, but unless the starting pitching comes around, it is not going to work.

Dusty Baker walks Miguel Tejada (1st-2nd worst hitter in MLB) to face the best hitter in the Giants line-up = go-ahead RBI.

*INTENTIONALLY WALKS*

lol at votto getting pissed after edinson was doubled off second

Beyond getting doubled up, Volquez cost them a run not getting to third on that obvious double down the line by Stubbs. Ed probably screwed up and got doubled off after screwing up and not getting to third in the first place.

Ah its the story of this year's Reds, they just let alot of games slip by small things. Last year they kicked ass in close games, this year they have already lost something like 18-19 games by 1 or 2 runs. Still considering how bad the starting pitching has been in stretches, it could be worse, as they are in the race.

Tejada did smoke Reds pitching in the first couple of games for like 4 or 5 doubles including I think one off Arredondo.

What is their rotation now -- Leake, Cueto, Arroyo, Bailey, Willis? Willis' walks are still high, but he's probably their fourth best starter.

Cueto's strikeouts AND hits are dramatically down from his rookie year.

Johnny Cueto has really changed his pitching style, he lays off the heat going for K's which he tried to do in previous seasons and lives off his slider now which moves similar to a sinker. It is working, as the guy is getting his pitch count down and is staying in ballgames. The guy would be at 90 pitches in the fifth about every other start a couple of years ago. Cueto has also kind of made his twist a bit more pronounced, more like Tiant.

Pitching has been pretty good for a few weeks, but Dusty has been getting consistently burned by sticking with his starter one batter too long in the seventh.

Zito and Dontrelle should smoke a bowl.

Neyer:

"Do you remember when a lot of people were picking the Reds to win the division? I've always had them in third place, but I certainly didn't think they would play this poorly. And in a sense, they haven't played poorly at all. Would you believe their run differential is better than Milwaukee's?

It is. But where Milwaukee's 24-15 in one-run games, Cincinnati's 17-26. And there's your pennant race, kids. The Redlegs are done. Next year should be better."

That 17-26 stat amazes me. Milwaukee has won a lot of 1-run games lately b/c they essentially have two closers. Cincinatti's bullpen seems even better. It seems like the starting pitching is not really holding up their end and maybe the offense can't quite catch up?

that was hilarious the other day when their commentators were cluelessly talking about the lollapalooza lineup and said "the mountain goats? i bet they smell like 'em" and the other said "i bet they're not baaaaaaaaaaaahd"

It didn't take them long to go from Cage the Elephant to Mott the Hoople.

Fun clubhouse.

DatDudeBP Brandon Phillips
My teammates #3Words Cueto's Johnnie Walker Black. @D_Train35 's GOD IS GOOD. Wood's Saddle Up Partner. Bailey's Go F*c Off.

mike leake can hit

Juan Francisco hit a pitch out of Great American Ball Park.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19127709&partnerId=aw-8820754067471551533-996

http://marksheldon.mlblogs.com/2011/09/12/francisco-goes-very-deep/

The top 10 home run distances in GABP history:

1. Adam Dunn, 535 ft, 8/10/04 vs LAD
2. Juan Francisco, 502 ft, 9/12/11 vs. CHC
3. Wily Mo Pena, 498 ft., 4/17/05 vs. HOU
4. Reggie Abercrombie (FLA), 4/19/06 493 ft, vs. CIN
5. Alfonso Soriano (WAS), 492 ft, 5/9/06 vs CIN
6. Derrek Lee (CHC), 482 ft, 4/18/05 vs. CIN
T7. Ryan Howard (PHI), 479 ft, 4/5/08 vs CIN
T7. Adam Dunn, 479 ft, 4/6/06 vs. PIT
9. Albert Pujols, 477 ft., 8/31/03 vs. CIN
10. Adam Dunn, 474 ft., 5/4/05 vs. STL

While other homers have left GABP, this ball was the first to ever clear the moon deck before it landed on the south side of Mehring Way. Jim Day of FS Ohio found the piece of a tree that snapped off from being struck by the drive.

That Adam Dunn homerun was the only homerun ever hit into another STATE

When the Big Donkey did get hold of one, he could really take it for a ride. Too bad the guy can't hit anymore. One nuts thing about some of Dunn's homers I saw was not really the distance, but he would hit 'em a mile into the air too.

Drew Stubbs has struck out 205 times.

rank in all-time seasons?

I'll get right on it.

I guess just Mark Reynolds, right?