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[Homsar]

Cingrani tied a MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD the other day with 4 strikeouts in 1 inning.

Tied, that is, with 65 other pitchers, according to baseball-almanac.com.  Heh.

That list includes 4 other Reds as well.  The last to do it?  The unforgettable Frankie Rodriguez.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rodrifr02

[Homsar]

Over their last 10 games, the Reds have scored a total of just 22 runs.
As a team they hit 64/326, and walked 27 times, good enough for a .196 average.
Not a good stretch.

[euro60]

Sunday May 26, 1 pm game vs. the Cubs, followed by Beach Boys concert (the Mike Wilson version, i.e. without Brian Wilson). I already had tix to that game.

The Reds offense is outright TERRIBLE. And can you imagine what it would be like but for Shoo and Brandon? 

[Zafer Kaya]

I keep reading about the Reds need a #2 hitter.  They have a pretty decent #2 hitter... Brandon Phillips.  Except Brandon Phillips is batting cleanup.

Dusty insists on splitting up his lefties and batting the SS second.  That's the problem.  Not the lack of a #2 hitter.

But since everyone in the entire world knows that Dusty always bats the SS second, why trade Didi Gregorius?  He's the kind of right-handed, slick fielding semi-speedster small-balling hitting SS that Dusty wants.  I mean, who knows if Gregorious is going to work out or not but at least theoretically he could bat #2.   

[euro60]

what the hell was that with Chapman today? I didn't see the game but saw the highlights. Giving up 3 runs in the 9th? against the Cubs? and then Dusty claiming it was because Chapman hadn't pitched in 3 days??? wow, just wow.

[Zafer Kaya]

Chapman pitched like crap. 

But then, if you're going to have a bad game, why not have it in a non-save situation?  Get it all out of your system when it doesn't matter.  And pretty much every closer in the world for whatever reason always has bad games in non-save situations.  You still won.  I wouldn't be too concerned.

[euro60]

Was at the Reds game tonight (my first of the season, finally!). Couldn't have picked a better game. Down 4-3 in the 9th with 2 outs, Mesoravo hit a pinch hit HR, and then Choo follows with another HR, Reds win, Reds win! Wow, just wow.

[Butter]

Mesoraco is maybe the 2nd to last guy (behind Izturis) that you would've picked to hit that home run.  Then Choo followed it up with a blast.

I still think the Reds may regret getting rid of Gregorious, but Choo has been the offense so far this year.

[Zafer Kaya]

Choo smoked that one.  What was that, like a mid 90's fastball to the knees?  And as an extra bonus, the Cubs beat the Cardinals last night.

Actually everyone in the NL Central won last night except for the Cardinals and so did Cleveland, so as far as I can tell everyone on the boards was a winner.   

[Dan]

Choo smoked that one.  What was that, like a mid 90's fastball to the knees?  And as an extra bonus, the Cubs beat the Cardinals last night.

Actually everyone in the NL Central won last night except for the Cardinals and so did Cleveland, so as far as I can tell everyone on the boards was a winner.   

1-0! Woo!

[euro60]

so I pushed my luck and went to the Reds game today, second game in a row. The Reds offense struggled mightily again, but the true head-scratcher was when Leake, who had done pretty good in 7 innings, allowing just 2 runs, was brought out again in the 8th inning. First reaction my son and I had: "What?!?" Of course Leake immediately imploded, as did the rest of the Reds bullpen. <sigh> Why oh why did Leake not get taken out after 7 innings and a high pitch count? What was a 2-1 game became a blow-out...

[Zafer Kaya]

It was a blow out because Dusty once again out-clevered himself. 

Leake is a good hitter, so he let him hit and go back out there all the while chuckling to himself about how smart he was not to waste a pinch hitter.  I mean, why make a simple ph when you can double-switch?  Two simple substitutions is for suckers.  Two at once!  Two at once or nothing.