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Jun 07,
2007
2007
Get Away Game Thread
By Amanda
The good news is that, win or lose, the Reds' next game will be in the Eastern Time Zone. If I have to watch the boys lose, I'd at least like to get a good night's sleep afterward.
Reds
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Juan Castro SS
Ken Griffey, Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnación 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
David Ross C
Kyel Lohse P
Cards
David Eckstein
Chris Duncan
Albert Pujols
Jim Edmonds
Scott Rolen
Juan Encarnacion
Adam Kennedy
Gary Bennett
Adam Wainwright
So the Cardinals are fielding two Adams tonight, which seems a little unnatural. But more or less unnatural than batting Castro second? Tough call.
Is the top of the first over already? I just put up he game thread post!
June 7th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Hey, the bottom of the inning was just as fast. Though, admittedly, it might just have seemed fast because I’m playing Spider Solitaire on the laptop.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Eddie’s aboard. Slid headfirst into first base. Now he’s chatting with Pujols. It’s a good life for EdE.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
OMG George Grande just brought up ARod. I couldn’t believe it, but then he started talking about something that happened on the field, and that seemed more in character. He did call ARod a “lightning rod,” which is pretty good all around.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Aw man. Let the stranding begin.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
I’m here!
June 7th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
It’s too hot to go to the game, plus there are going to be terrible storms.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I guess that makes you a fair weather fan. :hehe:
Glad you’re here, though. I was just passing the time building m boy’s Hot Wheels V-Drop that he got for his birthday. It’s a track that hangs from the top of a door that your Hot Wheels car flies down before knocking over the cardboard ring of fire that it’s supposed to go through.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Boy, Loshe is getting up there in pitch count and it’s only the third.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
That sounds AWESOME!
June 7th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
That was wild: our feed was just screwed up. It looked like one of the techs was channel surfing without realizing that his boredom was being broadcast.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Nice.
If this pace keeps up, you should be in bed at a reasonable hour.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Oh great, Adam.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Ooh! Nick Lachey is being interviewed on the program!
That sounds sarcastic, but I’m oddly enchanted by Lachey. He may be the prettiest Reds fan.
Griffey homer! He’s good luck, too! ::swoon::
June 7th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Our guys are talking wistfully about what-might-have-been if Jr. didn’t have the injury issues. Too bad it’s Bonds chasing Aaron instead of him.
June 7th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Yikes. Wainwright is having a baaaaad night. Maybe he is better suited for 1 or 2 innings max.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Holy crap! It’s an EdE homer!
Nick Lachey can NEVER leave the broadcast booth. Especially in the button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. ::double swoon::
Alas, the shoulda-woulda-coulda’s are the story of Griffey’s career. Did you see The Onion story about it? Like typical Onion stuff it was too long, but pretty much right on.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Rolen <3
June 7th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Rolen looks like he’s 15 years older than he is.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Pujols has been the king of right-side pop-ups this year. At least that one went to the outfield.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Loshe has 53 pitches through 4 – how many will it take for him to be lifted for the bullpen?
June 7th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Ooh, that’s a good question. It’s so hard to predict Jerry Narron. I expect he’ll come out about 1 pitch too late. He’ll probably be replaced by Mike Stanton.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Oh, Wainwright is at 68 after that out. Yikes. I hope he gets through the 7th.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
I can’t believe that Castro is at the top of this order. He’s notoriously poor at the plate. That’s been the case all along: they even said when they brought him aboard that it was just to improve the defense.
The guy has one night with two doubles and all hell breaks loose.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
I think that your team would have a serious problem with the bullpen, what with all the relievers now being in the rotation.
What the heck is up with Ryan Franklin, though? And what kind of freaking magic did your pitching coach use on him?
As horrible as the Reds pitching as been for so long, I think they need to poach another team’s pitching coach. It would be money well-spent.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
I dunno what’s going on with Franklin. I know he wants to start, but he’s been so good in the pen LaRussa doesn’t want to move him. So now we have Wellemeyer. I bet Franklin makes a couple starts though. Dave Duncan’s just a genius.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I can’t even believe that that sentence is about was about Franklin.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
I know.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
What’s irritating about this is that the Reds will probably win this game–not surprising, they’ve lost their last three–and everyone will be all like [em]maybe they’re going to turn the corner now[/em] or [em]maybe we don’t need to fire Narron after all[/em] or [em]maybe Bronson’s music career isn’t the best thing going on in our rotation[/em].
June 7th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
So…whatta ya think about Love Shack being DFA’d? The Reds now have two vacant spots on the 40-man roster. One is presumably for Homer Bailey, but what’s the other one for? The other PTBNL from the Deno deal? A trade (maybe Dunn)?
June 7th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
All right. It’s about time Dunn got involved in the fight against prostate cancer.
I’m still behind from my vacation and haven’t been paying close attention to the roster. But gosh, a trade for Dunn would be huge. What could they possibly get that would be good enough to justify a deal like that to the fans?
That would definitely mean rebuilding year. What a depressing thought, though at least something would be happening.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Oh, Dunn hit a home run, eh? Blah.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
What an arm!!
June 7th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Even though the Reds score most of their runs on homers, it still feels like it’s been a while since they’ve gotten out the long balls. Maybe the charity angle is an inspiration. What about the charity for the benefit of Reds’ fans enjoyment of the game?
Woo! Doubled off first from center. Don’t challenge Hamilton’s arm.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
I think the TV is about to be commandeered for Wii.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
I’ll follow online
June 7th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
The empty roster spot does suggest some kind of move is in the works. Shack wasn’t so awful that they’d expose him to waivers and risk losing him for no reason. (He did clear waivers and will continue pitching for the Bats, though I suspect this move means he’ll leave the Reds organization as a minor league free agent at the end of the season.)
But the rest of it is just rumor. Some think it’s Dunn because Narron said Hopper would play in all three games this weekend. Just wild speculation, though.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
You have a Wii but only one t.v.? That’s priorities.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
We’ve got another in the bedroom, but I don’t want to take my computer in there.
I will say that the Madden 07 soundtrack SUCKS. I’m gonna turn the game on the radio.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Uh-oh; something just got through. It’s not even the eighth inning yet.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Man. I hate getting shut out!
June 7th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
As I alluded to a comment ago, hang in there for the eighth. That’s the baaaad inning.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Eh, the Cards seem to have taken the night off.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
But now we have McBeth. He pitched a good 8th yesterday.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
I wonder whether we’ll see McBeth in the eighth tonight. Like I said, Narron is so hard to predict.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
McBeth had no record and no ERA last night, is he brand new?
June 7th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
McBeth is the guy we got from Oakland for Denorfia. He was called up once, and never used. He was called up again, and finally got took the mound for the first time yesterday. Narron didn’t want to put him in unless we had a big lead. Which meant his butt was glued to the bench.
I think they’ll use him tonight, because he’ll probably be going back to Louisville tomorrow to make room for Bailey.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Sort of. It feels like he’s been with the team forever, but Narron was saving him for a special occasion. He did well, so we’re hopeful that he’ll get the call more frequently now, but who knows. Livingston was up with the team and had a great start before being sent back down.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
If it was Yadi back there, it would have been a stike ‘em out, throw ‘em out.
Encarnacion needs a triple for the cycle….
June 7th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Well, he’s got a big lead now. Yuck.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
I don’t know, Phillips was in there by a mile. Dang, EdE’s having a good game.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Oh, we haven’t even had a guy on third! Sucky.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
What are you up to this weekend, BS?
June 7th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
OTOH, maybe Lohse will pitch a complete game. He’s been remarkably efficient tonight. Only 90 pitches.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
You are kidding me. Stupid wide-turn Kennedy. We should have a run!
June 7th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
I guess they were so excited to finally get a runner to third that they decided to hold him there for a while.
A walk, a failed double play, and a hit to put the runner on third. It must be the eighth inning!
June 7th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Oh, let’s see. We have tickets for Saturday’s game against the Angels. Sunday the Proxy’s parents are having a thing. And I think I’m going to do laundry tomorrow night.
[i]Very[/i] glamorous.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
How ’bout you?
June 7th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Bug Eyes is pitching!
June 7th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
As recently as two days ago, I thought we might have a relaxing weekend off.
I’m enrolling the kid in school tomorrow during the day and I think Jonny’s going to have to go grocery shopping because he’s going to a concert with his mom in the evening.
Saturday we wake up early and head over to the old house to mow the lawn before heading on to the department store to return one of the kid’s birthday presents (my mom didn’t get him REAL Healies). Then it’s on to my mother-in-law’s house to help her put together the new swing set she got, followed by a celebration dinner for my son’s and my nephew’s “graduation” from kindergarten.
Sunday we might sleep in a little, but not much because we’ve got to clean the place up before my mother-in-law comes over to drop off my son (who will have spent the night at her house.)
Not as busy as the trip to Cedar Point, but still hardly relaxing.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
I don’t know what’s more surprising: seeing Pujols dropping the ball or Juan Castro being walked.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
That’s quite a weekend! I’m trying not to do too much before the end of the month – the second to last weekend we’re going on a float trip, then the last weekend we’re coming out east (whoooo!).
June 7th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
What’s a float trip? I envision gallons and gallons of root beer.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Oh, camping and then going down a river in a canoe or raft. There’s gallons of regular beer.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
So close, Griffey.
It’s so nice that George has stopped called Pujols “Prince Albert.” I wonder whether someone talked to him about it.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I hate all the nicknames for Pujols. Prince Albert, El Hombre.
No shutout!!
June 7th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Sounds fun. I’ve been canoing a couple times, and I’ve enjoyed it.
Uh-oh. Shut-out’s gone. And here comes Weathers.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
I don’t mind Lohse coming out of the game, but it seems a wee bit strange. I mean, he was already past Pujols and Edmonds, still had a 4-run cushion, and only two outs left to get.
Better to get Weathers in with as much of a lead as possible, though.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Here is what I do not understand about Jerry Narron. 5-1 lead in the bottom of the ninth … and here comes Weathers. What, he doesn’t get enough work? :confused:
June 7th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Good thing they brought in Weathers. :rolleyes:
June 7th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Yeah, I don’t think Weathers is necessarily the best choice here.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Weathers is the “closer.” Not sure why he’s pitched for a while [em]before[/em] today…
June 7th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Dang.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
We’ve the corner! No, really, this time…
June 7th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Hey! Nice catch, Hatte!
I’d like to say it’s been a fun series, Ms. Scratcher, but it’s actually been pretty boring. Instead, I’ll say that I’d been lovely to chat with ya. We’re looking forward to seeing you guys at the end of the month. I’m getting psyched about the planning!
Have a good night and a fun weekend.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I’m sure you’re right this time, BF.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Yay, me too!! I can’t wait!
Try to grab a nap this weekend
June 7th, 2007 at 10:51 pm