4 Quarters

If anyone will pay him, he will try to come back next year.

It's over!

4 hours ago, theguru said:

It was the same with Lexington/Fayette County in my experience. 

And we need to hulk up the police departments in NKY because we are surrounded by a bunch of quagmires and like you said that inevitably spills over into NKY.

I truly believe they're already here.

51 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

20 games left, 14-6 to get in???

what does everybody think??

My guess would be if they go 14-6, they're in, but I just don't see that happening.  This deal might come down to the last couple days.

5 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

20 years after the fact.  Makes you wonder how many other victims there are.  

On the other hand, can something really be proven 20 years after the fact?

13 minutes ago, theguru said:

It will only get worse. 

Are byou thinking this might have been a setup ploy?

He may not be completely over the hill, but he is on the down hill slide.

17 minutes ago, ChuckT said:

That was a heck of a comeback win last night against the Mariners.  

Dare I say... I'm starting to believe that they can make the playoffs!!! 

Yeah, I was there.  You might be on to something.

I'm still scrathing my head, are the Reds pretty good or just darn lucky?

2 hours ago, theguru said:

From wlwt.com:

Veteran running back Joe Mixon was once again named a captain as he enters his seventh season in Cincinnati.

Nice.

1 hour ago, LCDAWGS19 said:

Philly has 7 remaining  with the Braves.  NOTHING is decided at this point

2 minutes ago, 4 Quarters said:

Maybe so, but you still have to like the Philles as the #1 wildcard team.

And yes, I do remember the 64 Philly team.

1 hour ago, LCDAWGS19 said:

Philly has 7 remaining  with the Braves.  NOTHING is decided at this point

Maybe so, but you still have to like the Philles as the #1 wildcard team.

Burrow will play, Browns by a slight margin.  Just my gut feeling.

That would be a yes!

2 hours ago, ChickenWyngz said:

For a massive chunk of the year it wasn’t. It sure it now though.

It's been on the edge all year, then July, August, and September rolled around.

52 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Guys I love Elly and watching him play. but with all of that speed going into next season he has to cut down on his strikeouts. He currently has had 315 AB's and has struck out 122 times that is just under him striking out 40% of the time.

Also, where have all those long home runs that landed half way across the river gone?  Woops. I almost forgot, you have to make contact before that can happen.

Why could'nt Big Bob and Nick realize the pen was and is a disaster?

2 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I think they need 3 out of 4 to have a shot to stay in the wildcard hunt.

Yep, we're running out of games.

Will Bader and Renfroe really help the Reds?  Maybe so, but I'm not seeing it.

11 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

To the question in the topic, NO!!!   Probably not going to finish above .500, actually they’re not even being competitive in a lot of these games. Getting no hit through 8 by a guy that hasn’t won a game since July 5 and has a 6.80 era in August, just not even competitive 

I totally agree with your projections.

This team is in a downward spiral, but the good thing is we have Mr. Bell for the next three years.

2 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I agree, he has, I know they probably wanted him to get some work in the first appearance but they left him out there getting hammered so long he was probably still embarrassed for the next start!!

I'm wondering if he's still hurting?

On 8/22/2023 at 10:49 AM, 4 Quarters said:

Yep, August will usually seperate the pretenders from the contenders.

The Reds need to find a way to win, and quickly.

1 hour ago, brown4 said:

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

Or maybe just a little common sense.

20 hours ago, brown4 said:

Other than Cruz since he pitched in both games, I'd say everyone is available tonight.

Yeah, they might have been available, but theyn couldn't get anyone out.

25 minutes ago, brown4 said:

Probably the same as it does every day/night??  What did you want Bell to do differently yesterday?  Abbott was clearly laboring every batter, besides the 2nd inning, and Lyon Richardson is on a pitch limit which he actually exceeded yesterday.  If he leaves Abbott in and he gets rocked and they lose the game, there'll be a few posts in here about how stupid Bell is for leaving him in.  Same for Richardson.  But when he makes the correct decision, there's crickets in here, or there's pointing out a negative thing he "almost" did.

I would love to post in here more, but man the negativity is so toxic that it keeps me away.

Just wondering why you would use 9 guys out of the pen in one day knowing the next day was not an off day.