August 31, 2007
Reds at Redbirds: Give ’em Hell, Boys
By
Amanda
Posted at 7:09 pm
Our Cincinnati Reds travel to St. Louis this evening to take on the team we all love to hate in the Cardinals. I'll be in and out with some smart alecry in between waves of nausea. I overdid it at the local pub last night.
Anyway…
Reds
Josh Hamilton CF
Alex Gonzalez SS
Ken Griffey, Jr RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Javier Valentín C
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Edwin Encarnación 3B
Tom Shearn P
Those Other Guys
Eckstein ss
Ankiel rf
Pujols 1b
Edmonds cf
Duncan lf
Molina c
Miles 2b
Reyes p
Ryan 3b
La Russa is going sabermetrical tonight, and batting the pitcher 8th…
I understand that’s supposed to be better, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it work myself.
Ouch, Edmonds is down. He’s gotta be back, though. He’s got big money on his contract for next year.
Did he plunk A-Gon intentionally?
EDDIE!!!!!!!!!
Walked the pitcher. This outing just keeps getting worse for Reyes.
I’m glad that Bellyscratcher is getting to see this in person. 😀
What happened to Edmonds, BTW?
That Pujols really is quite good, isn’t he? I wonder why no one’s ever heard of him.
Bellyscratcher just sent me a text message. She sends her love. I mean, her hatred for Reyes. She’s gotta be loving that damn Molina, though. 😛
Edmonds stayed in the game. Whatever happened to him must not have been too serious.
Oh crap….oh…Dunn’s got it. Whew.
Ugh. This could end up being a battle of the bullpens. 😛
Hey, better pitchers than Shearn have been touched by the Cards. If the hitters can just keep it going, there’s always hope.
Double play! I smell an Eckstein!
Shearn seems to have settled down a bit. Nice that Mackanin gave him a chance to right himself.
Even as not horrible as the bullpen has been lately, I don’t reckon anyone’s eager to get to them early in the game.
So, I guess the Cubs were tired of winning: they just acquired Steve Trachsel.
Cooter takes the mound. Since when is he back with the team?
Wednesday, I think.
Stanton’s loosening already. So, are we surrendering already? The Reds still have the lead!
You are a fountain of knowledge. Thanks BF.
Everyday Eddie is loosening now. Yikes. And now Javy’s letting runner advance. I don’t like the way this is going.
Whew. Thanks, Agon.
Dang, how many runners do we need to strand, guys?
When they sent The Lizard back to Louisville, they called up Coutlangus again. Krivsky even said something shocking, along the lines of “We need good pitchers, whether they’re lefties or righties.” What a concept!
And of course, it was a great opportunity to run out the “Welcome home, [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYoM481QE4A]Colonel Angus[/url]” jokes…
Ouch! Damn the dangers of the on-deck circle. Juan Encarnación is on the ground.
Holy crap. That looked really bad.
Majewski hits Eckstein to freaking load the freaking bases. And here comes freaking Ankiel.
Dammit.
Where’s my Head in Hands emoticon??
Ugh. Kinda saw that one coming… 😛
Me too. Pretty much sniffed it from the time they pulled Shearn.
Ryan Freaking Franklin. Gah.
Hey, remember back before the winning streak? Before this 8-of-their-last-10 stuff? That team appears to be back. Yippee for us.
Bellyscratcher just said that Ankiel wouldn’t come out for a curtain call after his GS. I like him a little better now.
What’s worse is listening to the Cards announcers go on and on about how Stanton can still pitch, because he never pitched in high school. Kids these days are ruining their arms, pitching too young.
News flash, guys: Stanton can’t pitch.
She lied. Ankiel came out right away to take his bow. I saw it.
The announcers rambled on forever about how quick he is to take curtain calls, and how they really like that.