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From: RJA on 12 Aug 2010 13:32
Cueto got a 7-game suspension for his role in the brawl. Baker and
LaRussa got 2 games each. Rolen, Springer, Molinda, Carpenter fined.

Baker/LaRussa start serving on Friday. Cueto starts Friday as well
unless appealed.

Cueto likely to miss his Sunday start. With all of the options,
that's not horrible. Anyone know if Wood can be recalled early due to
this? Seems like they wanted Bailey to go for Leake on Saturday in
the first place.

Judging by how Spier managed Saturday's game, Baker's absence could
hurt and that's saying a lot coming from me.
From: HTP on 13 Aug 2010 14:16
On Aug 12, 10:32 am, RJA <agentvau...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Cueto got a 7-game suspension for his role in the brawl.  Baker and
> LaRussa got 2 games each.  Rolen, Springer, Molinda, Carpenter fined.

It looks like Cueto was hit the hardest, but thats essentially a 2-
game suspension for him as well. Not sure how his pay is affected if
at all.

I think that Molina should each have recieved a couple games off as
well.

>
> Baker/LaRussa start serving on Friday.  Cueto starts Friday as well
> unless appealed.
>
> Cueto likely to miss his Sunday start.  With all of the options,
> that's not horrible.  Anyone know if Wood can be recalled early due to
> this?  Seems like they wanted Bailey to go for Leake on Saturday in
> the first place.
>
> Judging by how Spier managed Saturday's game, Baker's absence could
> hurt and that's saying a lot coming from me.

Larussa had his rotation lined up perfectly for a key series. Facing
Carpenter/Garcia/Wainwright is like facing Smoltz/Glavine/Maddux circa
1996. Any one of those 3 would be the #1 guy this year for the Reds
(or almost any year). i like thier chances in the postseason running
those 3 guys out there, assuming Garcia doesnt keep tanking.

I didnt think the Reds could realistically win more than 1 game, even
at home. I thought they might beat Garcia. But i'm not surprised they
were swept. Whats alarming is that they were outplayed in every
possible way. I dont blame Brandon for this either. The defense sucked
and the starting pitchers couldnt avoid big innings. Arroyo suddenly
couldnt throw a strike when he needed 2. 4runs after 2 outs cant
happen. But they still lose even if that inning doesnt happen. Leake
may have hit an endurance wall and they should consider shutting him
down. Notice i dont blame the hitters. Again, look at that Cardinal
starting pitching.


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