From: john smith on
Mike Leake was sailing along on a low pitch count but hasn't pitched
particularly well in his past few starts. I understand letting him start
the ninth with a 7-1 lead. But you know my feeling on young pitchers, I
always say let them leave on a positive note. It didn't happen , a few
hits and a home run later the Reds were up 7-5 and Baker went to that
old reliable closer Cocomatic.

You know the story, two run homer and the game is tied. Cordero is not a
problem, he is a special pitcher. Just a little unlucky tonight. Danm
that Cordero always is out there with the wind blowing out.....

From: tom dunne on
On Jul 9, 10:10 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote:
> Mike Leake was sailing along on a low pitch count but hasn't pitched
> particularly well in his past few starts. I understand letting him start
> the ninth with a 7-1 lead. But you know my feeling on young pitchers, I
> always say let them leave on a positive note. It didn't happen , a few
> hits and a home run later the Reds were up 7-5 and Baker went to that
> old reliable closer Cocomatic.
>
> You know the story, two run homer and the game is tied. Cordero is not a
> problem, he is a special pitcher. Just a little unlucky tonight. Danm
> that Cordero always is out there with the wind blowing out.....

What about Arthur Rhodes? The game was tied in the 10th and he blew
it worse than Coco did - King Arthur didn't record a single out.
Where's your scorn for him?
From: john smith on
The ninth and the tenth inning dramatics aside. The Reds left runners
all over the place tonight. I kept saying to myself, the failure to
break this game open was going to bite them in the a$$ at some point.

However when they pushed that seventh run across in the top of the
ninth, I did breathe a sigh of relief. What followed was just plain
crazy. This loss is so bad that it leaves you speechless. Now with the
Phillies two best pitchers facing a couple of inexperienced guys in the
next two games it looks bleak.

The road trip that started out well and continued nicely in New York
has been derailed. Derailed by a Phillies team that just got out of the
emergency room and who barely have a pulse. The Reds just might have
salvaged the Phillies season tonight. Because with their current
injuries as of late, losing 3/4 to the Reds could have put them in a big
hole with too many teams too leap-frog.

I am huge baseball fan and Red's fan. I watch almost every single inning
of every single Red's game. But this loss is just plain ridiculous. I
sincerely doubt I will watch the next game.

Oh and Jay Bruce.... In regard to the the strike zone, you are
clueless... It is getting old again....

From: john smith on
Oh Tom, if you thought the Reds were going to win that game after the
way the Phillies tied it, I have a few bridges to sell you.

As for Rhodes I am more apt to forgive a guy who doesn't give me an
ulcer every time he takes the mound. That is just common sense. To
compare Rhodes one or two mini bumps with the ongoing saga of As The
Coco Turns is ridiculous.

Cordero no longer has closer's stuff. It has been obvious for the last
two months or more. The Reds will not win a division with Francisco
Cordero as a closer. I stand by my conviction....

From: tom dunne on
On Jul 9, 11:19 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote:
> Oh Tom, if you thought the Reds were going to win that game after the
> way the Phillies tied it, I have a few bridges to sell you.
>
> As for Rhodes I am more apt to forgive a guy who doesn't give me an
> ulcer every time he takes the mound. That is just common sense. To
> compare Rhodes one or two mini bumps with the ongoing saga of As The
> Coco Turns is ridiculous.
>
> Cordero no longer has closer's stuff. It has been obvious for the last
> two months or more. The Reds will not win a division with Francisco
> Cordero as a closer. I stand by my conviction....  

I don't want a bridge. Instead, I want to do is applaud your
insight. Bitching about Cordero, even though he didn't lose the game,
that's old reliable John Smith! He's a special poster who knows that
every Reds defeat is a major crisis, that every Aaron Harang start is
a guaranteed disaster and that every Cordero appearance will be the
one that costs the Reds the pennant.

Now that the Reds have lost two straight, what do you think we're in
for? The Phillies are probably going to win 110 games now that
Cincinnati has saved their season, right? And the Reds, they're
clearly toast. Like how you said they wouldn't bounce back from the
Atlanta disaster, or from the Seattle sweep... This is at least the
third major disaster of the season, as pied piper Cordero leads them
to certain defeat... It's a wonder we all even bother to tune in, what
with the outcome so apparent. Nick Masset for closer, Aaron Harang
for dog catcher, and God bless the Reds!
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