Author Topic: 9/2/12 (Read 9971 times)

Fredia · « **on:** September 02, 2012, 01:31:20 pm »

nothing nothing
and hint about new pitcher coming up for tommorrows game but no name
bottom of second

Fredia · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:33:18 pm »

inning over 6 straight retired by cin

Ron Brand · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:46:36 pm »

Arroyo looks a little like William Hurt in I Love You To Death.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:48:52 pm »

12 pitch AB by Bogusevic before he doubles to left. One out in the third, no score.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:49:27 pm »

You gotta be kidding. Thrown out trying to steal third.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #5 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:50:41 pm »

Norris grounds out to end the third.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #6 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:54:09 pm »

Phillips grounds out to short. Bruce up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #7 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:55:13 pm »

Blister might be bugging Bud, his fastball is off a tick and he seems to be using a breaking ball a little more.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #8 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:56:19 pm »

Bruce strikes out on a slider up and away. Frazier up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #9 on:** September 02, 2012, 01:58:16 pm »

Frazier whiffs for the second time. Bud's in his head.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #10 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:00:32 pm »

Those Little Bigs in the bumper look good.

Altuve up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #11 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:01:44 pm »

Altuve out on a chopper down the 1B line. Paredes up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #12 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:02:33 pm »

Popup to 2B, two outs and Wallace up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #13 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:04:52 pm »

Arroyo throws slop, but it's pretty good slop. Wallace grounds out to short. Both teams have one hit through four.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #14 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:09:30 pm »

Paul strikes out to lead off the fifth.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #15 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:10:23 pm »

Cairo reaches on a bad throw by Greene.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #16 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:10:59 pm »

Hannigan flies out to right.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #17 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:11:28 pm »

Fewer in here than there are at the game.

Bench · « **Reply #18 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:11:44 pm »

During the Milo birthday party before the game (the roster assembled at home plate to sing Milo happy birthday while Dierker Cruz and Wynn stood by) Milo gave an interminable speech in which I thi k he announced he would not be retiring but will return and shoot for a 70 year career.

Bench · « **Reply #19 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:13:07 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 02, 2012, 02:11:28 pm

Fewer in here than there are at the game.

I guess I count double.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #20 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:13:41 pm »

Maybe he can be the Special Assistant to Whomever Gets Rid Of DoRay.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #21 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:14:27 pm »

Quote from: Bench on September 02, 2012, 02:13:07 pm

I guess I count double.

Glad to have you.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #22 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:15:08 pm »

Arroyo struck out to end the top of the fifth.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #23 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:16:13 pm »

Ok Castro, crank one.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #24 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:16:38 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 02, 2012, 02:14:27 pm

Glad to have you.

Sorry, I've been out shopping for a scarf. Do they make those in XL?

Ron Brand · « **Reply #25 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:17:02 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on September 02, 2012, 02:16:38 pm

Sorry, I've been out shopping for a scarf. Do they make those in XL?

How ironic.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #26 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:18:21 pm »

Castro doubles to the alley in RCF.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #27 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:20:01 pm »

Dominguez with a chopper to the mound. Arroyo gloves it and makes a great quick throw to get Castro charging to third.

Bench · « **Reply #28 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:20:01 pm »

Dumb baserunning by Castro but he looked safe to me.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #29 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:20:36 pm »

Quote from: Bench on September 02, 2012, 02:20:01 pm

Dumb baserunning by Castro but he looked safe to me.

Tough ball to hold up on with that big bounce. Dammit.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #30 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:22:36 pm »

F-Mart walks, runners on first and second for Greene..

Ron Brand · « **Reply #31 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:23:27 pm »

Greene singles to left to load em up.

Bench · « **Reply #32 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:23:39 pm »

Wtf clarkie??!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #33 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:24:12 pm »

Quote from: Bench on September 02, 2012, 02:23:39 pm

Wtf clarkie??!

Paul's throw would've had him.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #34 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:25:48 pm »

Bases juiced with Bogusevic up and one out. Here comes a 4-6-3 twin killing.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #35 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:26:01 pm »

RBI groundout to second by Bogey.

Bench · « **Reply #36 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:26:19 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on September 02, 2012, 02:25:48 pm

Bases juiced with Bogusevic up and one out. Here comes a 4-6-3 twin killing.

He tried his best.

Reuben · « **Reply #37 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:30:57 pm »

Greene is not a major league SS.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #38 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:32:39 pm »

Quote from: Reuben on September 02, 2012, 02:30:57 pm

Greene is not a major league SS.

But he was a 1st round draft pick!

NeilT · « **Reply #39 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:35:05 pm »

Quote from: Bench on September 02, 2012, 02:11:44 pm

During the Milo birthday party before the game (the roster assembled at home plate to sing Milo happy birthday while Dierker Cruz and Wynn stood by) Milo gave an interminable speech in which I thi k he announced he would not be retiring but will return and shoot for a 70 year career.

There were plenty of Milo bobble heads when we came into the stadium. If he stays another year mine gets used as a voodoo doll.

Reuben · « **Reply #40 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:35:48 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on September 02, 2012, 02:32:39 pm

But he was a 1st round draft pick!

Maybe he and fellow 1st-rounder Dominguez can compete for 3B in the spring.

Reuben · « **Reply #41 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:37:14 pm »

Fuck, Bogey looked a little timid on that Phillips hit, he maybe could've caught that, no?

Ron Brand · « **Reply #42 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:37:38 pm »

Had to step out for a bit. Bud has loaded the bases with no outs. Great.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #43 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:40:38 pm »

Bud Ks Bruce on a good slider.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #44 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:41:25 pm »

Wow. Frazier grounds into a double play to end the threat.

Reuben · « **Reply #45 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:41:41 pm »

Fuck Yeah! Great turn by Altuve!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #46 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:47:17 pm »

Altuve strikes out on an eye-high slider, then Paredes makes an out. Wallace flies out to center and it's 1-0 through six.

Bench · « **Reply #47 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:48:37 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on September 02, 2012, 02:35:05 pm

There were plenty of Milo bobble heads when we came into the stadium. If he stays another year mine gets used as a voodoo doll.

The bobble head is amazing. Milo is giving a little hitler salute. I'm restraining myself from coloring in a mustache on the guy in front of me's doll.

Bench · « **Reply #48 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:50:36 pm »

Quote from: Reuben on September 02, 2012, 02:41:41 pm

Fuck Yeah! Great turn by Altuve!

That was awesome. It's shut like that which makes it still fun to come to the games.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #49 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:51:09 pm »

Valdez to pitch, Schafer to CF, Bogey to RF.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #50 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:53:38 pm »

Paul singles to left through the shift.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #51 on:** September 02, 2012, 02:56:22 pm »

Cairo flies out to shallow right, Hanigan up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #52 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:00:23 pm »

Hanigan flies out to right, two down. Henry Rodriguez pinchhits for Arroyo.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #53 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:03:51 pm »

Rodriguez strikes out. Middle seven, still 1-0 Good Guys.

austro · « **Reply #54 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:04:25 pm »

Quote from: Bench on September 02, 2012, 02:11:44 pm

During the Milo birthday party before the game (the roster assembled at home plate to sing Milo happy birthday while Dierker Cruz and Wynn stood by) Milo gave an interminable speech in which I thi k he announced he would not be retiring but will return and shoot for a 70 year career.

This was pretty much inevitable when Scully announced that he wasn't hanging it up yet. For some reason, Milo puts himself in Scully's company. Somebody needs to point out to him that longevity is not the same thing as quality.

austro · « **Reply #55 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:05:29 pm »

As the anti-Milo, Joe still brings it pretty strong for an old guy.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #56 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:14:00 pm »

Triple for Martinez, with an assist by Tal's Hill.

austro · « **Reply #57 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:14:22 pm »

Man, Martinez hit the shit out of that one. But he's a slow human, so he wound up with a triple.

Reuben · « **Reply #58 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:14:35 pm »

If F-Mart hadn't thought he had a HR there, he might've had a HR.

austro · « **Reply #59 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:16:50 pm »

Fuck. The squeeze really only works for teams that are capable of scoring without a squeeze. If the other team knows that's the only way you can get a guy in, you're doomed.

Of course, then Greene makes me look really stupid by cranking one off the facade in left.

Reuben · « **Reply #60 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:31:23 pm »

Tough luck for Ambriz. Threw some good, very close pitches to Stubbs, who rarely walks, then gives up the bouncer single that would've been an easy play for Altuve had he not been covering 2nd with Stubbs going.

Bench · « **Reply #61 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:31:55 pm »

We've entered the phase of the game where the bullpen starts leaking.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #62 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:33:51 pm »

Jay Bruce timed the shit out of that one.

Reuben · « **Reply #63 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:34:00 pm »

Well fuck.

NeilT · « **Reply #64 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:34:54 pm »

Those three run dingers are just no fun.

Reuben · « **Reply #65 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:37:38 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on September 02, 2012, 03:34:54 pm

Those three run dingers are just no fun.

I bet there's a great disparity between the number the Astros have hit vs. the number they've allowed this year. 3 to 50, perhaps?

Ron Brand · « **Reply #66 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:38:24 pm »

DeFrancesco is managing his ass off.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #67 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:42:46 pm »

4-3 now after that double.

austro · « **Reply #68 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:42:57 pm »

This bullpen absolutely blows. Lopez is the best they've got, and he'd be a reasonable 6th/7th inning guy for a real club.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #69 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:43:24 pm »

Batting practice now, six straight baserunners.

austro · « **Reply #70 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:44:43 pm »

And it was fun to watch Shafer try to throw the ball to Angleton, too.

Reuben · « **Reply #71 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:45:00 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 02, 2012, 03:42:57 pm

This bullpen absolutely blows. Lopez is the best they've got, and he'd be a reasonable 6th/7th inning guy for a real club.

No, Lopez is a perfectly legit setup guy, but for some reason, he just completely loses it at times. I don't know if it's concentration, or what. Frustrating.

chuck · « **Reply #72 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:45:34 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 02, 2012, 03:04:25 pm

Somebody needs to point out to him that longevity is not the same thing as quality.

Oh yeah? When's the last time you heard Vin Scully shout

WEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

?

strosrays · « **Reply #73 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:45:43 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 02, 2012, 03:43:24 pm

Batting practice now, six straight baserunners.

Has Norris hung himself in the tunnel yet? I'll bet - against all his better judgement - he was counting this one as a win already. A little.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #74 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:45:55 pm »

It's just unacceptable.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #75 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:47:05 pm »

Quote from: Dark Star on September 02, 2012, 03:45:43 pm

Has Norris hung himself in the tunnel yet? I'll bet - against all his better judgement - he was counting this one as a win already. A little.

I think Bud goes surfing in his mind to cope with this.

austro · « **Reply #76 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:47:31 pm »

Quote from: Dark Star on September 02, 2012, 03:45:43 pm

Has Norris hung himself in the tunnel yet? I'll bet - against all his better judgement - he was counting this one as a win already. A little.

I have to admit that I wondered to myself about how pissed the Reds would be to drop 2 out of 3 to the Astros. I quickly caught myself and begged forgiveness from the baseball gods, but they're not in the forgiveness business.

strosrays · « **Reply #77 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:53:02 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 02, 2012, 03:47:31 pm

I have to admit that I wondered to myself about how pissed the Reds would be to drop 2 out of 3 to the Astros. I quickly caught myself and begged forgiveness from the baseball gods, but they're not in the forgiveness business.

In a "normal" year I might feel compelled to harangue you a little for this. But you provoking the baseball gods has to be way, way down the list of causes for this team's fucked-up-edness.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #78 on:** September 02, 2012, 03:57:29 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 02, 2012, 03:47:31 pm

I have to admit that I wondered to myself about how pissed the Reds would be to drop 2 out of 3 to the Astros. I quickly caught myself and begged forgiveness from the baseball gods, but they're not in the forgiveness business.

They're in the Hurtin' Business, and business is good.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #79 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:02:12 pm »

I'm looking at the 1962 Mets, and their pitching is the only reason to think they don't kick the living shit out of this team. The day to day lineup is better, but that pitching was really bad, enough to draw it a little closer.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #80 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:07:46 pm »

Wow, Ed Kranepool was 17 in 62.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #81 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:11:46 pm »

It is kind of a treat to watch Chapman pitch.

strosrays · « **Reply #82 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:13:19 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 02, 2012, 04:02:12 pm

I'm looking at the 1962 Mets, and their pitching is the only reason to think they don't kick the living shit out of this team. The day to day lineup is better, but that pitching was really bad, enough to draw it a little closer.

What a curious collection of has-beens and never-wases that team was. And they had both Bob Millers, too. I'll bet that made for some confusing calls to the bullpen.

strosrays · « **Reply #83 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:16:36 pm »

Losing this game is simply unacceptable. I will not accept it. Do you understand?? Will ... not ... accept it.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #84 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:17:13 pm »

Blech.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #85 on:** September 02, 2012, 04:17:20 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 02, 2012, 04:11:46 pm

It is kind of a treat to watch Chapman pitch.

He's awesome. I wonder if he'll convert to a starter?

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