Reds vs Fish....Game 4

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Apr 20, 2013 6:54pm
Homer pitching.

Bruce is 1-10 when I start a thread with 6 K.
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Apr 21, 2013 10:30am
Just saw that Hanigan went to the DL with a strained oblique.

Corky Miller got the call up to be the back-up catcher.
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Apr 21, 2013 10:45am
Corky!
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Apr 21, 2013 12:15pm
This is it. Mesoraco can take the starting job and never lose it again. He's got his chance...
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Apr 21, 2013 1:09pm
Doubtful.....I bet with Dusty that Meso could be the player of the month in the NL and Hanigan would come back and catch 3/5 of the games regardless of his hitting woes.

Dusty is the most loyal manager in the history of the world. If Dusty was managing back in the 20's for the Yankees, no one would've ever heard of Lou Gehrig, and his disease would be called something else.....Taverasitis or something prolly.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:10pm
Homer looks like he didn't warm up.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:13pm
Itzturis had him at 3rd but went to 1st
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Apr 21, 2013 1:18pm
Bailey get down 3-0 to the lead off, gives up a roped double but gets each of the next 3 hitters to chase about 5 pitches out of the zone and he gets out of it.

He may not look back now.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:23pm
Choo plunked for the 8th time
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Apr 21, 2013 1:23pm
Ironman92;1430961 wrote:Itzturis had him at 3rd but went to 1st
Took the safe play, but put more on Homer, but he came thru with the K, then a 2nd K for good unnecessary good measure!
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Apr 21, 2013 1:24pm
Ironman92;1430965 wrote:Choo plunked for the 8th time
But gets erased before Votto's resulting 1 run blast!
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Apr 21, 2013 1:24pm
X hits into a DP on the 1st pitch and then Votto HR on his 1st pitch.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:25pm
Hopefully we're getting the Votto of old now... Would be nice if Bruce could get going soon as well
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Apr 21, 2013 1:26pm
mhs95_06;1430966 wrote:Took the safe play, but put more on Homer, but he came thru with the K, then a 2nd K for good unnecessary good measure!

That ball was shot and he was plenty deep enough to get him out. That is not a difficult play when the ball is received so quickly.....though it may have helped get Homer to focus.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:27pm
osu45804;1430969 wrote:Hopefully we're getting the Votto of old now... Would be nice if Bruce could get going soon as well

Getting greedy!
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Apr 21, 2013 1:27pm
osu45804;1430969 wrote:Hopefully we're getting the Votto of old now... Would be nice if Bruce could get going soon as well
I hope so too. I didn't see the game yesterday. Did Votto look like a changed hitter like he did on today's blast? It wouldn't have taken much for him to look better than Friday night.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:28pm
Jay Bruce leading the league in at bats while batting 5th tells me that he refuses to walk....he can't have very many.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:30pm
Jay Bruce has now struck out in 25 of his 77 plate appearances, that's 32% of his AB's
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Apr 21, 2013 1:30pm
Yep....he just struck out on ball 4 and now has 25 whiffs in 77 AB with just 7 walks.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:33pm
Error on BP but they won't give him one.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:34pm
Ironman92;1430977 wrote:Error on BP but they won't give him one.

Yeah, they gave him a hit. I watched the replay 3 times and just disagree.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:36pm
Valaika singles and a run scores.....SHOULD be unearned, but it's not.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:37pm
Yep....good call by Welsh should be in the dugout now.
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Apr 21, 2013 1:42pm
Homer had to get 5 outs that inning before he got to the dugout. Non regulars Izturis and Mesoraco not about to take any chances, and the chief chance taker makes an apparent E on one he doesn't need to take a chance on!
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Apr 21, 2013 1:47pm
Ironman92;1430970 wrote:That ball was shot and he was plenty deep enough to get him out. That is not a difficult play when the ball is received so quickly.....though it may have helped get Homer to focus.
It would test Hannahan's footwork and glove work if the runner makes it as tough as he can by drifting to the right to make that throw go as far as possible to the outside of the bag, and then cut left sharply with a fade away slide to the inside of the bag.