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Originally Posted by doodlebird
(life long reds fan, born in cincy til age 12, lived in beantown, now in texas.)
can't believe it took me this long to find this thread.
i guess i'm not in sports that often.
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First allow me to say "Welcome Brother, Reds Fans and/or Gary Burbank fans always welcome."
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i'd like to publicly state "fuck the reds bullpen"
WTF.
tonight was yet another quality start wasted by the 'pen.
2 of the last four losses the red legs were 3 outs away from the win.
oh but tonight was even better,
'cause it happened twice in the same game.
the reds have some decent starting pitcher,
but the team doesn't stand a chance unless there's a CG
or maybe a 7 run lead...
and with this O, it's possible.
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The rotation is young and damned good.... Harang (who deserves to be on the All Star team; Arroyo, who is phenomenal so far, but one has to ask is he truly this good or is the trade driving him so far this season and eventually he'll run out of gas, Milton isn't this great pitcher but he's doing ok..... as for Mays, well, they need to get Claussen up here fast.
The 'pen is their achilles' heel, how to better it, I don't know perhaps, it could be the bullpen coach and just motivation. Perhaps the Reds should try to trade Aurilia for some help, but even that is iffy. They need someone in the 'pen to step up and take leadership and light a fire under these guys asses and put a hunger for wins in their bellies.
Maybe try to get a Rob Dibble or Norm Charlton out of retirement to sit in the 'pen during games and teach these guys how to go in hungry, dirty and mean. Slap them upside their heads a bit and get the relief corps doing their jobs.
That gets done.... nothing will stop these Reds.
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weighing in on some of the threads earlier topics,
i must say i was happy to see wily mo go in exchange for an arm.
i expected him to do more in boston.
o-brien sucked.
i was glad to see him axed.
sean casey for dave williams???
was that some kind of joke?
krivsky has done well.
ross, arroyo, hatterberg... all nice additions.
glad he got an extension.
he'll be a saint if he can get some help in the 'pen.
i think the reds can make the playoffs.
the NL is down a bit this year,
the cards are not as strong as they seem,
and the wild card is truly wild.
i'd say no less than 6 teams have a legit shot.
would a paul wilson return
or bringing up homer bailey help the cause??
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This Reds team definately has some good mojo and great chances this season. If Wilson and Claussen were able to come up and pitch like they truly could, get Mays to pitch a bit better.... and the fire in that bullpen's belly.... they could easily take the division. StL pitching sucks and the team is quitting on Larussa.