Reds @ cubs

SportsWorld · Post #1 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:06 am

Good luck guys. Should be a great series.

Post #2 » by **el loco** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:06 am

Monday is an off day, and then we open up a 3 game set against the cubbies.

Tues 8:05 start time. Harang vs. Dempster
Wed 8:05 start time
Thurs 2:20 afternoon game

Post #3 » by **el loco** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:52 am

SportsWorld wrote:Good luck guys. Should be a great series.

I hope our bats wake up. I know you probably hope they don't. The pitching has been there for us, so far. I wonder what kind of a reception Mr. Baker will get when he goes back to Wrigley? I don't think it will be very good. It seems most cubs fans are glad he got run out of town. But, maybe if the reception goes bad that might be just what our offense needs to get clicking. He might be able to take some of the pressure off of the players in this series.

Post #4 » by **kingofthecourt67** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:39 am

Yeah, the offense has been atrocious as of late and they better pick up because our pitching has been good for the most part.

Post #5 » by **el loco** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:52 am

I hope we come out with some offense and start looking like the big red machine of old.

Post #6 » by **el loco** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:53 am

Harang has fallen apart in the 6th. We were up 3-2 now we are down 5-3.

Griffey went Yard for number 595, Kepp is still swinging a nice bat.

Here is a link about Dusty's return to Wrigley:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_le ... =mlb,76990

Post #7 » by **el loco** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:11 am

well, we got a run back 5-4 heading into the bottom of the 7th, but we squandered a big opportunity. We had the bases loaded with no outs and only managed one run. Burton takes the mound in the bottom of the 7th. He has excellent numbers on the season. I would love to watch the rest of it, but I have to get to work.

How come when we had Dempster he was Dumpster. 8-12 over 2 seasons with an era well over 6.

Post #8 » by **el loco** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:06 pm

final score 9-5. Votto went yard in the 9th.

Every guy that pitched for us gave up a run, this was the bullpen I was expecting to see all along. We have lost 4 in a row. I hope the breakout game for the offense happens soon.

Post #9 » by **el loco** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:45 am

and the streak continues :banghead:

Okay, I am back to my original thoughts on Fogg :rofl:

The guy is a bust. He got blasted for 9 earned runs in only 2 innings of work in this one.

Patterson needs to sit he had another 0for in this one. The guy is supposed to be the table setter, but the only thing he has been doing is walking to the plate and then walking back to the dugout.

12-3 cubbies

If we don't win the next one, it will be the second series that we have been swept in a row. I know it is early and the division winner only won 85 games last year, but we are once again diggin ourselves into a hole this season.

Post #10 » by **el loco** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:42 pm

We didn't get swept in this one afterall.

Reds win 9-3. JR went deep again. Votto went deep again. Kepp continues to hit in every game. Patterson got the day off and a leadoff man actually reached base. Dusty changed the batting order up a bit in this one and it seems to have worked because the bats woke up a bit.