4 minutes ago, brown4 said:

Hindsight would be such a convenient ability to have as a manager.

"If I could coach all my games on Monday, I would never lose a one "

Paul "Bear" Bryant

1 hour ago, brown4 said:

Hindsight would be such a convenient ability to have as a manager.

Or maybe just a little common sense.

ANOTHER wonderful use of a pinch runner tonight by our boy!!

WHY bring Diaz in the 9th of a tie game????

3 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

WHY bring Diaz in the 9th of a tie game????

To ensure it makes it to the 10th.

15 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

WHY bring Diaz in the 9th of a tie game????

It worked, and they won.  No mention of that, but I guess that doesn't fit the narrative.

Sooo, Steer hurt in warmups, sick???  He’s homered the last 2 games and Bell sits him tonight????  Unbelievable!!

9 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Sooo, Steer hurt in warmups, sick???  He’s homered the last 2 games and Bell sits him tonight????  Unbelievable!!

Hasn't had a day off in awhile.  Came in the game and made a couple nice plays defensively.  The Reds won.  No mention of that though.

8 hours ago, brown4 said:

Hasn't had a day off in awhile.  Came in the game and made a couple nice plays defensively.  The Reds won.  No mention of that though.

12 games to go, days off coming up, this is not little league, you’re fighting for your lives, homered in 2 straight games, you go play, I’ll mention it for you, they won, with no help from Bell

If you look at the Reds projected wins based on runs scored and runs allowed, Bell did a very good job. The Reds should have been 7 to 10 games under .500 and at least 13 games behind the Cubs. You have to give Bell some of the credit for the over performance of the team. Of course we can all second guess pitching changes that he did or didn't make and lineups that we didn't agree with, but at the end of the day he did a decent job this year. 

Why not extend Bell another three years?