Da Reds thread

#201
#201
(smokedog#3 @ Jul 2 said:
i was till this week giving him a chance, but in the last 2 games he cost us any chance in winning. he left mays in way to long yesterday and putting weathers in today to blow the game is a waste. there are better managers out there and i have faith in our new GM to go get one. he has alot more to work with than alot of other teams too, the shelf is not bare.
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the bullpen is about as bare as its gona get. and thats what has been the problem the last two games. you cant really consider fireing a manager over two games. no one thought the reds would be in the playoff hunt this year and they are so i say give him one more year after this one.
 
#202
#202
(vols kick balls @ Jul 2 said:
the bullpen is about as bare as its gona get. and thats what has been the problem the last two games. you cant really consider fireing a manager over two games. no one thought the reds would be in the playoff hunt this year and they are so i say give him one more year after this one.
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i can see your point, but to put weathers out there in a close game when he shouldn't be in the majors is just not a good move. or leaving mays in to face travis who is batting 800 with 4 dingers against him. not to mention bases loaded and no outs. this isn't triple A. we need somebody like jimmy leyland a baseball mastermind. this is the reds they can't afford to throw games away .
 
#203
#203
I believe the Reds will be just as happy as the Cardinals to get the hell out of the interleague portion of the schedule...
 
#204
#204
(tidwell @ Jul 2 said:
I believe the Reds will be just as happy as the Cardinals to get the hell out of the interleague portion of the schedule...
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yep both of us got smacked around pretty good.
 
#206
#206
Then again, so did everyone in the NL. Would've been huge in the standings if just 1 NL team had a good run through interleague.
 
#207
#207
yep the AL just killed us, i guess i will be betting on the american league rep in the world series :biggrin2:
 
#209
#209
(tidwell @ Jul 2 said:
Maybe the NL will at least win a game in the Series this year. :lol:
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i'm not sure i wonder what the odds are going to be on a sweep. i'm going to be in vegas toward the end of october this could work out pretty good. :biggrin2:
 
#210
#210
To paraphrase Rick Pitino, "Norm Charlton is not walking through that door. Rob Dibble is not walking through that door. Randy Myers is not walking through that door." Narron has done a fabulous job managing a team with absolutely no bullpen. If the season ended today, he's probably the NL Manager of the Year.
 
#211
#211
(hatvol96 @ Jul 2 said:
To paraphrase Rick Pitino, "Norm Charlton is not walking through that door. Rob Dibble is not walking through that door. Randy Myers is not walking through that door." Narron has done a fabulous job managing a team with absolutely no bullpen. If the season ended today, he's probably the NL Manager of the Year.
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but to bad hes gonna get fired because of the last two games. smokedog im sorry but that was stupid.
 
#212
#212
(smokedog#3 @ Jul 2 said:
i can see your point, but to put weathers out there in a close game when he shouldn't be in the majors is just not a good move. or leaving mays in to face travis who is batting 800 with 4 dingers against him. not to mention bases loaded and no outs. this isn't triple A. we need somebody like jimmy leyland a baseball mastermind. this is the reds they can't afford to throw games away .
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How brilliant was Leyland during his stint with the Rockies?
 
#213
#213
(hatvol96 @ Jul 2 said:
How brilliant was Leyland during his stint with the Rockies?
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I've never understood the worship of Jim Leyland.

Plus, I've seen him smoke in the dugout which is just plain weak.
 
#214
#214
(GAVol @ Jul 2 said:
I've never understood the worship of Jim Leyland.

Plus, I've seen him smoke in the dugout which is just plain weak.
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Leyland's very good. I just think the idea that he is the single reason for the resurgence of the Tiger is ludicrous. Detroit is better because they've developed and acquired much better players. Leyland's managing helps, but you don't win the Indy 500 driving a Yugo.
 
#215
#215
(hatvol96 @ Jul 2 said:
Leyland's very good. I just think the idea that he is the single reason for the resurgence of the Tiger is ludicrous. Detroit is better because they've developed and acquired much better players. Leyland's managing helps, but you don't win the Indy 500 driving a Yugo.
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I agree that Leyland is good, but in some people's eyes, he somehow achieve guru-like status. It's sort of like what happened with Dusty Baker a few years ago.
 
#216
#216
(vols kick balls @ Jul 2 said:
but to bad hes gonna get fired because of the last two games. smokedog im sorry but that was stupid.
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it's not just the last 2 games its pretty much the last month. weathers hasn't had a good outing in a very long time. the team hitting wise from top to bottom is pretty good. pitching is bad i agree and the bullpen is horrible. there are some pretty decent pitchers in AAA why don't they call them up. from about i think june 10th on some of his choices have been pretty bad. i also think alot of people give narron alittle to much credit and the new GM not enough. the pick ups phillips, ross and arroyo are the main reasons why we are where we are at today. what did narron do last year with almost the same team. they were not that good. i might be alittle quick to call for his head i'll admit, but in the last month he has reminded me alot of bob boone. leyland is the manager of the year in either league hands down.
 
#217
#217
(smokedog#3 @ Jul 2 said:
it's not just the last 2 games its pretty much the last month. weathers hasn't had a good outing in a very long time. the team hitting wise from top to bottom is pretty good. pitching is bad i agree and the bullpen is horrible. there are some pretty decent pitchers in AAA why don't they call them up. from about i think june 10th on some of his choices have been pretty bad. i also think alot of people give narron alittle to much credit and the new GM not enough. the pick ups phillips, ross and arroyo are the main reasons why we are where we are at today. what did narron do last year with almost the same team. they were not that good. i might be alittle quick to call for his head i'll admit, but in the last month he has reminded me alot of bob boone. leyland is the manager of the year in either league hands down.
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about calling pitchers up from AAA. True there are some decent pitchers on the AAA team but you dont want to call them up before they are ready. That is one of the worst moves as a manager you can make. You can ruin a young pitchers confidence by calling them up before they are ready, see Ryan Wagner.
 
#219
#219
Yeah Francoeur had a nice little hit to score Chipper. Hopefully playing the Reds will help the Braves.
 
#220
#220
I cannot stand Larry Jones............ :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Still bitter about 95!
 
#224
#224
WHAT are the Reds doing??? They just traded Kearns and Lopez to the Nationals for 4 players...
 
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