Moustakas just broke his finger so Hiura will probably be coming back in a day or two.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 4 June 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
Cardinals first round draft pick UK pitcher Zach Thompson is from the county in Indiana where I grew up. Jeremy Hazelbaker who had one season as a utility guy for the Cardinals also wen to the same small county high school. I'm sure there are going to be a few less Reds fans growing up in the area and a few more Cardinal (sic) fans. Not like it is a big push to follow the Cubs or something else than the Reds these days in Indiana.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Unfortunately, he is Zack with a K, and for that reason alone, i don't like the cut of his jib
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
so you have also bounced Britton from the brotherhood?
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
lol, watch the first part (the fielding segment) of this video of the guy the cardinals drafted in the second round yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5c4v_sSfQU
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
mmmmm
Today @baseballpro, how #Rays Austin Meadows has fulfilled the potential that always lurked in his bat, becoming one of baseball’s best hitters. It’s a story of approach and mechanics, and of the #Pirates looking awfully silly again. https://t.co/b1BKvUnYgf— Matthew Trueblood (@MATrueblood) June 5, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
all three pirates color guys have now said stupid shit that drew national attention just in the last month. i think only steve blass was obviously racist, so maybe that's a minor victory
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
craig "dumbass" kimbrel signs 3-year, $43M deal with Cubs
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 June 2019 02:29 (four years ago) link
what was he originally asking for?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 June 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
5+ years, triple digits, I believe
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 June 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
triple abbreviated digits
The New York Daily News reports:
President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney along with other Republican Party bigwigs are hosting a campaign retreat for donors in Chicago this weekend where guests will be feted with a Wrigley Field reception in a “Friends and Family” suite including a Cubs-Cardinals rivalry game, according to a published report.
Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts is a host of the invitation-only event. Ricketts also is finance chair of the Trump Victory Committee, which is a joint fundraising venture of the president’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 June 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
gross.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 June 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, June 5, 2019 2:39 PM (two days ago)
I guess Blass would bust a blood vessel if he was a barves broadcaster — they're having an Ozzie Albies palm-tree necklace giveaway night.
― WmC, Friday, 7 June 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
it's his last year, at least. and few of us know what it's like to have a disease named after one's self
he's literally been involved with the pirates for almost 60 years; i guess he must have secretly hated dave parker and the we are family team
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 June 2019 00:17 (four years ago) link
I think some people on TV just chatter their way into trouble by not thinking about what they are saying and then trying to save face that they are not an idiot, when it is obvious at least in this case they were.
― earlnash, Sunday, 9 June 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
I find myself rooting for the Cards this weekend as the Cubs need to go die as long as the Rickettses are around
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 June 2019 01:06 (four years ago) link
reds are 111 runs better than the pirates. and a game behind them
pirates also have a worse run differential than the marlins
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 June 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
Mike Moustakas has 20 home runs already
― frogbs, Monday, 10 June 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
pirates: last place in the division, worst run differential in the league, worst team ERA in the league, second-worst home attendance in the league
also their biggest trade acquisition in forever, chris archer, has a 5.73 ERA and -0.2 bWAR. it's gonna be hilarious when they decline the 2020-2021 team options on him
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 June 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
Archers performance isn’t even the worst part of it!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 June 2019 21:49 (four years ago) link
at least meadows and glasgow have had minor injuries that will *probably* keep them from winning major awards
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 June 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
brian reynolds looks ok??
― na (NA), Thursday, 13 June 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
Meadows looks right back on track. Not sure about awards tho (all star yes, maybe silver slugger).
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 June 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
There is plenty of season left for this number to get back to what you usually might see, but the Reds Pythagorean record on Baseball Reference is right now pretty wacky.
Pythagorean (37-31)Actual (30-38)
― earlnash, Sunday, 16 June 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
cardinals call up rangel ravelo, who has hit .301 in 838 minor league games over 10 seasons
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 June 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
sounds like he's just about ready.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 17 June 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
Moves: OF Tyrone Taylor will begin a minor league rehab assignment tonight with the AZL Brewers Gold. INF Brett Lawrie has been released.— Brewers Player Dev (@BrewersPD) June 18, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Marty Brennamen was pretty fun today driving home listening to the Reds comeback. You could tell he was pretty disgusted like 'yep the Reds are going to lose again' especially after Barnhart and Votto striking out on seven pitches was going to strand the opening double by Peraza.
Then you had the couple singles by Senzel and Winker and the game was over with the game won. Marty seemed genuinely surprised by the turnabout and was actually laughing.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
Reds sweeping the Astros is also par for the course for this oddball club.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
i too am open to adding a controllable hitter
The @Reds, who rank 3rd in @MLB in team ERA, have the ingredients for a second-half run at a playoff spot, as one NL Central observer said to me this week. The Reds’ front office is open to adding a controllable hitter at the deadline, source says. @MLBNetwork— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) June 20, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 June 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
NL CENTRAL RUN DIFFERENTIALS
Cubs: +63Reds: +41Cards: +12Brewers: +6Pirates: -77
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Thursday, 20 June 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
The Matrix (1999)#BornToBaseball pic.twitter.com/jRvrDjSG0W— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 21, 2019
This was a pretty fun play from last night. It looked like Cain was taking a weird angle to go get the ball but he played the carom perfect and what a throw which led to the ugliest slide that actually worked you might see all year. Jesse Winker runs like a dad playing softball.
― earlnash, Friday, 21 June 2019 09:44 (four years ago) link
I'd think having a game where you get hit by a pitch three times in the same game is probably more rare than hitting three home runs in game, Derek Dietrich has accomplished both this season.
― earlnash, Saturday, 22 June 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
this is by far the most interesting division race in baseball
brewers, cubs, or cardinals could all be in 1st by this evening, depending on how the games go, and the reds are going to be a part of that race soon, especially if they are trade deadline buyers.
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 June 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
Make that 6 HBPs in a 3 game series so far for Derek Dietrich, which I guess is some sort of record.I guess the Brewers don't like the swag.
― earlnash, Sunday, 23 June 2019 10:27 (four years ago) link
no judgements, bc i'm sure divorcing your spouse when you've been married for more than a decade and have kids is tough, but it still seems weird to me that zobrist is apparently missing almost the entire season
― na (NA), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
it's really strange, i just wonder if there's something really fucked up happening there.
― omar little, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
makes me wonder if he's going to come back at all, dude is 38. would be a sad way to leave the game though.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
yes but he nearly had a 4 WAR season last year, dude is aging pretty well. his power is way down this year but he's barely played so who knows. this situation is indeed very odd...baseball players barely take a game off for the birth of their own children
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
i can barely send an email when my spouse is really mad at me, i can understand not being able to concentrate on a slider when going through a messy divorce.
but yeah, it is true that players don't tend to take off much time for such things
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
Whoa, knowing nothing about this (and I know it's 2019 and all) but I was reading up and was not prepared for HER being the cheater... That's a huge buck of the old MLB stereotype.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
Oh man, she is a Xtian singer and he used her music exclusively for his walkup music...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
Oh and they were big Megachurch personalities as well... ugh.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
On a less TMZ note, rumors have it that if all goes without a hitch, tonight is Kimbrel's last appearance in the minors before getting called up.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
/\@/\
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
man, fuck the braves. the tomahawk chop is awful enough, now they've got this guy closing games. it's a bummer because i very much like their new crew of acuña and albies and inciarte and swanson
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
oh wait, he's with the cubs now.
man, fuck the cubs
Braves got Keuchel, the other K-surnamed FA holdout.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
lol KM. Plenty to hate when they get together and have a testosterone-spraying contest like last night. Josh Donaldson started that shit and didn't get any of the heat for it. God knows what'll pop off when McCann catches instead of Flowers.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link