Reds Logic

From Rotoworld:

Adam Dunn-OF- Reds Apr. 27 - 6:21 pm et


Adam Dunn (Left Handed Hitter), who was held out of the lineup Thursday for the first time this season, is batting sixth Friday against right-hander Ian Snell.

Dunn is one of three major leaguers to hit 40 homers each of the last three years, he's the only player in Cincinnati's lineup tonight with even one 25-homer campaign to his credit and he's batting .283/.400/.565 against right-handers this season. Still -- and it's definitely time for everyone to face it -- he is no Alex Gonzalez.

A Kim Chee Retirement

IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
C. Park 4.0 6 7 7 2 4 2 15.75


those numbers are all you need to know

re the last shootout for Chan Ho

One month does not make a season

For all of you who are ready to toss it in, in real baseball or virtual baseball, one word: Don't! Streaks, both hot and cold are the norm. I don't know which way my team is going (either team: the giants or any 9), but I do know it is entertaining and there is always hope. Was in LA for the 3rd game of the reverse broom of the "Hated Ones" (that's what dodgers fans call the Giants, fyi) on Thursday. Sweet revenge! Was also (sadly) at game 3 of the LA sweep of the Giants here in Sf during opening week, and one of their "fans" had the gaul to bring a broom to the game. Nothing classless like that, but I did feel like we took care of cleaning their clocks before the season got too old. Buttmando had a 1,2,3 ninth inning, which, after pitching the prior 2 days in a row, was remarkable. He actually looks...dare I say...solid (!?!). Fastball only reached 93, and that was just once--rest of them topped out at 90 mph. Meanwhile, the middle inning relievers on LA, all could be closing for SF (and many other teams). General Tsao has escaped the Col. scrapheap and is throwing nasty gas with lots of movement for LA. Too bad he's like a 5th option in LA (especially after Brazoban gets off the DL to take the #4 slot behind Saito, Broxton, etc.). Still, if they moved him, could be a sleeper for saves for 1/2 of the rest of the NL. Betemit looks absolutely lost out there. Pierre (at the plate) missed the sign for the suicide squeeze, and effectively killed the inning by letting the ball go right to Molina for an easy tag out. Just before the pitch, I was mentioning to my friend that I had seen the 12th inning gaff by the Cards on 4/18 where Puljols was tagged out at the plate on a double steal that was supposed to be a delayed double steal (as virtually all of them are with a man on third). Good thing Fat Al does not get paid to run the bases.

Have seen some ball this month, and all I can say is this: NL West will be a 4 team race, and BABi will have at least that many horses in the midst this season.

...now the trick is to become one of those studs.

Buttmando Smoke Screen

To my loyal readers (or should I say, more recently, picture gawkers):

I have tried to show my disdain for Buttmando on this blog in order to drive down his price, and possibly secure him for my own dasterdly purposes in BABI in last night's auction. This strategy never reached its go point, as I saved enough money on Harang on auction day, so I would not get tempted by the considerable appeal of our Buttman. Instead, I bought sure-thing Billy Wagner to keep me in the middle of the pack in saves (until one of my two St. L relievers picks up the slack, after Izzy goes down).

I still couldn't let Buttmando go cheaply, so price enforced him all the way to the end, and then cut bait...gleefully.

It doesn't matter who ended up with him...just not me.

More on the auction some other time. Just thought I'd give you a glimpse into the extent of my duplicity.