Reds @ Brewers: Game 1

• Ironman92

  

  mhs95_06;824285 wrote:Hopefully Dusty was smart enough tonight to put Renteria in the #9 hole and Masset in Gomes #6 spot.

  
  Dusty just proved how smart he is....outsmarted by Jerry Narron. Pitchout baby!
• Ironman92

  

  The goal is to get to Votto....Stubbs getting on base had that guaranteed....until he was thrown out by 15 ft
• Ironman92

  

  Ball game
• Ironman92

  

  Lol....gotta dive Rickie!
• mhs95_06

  Ironman92;824295 wrote:Dusty just proved how smart he is....outsmarted by Jerry Narron. Pitchout baby!

  
  Does LaRussa do that ahead of Albert?
• Ironman92

  

  Phillips = oppo success
• mhs95_06

  Dusty trying to get it so that Votto hit ties it, now it is up to BP.
• Ironman92

  

  mhs95_06;824301 wrote:Does LaRussa do that ahead of Albert?

  
  Tony = Lawyer
  
  Dusty smarter than Tony.
• Ironman92

  

  11:02...missed the huge odds ending by 4 min
• mhs95_06

  Ironman92;824298 wrote:The goal is to get to Votto....Stubbs getting on base had that guaranteed....until he was thrown out by 15 ft

  
  Almost guaranteed! A Miggy GDP would have left Votto on deck.
• mhs95_06

  Ironman92;824308 wrote:11:02...missed the huge odds ending by 4 min

  
  A Miggy GDP would have done the trick!
• se-alum

  

  mhs95_06;824291 wrote:We saw what he's got the AB before, his most critical of the night, when the 1st two Reds reached after the Weeks 3 run HR the half inning before. On the first pitch he makes 2 outs on one swing and takes the team out of the inning. Good move by Dusty as the righty would have eaten up Cozart with the slider.
  
  Remember Dusty's rule, only put the young guys in when there's a good chance they can succeed.

  
  You're right, Cozart is no good, send him back down, ASAP!!
• mhs95_06

  Homer with a failure to maintain focus causing him to walk the P on 4 pitches to put two on for Weeks HR, but the 5th run, the eventual winning run in a one run margin, came after that in the same inning when he failed to bow his neck and not give up another run for a 3 run deficit.
• Little Danny

  

  Ironman92;824295 wrote:Dusty just proved how smart he is....outsmarted by Jerry Narron. Pitchout baby!

  
  Can't wait to see Jack McKeon school Dusty when the Reds play the Marlins.
• mhs95_06

  se-alum;824320 wrote:You're right, Cozart is no good, send him back down, ASAP!!

  
  I'm not saying that he is no good. He has his negatives too, and I don't think he is going to be the catalyst to get the Reds clicking, and won't materially change the team's performance when he plays. They missed the best chance to see what Cozart could do when both Janish(ankle) and Renteria(back) were hurting. There was no good reason to go a player short for about a week while each one licked there wounds for about a week. Neither are line-up mainstays and neither is Cozart, so it is better to DL them each in turn to not have to play a player short for 2 weeks out of 3, with both of them less than 100% the 3rd week!
• swamisez

  

  Runners 1st and 2nd. Cozart up in 7th. Bunt them over then sac fly scores one. But noooo. Instead. Gidp then ground out. Smh
  
  Dusty's fault.
• Ironman92

  

  I said that to my wife ^^^^^^^......they'll walk Hernandez and face a PH with 1 out....then Stubbs, probably still don't score.
• mhs95_06

  swamisez;824349 wrote:Runners 1st and 2nd. Cozart up in 7th. Bunt them over then sac fly scores one. But noooo. Instead. Gidp then ground out. Smh
  
  Dusty's fault.

  
  Bunting in that situation is not good baseball, especially that late in the game. Even if you score both runners, you are still behind in the score with just two innings left.
• se-alum

  

  mhs95_06;824673 wrote:Bunting in that situation is not good baseball, especially that late in the game. Even if you score both runners, you are still behind in the score with just two innings left.

  Disagree, I think he should've had the bunt on. Score both runs and you're only behind 1-run w/ 2 innings to play, with the pressure now being on a shaky Brewers bullpen. I think the strategy varies against different teams, but against the Brewers, you get the runs expecting to have another couple scoring chances.
• SportsAndLady

  

  When you're down 3, you don't give up outs...no way do you bunt in that situation.
• Ironman92

  

  1 at a time...gotta score 1 and then 2 before you can score 3
  
  Don't bunt him it doesn't matter that much....but I hope he was prepped that he was in a spot to hit into the DP and the pitcher was going for that the first part of the at bat at least....first pitch....thank you
  
  Didn't matter....good baseball or not, they lost. Dusty plays bad managing baseball all the time....sometimes it works. Game over...they sucked.
  
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