Reds vs Pirates....Game 1

• Ironman92

  

  Getting back to business!
  
  Homer Bailey vs Pat Maholm
  
  5 game lead...back to winning 2 out of 3
• justincredible

  

  I'm hoping for a sweep of the Pirates and 3 of 4 from the Diamondbacks. That would really put some pressure on the Cardinals.
• Ironman92

  

  2 out of 3 the rest of the way ensures playoffs
  
  buying playoffs tickets beforehand jinxes all
• Heretic

  

  I have good friends who are Reds fans. With my Low-rates being craptastic again this year and the Reds having the potential to actually do something, I've been sort of cheering for them, like I did in college when I had Indian-fan friends and they went to the World Series in '95. So, I'm glad that I will (at most) catch one game of this series with them. The way the Reds have been slumping, they won't take kindly to me saying pro-pirate-propaganda, but there's no way I can cheer against my team.
  
  With that said, you have tomorrow's game. Maholm has sucked worse than normal recently and, while Bailey has been a very sub-par MLB pitcher so far in his career, against my team he looks like the bestestestest pitcher who ever pitched a game anywhere in one gazillion multiverses.
• Rotinaj

  

  A sweep here would be huge. If they lose this series I'll start to worry.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Jayson Stark wrote: If Dusty Baker doesn't accept the extension, there's a real possibility of Tony LaRussa coming to Cincinnati.

  Oh well, better enjoy my last month or two of cheering for the Reds.
• Rotinaj

  

  lol, i dont see that happening.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Rotinaj;478276 wrote:lol, i dont see that happening.

  
  I dunno, Walt Jocketty seems to have a hard-on for all things that were his in St. Louis.
  
  It WOULD be a gigantic "fuck you" to Scott Rolen, especially after he accepted less money to re-sign with the Reds.
• Rotinaj

  

  Not only to Rolen but the fans. Everyone hates the dude.
• justincredible

  

  Ironman92;477972 wrote:buying playoffs tickets beforehand jinxes all

  
  If you don't buy them beforehand you don't get them. Derp.
• justincredible

  

  I was planning on getting season tickets for next year, but if LaRussa is anywhere near the home dugout in GABP I will not be attending any games next year.
• Ironman92

  

  I'm saying that buying them puts the jinx on......I'm too skeptical to buy them before it's clinched.....and if that's too late....well so be it.
  
  I'm an eency bit superstitious. lol
• Ironman92

  

  Anyone going down Saturday or Sunday?
• justincredible

  

  Ironman92;478380 wrote:Anyone going down Saturday or Sunday?

  
  Yes.
• Heretic

  

  Things that amuse me: Yahoo's Tim Brown does MLB power rankings here and there that usually resembles something you'd read in The Onion. Dude got two good shots in on the Pirates that brought the lulz.
  

  23. Washington Nationals (60-80; Previous: 23) – Marquis beats Pirates’ Morton in battle of one-game winners. It’s the sort of riveting baseball that’s keeping baseball alive in Pittsburgh.

  30. Pittsburgh Pirates (47-92; Previous: 30) – Pirates’ run of losing seasons turns 18, becomes a man. An ugly, lazy, shifty, good-for-nothing man. But, a man nonetheless.

  But not as good as Cincinnati's.
  

  8. Cincinnati Reds (79-61; Previous: 8) – Chapman pitch clocked at 104. We assume the last thing that went that fast in Cincinnati had a Bengal behind the wheel and contraband in the ashtray.

• Ironman92

  

  ^^^^^^^actually LOL'd
• Ironman92

  

  Pirates are 3-0 vs the Reds thsi year when Maholm starts.
  
  Again...he's not a strikeout pitcher....they must make him work! His last visit to Cincy he went 7 innings on 89 pitches and gave up nothing....and of course lost.
• osu45804

  

  Hopefully Votto can blast a couple HR's on his Birthday
• justincredible

  

  osu45804;478693 wrote:Hopefully Votto can blast a couple HR's on his Birthday

  
  I'm going to build him a cake or something.
  
  
• osu45804

  

  Reds Lineup:
  
  Phillips 4
  Heisey 9
  Votto 3
  Rolen 5
  Gomes 7
  Stubbs 8
  Janish 6
  Hanigan 2
  Bailey 1
  
  Still no Jay Bruce...... I wonder if the Reds are wishing they never made that Dickerson for Edmonds trade now
• mhs95_06

  osu45804;478726 wrote:Reds Lineup:
  
  Phillips 4
  Heisey 9
  Votto 3
  Rolen 5
  Gomes 7
  Stubbs 8
  Janish 6
  Hanigan 2
  Bailey 1
  
  Still no Jay Bruce...... I wonder if the Reds are wishing they never made that Dickerson for Edmonds trade now

  
  Dickerson is pretty injury prone, especially for the younger age he is.
• osu45804

  

  Volquez is scheduled to start on Saturday & no word on Harang's status yet, But hopefully he don't pitch again for the Reds.....
  
  Mike Leake and Jim Edmonds have been activated from the disabled list.
• Ironman92

  

  I wonder what they would be like with Josh Hamilton in CF.....of course he'd have to bat 5th because of the lefty/right/lefty rule in the middle of the lineup
  
  I guess Dusty really felt strong about Stubbs swinging it better than Phillips right now
• mhs95_06

  justincredible;478348 wrote:If you don't buy them beforehand you don't get them. Derp.

  
  I'm thinking that some playoff games may start in GABP and they still won't be sold out!
• Heretic

  

  justincredible;478699 wrote:I'm going to build him a cake or something.
  
  

  
  I remember the good ol' days when the ONLY player who'd get that sort of treatment from you was Teh Harang.