It's now 8-2 !!!!

And Cueto's pitch count is down in the 7th!!

Cueto gave in on that at bat.

Spoke too soon, 8-3.

Cueto at 100 pitches through 7, do you run him out there in the 8th?

Cueto at 100 pitches through 7, do you run him out there in the 8th?

 

Personally, no chance. But it looks like Dusty will.

Hummmm, this could get interesting next inning.

Hummmm, this could get interesting next inning.

 

Very much so...I hope Cueto drills somebody.

That a boy BP. Team leader in RBI's, still want him out of the 4 spot guys?

That a boy BP. Team leader in RBI's, still want him out of the 4 spot guys?

 

Or do all the armchair GM's still want him traded, which was a discussion in last weeks threads.:idunno:

Man, this Team is pretty fun to watch. Now in a 3way tie for 1st place.:dancingpa

 

 

Reds are in a pretty tough division, but I do think their pitching will keep them around. Is it just me, or does anyone else think there needs to be some kind of realignment? NL central is the only division with six Teams, AL west with only 4. I propose we move Houston to the AL west.:idunno:

Or do all the armchair GM's still want him traded, which was a discussion in last weeks threads.:idunno:

 

Or maybe after Dusty had a little chat with him about hustle, he picked it up a notch. The talent has always been there, the attitude comes and goes.

Hal McCoy on Adam Rosales

 

 

Know what I like about Adam Rosales, other than his all-out hustle? He isn’t the most talented guy in the world and knows it. And he isn’t afraid to admit it. Nor is he afraid to take responsibility and talk about it when he comes up short — as he has recently on defense.

Rosales knows he should be fielding all those rockets and missiles that have been thundering past him at third base and he knows he should field cleanly some of those balls he is bobbling on routine grounders.

“Those are definitely playable balls, plays I should make,” he said. “I need to make them. It’s a matter of slowing things down. I’m pretty tense and I need to trust my hands.”

Nobody is more concerned about it than Rosales himself.

“I know I will, but I’m kind of hyped up, in case people can’t tell,” he added. “I have to be patient. What’s frustrating is that pitching and defense is so important and that’s why I’m putting too much pressure on myself.

“So it snowballs on me,” he said. “The pitcher is battling his behind off and I need to step up for him. I’m not fielding as well as I should be. I’ll start fielding them cleaner and make the double plays and the routine plays I’m supposed to make.”

Manager Dusty Baker said his fielding is the main reason Rosales was sent to Class AAA Louisville after spring training.

“The one thing we told him to get across to him was to slow the game down defensively,” said Baker. “It’s easier said than done, but it is something he has to do. Just relax and slow the game down.

“He had a couple of those plays (Monday) and it gets in your head,” Baker added. “That’s what we didn’t want to happen. Things compound similar to what happened to Edwin Encarnacion since he’s been here.”

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2009/05/12/it_was_105_today_and.html

Question of those of you who watched the game Tuesday night? Was Michah Owings ejected in the 8th inning for hitting a player? I read this on the internet, but I didn't think that is what happened. :confused:

Question of those of you who watched the game Tuesday night? Was Michah Owings ejected in the 8th inning for hitting a player? I read this on the internet, but I didn't think that is what happened. :confused:

 

He was not ejected.