Comments on: Let’s All Take A Minute To Point And Laugh

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:55:57 +0000

My best team of MLB is The Cincinnati Reds . This why I always fallow their games especially whenever I have some time. I�m always trying not o miss any of their game and hear about the team�s news. But The Cincinnati Reds tickets get more pricy especially when there are some hot games. But, if we�re really good fans we should try not to be mean when we�re talking about a favourite teams. It�s not only the Reds tickets that got pricy, but there are other major teams too, so the team needs our support and we should provide as much as we can.

By: genrebuster

genrebuster — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:44:22 +0000

Dusty Baker is a PATHETIC excuse of a manager…a fucking loser. Plain and simple.

The fact that he lasted 4 years with the Cubs shows how “out of it” the owners and Hendry were/are. I wonder how many players have been damaged–physically, mentally or both–playing “under him”?

…Thank God Dusty is no longer a Cub. I feel bad for Red’s fans, too. Obviously their owners/management are dumbasses, too!

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:30:23 +0000

Exactly how I feel about Cincy pitchers… My family houses Reds minor leaguers each year in Dayton and every time we get a pitcher or two at my house i can’t help but think how long they’ll be around if they have the stuff to get to the major leagues… I never hope they beat my Cubs but i sure don’t want to see their careers ruined by any means

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:58:13 +0000

Counterpoint: I would have stuck around to help Dusty ruin 100 pitchers if it meant not moving to Detroit.

By: Weebs

Weebs — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:32:15 +0000

That game was just beyond incredible. I remember reading about Harang and being really impressed. I mean the guy pitched 4 innings of relief on three day’s rest and struck out 9 batters. But not only has that ruined Harang’s season, it looks like it might be starting to take it’s toll on Edinson Volquez. That game was on a Sunday, and Volquez had just pitched on Friday. Then he comes in and throws two innings of relief. Then he makes his next start. He still had quite a few Pedro-like starts after that, but now he’s come back down to earth (thank god, I was never going to live down that fantasy trade) and I’d expect a Prior-like decline into mediocrity. I really feel bad for the Reds fans. They have one of the best pitchers in baseball in Harang, and three of the most promising young pitchers in the game in Volquez, Cueto and Bailey. Dusty will see to it that none of them ever succeed again!

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:30:06 +0000

I think Dusty was the perfect hire for Cincinnati. A good manager would have made them a threat down the road with Cueto, Harang and Volquez. He’s already ruined two of the three, which will just cause him to ride Volquez even harder.

By: djwoody

djwoody — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:40:55 +0000

It is what it is dude. Walks just clog the bases. Dusty thank you for your precious baseball words of wisdom!

By: JackB

JackB — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:33:02 +0000

You know, Dusty’s a major boob, but what really confuses me is why the Reds gave him the job to begin with. Okay, okay, he’s still got the rep as a player’s manager, whatever the fuck that means. I knew there would be SOME team crazy and/or stupid enough to give this mook a chance, but I really didn’t expect a team within our division to be that team. NL Central teams should have had the most looks at the guy and his modus operandi to know better. And any GM and owner should have been able to read reports of high pitch counts and been troubled. Holy Christ, I’m still amazed that Carlos Zambrano managed to come through the Dusty years with his arm still attached to his shoulder. And I ragged on Larry hardcore, but the past year and a half really have caused me to rethink my opinion, although the towel drill is still pretty asinine. Larry did win a World Series with the Marlins in 97 and that had a great deal to do with the pitching of Brown and Hernandez, among others. I’m not gonna cry for Cincinnati, since they had Dusty’s track record and still hired him, but you gotta feel for guys like Harang, Volquez, Cueto, et al. I don’t want those guys beating us, but I also hate to see good ballplayers go to waste and possibly end up injured because some jackass doesn’t know how to do his job.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:29:25 +0000

You missed the worst part. It was bad for Dusty to use Harang on three days’ rest after he’d thrown 103 pitches, by having him pitch four innings of 63 pitch relief, but wouldn’t you think they’d have pushed back his next start? You know, brought up a AAA guy to take one for the team? Nope. Three days after his relief effort, Harang made his next start and threw 73 more pitches (he got rocked giving up six runs and 10 hits in four innings). In the span of seven days, Dusty let Aaron Harang throw 239 pitches.

Holy shit.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:23:33 +0000

Oh. Rothschild is still a problem, dumbass. Had he not been on board with Dusty, then ole’ Larry obviously would have taken the fresh offer he had gotten from Dombrowski in Detroit following ’05. But he came back, didn’t he? Sounds awfully compliant to me.