Reds @ Dodgers....Game 1

• Ironman92

  

  Homer vs Billingsley
  
  Easy series for the Reds. The Dodgers have scored 3 runs in the past 62 innings.
• Ironman92

  

  Lol
  
  And now have scored 7 runs in the last 3 innings.
• Ironman92

  

  Kemp out....maybe Ethier still
  
  And Dee Gordon (fastest guy in MLB) has 3 SB tonight and was just clocked home to first in 3.54 (Stubbs typically 3.75) and he pulled up lame the last 4 steps! Impressive and likely slowed down if not out against Reds.
• Rotinaj

  

  Votto still out? Reds lose 5-1.
• Ironman92

  

  Rolen could hardly move yesterday....maybe DL again.
• thavoice

  Yesterday's tough loss will set in motion a slide that will last past the All Star break.
• Rotinaj

  

  thavoice;1216861 wrote:Yesterday's tough loss will set in motion a slide that will last past the All Star break.

  You're bound to be right one of these times.
• thavoice

  Rotinaj;1217175 wrote:You're bound to be right one of these times.

  Sure hope not.
• wildcats20

  

  West coast games bore to me tears.
• Midstate01

  

  Best part of this series, is getting to listen to the dodgers broadcast!! Skully is the man
• wildcats20

  

  And I was just about to post about how bad Meso has been. Comes through with a big time 2 run double.
• Terry_Tate

  

  Damn good grab by Bruce to end the 7th. Had to take the perfect line and fly to get that one and he did. Think there was some motivation from last night to get that one.
• Midstate01

  

  After an RBI triple by Frazier, the reds get 2 straight k's before meso comes through again!!! 5-2!
• Rotinaj

  

  Fell asleep when it was 2-0. Woke up to see the Reds won. Good way to start the day!!
• SportsAndLady

  

  Nice! Also crashed at 2-0
  
  Well done Meso!
• Ironman92

  

  Terry_Tate;1217555 wrote:Damn good grab by Bruce to end the 7th. Had to take the perfect line and fly to get that one and he did. Think there was some motivation from last night to get that one.

  
  Great catch and he wasn't letting that ball fall....but his first two step on camera were quite round-a-bout.
• thavoice

  Got to see 1/2 inning in the game and that is when the reds took the lead. Nice bounce back after that debacle in SF.
• Ironman92

  

  Stubbs 0-18 on the road trip. His first 3 AB last night he struck out 3 times on 11 pitches.
• thavoice

  Ironman92;1217747 wrote:Stubbs 0-18 on the road trip. His first 3 AB last night he struck out 3 times on 11 pitches.

  Pretty impressive. Must have been two pitchouts.....
• Ironman92

  

  thavoice;1217750 wrote:Pretty impressive. Must have been two pitchouts.....

  
  There were 3, but he swung at 1
• thavoice

  Pretty sure dayton paper stated that stubbs is 0 for his last 20!
• Heretic

  

  thavoice;1217888 wrote:Pretty sure dayton paper stated that stubbs is 0 for his last 20!

  Yep. Four walks in that period, but 0-20 in official at bats over six games (the first of which he only had a pinch-hit appearance in).
• wildcats20

  

  Drew Stubbs needs to sit or be shot. He isn't doing anything at all.
  
  Move Heisey to center and let Luddy play left.
• Rotinaj

  

  Lol 0-20. How is that even possible.
• slcoach

  wildcats20;1217938 wrote:Drew Stubbs needs to sit or be shot. He isn't doing anything at all.
  
  Move Heisey to center and let Luddy play left.

  You are kidding right? I just don't get the love affair people have with Heisey. He is a bench player for a reason. Stubbs can be frustrating, but there is just no doubt that he is a much better option than Heisey.
  
  Stubbs has 54 more plate appearances (258-204). In those 58 more appearances Stubbs has:
  
  20 more runs
  2 less hits
  2 more XBH
  6 more HRS
  3 more RBI (Even though both are weak)
  15 more walks (I didn't think it was possible to have less walks than Stubbs)
  24 more K's (which people bitch about constantly with Stubbs...His K's per PA is 3.73 Heisey is not much better at 4.53...Projected over a full season is only 30 more K's)
  13 more SB (Stubbs is 16-20 Heisey is 3-6)
  
  Even though Heisey is hitting .38 points higher, his OBP is .03 higher than Stubbs. (Their OPS are identical and poor)
  
  Stubbs also has a positive WAR while Heisey's is negative.
  
  I think Heisey plays good defense, but Stubbs is a much better outfielder.
  
  I guess I just take Stubbs as what he is. The Reds are not the Yankees that can afford a star at every position.