Reds Versus Cardinals: The Battle for Biggest Disappointment
By
Amanda
Posted at 7:32 pm
At first blush, I think it's hard to look at this Cardinals team and think that a bigger disappointment could exist. I mean, they're coming off the World Series championship, after all. But then again, you saw their off-season moves and you sorta knew this was coming. The Reds have talent coming out of their asses. Also, these Cards are somehow in second place while the Reds reside in the cellar.
Nevertheless, the FSNO pregame guys are acting like things are on the rebound. I believe Jeff Piecoro just used the phrase “things looked bleak.” Looked. As in, past tense. Implying that they no longer look bleak.
Better, though, was what Chris Welsh just said: the bullpen is like castor oil. He continued the metaphor to say that it was OK a little at a time, but failed to say that too much gives you runs. The Crafty Lefty failed to bring it home.
So, Homer Bailey's coming up and will be starting on Friday. Ought to make for some nice Simpsons references in the Smack Talk that day.
Suckily, I have to make a couple runs to Walgreens during the game tonight. Apparently, they sell kitty prescriptions.
Let’s see who the hell plays for these teams these days:
Reds
Norris Hopper RF
Josh Hamilton CF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnación 3B
Scott Hatteberg 1B
David Ross C
Juan Castro SS
Aaron Harang P
Cardinals
David Eckstein SS
Chris Duncan LF
Albert Pujols 1B
Jim Edmonds CF
Scott Spiezio 3B
Juan Encarnacion RF
Gary Bennett C
Adam Kennedy 2B
Todd Wellmeyer P
Your cat is [strong]still[/strong] sick? Wasn’t she sick last time, too?
It looks like he may have teh cancers 🙁
I’m very sorry to hear that. You are welcome to my cat, if that will help at all.
We’ve got another, but thanks 😉
I don’t know if they show FarmersOnly.com commercials while you’re watching the game–it’s possible that the Cardinals fanbase doesn’t include as many people who would be interested in an all-farmers dating site–but we in the greater Cincinnati-land area are treated to it several times a game. And the song gets stuck in my head for days at a time:
[em]You don’t have to be lonely…at FarmersOnly.com[/em]
Oh, that is outstanding. We don’t get those commercials, just a lot of hot girls writhing around selling burgers.
All right, here we go. Now you face the might of Norris Hopper!!
Wait, who is this guy leading off?
He’s the fella who came up when Freel took that knock to the noggin. He’s not bad, really, but hardly has the star power of our number two hitter.
Hamilton’s just off the DL too with gastroenteritis. Not a DL condition you hear about too much.
That was nice of the Cards not to make Hamilton run to get on base, what with his recent tummyache.
Brandon Phillips. Just look at that smile.
WTF???
Hey! You’re not supposed to catch it off the bounce!
I thought he dropped that and re-caught it on the bounce, but Proxy says it never hit the ground.
Nope, never it the ground. Phew.
By the way, although Wainwright and Thompson were starters in the minors, 4/5 of our rotation were bullpen guys their entire major league careers. The only career starter is Wells, who sucks.
Chris and George said it bounced off the wall. And they’ve seen their share of poor fielding.
Thompson is starting now? Brad? The one who looks like a girl?
Right through the 5-hole!
Oh, yeah, I didn’t even think about the wall, I was looking for a bounce 😀
Thompson is starting. He’s actually doing quite well.
Ok, I’m heading to Walgreens, I’ll be back in about 15 minutes (I hope – our Walgreens is kinda ghetto).
Good for him. It’s always nice to see a little Thompson lib. Meanwhile, the Reds rotation isn’t too bad, but the management is, so it’s a wash.
this will be a good chance for me to go make some supper. I’ll meet you back here forthwith.
Hah! My chance to take over! 😀
I’m listening to the Bats game with one ear. Craig Wilson is playing for the Charlotte Knights. He’s hitting below the Mendoza line. I don’t think the Sox are gonna call him up anytime soon.
After one inning, the Reds are already down 0-1. Big sigh.
Welcome BubbaFan. Bummer about Wilson, but I’m not prepared to give Krivsky credit for prescience on that one. I think he just got lucky.
White Castle has these commercials with “True Castle Stories.” I’m always tempted to go to the website and tell them my True Castle Story.
My son was only one year old and had fallen asleep in the back of the car on the way home from softball practice. Jon and I decided to go to White Castle because we hadn’t had their food before and we were curious to try it. We went through the drive-thru and got us some sliders. I opened the bag in the front seat and a couple seconds later (exactly the amount of time it took for the smell to waft back to the back seat), my son woke up mid-vomitting.
So then not only were we stuck with a dozen sliders, we also had to clean up baby puke off the carseat. What fun.
Kelly Stinnet takes over for Bennet after Bennet is hit by a pitch. Man, I haven’t seen Stinnet forever.
Stinnett. It’s got two t’s.
We didn’t even trade for Kelly – we bought him. Just like Babe Ruth.
That’s a trip: with Wellmeyer at the bat, each team took turns changing their signs, like, a half-dozen times. And now he’s struck out.
Hey, where the heck is Molina?
Boy, listening your stories, I get the impression that parents spend all their waking hours cleaning up kid puke. :crazy:
I tried White Castle once. Never heard of the place, until I came to NY. Here I am, basically fresh off the farm, with these worldly New Yorkers aghast that I had never had White Castle. So of course they had to take me.
They ask me how many I want. I say one. I mean, how many hamburgers do they expect me to eat at one sitting. No, no, they say, they’re really small, you have to have more than one. They buy me three.
I wish they’d only bought one. I thought it was the worst burger I’d ever had. With the possible exception of the water buffalo burger with banana ketchup I had in the Philippines once. No, White Castle was worse.
The Rockies broke his wrist.
Holy jeez. Kelly Stinnett? He was the Yanks’ backup catcher last year. Who got all huffy when they cut him for Sal Fasano.
I think every game against the Reds they have to talk about Hamilton’s “past”.
Water buffalo burger with banana ketchup…I must try it!
Hamilton is the redemption story of the decade. Unless this gastroenteritis ends up getting the better of him.
Yes, tasty.
And I’ve never had White Castle even though they’re everywhere in St. Louis.
So, Ms. Scratcher: There’s going to be a Bronson Arroyo concert on the Sunday we’re in Cincinnati. The Screaming Mimes are opening up for him, so we could probably get a little access, but it doesn’t start until 8 p.m.
How boring is the draft going to be? Why would they televise that? There are maybe 100,000 people in the whole country who know enough about these kids to be interested.
Hmmm. That sounds pretty cool, but I think that may be a little too late for us 🙁
So are they like the Reds’ house band? Cause that’s pretty awesome.
Darn. You know what a big Bronson Arroyo fan I am! 😛
Are they televising the baseball draft? I had no idea. I’m so out of it.
God, Wellemeyer suuuuuucks.
I’m so glad I have to go to pick up the medicine soon. This hurts.
Hey, he hasn’t given up any runs.
Kelly needs to go out there again.
This can’t hurt! You’re winning!
Oh, not for long.