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Aug 25, 2010 9:00 PM
Gorzelanny vs Cueto

You like to feel that the Reds will roll and win all 3 games or at least 2 easily.....but the breakdown in overall pitching scares me a little. Many players are tired and looking so......fortunately the Cubs bullpen is awful as long as we can get Gorzelanny out of there after 6 innings....game 1 should be ours.

Hell of a road trip......damn near every singel player stepped up...but our bullpen is a little weary. Masset however is a beast and Coco isn't looking too bad.



Reds 7
Cubs 4

Cueto needs to return to being Cueto....need 7 innings and 3 runs
Aug 25, 2010 9:00pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:21 PM
Should be a great series. I wish Lou was coming, they had big plans for him.

I'm curious to see what the roster moves are. Nix and Leake/LeCure should be heading out.
Aug 25, 2010 9:21pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:24 PM
I think our bullpen NEEDS Chapman.

I hope Ondrusek gets his confidence back soon. Rhodes will gut it out the best he can. Coco will pretty much always scare me....but he's been his best recently.
Aug 25, 2010 9:24pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:25 PM
I'd like to see about 25+ runs from the Reds this weekend.


Offense needs to carry until pitching gets back.
Aug 25, 2010 9:25pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:26 PM
Right now the only guys in the pen that are pitching well are Masset, Rhodes, and Coco. We NEED Chapman, you are correct I92.
Aug 25, 2010 9:26pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:29 PM
Chapman has nothing else to prove and the Reds have not needed him more.

Simple math.
Aug 25, 2010 9:29pm
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dave

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Aug 25, 2010 9:29 PM
I think it's dumb to wait til Sept 1. Then they will be throwing him into the fire in St Louis. Maybe they don't want the Cards to see him but I'm sure they have scouts watching/ taking video.

This is the perfect time to bring him up and it would probably sell out the weekend.
Aug 25, 2010 9:29pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:31 PM
What is there to scout?

Uh.....throws really hard and is a potential phenom.....make him work but getting to 2 strikes may be a risk as well.

I think he's still down working on his baserunning.
Aug 25, 2010 9:31pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:40 PM
Ironman92;462011 wrote:What is there to scout?

Uh.....throws really hard and is a potential phenom.....make him work but getting to 2 strikes may be a risk as well.

I think he's still down working on his baserunning.


They will have a whole book/video on him. What pitches he throws in certain counts, arm slots, release points, pick off moves, etc.
Aug 25, 2010 9:40pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:41 PM
dave;462022 wrote:They will have a whole book/video on him. What pitches he throws in certain counts, arm slots, release points, pick off moves, etc.

I think that's what he was saying with "what is there to scout?"
Aug 25, 2010 9:41pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:47 PM
Pirates beat the Cards 5 - 2 so the lead is back to 3 1/2
Aug 25, 2010 9:47pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:49 PM
I know they'll have the book on him......teams also had the book on Randy Johnson
Aug 25, 2010 9:49pm
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Aug 25, 2010 9:50 PM
lol....The Pirates take 2 of 3 from the Cardinals. That is all.

Oh wait...the Pirates swept us earlier lol
Aug 25, 2010 9:50pm
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Aug 25, 2010 10:02 PM
Chapman is much much much more raw than RJ. Johnson went all the way through the minor leagues. I'm not saying Chapman isn't ready, but there will be ways big leaguers can exploit him, and that may take a few appearances to figure out so maybe they want him to come up in St Louis.
Aug 25, 2010 10:02pm
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Aug 25, 2010 10:03 PM
wildcats20;462035 wrote:lol....The Pirates take 2 of 3 from the Cardinals. That is all.

Oh wait...the Pirates swept us earlier lol

Cards still play them 6 more times, hopefully they help out again
Aug 25, 2010 10:03pm
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Aug 25, 2010 10:06 PM
Last Friday Chapman had a pitch sequence that was 104, 104, 103, 88. I didn't believe the tweet I saw about it until I saw like 4 others about it.
Aug 25, 2010 10:06pm
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Aug 25, 2010 10:37 PM
Yup. It's time for Chapman. Bring him up. The bullpen needs him. There is nothing more to be gained from striking out guys like Shelly Duncan.
Aug 25, 2010 10:37pm
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Aug 25, 2010 10:58 PM
So after tonight...

Votto.... .326, 31 HR, 90 RBIs
Pujols... .319, 33 HR, 92 RBIs

Albert went 0/4 tonight. Votto was 4/7, 2 HR, 4 RBIs, 2 R
Aug 25, 2010 10:58pm
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Aug 25, 2010 11:14 PM
This race is gonna be insane lol both the MVP and the NL Central races
Aug 25, 2010 11:14pm
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Aug 25, 2010 11:20 PM
Votto OBP .423, Pujols OBP .411
Votto SLG .603, Pujols SLG .597
Votto OPS 1.026, Pujols OPS 1.008

Votto leads the league in runs as well and he's 2nd in HR's and RBI's.
Aug 25, 2010 11:20pm
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dave

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Aug 25, 2010 11:25 PM
never would have thought he leads the league in runs, what an amazing season so far.
Aug 25, 2010 11:25pm
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Aug 26, 2010 7:15 PM
obviously Chapman i was completely unpolished and Johnson ended up being a shiny corvette.......but I was just trying to find a comparison of "stuff"

far more room for error when you nasty
Aug 26, 2010 7:15pm
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Aug 26, 2010 8:50 PM
Right now it's 6 - 5 Washington over St. Louis in the 7th....
Aug 26, 2010 8:50pm
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Aug 26, 2010 8:55 PM
Wow I just looked a little bit ago and the Cards were up 5-3, I think,
Aug 26, 2010 8:55pm
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Aug 26, 2010 9:26 PM
8 - 6 Washington in the 8th
Aug 26, 2010 9:26pm