July 3, 2009
Chris Duncan has Gotten Goofier Looking
By
Amanda
Posted at 6:21 pm
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Nothing like a series with the Cardinals over the holiday weekend to get me excited about the Reds. I’m not sure how the Reds scored a decent guest over this weekend. For a few years there, the Reds were getting so freaking screwed on the scheduling, that I wouldn’t be surprised to see them playing a high school team during this prime baseball holiday.
Homer Bailey on the mound today, and I thought they said today was his birthday. It’s not (his is May 3), but it is Sean Casey’s birthday, so maybe they’ll win one for the Mayor. Bailey will have to stop walking people for a minute.
Starting with Albert Pujols! Yippee!!
Did something just “click” for Homer Bailey? He was shaky for those first couple batters, and then he put away Pujols and Ankiel in short order.
Dickerson lead-off double. Wait, Dickerson is leading off? How in the world is Dusty Baker allowing that??
Reds draw first blood!!!
Wow, what an eventful game so far. Throwing error, Votto hitting to deep right with that beautiful swing of his, and a throw-out at third from right field. This is going to be a good one.
Dang, look at Bailey go in the second inning. Seriously, did the major-league switch in his brain finally flip? I understand he’s been dominating in AAA, but he still had the bratty kid sneer those first couple starts in the show.
Love the effort, Hairston. But, ouch. Trip to the DL?
Wow, nicely done Bailey.
I don’t think I’ve said it lately, so I’ll say it now: I love Joey Votto.
Bailey grounded out to 1st and Pujols took it himself. I don’t know why Pujols always doing that irritates me so much.
I think that at least part of it is that it seems like he thinks so much of himself that he can’t even trust his teammates to catch a toss.
To be fair to him, maybe he just sucks at the underhand lob.
Dang, Bailey’s on a roll. 12 outs in a row.
I love that idea. A gold glove caliber 1st baseman who never mastered the underhand toss. Or maybe he thinks it’s not manly.
Ha ha Thurston took a ball to the hip
He pretty much has to lose the Gold Glove these days.
Thom also does not say “damn” in the text promoting The Best Damn Sports Show Period. Maybe it’s actually in the script.
Tangent: Jon just learned that the giant water bug (or “toe biter”) is a delicacy in Thailand. Different countries are so different.
So, I guess Bailey won’t be taking the Silver Slugger from Micah Owings any time soon. Looking good on the mound, though. Pujols is 0 for 3. 😀 😀 😀
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY!!!!!!!!!!!
BP RBI. Second blood belongs to the Reds as well.
Hairston has a three hit night, while Pujols is 0-3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
0-3, which also is the score.
This could be it, kiddos. This could be the beginning of the Reds’ dominance in 2009.
ninety-seven miles per hour
diz-amn
Chris says that if Bailey is still pitching this well when Volquez comes back, the Reds will have a problem.
In my mind, they’ll finally have a solution to Bronson Arroyo.
Too bad Baker likes his veterans.
Time to pull Bailey. His accomplishment so far is plenty.
All right, Rhodes. Let’s not screw this up.
Goddammit. Loaded them for Pujols.
Stormy coming in, the very guy who gave up a walk-off home run to Pujols as I sat in the stands at Busch.
Maybe he’s due. At least it’s only the 8th.
Maybe they should have walked him. Or better yet: hit his ass.
Nice sac bunt, Jay!!
Yippee! Go outside for a couple mins to catch some fireflies with the kiddo and come back to find the game tied
You know what I like about this game, even though the Cards have gotten the lead again? It’s how excited they are to have scored. It’s nice to be a fan of a team that’s worthy of being excited about scoring against.
EDWIN!
Maybe you should go catch some more fireflies. 🙂
You can do it, Carlos Fisher. I believe in you.
Ack! We shouldn’t have let them go! Now it’s too dark to catch more.
Pujol’s up: I call for plunk.
Dang, they gave up a grounder to the mofo. And Thom Brennaman sucking up to the arrogant twit.
All right, bottom of the ninth. Time to tie this bad boy up.
Ryan Franklin: 19 saves in 20 opptys and a sub-1 ERA. We need to freaking kidnap Dave Duncan.
Taveras walked! This really *is* a turning point for the team!
No pressure, Joey. Keep it frosty.
He didn’t go you fat lump of worthlessness.
Didn’t give Votto much to hit, resulting in a walk. Now BP, what can you do for us?
Not this time, I guess. Still, there’s a lot of awesomeness in this game.
It’s a shame that the manager/bullpen/shortstop wasted the effort, but for the first time, Homer Bailey showed me something tonight. He was hitting 97 on the gun, his arm slot was consistent, and he commanded his pitches.
Very impressive outing. His trade value just went through the roof…but if this is any indication of how he’s going to turn out, I hope they keep him in Cinci. Along with Cueto and Volquez, the Reds could soon have three guys in the rotation who are among the best in the game.
HMZ
A lot of people talked about this game as being demoralizing. While it wasn’t as easy a loss to predict as today’s Arroyo/Carpenter matchup, I didn’t find it to be the punch-in-the-gut that some did. The positive of Bailey’s performance outshone the eventual loss.
Hard to imagine them trading Bailey at this point. He’s only had the one good start, and it’s not like he’s going to be a free agent at the end of the year. Stranger things have happened though.