Cleveland Indians @ Cincinnati Reds GameThread, Jun 8, 2007 7:10 PM EDT

Come on Dellucci

by Ryan on May 16, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well of course they’ll pinch-hit with Marte here.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

DH C.C

by pandroid on May 16, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pray for the walk to Dellucci.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HIRE SHIP

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How huge would Looch be with a knock here?

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

fist pump huge.

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t like this matchup with Dellucci, but there’s no place really to go. Affeldt can’t throw strikes. Could find a walk.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought Winslow was holding out.

by Ryan on May 16, 2008 9:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone else hear “Davida Lucci”? Um, just me, then?

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

MAKE HIM THROW A DAMN STRIKE.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

coulda been 2-0

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

boooooo

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

To watch Phillips play baseball is to hate him.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

seriously. when i saw him start that no-look flip nonsense i wanted the baseball gods to intervene and send it into left field

by mpstable on May 16, 2008 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

who comes out, Delucci or Gutierrez/

by palcal on May 16, 2008 9:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

gotta be looch.

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dellucci should for the bullshit at-bat. Affeldt walks 4.5 per nine innings. Ugh. And he’s swinging at a 1-0 ball…

But rather, make it Dellucci so Gutierrez can play legit defense in the OF. Plus, it leaves the pitcher’s spot hitting last.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whoever is driving Gameday today has had a few too many…

by pandroid on May 16, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

you PH marte in julio’s spot. he strikes out as well, and you have gutz in that situation or looch and bonus, wedge doesn’t have to actually play marte any more the rest of the game. see if marte was in the doghouse, he would have done that.

by Brick. on May 16, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Who’s left? Carroll, Marte, and Shoppach.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kinda sleepy in here. I guess a bunch of the folks from the old thread missed that turn in Albuquerque and ended up in Pismo Beach instead.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nah, it’s the 7th inning stretch. people at have to get up from their keyboards and move around just as much as fans at the park do

by mpstable on May 16, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m contemplating food. Hmmm.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anyone want to enlighten us with regards to the remainder of this Reds pen? We gonna win this puppy?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ryan Freel is a twirp.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hey mario, you’ve been reading up on mental illness, right? what’s your take on the guy at the plate?

by mpstable on May 16, 2008 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’d think he’d benefit from some of Chuck’s 1950s-style thorazine.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indians will have to rough up David Weathers.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bear down, Perez.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That’s kind of amazing.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why is it that game day never shows anyone throwing harder than 85 mph?

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It’s occasionally nice being a girl.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So you’re saying you don’t have sensitive ovaries?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They rarely call notice to themselves.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You are very lucky.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Now’s the time to be frightened by (or for) international balls.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Cup check on Vic.

Beau Mills with a HR and 2B tonight.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

poor vic. that reminds me of that (apocryphal?) story about pierzynski in SF

by mpstable on May 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

gotta give us more than that?

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the story goes that AJ took a foul tip off the jewels and was down on the ground. the trainer came out and said “how’s it feel”
pierzynski supposedly kicked the trainer between the legs and said “like this”
if it’s not true, it should be

by mpstable on May 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs

This will turn green before I finish typing this sentence.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well played.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You had to be holding onto that one, right?

by Ryan on May 16, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope, just a sudden inspiration; but I have been holding onto that “Fist of Steel: Reds Hunter” for weeks, so it all evens out.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You’ve been waiting for that, haven’t you?

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ballsy call by vic going back to the breaking ball there.

by Brick. on May 16, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

MONEY PEREZ

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ooh, flashback to AWESOME PEREZ

by Brick. on May 16, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interleague play sucks. You get punished for having non-fruitful rallies, since you get that much closer to the pitcher’s spot again.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Chad Curtis. Ew.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

For some reason this made me think of Curtis Pride.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I suspect it’s because they are both named Curtis. Just a theory.

by Chemo on May 16, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dayum! That’s pretty complicated. Did you go to college?

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For some reason, this made me think of Charley Pride.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and made Hammy think of Charley Manuel

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brennaman now talking about the Indians losing 2 World Series in the 1990s. Great.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He didn’t know about Wambsganss’s triple play. That pretty much cemented his idiocy for me.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Work this shit Vic. Work it good.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ugh. 88mph, and blew it by him. Vic trying to hit his first homer.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Into which commonwealth?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BenFran tighten up that goddamn swing.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Retract this. If anything they took a ball headed into the stands and made it a tough call for the umps.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Give those fans credit.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn groundrule double.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Francisco!

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anybody want to give me odds that Ryan Garko has an option exercised this year?

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Cliff Lee plan? Then next year, he starts off with a 70 game hit streak?

by Pronktastic on May 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Times like this I wish Pronk was servicable at first.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Garko can’t stop fishing.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Reds announcers have it right, “Garko has made no adjustment at all this game.”

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, but Vic surely has.

Oh, you mean “adjustment to his swing,” don’t you. Never mind.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

This Reds colour guy is actually pretty spot-on with his criticism of Garko here.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Come on Astro. It’ frickin David Weathers.

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Have people forgotten … Garko hit two home runs and a double in the last three games?

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Noted, but he just swung at a ball at his head, never mind he hit it to the track.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m not saying he’s “okay” with his hitting, but obviously a series like that buys him a little more time.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As I said above, he looked terrible every other atbat during that series, and even during the atbat where he got a double. I know he still produced, three XBH are still awesome, but I’m thinking BIG PICTUREEEEEEEE.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good for you, man.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m learning.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good eye, AbaCab.

Not.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Asdrubal looked very sad.

And then I looked very sad.

We are sad.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

;_;?

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, but with fewer fangs. :D

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

>:}

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So … heard any good rumors lately?

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I read something on MLB trade rumors, but those aren’t rumors i’ve heard.

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

These are not the rumors you are looking for.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A bad blog can very persuasive over the weak-minded.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kinda like the Force?

by bewwolv on May 16, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you plan on making a response or no?

Tribe fan from far, far away

by LGT Patrick on May 16, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure. I was just busy today. And it was kind of interesting watching everyone else respond, as I’ve tried to do in the Marte thread as well. I need to weigh in on a few points in both threads.

I always knew it was you, Voltaire. You broke my heart.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Wait, what? I’ll post a little more explanation in the thread. I agree with your anger, Jay, I just think it’s misdirected. I can’t even remember what I said there now…

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that Laffey guy is expendable.

by Chemo on May 16, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I heard something about trading Aaron Laffey.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You’re getting traded to Bless You Boys. Sorry, Jay.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Let’s be honest, they need me a lot more than you guys do.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I say kick them when their down, let them believe that they’re getting Jay and then give them Brandini. Totally a Shapiro move.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bruce Drennan LOVES YA, CLEVELAND

by Ryan on May 16, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the guys at OTM place E5 on waivers

by mpstable on May 16, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see some parallels with Jason Tyner here.

by Ryan on May 16, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HEY HEY LET’S GO TRIBE clap, clap, clap

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We’re on the verge of something hilarious.

Who will pinch-hit for the pitcher. Wedge could conceiveably go to Carroll instead of Marte, put him at third and let Blake go to 1st. Holy shit.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

My reading comphrehension is not so good. I read “Who will pinch-hit for the pincher.”

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Und mine spellink ain’t so hot, either.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was more like a twitch than a swing.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I love how these guys are talking about how easy it is to lay a bunt down the third base side against the shift.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So what’s the story everybody, I just got in tonight.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Indians hitters are allergic to RBI’s I think.

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They’ve heard that RBIs don’t matter. That’s why they’re all always trying to slug.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Suck suck suck suck yay yay yay suck suck suck.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Garko receives the throw with two hands. Impressive.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jamey Carroll to second, Asdrubal out.

by Ryan on May 16, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So true.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah yes, the ole’ double switch.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Another wonderful feature of NL baseball.

Free Andy Marte!

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on May 16, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anybody But Marte

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This whole Marte thing is such a fairy tale.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I fucking knew it. I FUCKING KNEW IT.

What the hell. Jamie Caroll? We’re serious?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jay this is going to be spun as putting our best defense out there, isn’t it? Because having Aba at short is about the only justification I can see here.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WaiT! ABA CAME OUT??? WHAT??

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Told ya. The strategy is simply:

Anybody But Marte

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It won’t even get spun.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh there’s spinning. Throw in a grave and you’ve got a verified cliche.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

reading this bit really makes me mad

Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.

by Gradyforpresident on May 17, 2008 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

only Marte and Shoppach left on the bench, unless you count CC

by palcal on May 16, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I love how everybody’s always joking about having C.C. pinch-hit. Even if they don’t really know they’re joking.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i remember clamoring for him to pinch hit last year – or rather hafner pinch hitting for him in the 9th inning, and i was irate then and still am

Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.

by Gradyforpresident on May 17, 2008 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps Baboo will bring his babat.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

81.3 mph fastball? Really?

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No, not really.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alright now J. Lewis, go get ‘em.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let’s Go Former ‘Dores!

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HEY HEY LET’S GO DORES er TRIBE!

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why do announcers act like a double switch is akin to theoretical physics?

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ask them about the “all-important loss column.” They’ll go nuts.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

jenson grew up rooting for the indians, douche.

by Brick. on May 16, 2008 9:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You really don’t know how to spell his name, do you?

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same year we drafted Jon Drennan, hey?

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And signed Brodzoski.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You forgot the best part: (The Close)

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i don’t really know how to spell anything.

by Brick. on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So did Jensen.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I grew up rooting for the Indians. I should have been a diehard Crooksville Ceramics fan. I’m a traitor.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When do we plunk Brandon Phillips for being such a punk?

Free Andy Marte!

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Where do you think Chuck went, anyway?

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Walks. Bah.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Cool me and Jensen have the same birthday!

Tribe fan from far, far away

by LGT Patrick on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Eric Wedge just took out his best infield defender because he hates Andy Marte. Wow.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes. He did. And he continues to thumb his nose at all of us.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Votto’s been so bad in the field, I’m scared of the justice his bat may provide.

Vic’s gonna have to throw out Phillips at 2B.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can anyone explain how that move makes sense?

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Easy:

Anybody But Marte

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jay can we start making a list of questionable decisions?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, that would be creepy. Just scratch your chin and say, “Interesting.”

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Andy Marte would have caught that.

Free Andy Marte!

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on May 16, 2008 9:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Michaels would have backed it up properly.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course he would’ve. That’s why couldn’t bring him in.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

why is looch still in the game?

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Why isn’t Astro in the game? Why aren’t we winning?

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

because wedge thinks you double switch for 2 spots up/down in the order.

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and why have the LF so deep there?

by mpstable on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Andy Marte would’ve caught that.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You could really tell that Blake is one of the best athletes on the team from the way he chased that ball all the way into the corner, after knocking it all the way into the corner.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Ya gots to finish what you start, man. Finish what you start.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s a big ol’ hunk of sarcasm… can really sink your teeth into it.

by pandroid on May 16, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Manny Marte would’ve caught that.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I’m rec’ing this solely because you’re using the nickname.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HEY HEY LET’S GO TRIBE clap, clap, clap

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is such a farce.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What is it with bloop hits damning this team?

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We’ve gotten some juicy bloop hits, too.

Now, the bullshit infield hits, there we’ve been getting hosed.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

With Garko, Hafner, and Vic, I guess infield hits are not to be expected.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go! Win! clap clap Jen-Sen! clap clap

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let’s Go Tribe! Please. Right now. GO!

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Come on now Tribe, we can do this!

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

claps encouragingly. dammit

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

no more dunn flashbacks, plz.

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Brenneman just suggested walking Encarnacion so that he can “strike out Dunn”.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What’s wrong with that?

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d say I’m a bit more afraid of the SF from Dunn than Encarnacion.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

At this point, you gotta take the sac fly.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I demand double plays.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He does strike out a lot. He just also does good things a lot, which people in Cincinnati forget.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Way to pick us up, Jensen.

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Or maybe that was a good idea.

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You got ‘em where you want ‘em, Jensen. No foolin’.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m actually not that worried.

Probably stupid, but I’m not.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Breslow’s got it.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, double play ball right here to get out of the jam. Set up perfectly by Jensen.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jensen Lewis insists on shitting away all of Jeremy Sowers’ outings.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The leadoff walk was his fault. That bloop….blame it on hell.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s a “Vanderbilt sports” kind of thing. You’d have to live it to understand it.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh come on, it’s not like we have decades and decades of misery in Nashville.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey hey hey, double play.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Geez thank goodness we have Blake and Carroll leading off the 9th.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Willis: Jensen, stay tall, extend toward the plate, use the off-speed stuff. Vic, keep out Dunn’s wheelhouse. Jamey, Jhonny, close eye on the runners, communicate. Blake, catch the fucking ball. Okay, break.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

Rec

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hells yeah!

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha. Blake’s actually had a good game.

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

LET’S GO JENSEN!

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Aw foo.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Vague.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Purposefully.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Better.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Easy on the time machines here, I’m a little on edge.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

STRIKE TWO.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Someone has never heard of taking one for the team.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That settles it—don’t trade for Dunn. He should have taken that one for the team.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You can do Jensen, you can do it all night long.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh dear. Who’s doing Jensen?

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gurk. Never mind.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

>:D

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My guess is two twin blondes.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can’t imagine what you mean by this, but whatever it is, Jorge ain’t gonna like it.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

out out out

by 10littleindians on May 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What the fuck is this?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

New guy. He was trying to invoke the baseball gods to give us an out out out.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A guy named 10littleindians shows up in the bottom of the 8th with the bases loaded, and as Jensen walks in a run he utters “out out out”. If that’s not comedy, I don’t know what is.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

rec

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

seconded. That’s just goofy

by steincat on May 16, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Walked in a run.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How long does Lewis go?

by palcal on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

With the blondes? Oh, wait..

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

JENSEN >:(

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe it looks too much like a loser L on his forehead. Take it away! Take it away!

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s alright Jensen, we’ll get that one back. Bear down now.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Fucking Phillips takes six minutes to trot down the third base line and touch home plate. Fuck him. Fuck him with a sharp object.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yikes. Erik makes note, do not piss off ‘Sticks if you can help it…

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Three walks in the inning. Julio passed it off to Lewis

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It’ll make the rounds until it gets to Mastny, which is the same as disappearing altogether.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Breslow resembles that remark.

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s working hard if it’s making it all the way to Mastny in Buffalo.

Free Andy Marte!

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blake, Carroll, Sizemore due up in the 9th

by palcal on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

OUT, NO RUNS.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

REC

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anybody still wish Haf was at first?

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alright that’s the ticket, 2 down.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Heads-up, and incredibly un-balletic.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’ll take it!

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s a double play ball with the catcher running, but I GLADLY take the out at home. Garko did the right thing.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Garko in a nutshell.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

On a related note, what the hell, is this entire lineup left-handed?

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Garko: The Anti-Barishnikov

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ummm, pretty sure we didn’t “just call up Breslow” you silly Reds announcer.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I love ignorant sportscasters.

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You must be truly filled with love, then.

by Fiddlesticks on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m a veritable Pangloss.

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can’t fault the guys for not knowing. I forget he exists a lot of the time.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sure, you can’t fault them. They’re volunteers, doing this in their spare time. It’s not like anybody’s paying them … other than Satan.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Oh okay. I fault them. I’m just saying, Breslow’s a little like that time Clea Duvall was on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and eventually became invisible because everybody forgot she was there.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Serious rec here.

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they meant on the phone to his hotel. He’s been in the hot tub since April.

by Julie on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

probably assumed that based on the # of appearances.

Give Marte a Chance.

by westbrook on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Must throw strikes Jensen.

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He threw several strikes in that inning that were not called as such.

Free Andy Marte!

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hatteberg is still around?

by palcal on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hated that, but he didn’t give up the one hard-hit ball that kills you.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yippee, Jensen gets out of it!

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

thank U scott!

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on May 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, that wasn’t a stomp. More over an omp. Or a sto.

by fleerdon on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’ll take it.

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by AngG on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Alright let’s take another look at the Carroll move. Any rationale?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Anybody But

Okay I’m already sick of it.

by Jay on May 16, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was basically Marte and AbacAb or Gark and Carroll right?

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Our WPA should be 0 right now. I have no faith.

by supermarioelia on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

HEY HEY LET’S GO TRIBE clap, clap, clap

-Erik

by drerikbrady on May 16, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remember, people were ready to give up on this game in the third inning.

by Voltaire on May 16, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just a bullshit night all together by the homeplate umpire, who set up the two-out Phillips’ homerun by giving Griffey the walk, and who dug out Dunn by not calling the 0-1 pitch a strike, putting the whiff-master into an 0-2 count.

by xrickx on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs