The old thread was getting a little long. If anyone has content to add, I'm happy to paste it in....just doing this for mobile convenience. 

So, last Thursday hurt bad…….It still hurts really bad.  I have said a couple of times now that a sports loss hasn’t hurt like this since I was 14 years old and the Braves had just completed a sweep.  I cried that night, for a long time.  I was devastated.  As I watched Rolen whiff on strike 3 Thursday, I had that same feeling.  I was sad, really sad.  No, I didn’t have the same reaction entirely.  I didn’t shatter any TV remotes... [More]

Time:  1:00 p.m. ET   Location:  GABP   Radio/TV/Internet: WLW 700/TBS/ MLB.TV (not the regular, but the special postseason version)    Lineups:   Reds (2-2 and going for its first postseason win at GABP EVER) # Player Pos AvgV RunsV HrV RBIV SBV OBPV 1 Brandon Phillips 2B 0.59 0.66 0.44 -0.33 0.27 -0.50 2 Zack Cozart SS -1.37 -0.61 -0.06 -0.83 -0.69 -2.46 3 Joey Votto 1B 2.07 1.54 0.87 1.01 -0.5... [More]

Time:  4:07 p.m. ET   Location:  GABP   Radio/TV/Internet: WLW 700/TBS/ MLB.TV (not the regular, but the special postseason version)    Lineups:   Reds (2-1 and going for its first postseason series win since 1995)   Starting Pitcher: M.Leake #   Player Pos AvgV RunsV HrV RBIV SBV OBPV 1 Brandon Phillips 2B 1.30 0.90 0.27 -0.21 0.23 0.16 2 Zack Cozart SS -1.35 -0.64 -0.08 -0.77 -0.69 -2.44 ... [More]

Time:  5:30 p.m. ET   Location:  GABP   Radio/TV/Internet: WLW 700/TBS/ MLB.TV (not the regular, but the special postseason version)    Lineups:   Reds (2-0 and going for its first postseason sweep since 1995)   # Player Pos AvgV RunsV HrV RBIV SBV OBPV 1 Brandon Phillips 2B 0.59 0.66 0.44 -0.33 0.27 -0.50 2 Zack Cozart SS -1.37 -0.61 -0.06 -0.83 -0.69 -2.46 3 Joey Votto 1B 2.07 1.54 0.87 1... [More]

Time:  9:30 p.m. ET   Location:  AT&T Park   Radio/TV/Internet: WLW 700/TBS/ MLB.TV (not the regular, but the special postseason version)    Lineups:    Reds (1-0, and looking to go up 2-0 with Cueto coming back in Game 3)   # Player Pos AvgV RunsV HrV RBIV SBV OBPV 1 Brandon Phillips 2B 1.53 1.06 0.39 -0.08 0.30 0.35 2 Zack Cozart SS -1.37 -0.62 -0.05 -0.71 -0.68 -2.47 3 Joey ... [More]

Time:  9:30 p.m. ET   Location:  AT&T Park   Radio/TV/Internet: WLW 700/TBS/ MLB.TV (not the regular, but the special postseason version)    Lineups:   Reds (97-65 and going for its first postseason win since 1995)     # Player Pos AvgV RunsV HrV RBIV SBV OBPV 1 Brandon Phillips 2B 0.82 0.81 0.53 0.01 0.32 -0.30 2 Zack Cozart SS -1.36 -0.62 -0.06 -0.82 -0.69 -2.45 3 Joey Votto 1B 1.93... [More]

I read Sports Illustrated last night and, without directly picking a team to win, they seemed to like the Giants’ chances in the playoffs.  Why?  Because they don’t strike out much, they get their bats on the ball, and the first few hitters in their lineup have high OBPs.  It would appear that a key to beating the Giants would be to make sure Pagan and Scutaro don’t get on base so we can pitch around Posey.   So here’s today’s thread question:&... [More]

Game Time: 8:15 PM ET Location: Busch Stadium Radio: CIN: WLW 700 STL: KMOX 1120 TV: CIN: FS-O STL: FS-M   Lineups   Cincinnati Reds (97-64) # Player Pos AvgV RunsV HrV RBIV SBV OBPV 1 Brandon Phillips 2B NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 Zack Cozart SS NA NA NA NA NA NA 3 Joey Votto 1B NA NA NA NA NA NA 4 Ryan Ludwick LF NA NA NA NA NA NA 5 Jay Bruce RF NA NA NA NA NA NA 6 Scott Rolen 3B NA NA... [More]

Game Time: 8:15 PM ET Location: Busch Stadium Radio: CIN: WLW 700 STL: KMOX 1120 TV: CIN: FS-O STL: FS-M   Lineups   Cincinnati Reds (96-64) # Player Pos AvgV RunsV HrV RBIV SBV OBPV 1 Brandon Phillips 2B -0.51 0.03 -0.14 -0.67 0.24 -1.28 2 Zack Cozart SS -1.51 -0.80 -0.43 -1.05 -0.69 -2.54 3 Joey Votto 1B 0.26 0.45 -0.25 0.06 -0.59 2.36 4 Ryan Ludwick LF -1.34 -0.65 -0.16 0.19 -0.99 -0.87 5 Jay Bru... [More]