09/04/2004 - Brewers (Hendrickson) vs. Reds (Hancock)

[batman]

09/04/2004 - Brewers (Hendrickson) vs. Reds (Hancock)

 

Krynzel with his first start... yipee!

 CINCINNATI MILWAUKEE AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Ryan Freel CF .273 2 25 Scott Podsednik CF .254 11 33 Juan Castro 3B .243 3 19 Dave Krynzel RF .000 0 0 Sean Casey 1B .332 21 83 Lyle Overbay 1B .313 14 77 Adam Dunn LF .269 40 83 Geoff Jenkins LF .259 20 74 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B .256 10 51 Keith Ginter 2B .250 12 40 Austin Kearns RF .231 4 17 Russell Branyan 3B .244 6 16 Felipe Lopez SS .250 5 20 Chad Moeller C .217 5 25 Javier Valentin C .218 5 16 Craig Counsell SS .237 2 20 Josh Hancock RHP .125 0 0 Ben Hendrickson RHP .111 0 0 (3-1, 4.98) (0-6, 7.66)

~Bill

[DuWayne Steurer]

I guess it's Neds MO. Wes Helms FINALLY has a nice game, so he goes to the bench again!

 

A-buh? Dave K actually gets the START in right field?

[tyguy20204]

It seems like all the big debuts (Saenz, Hendrickson, Krynzel) come on nights with no TV, but I may be wrong on that.

[DHonks]

I'll be watching, but I assume it's the Reds' feed. All it took was a righty and Krynzel is in there. My early take is that his stance looks totally different from when I criticized it in the Fall League. Now he has more bend at the waist. Before he used to look too upright, causing him to slap at the ball almost like David Hulse used to. Now it looks much more athletic, like Troy O'Leary or Griffey.

[squarepusher]

Krynzel in RF while Podsednik's in CF bothers me quite a bit. If Krynzel and Pods are going to be in the same OF in 2004, Dave should be allowed to play his natural position, and the one he excels at. While Scotty's improved marginally on his CF defense, Ned shouldn't worry about hurting his feelings, and just play him in RF to see how versatile he is.

[DHonks]

That makes sense Square, but perhaps Dave's better defense will suit him better in the short-term since balls to right or left have far more side-spin than balls to CF.

[DHonks]

Ben seems to like the inside corner to lefties (and outside to righties), just not getting any calls there.

 

And a huge curve on his second pitch to Dunn...wow

[ja002h]

First inning runs again??

[tyguy20204]

Someone pointed out Jenkins had a healthy August. He seems like he's heating up in the past few games as well.

[DHonks]

Good to see some life again by the club. A strong finish would be nice...would give us 4 winning months. Something to build on.

 

Come on Russell!

[stkmtimo]

Let's go Crew!

 

Tim

[DHonks]

wow, great job by Krynzel. Thought he was robbed by Casey, then he just hustled down the line and there was no chance for Hancock to beat him to the bag

[DHonks]

RUSSELL!!!! way to go!

[homer]

Yay, Russell.

[DHonks]

Li'l Ben reminds me a lot of Big Ben. With Sheets, the difference between him in the first half of 2004 and the rest of his career is the ability to throw the curve for a strike at any time. With Hendrickson, you can see the curve (just like Sheets the other 3+ seasons), but you can see that he's struggling to locate it.

[ja002h]

Gotta love The Muscle. 19 RBI, 84 AB.

 

To put that in perspective, if he'd been playing all year, he would hypothetically have about 110 RBI right now.

[DHonks]

Who are these guys???

[ja002h]

Again I must ask: What is going on??? We trying for 10 runs/game now??

[DHonks]

We trying for 10 runs/game now??

 

Either that, or .500. if they hold on, 16 below

[stkmtimo]

Keith Ginter looks great! Nice to see some run support for Lil' Ben.

 

Tim

[Ennder]

Whats up with Pods, he's not only hitting well he's been walking a ton the past week and a half. Guess the motivation of having the youngins brought up seems to be working with him.

[tyguy20204]

Any reason why Gameday stopped working?

[DHonks]

maybe cause Hendrickson is in trouble

[DHonks]

wow, got out of it. Got through 5 big guy, now let Liriano take over.

[germanking]

the offense is scoring like in the first month of the season, they just have to work on the months between the first and the last. We could still be over .500 with run support and Big Ben in the hunt for the Cy Young.

 

Well the, if if's and but's were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas