Reds vs Cardinals....Game 1 Biggest Series of the Century for the Reds

• dave

  osu45804;445999 wrote:Yeah, I hate that too.... For once I'd love to hear the what the National broadcasters have to say about the Reds other than the 2 minutes we get on SportsCenter a week

  
  mlb network, they talk about the Reds pretty much every night
• Swamp Fox

  We will need those three games and more. If we win two out of three, that would be nice, but as some of you know, I don't have much confidence when one of my teams crosses the California border. A three game lead can disappear as if by magic in three days. Like has already been said, we need to play the very best ball we are capable of but no matter what happens, we need to remember that there is a lot of baseball to be played and we are right in the middle of a great pennant chase.
• norwalk

  I agree Dave you can't under value head to head matchups. If we take 2/3 I think that will keep the confidence high. Getting swept and then going out West could really demoralize this team. Hope I'm wrong, we just don't play well out west so 2/3 is big in my opinion.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Yeah we go out west, and St. Louis has a 10 game home stand against losing teams..followed by 6 away games against the Pirates and Nationals....great.
• stlouiedipalma

  I look for a low scoring series here, as the Redbirds will send their aces against the Reds. While this isn't what I would consider a "must win" series, 2 of 3 or a sweep by the Cards will put the Reds in a tough spot, with that West Coast swing coming up and the Redbirds looking at a nice homestand.
  
  How many intentional walks will Pujols receive this week? Dusty may be crazy, but he's not stupid.
• Firad

  

  karen lotz;445551 wrote:I'd be shocked if the Cards manage to show up.

  Quadruple fixed.
• Ironman92

  

  No matter what happens the Reds have answered almost everytime they've need to this season....guys like Rolen, Cabrera, Arroyo, Cueto have just put the team on their backs and made sure small negatives didn't turn into something bigger.
  
  
  Is Phillips a go tonight? We need him to play with a chip on his shoulder and to get things started.
• TigerNation10

  

  Brandon Phillips 2b
  Laynce Nix lf
  Joey Votto 1b
  Scott Rolen 3b
  Jim Edmonds cf
  Jay Bruce rf
  Ramon Hernandez c
  Paul Janish ss
  Mike Leake p
  
  vs. Chris Carpenter
  
  Looks like Edmonds will be in the lineup. Who was sent down to AAA?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Nix 2nd ehhh??
• se-alum

  

  SportsAndLady;446433 wrote:Nix 2nd ehhh??

  Gotta love Dusty!! Let's not put Janish in the 2-hole!?!?
• dave

  I like the lineup. I'd guess either Fisher, Smith, Gomes, or Stubbs gets sent packing. Gomes doesn't have options though and Stubbs just had a huge game.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Gomes? lol no bro
• se-alum

  

  Fisher or Stubbs would be my guess. Gomes isn't going anywhere, and Smith has been pretty damn good.
• dave

  Shit forgot about Francisco, Edmonds can play 1B in a bind so I be he goes and Cairo can still start at 3b with Rolen off.
• dave

  SportsAndLady;446468 wrote:Gomes? lol no bro

  
  I would not be surprised if Gomes isn't on the 25man an Aug 31st unless he turns it around.
• Ironman92

  

  gotta be Francisco or Fisher
• Ironman92

  

  Didn't Edmonds just have to avoid the field recently for his achilles tendon? I know if he can touch it he'll catch it and he'll get and A+ jump.....but am not sure how well he can still play CF
  
  
  God Chris Welsh will have a tent all game.
• dave

  Yep he did, that's why I don't get the center field thing either. I'd put Nix out there over Edmonds. Oh well, if he gets hurt they have other options just not a true LH CF now. If he helps win 1 of these 3 games the signing will be worth it IMO.
• osu45804

  

  Travis Wood optioned to Triple-A Louisville to make room for Edmonds...... With two off days upcoming, Reds don't need 5 starters it appears
  
  http://twitter.com/m_sheldon/status/20732380304
• dave

  sending down your best pitcher and only lefty sounds like a solid move.
• SportsAndLady

  

  WTFFFFF
• Ironman92

  

  Fuck the Reds.....I understand it . but it's just idiotic.....let's send down Votto on his off day.
  
  Wood is a big league ballplayer....I wouldn't make him go down for any reason whatsoever.
• osu45804

  

  Apparently Wood will/should be back up to pitch on the 19th
• SportsAndLady

  

  Wood is literally the last pitcher I would send down..besides maybe Cueto...and rhodes.
• Ironman92

  

  I don't care the reasoning.......send him down but let him stay there with his teammates that wouldn't be in 1st place without him