From: john smith on
I remember last year all the raves the Reds pitchers had in regard to
throwing to Hannigan. Hernandez has looked real shaky to me, especially
blocking balls in the dirt. This guy's knees are gone. Another stupid
move by WJ. The only move that could save him is Chapman becoming the
ace we hope he can be.

From: tom dunne on
On Apr 27, 1:38 pm, John Kasupski <w2...(a)spamfilter.verizon.net>
wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:35:18 -0700 (PDT), RJA <agentvau...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >Two things.  First, if we win 2 of 3 against the Pirates, we're over .
> >500.  That series was a bit strange because Rolen missed the whole
> >thing and then Votto had the flu or something one night and couldn't
> >play.  There was at least one close game in that series that could
> >have tipped as a result.
>
> And they now have a series against the Disastros where they have a good chance
> to make up for that.

I was looking at the Astros' record last night, and boy have they
turned it around. They're 8-2 in their last ten games, and are now
ahead of the Reds in the standings. Doesn't look to be an easy series
after all, particularly with the Reds facing Oswalt in game three.
From: john smith on
As far as I am concerned Jay Bruce has shown enough improvement over
last September and this month to give him a pass until the end of this
year.

He is really a nice defensive player. I really think he has the tools to
play CF. He gets great jumps on balls. His main problem is he gets pull
happy after hitting home runs. I would love this guy to just hit for
doubles more. When he goes the other way it forces him to stay on the
ball and not pull off and swing at the pitch outside in the dirt. He is
finally coming, I think and hope.

As far as pulling the plug, I am getting near that time with this guy
Stubbs. Brutal swing... Hitting all them home runs in September ruined
him...........

From: tom dunne on
On Apr 27, 2:56 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote:
> All Time Defensive Team:
>
> 1b- Keih Hernandez
> 2b- Frank White/ Ryne Sanberg
> ss- Ozzie  Smith
> 3b- Brooks Robinson
> Lf- Dave Winfield
> Cf- Paul Blair/ Gary Maddux
> Rf- Tony Gwynn/ Dwight Evans
> c-  Johnny Bench
> p- Jim Katt

Gwynn or Evans over Clemente?
From: HTP on
On Apr 27, 12:15 pm, tom dunne <dunn...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 1:38 pm, John Kasupski <w2...(a)spamfilter.verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:35:18 -0700 (PDT), RJA <agentvau...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >Two things.  First, if we win 2 of 3 against the Pirates, we're over .
> > >500.  That series was a bit strange because Rolen missed the whole
> > >thing and then Votto had the flu or something one night and couldn't
> > >play.  There was at least one close game in that series that could
> > >have tipped as a result.
>
> > And they now have a series against the Disastros where they have a good chance
> > to make up for that.
>
> I was looking at the Astros' record last night, and boy have they
> turned it around.  They're 8-2 in their last ten games, and are now
> ahead of the Reds in the standings.  Doesn't look to be an easy series
> after all, particularly with the Reds facing Oswalt in game three.

The Reds just got finished with the padres who came into town on a 6-
game win streak. Now they get the astros who are playing very well
after a horrible start. Bad timing again for the Reds. Astros pitching
has been pretty good so far.