April 20, 2007
Poor In-game Manager vs Radio Host Attacker
By
Amanda
Posted at 6:17 pm
The Reds try to bounce back tonight against the Phillies. Say what you will about Jerry Narron, but he's not talking about putting his number one starter in the bullpen. I mean, how much would it suck to see Aaron Harang pitching in the seventh inning?
…um…yeah.
C. Trent's got the line-ups:
Redlegs
Ryan Freel CF
Adam Dunn LF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Josh Hamilton RF
Edwin Encarnación 3B
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Alex Gonzalez SS
David Ross C
Kyle Lohse P
Phillies
Jimmy Rollins SS
Shane Victorino RF
Chase Utley 2B
Pat Burrell LF
Wes Helms 1B
Aaron Rowand CF
Abraham Nunez 3B
Carlos Ruiz C
Jon Lieber P
I’m very fond of Jimmy Rollins. I especially like when he flies out to Ryan Freel.
Griffey’s still sick. It’s really nice for the team to be in a position where junior being out doesn’t kill ’em.
Victorino grounds out. Two away.
Chase Utley has a verb for a name. One of my favorite verbs-for-names, right after “Wade.” There used to be a guy on the Mickey Mouse Club–back when it was age-appropriate for me–named Chase. He was soooo cute, and went on to for the short-lived musical group The Party with other MMC members. Weird, dude.
Oh, and Utley struck out. Go Lohse!
Ryan Freel flies out to CF. Darn it.
Dunn barely makes it to the outfield. These 1-2-3-type innings are more fun at the top of the inning.
Phillips strikes out looking. Bummerooni.
The ground ball to EdE rolled up his arm and he dove to try to catch it off himself. I wonder whether he gets credit for trying.
Lohse still rocking the 1-hitter in the middle of two. He’s looking good.
Lieber’s not bad, either. Hamilton out on one pitch.
Hey, where are my game thread contributors? Do you guys have lives or something?? 😛
Hi, BF! Great to have you here. I feel a little crazy talking to myself. 🙂
Did you see Steve Stewart on the pre-game show? I’m so glad that the Reds haven’t cut ties with him entirely. I always really liked him, but now that I’ve had even more basis for comparison, I like him even more.
Lohse strikes out another one.
It’s Ryan Freel dirty shirt night, which is really redundant. Tomorrow is fleece blanket night and the big Screaming Mimes concert after the game. Sunday is the kids’ Ryan Freel dirty shirt night. I should have gone to Cincy this weekend.
OK! Agon on second to lead off the inning.
Oh no, Ross is up.
You’re never talking to yourself. There are four lurkers for every poster. They’re listening, you just don’t know it. 😉
I am following the game on Gameday for now, so no pregame show for me.
…and he’s out. Ugh.
Dang it! Base runner wasted.
Chad Moeller cleared waivers and accepted a minor league assignment. He reports to Louisville on Monday.
I’ve been a lurker myself. It’s kind of fun in a voyeuristic kind of way.
Hi lurkers! 🙂
The Party! Good times.
“In my dreams it’s still the same
You’re love is strong, it still remains.”
I think I would have preferred they hit it big instead of the Mouseketeers that did.
I’m in from mowing the lawn and see the game’s scoreless. Did I miss anything?
Well, I guess it doesn’t hurt to have another catcher kicking around Louisville.
How’s Bubba doing? And, are you watching the Yankee game?
You didn’t miss much, Zel. That DP just now was the most awesome thing of the game. Right up there with the most awesome things of the season. Web gem, baby.
Amazing play by Phillips there. After tagging the runner in front of him, he threw to first base while falling! Very nice.
Boo another strike out for Dunn.
Hooray beer!
What? Hamilton didn’t get a hit? I don’t understand.
I’m watching the Yankees game. The Sox are honoring Celtics great Red Auerbach tonight, so are wearing their green jerseys. I’m going blind, looking at those green jerseys with red undershirts and socks. Big Papi looks like a massively overgrown Christmas elf.
Bubba had a very odd game last night. No hits, but some great at-bats that resulted in two walks. And he made a terrific play in right field, running down a ball and making a circus catch on the warning track. But he threw it to Wise, who was looking in for the cutoff man and missed it. So it was a two-run sac fly. Tied the game, sent it to OT, and the Bats lost in the bottom of the 11th.
It was that kind of day. The Bats lost a heartbreaker in OT, the Reds lost after racking up what seemed like a safe lead. It was the opposite for the Yanks: they were down 2-6, two outs, none on, bottom of the 9th. They rallied, scoring 6 runs to win.
Jeez. What the hell was that by Phillips?
The Red Sox are honoring a Celtic? Are cross-sports promotions popular on the east coast?
I can’t imagine the Reds honoring any of the Bengals, unless it was national bad boy day.
What the Hell, Phillips?
Chris Welsh: “David Ross will be the first to tell you that–”
Me: “he sucks!”
I don’t know if the Sox would honor the Patriots, but the Celtics…I dunno, they have some weird connection.
We’re looking at Google Maps of our new house. It’s going to be difficult to wait until May 18.
Ross at the plate again. Can he get something going to even up this score? Or at least prevent Lohse from leading off the next inning?
C’mon offense, where you at? Lohse is pitching a gem; he doesn’t deserve a 1-0 L.
Lohse didn’t leg it out. Bench him!
It took a screw up by Nuñn, but Freel’s on second. Let’s go Redlegs!
Errant pick-off move puts Freel on third. Dude, MY pick-off would be better than that!
Too bad Donkey couldn’t come through there. Who’s next?
Dammit Dunner!
Well, Phillips walked. Can Hamilton pull an ARod here?
A-Rod just hit another homer. That’s 12 in 15 games!
It’s gotta feel good to be a rookie commanding your own pitcher.
Great patience for Hamilton. Nice job, lad!
But, yikes, it’s the ice-cold EdE coming up. Perhaps being in Javy?
Hamilton has such patience. EdE has none.
Freel shoulda stole home.
Arrghhh. I can’t believe they let that opportunity slip away.
EdE definitely didn’t come through, but let’s also not forget about Dunn not coming through as well. Even Hamilton failed to make contact with his strikes.
Dunn! Man, this guy has turned over a new leaf. Good for him.
Uh-oh. Here comes the bullpen.
Oh boy. Another hit batter by the bullpen. Here we go again.
And there’s a runner. HBP. There have been a lot of those lately.
Stanton again? Keep this up, and some lucky fan is going to get a unique souvenir, when Stanton’s arm falls off and goes flying into the stands.