This year is full of guys that should be playing better but won't/don't.
1. I find Soriano VERY unlikeable. He said he wouldn't have come ready to play if he knew he was getting "a day off" (he didn't even look at it as a benching... something that is addressed in #2). He's a butcher in left and drops/misplays about half the traffic he sees but he still has his stupid ass hop that he does... this is the stupidest thing in the world and it leads me to dislike...

2. Lou Pinella. Where is your SACK man!? I give you some credit for, three years late, moving Soriano out of the leadoff spot but why do you let him SUCK in left AND do that fagmo hop? Lou, your team plays like they have no urgency and they play like they all have a birds eye view of their own prostates and it's on you. Didn't you get it thru Soriano's superthick cranium that he was BENCHED last week and not given a DAY OFF?

3. Bradley also plays like he has no freakin idea what's going around him. The two outs thing is one thing, but his attitude affects his play. Umps don't give him fringe calls and it's because they'd love to see him blow up and get tossed. Which bradley will do. Break another bat on your knee and maybe your knee so I don't have to see you fuck up evrything you do in Right.

4. Soto. Too smokey, too eatey, too out of shapey, too not hitty.

5. Fontenot. Fillin guy. Too ground ball bootey, too slappy, too bad at 2ndey.

This team is playing well below their expectations and their attitude sucks. They blow.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
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I agree with all of that but...

Mercker Remlinger Hawkins Sosa and Baker Trump it for me...by far.

The thing that really killed me about 2004 was just the way things ended. Sosa walking out on the last day, Chip Caray/Steve Stone being run out of town and threatened by players, the utter collapse of a team that everyone thought was built to win it all after coming so close the previous year. Do you honestly think this years team is any better than a first round exit?

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and...Prior was rounding into form...musta been on the healthy end of the cycle...but regardless...his last two starts were 15 IP 1 R 23 K's

2004 was a greek tragedy. there were higher expectations and they blew themselves up. it was a season long version of the 2003 NLCS.

this year i didn't have much expectations; they are unlikable like the 2004 cubs but they are not as hurtful to my fandom. i've already gone through it...i'm numb.

This thread is supposed to be about the Reds trainwreck. We have an entire section dedicated to the Cubs trainwrecks

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Can it be universally agreed that the Reds suck, have no chance of getting to the playoffs, and I was pretty much right back in March?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Yeah, you were a man on an island with that call.

back to back jacks

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Scott Rolen?
Why lose EE?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I think it's about time to bring the little kids to the press conferences.

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Wouldn't his youngest be a teenager by now? At least 12? That would be a great press conference! Instead of driving his Hot Wheels all over the mic stand, he can whack it with his ipod touch.

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He would be texting the whole time like Mariano Rivera's kid they kept showing during the All Star game.

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And. It. Got. Worse.



From ESPN.com

Volquez faces 12 months of rehab

CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Reds right-hander Edinson Volquez underwent elbow ligament-replacement surgery Monday and is expected to miss approximately 12 months, the team said.

The 90-minute procedure, known as Tommy John surgery, was performed by Reds medical director Dr. Timothy Kremchek. Volquez also had a torn flexor mass in the elbow repaired.

On the disabled list since June 2, Volquez, who made just nine starts this season, could throw only 20 pitches of a simulated game scheduled for 80 on Friday before complaining of tightness in a muscle.

Volquez is 4-2 in his second season with the Reds after being acquired from Texas for outfielder Josh Hamilton before the 2008 season. Volquez was Cincinnati's only All-Star last year, which he finished with a 17-6 record.

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We saw what happened to pitchers here, on Dusty's watch, not surprised it's happening there now. Actually, had Volquez, Cueto and Aaron Harang not all been overused during the past couple years, that team might be contending now.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Actually you saw it last night....Harang was at like 113 pitches and out of gas and the best hitter on the Cubs Lee comes to the plate. Dusty goes out there and asks him if he has enough left in the tank to get him.....he didn't Cubs get another run. A blind person could see Harang was laboring but Dusty never knew when to go to the bullpen.

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This thread like Dusty should be put to rest!

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Yes.

He's one of the top relievers in the league. One save off of league lead with a 2.23 ERA. Do you still feel he is mediocre?

He's one of the top relievers in the league. One save off of league lead with a 2.23 ERA. Do you still feel he is mediocre?[/quote]

He had a good year I will tip my cap to him. But all those saves and the Reds are still a 4th place team in a crappy division. But I guess if the performance of your closer is what you want to hang your hat on then kudos to you sir.

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Aroldis Chapman was hitting 102, 101, 100 on radar today.

2IP, 1H, 3K, 1, BB, 0ER

Well that settles it.

Why even play the season? Just hand the Reds the division crown right now.

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Does anyone predict anything better than a 3rd place finish in a lousy division for the Cards?
Nas? Looking at you dude.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I'm predicting a better than third place finish for the Cards.

Yeah, I predict first place.

cards = first place in division this year

cubs = not so much

Yeah I'm an idiot. I meant to say Reds.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Oh Lord the Reds thread is back....just wait til Dusty gets ahold of this latest prospect. Someone get the towels ready.

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I like the Reds to win 82 which could put them in 2nd

An obvious contender...

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