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  1. BruisedCrew
    Screw Reds fans. Reds fans my age got to enjoy the Big Red Machine and two World Series and a few other playoff appearances in the 70’s and then another World Series in 1988. And that was when making the playoffs was difficult. They’ve had enough other good seasons to entertain them. As far as I’m concerned 3 World Series titles for your favorite team is more than any fan should get and any more than that is just greedy. Their younger fans have plenty of time to wait. Maybe I’ll have some sympathy for them in 2039 if they reach 26 years in between playoff appearances (not counting the COVID year, which I really don’t count for the Brewers). (Note: this is a little tongue in cheek, but not entirely. As a sports fan I tend to follow the advice of Mr. Applegate from the book “The Year The Yankees Lost the Pennant” (which was the basis for the musical “Damn Yankees”) His credo was “Never Feel Sorry for Anybody”.
  2. BruisedCrew
    I doubt that there will ever be any kind of replay system that would affect a call like that. Our lives will be much calmer if we accept that a certain number of bad calls are inevitable and hope that they balance out.
  3. BruisedCrew
    I have a feeling that was the Brewers last best chance. From our seats we could tell strike 1 to Yelich was a terrible call. Might or might not have made a difference in the result of the AB but still sucked.
  4. BruisedCrew
    You can’t pitch around every good hitter in a strong lineup.
  5. BruisedCrew
    I would say adding De La Cruz and Votto gives the Reds a better offense than when the Brewers played them in June.
  6. BruisedCrew
    I cringe when I see the words “If he can consistently control it”. That’s always the key isn’t it? As shown last night, if a pitcher can’t get the ball over the plate, even with a 5 run lead, he isn’t going to help except to eat an inning in lost cause situations. Hopefully Uribe can help fill the hole in the bottom part of the bullpen.
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    He also hit the game winning HR in the 10th inning against a RHP yesterday so, even if he doesn’t do it well, he CAN hit RHP. I don’t care who it is, in a game that went like today’s did I don’t want to see the tying run at the plate.
  8. BruisedCrew
    Absolutely had to win that one after the early lead. If they had blown that lead, especially after all,of the squandered scoring chances, I think I would have given away our tickets for tomorrow.
  9. BruisedCrew
    That would be a long foul. 😁 Just keep adding on.
  10. BruisedCrew
    They do have Votto back too and he’s a notorious Brewer killer. The biggest thing that concerns me with the Reds is that they have so many guys who are hitting well that they can strike at any time with a big inning. They also showed in Cincy that they can and will steal a base at every opportunity so every baserunner can become an instant scoring threat. Burnes will have to be at his best because I don’t think the Brewers can get into a slugfest with these guys.
  11. BruisedCrew
    Every team, even successful ones, could point to players that turn into superstars that they could have drafted, but didn’t. As much as anything it’s the uncertainty of how 18-21 year olds will develop over the next 3-5 years.
  12. BruisedCrew
    I’m a little puzzled by the references to the Reds’ improbable run of one run games. I get that during this run of winning 19 of 23 games they have won a lot by one run. By my count they are 8-2 in one run games in that stretch. They have won those games both by coming from behind and holding on for dear life. I guess this raises the age old question of whether winning a lot of one run games is a sign of a good team or a sign of unsustainable good luck. I note that for the season the Reds are 20-15 in one run games, which isn’t an extremely high percentage. Maybe the recent run is just a balancing off of some bad luck earlier in the year. By comparison, the Brewers are 15-7 in one run games, so significantly fewer games, but a higher winning percentage than the Reds. Are the Brewers lucky or good to win such a high percentage of their one run games. For me the issue about the Reds is not that they have been lucky to win so many one run games (while also winning roughly 80% of their games decided by more than one run) but whether their hitting will cool off without getting any improvement from their pitching to compensate.
  13. BruisedCrew
    Of course they aren’t going to keep winning 80% of their games like they have the last few weeks. But they have gone 42-24 since their 7-15 start. That’s a pretty long period of good play to expect that they are going to suddenly fall on their faces. Maybe they will, but there have been enough key personnel additions (McLain, Abbott, DeLa Cruz, Votto to name a few) to suggest that the last 66 games are a better indicator than the first 22. They have gained 10 games on the Brewers over those 26 games. The Reds starting pitching has been pretty bad from the beginning, and hasn’t been helped by injuries to Greene and Lodolo, but it does seem like they’ve pieced together a decent bullpen over the last month or so. I looked today and saw that Fangraphs projects both the Brewers and Reds to finish 82-80. That reflects an expectation that the Brewers will continue to tread water while the Reds flatten out. I wonder if some of those projections have a hard time with a team with a lot of new players because to me that offense looks like it is for real, with enough weapons to overcome a few players returning to earth. The number of hitters they have with an OPS over .800 is pretty striking.
  14. BruisedCrew
    Just as a friendly suggestion that you can take or leave. When you make a post like this, think about leaving out those opening words. Someone made a comment and you are providing some facts to address that comment. Great. But the first word comes across as unnecessarily argumentatve, like “What are you talking about?” I do my best to avoid that kind of confrontational or condescending tone, and probably don’t always succeed. But, I think it would be good for all of us to keep in mind that not everyone follows every data point that closely.
  15. BruisedCrew
    With todays win the Reds have won 20 of 24 overall, and I think they said they have won 19 of their last 22 road games.
  16. BruisedCrew
    Senzel makes a game saving catch against the wall in the last of the 9th then hits a 2 run HR on the first pitch of the top of the 10th to put the Reds up 5-3.
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    But they were behind the whole game including 6-2 in the 8th. A Cubs fan would reasonably look at that (and Monday when they led 6-0) as games the Cubs should have won. I didn’t watch that one because of July 4th family festivities and was just following the scores on my watch. When the Cubs went ahead 6-2 I pretty much wrote it off. So, I was surprised when I saw it go to 6-4 then 6-6. Not seeing it live I was spared the anger of sending a runner into an out on the plate with one out in the 10th.
  18. BruisedCrew
    That was a big one to win, especially with having to use the bullpen so heavily during this 17 game stretch. Said before the series that if the Brewers could get 2 from the Cubs and 2 from the Reds it would be a good week. Now comes the hard part.
  19. BruisedCrew
    The Brewers bullpen, and pitching in general, is not great right now. I put a significant part of the blame for today on Peralta not being able to complete 6 innings… again.
  20. BruisedCrew
    I’m not sure if I can watch Mejia. I haven’t gotten over his couple of walk filled appearances last year.
  21. BruisedCrew
    Swanson is the only SS on the bench so if he can’t go they might want to add another SS
  22. BruisedCrew
    Yelich is a one man offense.
  23. BruisedCrew
    To borrow from the phrasing of a comment made about the Cubs bullpen: 2 competent series do not an offense define. The Brewers offense is undeniably and demonstrably awful. Let’s see if they can add some runs against the Cubs mediocre bullpen.
  24. BruisedCrew
    Not much choice with the overused bullpen. Have to try to squeeze innings out of anyone standing.
  25. BruisedCrew
    Forget the shut down inning from Peralta.
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