Game Time:     Happy Hour (8:10 p.m. ET) Location:  Home of Harry Doyle’s Alter Ego   Lineups:   Cincinnati (86-66 and wishing they could play the Brewers every day)   Phillips 4 Cabrera 6 Bruce 9 Rolen 5 Gomes 7 Alonso 3 Stubbs 8 Hernandez 2 Cueto 1 Milwaukee (69-81 and looking forward to the Reds leaving town)   TBA   Recap of Yesterday’s Game:  Voltron passed yesterday’s audition with flying co... [More]

Time:   8:10 p.m. ET, 7:10 Real Time   Location:  Laverne & Shirley’s Favorite Ballpark   Lineups:   Cincinnati (85-66) Phillips 4Cabrera 6Bruce 9Rolen 5Edmonds 3Gomes 7Hernandez 2Heisey 8Volquez 1   Milwaukee (69-80)   Weeks 4Hart 9Braun 7Fielder 3McGehee 5Dickerson 8Lucroy 2Counsell 6Bush 1   Recap of Yesterday’s Game:  The biggest shocker of the night came from Coco, who retired the Brewers in order for h... [More]

Time:   8:10 p.m. ET   Location:  Bernie Brewer’s Water Park   Lineups:   Cincinnati (84-66) (Stuck on the Magic Number 8)   Phillips 4 Cabrera 6 Votto 3 Rolen 5 Gomes 7 Stubbs 8 Heisey 9 Hanigan 2 Bailey 1   Milwaukee (69-79) (Ready to Drown Their Sorrows Following Elimination?)   TBA   Recap of Yesterday’s Game:  I didn’t have a chance to see or follow yesterday’s game, but the box score sh... [More]

Game Time: 2:05 at Minute Maid Park, 1:05 in Ashland   Pitching Matchup: Travis Wood (5-3, 3.46 ERA) VS Bretty Myers (12-7, 2.85 ERA)   Lineups: Cincinnati (84-65 and potentially 4 days away from a Central title) Phillips 4 Cairo 5 Votto 3 Gomes 7 Bruce 9 Hernandez 2 Stubbs 8 Janish 6 Wood LHP Houston (71-77 and potentially 4 days away from... still not being good) TBA   Leading Off: 2010 has been quite a ride. It has been, undoubtedly, the most fun season to... [More]

Time:   7:05 p.m. ET, 6:05 Otter Time   Location:  Juicy Minute Maid Park   Lineups:   Cincinnati (83-65)   Phillips 4 Cabrera 6 Votto 3 Rolen 5 Bruce 9 Edmonds 7 Stubbs 8 Hanigan 2 Arroyo 1   Houston (71-76)   Bourne 8 Sanchez 6 Pence 9 Lee 7 Keppinger 4 Wallace 3 Johnson 5 Castro 2 Figueroa 1   Recap of Yesterday’s Game   Other than a three run bomb from Johnny Gomes, there weren’t many highligh... [More]

Game Time: 8:05 ET, 7:05 at Minute Maid Park   Probable Pitchers: Johnny Cueto (12-5, 3.31 ERA) VS Wandy Rodriguez (11-12, 3.62 ERA)   Lineups: Cincinnati (83-64, 25-17 since July 31) Phillips 4 Cabrera 6 Votto 3 Rolen 5 Gomes 7 Hernandez 2 Stubbs 8 Bloomquist 9 Cueto 1   Houston (70-76, 26-17 since July 31) Bourne 8 Sanchez 6 Pence 9 Lee 7 Johnson 5 Wallace 3 Downs 4 Castro 2 Rodriguez 1   Leading Off: You guys know all the numbers: we're up 7 g... [More]

Time:  12:35 PM ET   TV/Radio: TV: FSO HD, MLB-TV and Gameday, Radio: WLW 700, XM Radio 183   Lineups: Cincinnati (83-63, 16 games left in regular season)   Stubbs 8 Cabrera 6 Votto 3 Gomes 7 Bruce 9 Hernandez 2 Francisco 5 Janish 4 Volquez1   Arizona (58-88 and how many can they lose) TBA   Edinson Volquez ( 3-2, 5.14) vs. Rodrigo Lopez ( 5-14, 5.13)   Okay, I am going to get this off my chest right away so I can think calmly about the ... [More]

Time:  7:10 PM ET   TV/Radio: TV: FSO HD, MLB-TV and Gameday, Radio: WLW 700, XM Radio 183   Lineups: Cincinnati (82-63, 17 games left in regular season) Phillips4 Cabrerera 6 Votto 3 Gomes 7 Cairo 5 Stubbs 8 Bloomquist 9 Hanigan 2 Bailey 1   Arizona (58-87 and who really cares what their record is) TBA   Homer Bailey (3-3, 4.70) vs. Joe Saunders (2-5, 4.88)   One of the nice things about lurking is that you get to sit back and observe all that ... [More]

TV/Radio: TV: FSO HD, MLB-TV and Gameday, Radio: WLW 700, XM Radio 183   Lineups:   Cincinnati (82-62, and winners of one in a row)   Phillips 4 Cabrera 6 Votto 3 Rolen 5 Gomes 7 Bruce 9 Stubbs 8 Hernandez 2 Wood 1   Phoenix (57-87 and a team we should kick the crap out of again)   tba   Travis Wood LHP (5-2, 3.33) v. Daniel Hudson RHP (6-2, 2.86) Yesterday Made Me Much Happier! Aside from two solo back-to-back bombs in the second,... [More]

  Time:  7:10 PM EDT   TV/Radio:  FSO HD,MLB-TV and Gameday Radio; WLW 700, XM Radio 183 Lineups:   Cincinnati (81-62, and 10-10 since my last starter)   Phillips 2B Cabrera SS Votto 1B Rolen 3B Gomes LF Bruce RF Stubbs CF Hanigan C Arroyo P     Phoenix (57-86 and a team we should kick the crap out of)    tba   Pitching Matchup: Bronson Arroyo RHP (14-10, 4.09) v. Barry Enright RHP (6-3, 2... [More]