2010 REDS

[BBallin fool]

Lucky with St Louis going down.Still in 1st.12:35 start today. GO REDS!!!

[minford falcons]

harrang and masset should be shipped downt to the minors and bring somebody up. when volques gets back put him in the bullpin. THE REDS NEED A WIN OVER LA and get a half game lead over the cards

[boogerred]

I would have to disagree with the statement that Harang is an innings eater, as he averages the least innings pitched per game of all of the starters.

[BBallin fool]

Harang is just about to the end of the line.Masset has got to go!!! Bailey is a head case. Big win over LA GO REDS!!!

[boogerred]

Thank God for Sir Arthur Rhodes!!!!

[BBallin fool]

Rhodes is one "GOOD" player!!! GO REDS!!!

[Orange and Brown]

I haven't got to watch a game in a few days!!! Man it sucks to!!

I know they snapped there losing skid with a 7-1 win over the Dodgers but someone catch me up please!

[Orange and Brown]

Perhaps Im just showing my age, but today's athletes are supposed to be bigger, faster, and stronger and yet I dont see it on the field; especially when it comes to pitching. Consider:

I dont know when the five man rotation became the vogue in MLB, but in my youth and even in my young adult years, the emphasis was on four man rotations; the poster child of which would be the 1970 Baltimore Orioles who had three 20 game winners; all of whom pitched 290 innings or more.

Mike Cuellar was 24-8 in 297 IP, Dave McNally was 24-9 in 296, and Jim Palmer was 20-10 in 305. This was the team that beat the Reds in the 1970 World Series.

I'm also remembering Denny McClain; the last 30 game winner who posted a 31-6 mark in 1968 while pitching 336 innings.

I could go back and look up the greats of that generation like Don Drysdale, Ferguson Jenkins, Nolan Ryan, etc but the point is today's pitchers are throwing fewer innings and most are having shorter careers in spite of all the medical and training advances. I dont get it, and the question I would pose in this post is...............................

will major league baseball EVER see another 300 game winner when the best pitchers are only pitching slightly more than 200 innings a year and almost never finish what they start?

No we will never see another 300 game winner.

[Orange and Brown]

Top 50 active pitchers in wins


1. Jamie Moyer (47) 265 L
2. Andy Pettitte (38) 237 L
3. Tim Wakefield (43) 191 R
4. Livan Hernandez (35) 161 R
5. Roy Halladay (33) 156 R
6. Tim Hudson (34) 155 R
Kevin Millwood (35) 155 R
8. Derek Lowe (37) 150 R
9. Javier Vazquez (34) 148 R
10. CC Sabathia (29) 143 L
11. Roy Oswalt (32) 142 R
12. Mark Buehrle (31) 140 L
Barry Zito (32) 140 L
14. Jeff Suppan (35) 135 R
15. Freddy Garcia (35) 128 R
16. Johan Santana (31) 127 L
17. Chris Carpenter (35) 125 R
18. Jon Garland (30) 123 R
19. Chan Ho Park (37) 121 R
20. Russ Ortiz (36) 113 R
21. John Lackey (31) 110 R
22. Brad Penny (32) 108 R
23. Josh Beckett (30) 107 R
Carlos Zambrano (29) 107 R
25. A.J. Burnett (33) 106 R
Darren Oliver (39) 106 L
Randy Wolf (33) 106 L
28. Ted Lilly (34) 105 L
29. Jeff Weaver (33) 102 R
30. Jake Peavy (29) 100 R
31. Vicente Padilla (32) 99 R
32. Miguel Batista (39) 95 R
Cliff Lee (31) 95 L
34. Jason Marquis (31) 94 R
35. Joel Pineiro (31) 93 R
36. Bronson Arroyo (33) 92 R
Ryan Dempster (33) 92 R
38. Doug Davis (34) 91 L
39. Ben Sheets (31) 88 R
40. Carl Pavano (34) 87 R
41. Dan Haren (29) 86 R
42. Kyle Lohse (31) 85 R
Ramon Ortiz (37) 85 R
44. Gil Meche (31) 84 R
45. Brian Moehler (38) 83 R
Jamey Wright (35) 83 R
47. Arthur Rhodes (40) 82 L
48. Kerry Wood (33) 81 R
49. Aaron Harang (32) 80 R
50. Brett Myers (29) 77 R

[BBallin fool]

What was there record on the coast last season??? Reds lost 1-0 first game on this road trip!!! GO REDS!!!

[BBallin fool]

2-7 last year on this road trip!!! Drop 3 in a row Lucky ST Louis lost today.

[Ironman92]

I think CC will give 300 a go.

I think all the supplements and weight training keep pitchers from being elastic enough to pitch like Ryan, Sutton, Seaver, Carlton and such used to....never babied their arms!

[BBallin fool]

Hope they don't fall apart!!!!!! O Boy

[boogerred]

Let's look at some of the pitchers the Reds have faced recently:

Game 1 vs. LA: Kuroda, a solid veteran pitcher with a 3.10 ERA this year
Game 2 vs. LA: Kershaw, one of the best in the league
Game 1 vs. Seattle: Lee, Cy Young winner
Game 2 vs. Seattle: Hernandez, a very solid pitcher
Game 3 vs. Seattle Rowland Smith, a guy who hasnt pitched very well lately, but was most certainly due.

Four very good pitchers and one guy who had a good game. The wheels are coming off; the Reds just ran into some tough ones.

[dazed&confused]

Next Thursday, I'll be in the Friendly Confines watching the Reds go against the Cubs. Afternoon game! Baseball! Go Reds!

[BBallin fool]

REDS WIN!!! GO REDS!!!

[Orange and Brown]

The bats woke up!!! Lets hope they can get some hits now.

[boogerred]

Sweep!!!!

[BBallin fool]

Sweep !!! GO REDS!!!

[BBallin fool]

REDS WIN!!!