July 8, 2010
By
Amanda
Posted at 8:29 am
I love waking up in the morning to find an alert on my phone that the Cardinals bullpen struck again and the team’s early lead evaporated at the last possible moment. St. Louis has had the worst luck this season–enough, I think, to call them snake-bit. It’s about time. This puts the Reds three games into the lead of the division and 12 games over .500. Those are some nice numbers.
The last-man voting for the All-Star Game ends today at 4 p.m. ET, which is a little more than five hours away. If the Twitter feeds are to be believed, there are some people who are really throwing their heart and soul into this vote. A surprising number of people have claimed to have voted “the maximum,” which apparently means they didn’t even go to the site before claiming to have thrown in their lot with Votto, since there is not limit on how many times you can vote in this contest.
That’s right, five hours of voting and no limit on what you, too, can contribute. Even with as slow as the site loads the verification codes, you can squeeze in about 400 votes per hour. You still have time to tack on a couple thousand votes! No lead is safe!
A couple hours after we get the news about whether our voting efforts have been fruitful, the Reds will take on the Phillies. Tonight game will be to take a shot for every line-drive that almost takes Ryan Howard’s head off.
July 7, 2010
By
Amanda
Posted at 9:39 pm
Voting ends at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Real fans have voted hundreds, if not thousands, of times, and Votto’s lead remains slim. It’s not too late to do your part and join this elite group of Votto supporters: start now!
July 7, 2010
By
Amanda
Posted at 6:47 am
Last Game
Thanks to a sore back putting Aaron Harang on the disabled list, Matt Maloney was called up from the Louisville Bats for the emergency start. Maloney did okay, allowing 1 run through the first 5 innings until he tired in the 6th. The Reds offense never could get anything going against Johan Santana, the Reds ended up losing to the New York Mets 3-0.
Next Game
The Reds attempt to win the series against the Mets today when they send out Bronson Arroyo. We’ll see if one of their starters having his normal routine uninterrupted will help Cincinnati or not. New York will send out “All-day, all-night” Jonathon Niese. First pitch is scheduled at 7:10pm EDT.
Vottomania Going Strong
After Joey Votto was snubbed for the 2010 All Star game, the Reds wasted no time in marshaling the troops. They recorded spots from many of the players to air during games, encouraging viewers to vote Votto for the final spot, and they teamed up with the Boston Red Sox. Even, ESPN, a station the RHM household stopped watching because it never showed anything about the Reds, was talking about Cincinnati and Joey Votto. This slight could be about the best promotional thing to happen for the Reds since the Ken Griffey Jr trade. Of course, knowing how that ended, let’s hope that Votto making it to Anaheim this year brings much happier returns.
Do your part: Vote for Votto here. Voting ends tomorrow at 4pm.
What to Say to Sound Smart at the Water Cooler
By going 12-11 in April, 18-11 in May, and 14-13 in June, the Reds had winning records in the first 3 months of the season since 1992. That team finished in 2nd place with 90 wins, in case you were wondering.
July 6, 2010
By
Amanda
Posted at 9:41 pm
Tomorrow, Jamie from Better Off Red will be hosting a lunch at Great American Ball Park, where you can apparently just show up and get free food that you try not to spill on your keyboard while you join the masses of other Reds fans voting for Joey Votto.
VOTE VOTTO LUNCH TOMORROW AT GABP!
In support of Joey Votto, Better Off Red will be hosting a Vote Votto Lunch here at Great American Ball Park tomorrow (Wednesday, July 7) from noon to 2pm ET in the press dining room.
You’re invited to join me and many others as we enjoy some free food and plenty of Votto voting.
We will have laptops available for you to help us vote Joey onto the NL All-Star team. If you’d rather use your own computer, you’re more than welcome to bring it to the event. I promise I won’t break it.
Joey needs your help. I can’t think of a more appropriate place to cast your ballots than the very building in which Joey does all of his fantastic work. So come on down to “campaign headquarters” tomorrow to VOTE VOTTO!
If you plan on attending, enter the main gates at Great American Ball Park on Crosley Terrace. From there, someone will escort you to the press dining room where all of the partying/voting is taking place.
In the meantime, click here to vote Votto.
It’s nice: you don’t see many bloggers these days with the balls to use the all-caps header. The years it must have taken him to work his way to a Google page rank of 5 do come with certain privileges.
I hope that you can make it. Eat a piece of fried chicken for Jeff Brantley and me. I, unfortunately, will be working in the Indianapolis software company coal mine tomorrow, but the Lean Cuisine I’ll eat at my desk will taste all the healthier with a side of Vote Votto.
July 6, 2010
By
Zeldink
Posted at 9:20 pm
A day after Aaron Harang was scratched at the last minute due to back spasms, forcing young Travis Wood to start on short rest, the Cincinnati Reds were faced with the same decision heading towards game-time today.
Harang had chiropractic treatment, but the team had no idea if he would be available to go. Early on, they opted not to send out Bronson Arroyo on short rest. “I could pitch,” Arroyo said. “But it won’t be me. I asked. They said they didn’t want to guys keep going on three days.”
Matt Maloney was flown in from Louisville and prepared to pitch, just in case. Once the team finally assessed Harang’s condition, there was no way he could start. Harang was sent to the 15-day DL, retroactive to his last start. He’ll be eligible to return on July 16. And Maloney was activated to get his first start of the year against Johan Santana.
