Cincinnati Reds Blog Posts

The Washington Redskins - a perfect blue chip stock

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:06:24 EDT

BAILOUT the Redskins! Such is the state of things in Washington DC. Like most of the stocks traded on Wall Street, there are many assets that have no real value but continue to produce millions for its shareholders and owners. The Redskins are just like the stock market, look great on paper and generate millions to the owner but filled with high price, former blue chip stocks that have no real value when put to the test. This team is worse than bad, they are horrible and with no young, up-and-coming players to pin our hopes on, no star QB in the making, no player ready to bust out, if there was ever a time to blow the whole thing up it is definitely now!

Fans of the Washington Redskins have grown accustomed in the past decade or so to expect that their team with have a fighting chance to squeak into the playoffs and then, as the cheesy and cliché statement says, anything can happen. This is the hope that fans of this once-proud franchise held, probably fooling themselves into believing that this system, one where the owner is GM and often plays with the team the way that some us enjoy our fantasy football leagues, could ever and will ever work. More and more people are coming to the realization that this is nothing more than a pipe dream and that this system in place will never and has never worked.

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Nobodys perfect

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:42:26 EDT

Last week I saw Andy Pettitte throw six and two-thirds innings of perfect baseball at against the Orioles at Camden Yards. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Adam Jones hit a ground ball to third. Alex Rodriguez was getting the night off, and his replacement at the hot corner, Jerry Hairston, booted it. Having grown up an Orioles fan and somewhere along the way developing into a Yankee-hater, one might think I would have been rooting for the Birds to end Pettitte’s bid for perfection; however, this was not so. As a fan of the game, I wanted to witness history. Sure; I would have preferred seeing an Oriole pitcher throw a perfecto (though even a shutout by one of this year’s starters would have been historic), but I can’t expect miracles.

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Barry Zito has been Stellar Since the All-Star Break

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:10:38 EDT

Six shutout innings and just two hits allowed Wednesday for Barry Zito, who didn't figure in the decision, as the Giants pulled-out a 1-0 win over the Reds. Since the All-Star Break, Zito has been dealing, posting a 2.73 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, and with three wins prior to tonight's start. In the other recent games he has either lost or didn't get the decision - Zito has kept the Giants in almost every game he's pitched since that July 12th disaster against San Diego. While Lincecum and Cain haven't quite been their usual, outstanding selves in recent starts; Zito, Sanchez, and even Joe Martinez have helped turn things around on this road trip. The Giants are now 4-and-2 on the trip, and looking for the sweep Thursday. All arms on deck for

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Will The Hits Keep Coming for the Giants

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:35:48 EDT

The Giants escaped from New York with a four-game split Monday, and grabbed the first game of a mid-week series in Cincinnati Tuesday thanks to plenty of offense. How about 18 runs and 30 hits in the past two games. The question remains; how consistently can the bats remain alive for this team to contend into September for the wild card -- or conceivably -- the division. After blasting Livan Hernandez and the Mets' bullpen for 10 runs on 18 hits Monday, San Francisco stung the Reds with a seven-run comeback to erase an early 5-1 deficit against Tim Lincecum. The 8-5 victory included 12 more hits by the Giants.

Monday, it was Aaron Rowand with four hits, including a home run; Tuesday, it was Ryan Garko, finally coming through with four RBI's, including the go-ahead runs with a clutch double in the 10th-inning. Garko has obviously been pressing since his late-July trade from the Indians. His batting average has hovered around .200 after hitting a solid .285 with the Tribe prior to the trade. The Stanford product may finally be coming out of his funk just in time, boosting that average, and picking-up the slack for Pablo Sandoval and Bengie Molina, who each struck out three times Tuesday. Randy Winn may also be awakening from his deep freeze, collecting two more hits (five in the last two games), and two more RBI's. Juan Uribe, who has been hobbled by injury in recent days, smacked a home run early in the game off Homer Bailey. Bailey pitched great through five-innings, but lost it in the sixth, surrendering four more runs. San Francisco also broke through against Reds' closer Francisco Cordero, touching him up for three runs - and the loss. Two more games against Cincinnati with Barry Zito and Matt Cain scheduled to pitch Wednesday and Thursday. Then, it's the big finale of the road trip with four games in Coors Field against the front-running, wild-card-leading Rockies.

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Giants Escape With A Win over the Dodgers in Extra-Innings

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:02:32 EDT

The Giants were turning the corner and heading home with a 2-1 victory in the bag behind another strong outing from Tim Lincecum. Then, the umpiring crew (once again) blew a call, and opened the door for a 9th-inning Dodger rally that plated a run, and denied Lincecum the victory. With one out in the 9th, Rafael Furcal attempted to leg out an infield hit, and was called safe by umpire Gary Darling when it appeared he was out. Bench Coach Ron Wotus came out to argue the call, and was ejected from the game. Wotus was managing the team in place of the earlier-ejected Bruce Bochy; third base boach Tim Flannery ended up managing the last inning-and-a-half. It was the second time in the series Bochy had been ejected. Monday night, the skipper was tossed

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Move over Boones Move over Molinas Get ready for the Hairstons

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:33:03 EDT

Baseball families have made history in pinstripes. The Boones are in their 3rd generation playing baseball. Aaron Boone, whose brother Bret, father Bob, and grandfather Ray all had 10+ year careers in the majors, cemented his name in Yankee history. Jose Molina, whose brother Yadier plays for the Colorado Rockies and other brother Bengie plays for San Francisco Giants, also cemented his name in Yankee history. Now that the Yankees have acquired Jerry Hairston, Jr., whose brother Scott is playing for the Oakland Athletics, and father Jerry, Sr., uncle Johnny, and grandfather Sam also had MLB baseball careers. Now Jerry Jr. has a chance to continue this trend of success for baseball families playing for the Bronx Bombers. Before we get into the Hairstons, let’s take a look at what the Boones and the Molinas have accomplished in pinstripes.

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Your Worst Face-to-Face Experience With a Sports Celebrity

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:30:10 EDT

LeBron James' alleged confiscation of a tape in which Xavier sophomore basketball player Jordan Crawford executed a two-hand dunk on him took on a larger life of its own than it would have had the tape been made public.

The story of James getting dunked on during a pickup game at the LeBron James Skills Academy by now has made the rounds several times over -- not to mention piqued the interest of basketball fans of what that scene might've looked liked.

Hmm. ... My first thought that comes to mind is Michael Jordan reversing course baseline against Patrick Ewing and throwing down in a classic Bulls-Knicks confrontation. My second thought is of Nate Robinson using Dwight Howard as a prop and jumping over him in the NBA Slam Dunk competition in February.

In any case, I began to wonder what the cameramen recording the event must have thought of The Chosen Brat after he reportedly dispatched a Nike official to take possession of the tapes.

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Cincinnati Reds leave town with the Ohio Cup Please take Wedge and Shapiro too

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:09:35 EDT

Cleveland Indians vs. Cincinnati Reds

June 28, 2009 - Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio

David Huff vs. Micah Owings

Watching the Indians lately is liking going into something knowing in advance it’s going to give you a migraine but you continue with it anyway. With aspirin in hand, I’m ready to watch game three of the “Ohio Cup”. I haven’t heard of a worse cup since the Apple Cup between Washington and Washington State. Today is game one without Mark DeRosa, who was acquired from the Cubs in the off season for three pitchers, then later traded to the Cardinals for a pitcher and a player to be named later? Makes sense when pitching has been the weakest part of your club right?

Some things that caught my script “I”:

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Reds have the effect of a bad meal Indians get the runs win 9-2

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:13:02 EDT

Indians vs. Reds

Friday June 26, 2009

Progressive Field - Cleveland, Ohio

Jeremy Sowers vs. Aaron Harang

Interleague foes have led to interleague woes for the Tribe this year. Coming into tonight’s game vs. Cincinnati, the Indians are 4-11 vs. National League opponents. One good thing going into tonight, this Reds lineup doesn’t look the least intimidating on paper, minus Joey Votto, it’s nothing to write home about. Then again, neither is ours!

Some things that caught my script “I” during the game, today, or from recent happenings:

-If you’ve gotten a negative vibe in my writing lately, you’re correct. I really don’t have too much good to say about the Indians and I probably won’t until there are upper and field level management changes, but I will still give credit where credit is due to individual players and I still want to see this team win games.

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How are the Reds doing Better than my fantasy team

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:59:50 EDT

Here we are at a little over two months into the baseball season; far enough in to create speculation and make predictions, but not too far in as to be entirely right in those predictions. So far I see the predictions made about the Reds to be correct. Good pitching, but the hitting is lacking. It's better than I thought it would be, but still lacking. Votto has been amazing until he started having the dizzy spells, Nix has been a great find in left field, and it may be too early to tell, but Gomes may just be worth more than we think he is.

None of the pre-season predictions had the Reds this close to the top at this point in the season. After the loss to the Cards tonight they are only 2.5 games out of first, behind the Brewers and the Cards, ahead of Chicago. They seem to be holding their own against these division rivals too, taking 2 of 4 from the Cards in St. Louis, although they did falter a bit against the Brew Crew last weekend. The weekend series against the Cubs will be crucial in deciding where their season goes from here.

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