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1. TerpNats Posted: September 29, 2010 at 02:48 AM (#3650854)but i don't mind seeing the reds win. i don't hate dusty near as much as all the cubs fans around here and yes i know it wasn't MY team he effed up
the reds are big time underdogs, just like in 90
will be interesting to see who wins.
only guys i can root for on the reds is almost stro drew stubbs and minor league stro drew sutton
#### that ####, I hope they get swept in three. No offense Reds fans. :)
Congrats to the Reds and their BTF fans (Steve, vortex, Pete Harnisch, TDF, rr, etc.).
You might have missed it BBC, but Sutton was claimed off waivers by the Indians and has been playing on their major league squad.
Where's the Miklasz column? Will he and Hawk arrange a "real" World Series between the Chisox and Cards?
Tunneling. At least that's what I'm relying on to overtake the Phillies.
What a fun team, and what a great night!
In the beginning of the year, I identified two teams could surprise. One was the Reds. The other, the Orioles. :(
At the beginning of the year, I thought the Reds were no better than a .500 team, even if everything went right. Then:
1. Aaron Harang continuted his decline.
2. Jonny Gomes became the everyday LF.
3. Jay Bruce didn't become an MVP candidate.
4. Orlando Cabrera never lost the starting SS job.
5. Homer Bailey didn't improve.
6. Francisco Cordero was a walking gas can, yet continued to get the ball in critical situations.
Luckily,:
1. Joey Votto became the Say Eh? Kid.
2. Scott Rolen stayed pretty healthy, and hit the crap out of the ball.
3. Mike Leake made a bigger positive impact than Steven Strausburg.
4. Travis Wood continued his improbable ascent (he was a pretty blah pitcher in high A/AA in '08).
5. The catchers, when healthy, hit out of their minds (even with 76 PA from Corky Miller, they were 4th in MLB in catcher OPS).
6. The rest of the bullpen was pretty dang good.
Somehow, this team became more than the sum of its parts. Veteran leadership? Good managing? Pixie dust? I neither know nor at the moment care, because WE'RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!!!
Still, better than the Cards, I reckon.
Please, no. Come up with something else. That one's such a groaner it actually hurts. :)
Like TDF, I underrated the team. And I have a deep and palpable fear of Tony LaRussa and Albert Pujols. Maybe the Reds were lucky with bench guys, had an easy schedule, whatever. It will be nice to see the wishbone C in October again.
I wasn't born there, but I was born in Southern OH. And I have about 3000 cousins in Northern Kentucky (insert hillbilly/inbreeding joke here).
So, get ready for yet another Yankees-Philles World Series.
Quite possibly. I picked the Twins to win the AL pennant before the season started, so I will stick with that.
I like it.
A few days ago, the magic number was down to 4-5. I called a friend of mine who is a Braves fan, and I still didn't feel comfortable talking about the playoffs and the postseason roster yet. As a Reds fan, I don't have a lot of experience with handling success.
I'll have to give Dusty some credit again. He got great production from the bench (always seemingly playing the hot hand), set Rolen enough to keep him healthy, semi-effectively managed the bullpen, demoted Harang to the pen late in the season (something I'd thought he'd never do), and removed Leake from the rotation after it was obvious he had nothing left.
The Reds have a .557 wining % since the Rolen trade. I'd like to publicly apologize to Walt for my venom towards him over that trade.
This explains so much about your basketball fandom.
Aaron Boone famously claimed the Reds would win the central during spring training. Not sure anyone listens to Boone though.
I picked them to win the Central in BTF's annual preseason prediction contest. Though, honestly, I don't really remember why.
IIRC, I was on the Reds bandwagon and said so in a thread only to be mocked. But it might have been before the 2009 season, not this year.
With Texas and Cincy making the playoffs this year, only five clubs have failed to enjoy a postseason in the last ten years (Baltimore, Toronto, Kansas City, Washington and Pittsburgh).
In comparison, in the hallowed 1980s where we had great parity, four clubs failed to have a postseason appearance (Cleveland, Texas, Seattle and Pittsburgh).
So, no. Although, Aaron Boone did pick them. I thought they'd go 82-80 or so.
Can anyone find that thread? I have a strange feeling I may have picked them as well, but I can't remember. God almighty is the search feature on this site terrible.
Full disclosure: I MAY have picked the Reds, but I KNOW I picked the Orioles. So, yeah.
It seems like you're leaving out an important detail in this comparison.
I'm sure the Canadian can.
I was just thinking that. Let me fire up the MapleLeaf-signal.
Is this the thread you're looking for?
Yep. You picked the Reds and the Orioles. And the Mariners. And the Mets. And Matusz for Cy Young.
Thank you, Ryan. Let's see...
Woohoo! Bang, dead on, baby!
Oh jesus.
I got the NL really wrong. I was right on the AL playoff teams except for the Rangers, though.I was the opposite. I had the Reds, Phillies, and Giants. In the AL, I only had the Yankees...
Not sure why it's not loading but this link should work.
CAIRO had them at 84.5-77.5 and winning the division 19.3% of the time and winning the wild card 9.5%. The aggregate projections had them around .500
I basically had them improving by about five wins by getting Willy Tavares out of CF for Drew Stubbs and by getting more PT out of Votto, but I don't think I included Mike Leake in my projections.
grumble grumble congratulations to the reds and all that grumble grumble gripe moan ...
The biggest surprise on the Reds this year is Miguel Cairo. 105 OPS+? From Cairo? Really?
In Spring Training, Baker stole the bag of Magic Pixie Dust for Washed-Up-Veterans from LaRussa/Duncan when they were both looking the other way.
Yeah, the Reds bench was remarkable, and an important reason they've outdistanced their projections and are in the playoffs - of their five non-starters to get 100 PA, they got a 108 OPS+ out of two OF, a .402 OBP from their backup catcher, a 101 OPS+ from their utility IF, and Miguel Freaking Cairo - all of them better than league average hitters.
So was it Dusty Baker Veteran Magic Pixie Dust, or did the Reds catch lightning in a bottle?
He had it in San Francisco too - think of the seasons he got out of Burks, Benard, Aurilia, and others.
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