TODAY’S REDS LINEUP
Greetings from Wrigley Brandon Phillips 4 Drew Stubbs 8 Joey Votto 3 Jay Bruce 9 Yonder Alonso 7 Juan Francisco 5 Devin Mesoraco 2 Paul Janish 6 Dontrelle Willis 1
Posted: 9/5/2011 11:21 AM in Better Off Red
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Those delusional hopes that Cardinals fans had about getting back into the NL Central race following the sweep of the Brewers last week: CRUSHED By our beloved Cincinnati Reds this weekend. Meaningless games or not–that was fun. Beating the crap out of...
Posted: 9/5/2011 10:58 AM in Chris Sabo's Goggles
Red Reposter - Youth in revolt
The kids are alrightIn a game where normal cogs Joey Votto and Jay Bruce were 0-for-10, youth delivered in the form of Juan Francisco and his four hits. This weekend, Masters Francisco, Alonso, and Frazier all showed the offensive promise that their ...
Posted: 9/5/2011 10:01 AM in Red Reporter
The Labor Day Line, 9/5
I can’t help myself. A week of doing tons of nothing drove me back to the keyboard. Sometimes, time off works best as a concept. Why do they call it Labor Day when nobody’s working? Same as Father’s Day. If you’re like me, you wake up, get the tributes...
Posted: 9/5/2011 8:55 AM in Paul Daugherty
Random Musings
I visited a local renaissance festival with my boys this afternoon and arrived home after the Reds won the extra innings tilt against against the St. Louis Cardinals and the Dayton Dragons lost to the visiting Lansing Lugnuts. Looking over the results...
Posted: 9/4/2011 11:34 PM in Blog Red Machine
Getaway day
Hello from the back of a cab headed to downtown Chicago. I seem to have taken to writing in cabs today. I wrote my game story for MLB.com in the back of a cab speeding to Lambert Airport. This is one of the days where being being a baseball beat writer...
Posted: 9/4/2011 8:44 PM in Mark My Word
Is it time to shut down Bronson Arroyo?
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave waiting for the game to end so we can start our Labor Day cookout, which due to the rain is now a cook-in, but the hamburgers, hot dogs and baked beans will taste just
Posted: 9/4/2011 6:56 PM in The Real McCoy
Titanic Struggle Recap: It’s Juan Francisco’s World
Let’s recap today’s titanic struggle…. FINAL — 10 innings Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 2 W: B. Bray (5-2) L: F. Salas (5-6) S: F. Cordero (30) BOX SCORE POSITIVES –Juan Francisco went 4-5, three of them singles, but the last single drove in the go-ahead run...
Posted: 9/4/2011 5:48 PM in Redleg Nation