REDS FARM REPORT: 8/4
PDF GAME REPORTS LOUISVILLE BATS: The Louisville Bats were off yesterday. CAROLINA 7, HUNTSVILLE (BREWERS) 6: RHP Curtis Partch started for Carolina and allowed 6 runs (5er) on 7 hits in 4.2 innings (4bb, 2k, 1hr)…RHP Chris Mobley (2-4) earned the win...
Posted: 8/4/2011 11:48 AM in Better Off Red
Red Reposter - Conceding defeat
Exactly three weeks ago today, I gave you all a number of reasons to be optimistic about the rest of the season. At that point, the Reds were in 4th place, two games under .500 and four games out of first place. Today, they are still in 4th place, th...
Posted: 8/4/2011 11:40 AM in Red Reporter
BASEBALL PERSPECTIVES SERIES WITH BOB MILLER
Baseball Perspectives Series Featuring Reds Vice President and Assistant General Manager, Bob Miller Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 5:30 PM Free with Museum Admission Free for Hall of Fame Members Want to know what goes on behind the scenes leading up...
Posted: 8/4/2011 10:52 AM in Better Off Red
My Out of Style is Coming Back
Let’s face it, if the Reds were going to stand any chance of getting back in the NL Central race they had to have a good showing against the Astros and Cubs. It didn’t happen against the Astros, so what makes you think it will be different against the...
Posted: 8/4/2011 9:43 AM in Chris Sabo's Goggles
The Life of a Reds Fan: Just…Wow.
The way I remember it, the Cincinnati Reds have always been a part of my life. Growing up in Northern Kentucky, the summers annually revolved around being a Reds fan. Whether it be listening to Marty and Joe, squabbling with my Dad and brothers over what...
Posted: 8/4/2011 9:15 AM in Redleg Nation
The Morning Line, 8/4
It’s time to play who should stay and who should go. To quote The Clash: “If I stay there will be trouble. If I go, there will be double.” It’s the MLB version of talking about next year’s football draft by Thanksgiving. We’re familiar with that around...
Posted: 8/4/2011 8:25 AM in Paul Daugherty
Farmers Only: Neftali Soto is a home run hitting machine
Louisville was off. Today they play at 7:05 with Matt Maloney getting the start. Carolina won 7-6 in with 2 runs in the 9th. Donnie Joseph got the save with a scoreless 9th. Neftali Soto was 2-4 with 2 homers, his 23rd and 24th. He now has homered an
Posted: 8/4/2011 8:06 AM in Red Reporter
Down on the Farm
Games Played on 08/03/11 Minor League Player of the Day: Nefi Soto went 2-4 and hit his 23rd and 24th homers. Tim Crabbe threw 7 innings 5 hit, 1 walk, shutout baseball. AAA The Bats had the day off. AA Carolina 7 – Huntsville 6 Nefi Soto went 2-4 with...
Posted: 8/4/2011 7:45 AM in Redleg Nation
'Cincinnati, you have some problems'
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with The Carpet Man, Murray Greenberg, watching the Cincinnati Reds show for sure why the are not going to win the National League Central. He was 0-and-6. He is 20 years old, the youngest
Posted: 8/4/2011 12:06 AM in The Real McCoy
A lost series in Houston, really?
Dropping two of three to the team with the worst record in baseball? In the voice of Wallace Shawn’s character Vizzini in “The Princess Bride” …. inconceivable! I remember walking to Minute Maid Park Monday seeing a crane remove a huge Hunter Pence banner...
Posted: 8/3/2011 11:55 PM in Mark My Word