there's nothing random or lucky about cardinal dominance of the reds organization, and there is a simple and empirical explanation.
every time i watch a cards v. reds series i'm struck by the mlb readiness / competitiveness of each team's prospects or younger players. this is something i've...
the 'a' hitters i see in the batting cages are working out at 95. in brooklyn they are plastering 95mph. i saw an interview with johnny bench. he was breaking down the changes in the good hitters from now and in the 60' & 70's. he said they (his generation) went up looking breaking stuff, as...
it shouldn't surprise you that kids in single a can load up on heat. we've been talking about this for years now. lots of dingers, k's, and bb's. there's a reason for the new dead ball era, and it starts way back in a prospect's career.
to h-n-r's post: i always thought it was premature of the reds to point at 2018 as a competitive year. they kind of set themselves up for failure. the second half of this year was my telltale window. the window for ascertaining what they really had with starting pitching going into 2019. 150+...
i do feel some relief about the reds. back to back excellent outings by two young starting pitchers. that's a tremendous boost for the organization. i didn't see today's game. was the getaway strike zone obvious at gabp?
how much cash did the reds give the mets? was it a even split? mesoraco was at 13mil and harvey was near 5 mil. shame on the reds if they didn't save some cash to pay griffey jr. his 4mil this year.
contributors are repeating many of the same points that have been made many times before on this board. some of them are almost word for word. maybe that's an indicator of how bad this team is. i don't know. however, disinterest does set in. i don't know what to say to season ticket...
it starts. maybe the ridiculous scenery change theory will prove helpful to harvey. gun to head - i've watched harvey for 7 years and he has proven himself a man-child. performance? pretty ugly. see yuh devin.
yes sir, that's the bottom line h-n-r. it's akin to the chewbacca imitations some of the players did for a tv spot / star wars night. they were so bad, they were good. meaning: it's campy like a john waters film. i guess that's how we should view the 2018 reds? yeah. it's a novelty act that...
what's known as the mlb getaway strike zone. swing the bats. might as well. you too votto. btw, anybody else having a difficult time just watching the reds? i haven't felt quite this disgusted since.............never.
come on guys, allow me one bad day. my girl just had her 4th and 5th brain surgeries end of last week. i got a belly full of the traits, mentioned in my apparently contentious post, exhibited during her hospital stay. 5 hours of sleep, if you can call it that, in 3 days. the business of...
i don't view any of these posts as political in any way. these things are factual. that's where -unfortunately- the american people get confused, or more accurately spun, into not being able to differentiate, in many cases, between 'political correctness' and basic human decency.
i'm not...
this is an interesting diversion from reds losing, but -to me- a mostly sad one. the reds only had 2 losing seasons from 61 to 80. that's twenty years of winning. that was back in the days of pride, promise, and corporate statesmanship. that includes baseball.
that's back in the days when we...
i'm going to rewind this board a little bit because 1507 writes an excellent post, which goes to the lifeblood of smaller market mlb organizations. allow me to paraphrase 1507 without his permission: the life blood, of a mlb smaller market team (development), involving the reds has been a...
yeah ……you're not going to sneak that 90mph inside middle thigh high quack cheese past many mlb hitters are you mr. hit and run? that was almost as painful as watching scooter's throwing error. sloppy execution by the reds all the way around in the first several games. btw, could price be any...
interesting discussions. excellent posts by all. wish it were easier to draw baseball-centric posts out of 1507 like his last one. nice post #85 h-n-r. you articulated precisely what i was getting at. btw, i have a difficult time trusting anything chris welsh says. i don't want to...
i try to put as much fun into the game as possible. mlb and corporate interests have stolen more than enough of it away from us. i won't let them take anymore. i love the pitcher's duel. it's an incredible experience to watch, from a box behind home plate slightly off axis, at any mlb park, on...
i've got to disagree with you h-n-r on stephenson's secondary stuff being better than mahle's. though, i think it might be a more semantic argument, because mahle has the ability to change speeds on all his pitches. a pitch within a pitch, if you don't stay within the strict parameters of...
no offense remotely taken mr. h-n-r. the referenced post defines, by any standards professional baseball related, a huge change in the game. so, i thought i should clarify . what used to irritate me the most is how some teams reacted to it.
because it has been a evolution, or trend, for a...
i'm not really selling anything. i'm pointing out what has changed and how potentially successful teams will have to adapt to the changes. with the advent of huge salaries for all pitchers, and their usage, in the last 5-10 years it has become particularly challenging for smaller market teams...
the reds are not the only team with that problem. baseball // pitching has been trending this way for a decade. take a look at the cumulative numbers. it's near 60 / 40, in terms of innings, starters / relievers. fewer 200 innings starters. this isn't metrics geek stuff. it isn't viewed as a...
i have more confidence in mahle than most fans. he'll hit bumps in the road, but imo there's more credibility in his perfect game and no-hiiter than bailey's. but, more importantly and once again, the reds will find themselves in a innings crunch situation come late august. maybe -once again...