Reds @ Braves: Game 1

• justincredible

  

  Nah.
• karen lotz

  

  Yah
• se-alum

  

  Was looking through some stats, and I see Yonder is up to .293 avg. Good for him.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Leake has always been good...now all of a sudden he's sucking...what's changed? The catcher.
• justincredible

  

  SportsAndLady;1170961 wrote:Leake has always been good...now all of a sudden he's sucking...what's changed? The catcher.

  
  Perhaps the league has figured him out?
• wildcats20

  

  Or he was never that good?
• karen lotz

  

  that would have been gone if he had the bat from yesterday.
• karen lotz

  

  LOL
• wildcats20

  

  lol I laughed.
  
  Clearly thought the runner was Uggs
• Rotinaj

  

  Can we trade Votto for Uggla ASAP??
• justincredible

  

  wildcats20;1170968 wrote:Or he was never that good?

  
  Yeah, I mean, blaming Mesoraco for Leake's shit season is a huge stretch and pretty weak. Mes isn't the guy tossing meatballs. He's also getting the calls from the dugout.
• se-alum

  

  Leake isn't spotting his pitches, like a soft tosser needs to. He needs to live on the outside corner and keep the ball down. That's when he was at his best last year.
• se-alum

  

  No excuse for Meso there.
• wildcats20

  

  Not a good throw, but you've got to make that play if you're Meso.
• SportsAndLady

  

  justincredible;1171007 wrote:Yeah, I mean, blaming Mesoraco for Leake's shit season is a huge stretch and pretty weak. Mes isn't the guy tossing meatballs. He's also getting the calls from the dugout.

  I'm not blaming Mes for Leake's numbers...I'm saying you can't say the reason the Reds are 2-11 when Mes pitches is because he catches Leake.
  
  That play right there is a big reason why they're 2-11 in his starts...catch the fucking ball
• karen lotz

  

  Yeah Bourn is out by 10 feet with either a better throw or a better effort from catcher.
• wildcats20

  

  I mean the throw was bad, but it basically hit Meso in the glove. He just whiffed.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Wasn't a good throw but it didn't have to be. Plenty of time to catch, turn, and tag Beeyoorn out
• karen lotz

  

  I hope Joe West is behind the plate tomorrow.
• justincredible

  

  Yeah, Mes shoulda had that. But he's a 23 year old rookie catcher. He's going to struggle. And the 2-11 record isn't his fault. Seriously.
• se-alum

  

  Reds really need this one with Cubs beating the Cards right now.
• mhs95_06

  SportsAndLady;1171030 wrote:Wasn't a good throw but it didn't have to be. Plenty of time to catch, turn, and tag Beeyoorn out

  I disagree that he had plenty of time. I think that's a big reason why he didn't catch it because he tried to get the glove to the plate too fast, but even if he did pull it off as fast as he tried I think it is questionable whether the tag beats the foot to the base! Bruce got an assist earlier on the pitcher's bonehead try for a double, but his throw didn't look very fundamentally good. On this one, if you throw it on a hop you are at the mercy of the catcher catching the hop - should have went for a no hop throw.
• mhs95_06

  What's with the color of the grass in the infield? Looks like they may have had the tarp on excessively.
• wildcats20

  

  Heisey with the lead off double in the 7th.
• SportsAndLady

  

  mhs95_06;1171050 wrote:I disagree that he had plenty of time.

  I didn't say he had plenty of time..I siad he had plenty of time to catch turn and tag.