Reinforcements are here
Reds lineup vs. Phillies Phillips 4 Renteria 6 Votto 3 Bruce 9 Francisco 5 Alonso 7 Stubbs 8 Hanigan 2 Leake 1 *Outfielder Fred Lewis cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Louisville. By my count, that leaves 39 men on the roster since Jeremy...
Posted: 9/1/2011 10:21 AM in Mark My Word
Fred Lewis outrighted to AAA
Fred Lewis outrighted to AAA Sheldon tweets that the Reds have cleared Fred Lewis off the 40-man roster and sent him to AAA. No word yet on who will take his spot on the roster but September call-ups are coming today.
Posted: 9/1/2011 10:16 AM in Red Reporter
The Morning Line, 9/1 (Nosepile edition)
Good morning, friends. My name is Andy. I occasionally post in the comments as Nosepile. Although I don’t comment often, I’ve been reading TML daily since the beginning. I will be your host this morning. I look forward to hearing about my typos and inaccuracies....
Posted: 9/1/2011 9:59 AM in Paul Daugherty
Fred Lewis sent to Louisville
Today’s Reds transactions: Returned from a rehabilitation assignment and reinstated from the 15-day disabled list OF Chris Heisey (#28); recalled from Louisville IF Juan Francisco (#25), IF Chris Valaika (33), RHP Jared Burton (#51), RHP Carlos Fisher...
Posted: 9/1/2011 9:53 AM in Cincinnati Reds
Tramp the Dirt Down
The Reds have scored a grand total of 2 runs in the last 27 innings. Hold on a second while I check to see if that’s good or bad. Okay… it’s bad. The Reds have 16 hits in the last 27 innings. Hold on… yup, that’s bad, too. The Reds are now two games under...
Posted: 9/1/2011 8:52 AM in Chris Sabo's Goggles
Down on the Farm
Games Played on 08/31/11 Minor League Players of the Day: 2011′s 34th pick and Billings Mustang, Bryson Smith, hit for the cycle and drove in 5 runs. AAA Columbus 12 – Louisville 4 Kris Negron went 2-4 with a double and a walk, Denis Phipps went 2-4,...
Posted: 9/1/2011 8:03 AM in Redleg Nation
19 scoreless innings
Cole Hamels plus Roy Halladay plus Cliff Lee equals three losses and not a whole lot of scoring. The 3-0 loss to Lee on Wednesday ran the Reds’ scoreless innings streak to 19 innings. Read the game recap here. Notes: *Brandon Phillips 13-game hitting...
Posted: 8/31/2011 11:07 PM in Mark My Word