PH Wise and when/if Rhodes brought in then Nix.

 

Exactly...the Reds wouldn't play match-ups in the 9th with Cordero. Of course, Wise should have been playing today (you have to maximize your lefties against Arroyo). And the sooner we promote Kroeger for Gobble, the better.

Beckham has had many opportunities to be a hero. When is he going to deliver?

Nix just hasn't had many AB's recently.

 

Not sure we can look at him very confidently coming off the bench at this point in the season...and everyone knows Fields' weaknesses.

Beckham has had many opportunities to be a hero. When is he going to deliver?

 

Are you serious? I can feel your hatred of him from here for some reason.

Edited June 20, 200916 yr by fathom

I don't hate him. I'm sick of nobody on our team getting a clutch hit, including him.

Beckham has had many opportunities to be a hero. When is he going to deliver?

Leave Beckham be for now. We shouldn't be putting expectations like this on him. It's just not common to see rookies come up and dominate.

Edited June 20, 200916 yr by lostfan

Which gametracker is the quickest? Yahoo.com's sucks. Way behind.

I don't hate him. I'm sick of nobody on our team getting a clutch hit, including him.

 

He had a clutch hit yesterday against one of the toughest pitchers in baseball to hit. He also gave us a shot to win last Sunday's game with a clutch hit.

Screw the expectations. I want to win games. He should have gotten a hit there, as should have Thome.

Are you serious? I can feel your hatred of him from here for some reason.

 

But where is our Evan Longoria?

Screw the expectations. I want to win games. He should have gotten a hit there, as should have Thome.

You know he's responsible for the runs the Sox have scored so far rightt? Geez man. Ease up. He's on a roll right now, you want him to be batting .800?

Edited June 20, 200916 yr by lostfan

Exactly...the Reds wouldn't play match-ups in the 9th with Cordero. Of course, Wise should have been playing today (you have to maximize your lefties against Arroyo). And the sooner we promote Kroeger for Gobble, the better.

 

 

Agreed, IF it's D-Weezy from LAST year...but unfortunately he's been a shade of him former self, which wasn't all that good to begin with. Of course, you can always go with the "revenge against former team" approach playing Wise.

 

The fact that we think Josh Kroeger could really help this team speaks volumes for our season.

The Sox have 2 hits. It's the return of the bad Sox apparently after giving away the game against the Cubs.

Our relievers are really struggling for the past 2 weeks or so. Everyone's giving up runs it seems.

Dotel and Linebrink really have earned their millions the last 2 nights.

Our relievers are really struggling for the past 2 weeks or so. Everyone's giving up runs it seems.

 

Hawk keeps on calling it the best bullpen in American League, just like Joe Morgan last year.

 

Just as our starting pitching started to perform, our bullpen is on a decline.

Maybe the offense won't suck as much without a guy throwing junk all the time.

Hawk keeps on calling it the best bullpen in American League, just like Joe Morgan last year.

 

This was the time last year where our bullpen went to hell.

Hawk keeps on calling it the best bullpen in American League, just like Joe Morgan last year.

 

It's wildly inconsistent, another reason our team remains sub. .500. There's always something missing. Just not consistently good baseball, like the rest of the teams in the Central.

Nix just hasn't had many AB's recently.

 

Not sure we can look at him very confidently coming off the bench at this point in the season...and everyone knows Fields' weaknesses.

If you're on the 25 and not a starter that's your job wether you've had Ab's lately or not as I'm sure you're aware.

Clutch hits?

 

How about any hits?

 

just two -- double by Pods and HR by Getz.

 

The Thome/Rhodes matchup was predictably bad.

 

He's now 2-for-22 against Rhodes with a dozen Ks.

What's sickening is that Ozzie is making Dusty look like a real good manager tonight. Played right into the Reds plans by having two straight lefties for Rhodes to face.

Dotel and Linebrink really have earned their millions the last 2 nights.

 

How many one run games have we lost this season? Dotel was good in the beginning of the season, but Linebrink hasn't had it for a while

Hate to lose games to Dusty "LaRussa" Baker.

Edited June 20, 200916 yr by winninguglyin83

Our relievers are really struggling for the past 2 weeks or so. Everyone's giving up runs it seems.

 

 

Which was probably Ozzie's thinking with Thome there.

 

Even though the odds are against it, he's the player off the bench (along with Nix MAYBE) most likely to get ahold of one and put you back in the lead...to change the momentum. Maybe Guillen feels the lack of confidence the bullpen now as well and saw the game slipping away...it's not like he has a arsenal of competent weapons to choose from off that bench.

 

AJ would have been nullified by Rhodes too, but at least he's more of a contact hitter than Big Jim.