The AL wild card race is gonna be interesting (and ultimately heartbreaking for me, because the Angels won't get one) and fun to watch. It's entirely possible that the Yankees could end up as the second wildcard, or not even in the playoffs at all. Love to see the Orioles doing so well. Oh absolute...

Detroit and Chicago are now tied for first. I think everybody expects Detroit to win the Central. The White Sox can do nothing right in that fucking ballpark. But, at the same time, Detroit just can't seem to fully get over that hump and take command of 1st place. Last I heard tonight, the Sox were...

I'm just messing with you, man. Oh I could actually see why someone WOULD think I was a bit of a "wreck", totally. I stream-of-consciousness these big, long assed posts that I'm fully aware that no one actually bothers reading, but it passes time (ESPECIALLY when I'm stuck in a hotel room...

Baseball America had Homer Bailey ranked as the #1 prospect for a while now. It seems he's putting it together finally. 1ER 9K...Dusty Baker's his manager...107 pitches :P Meh, Bailey makes me nervous every damn time he takes the mound. You NEVER know what the hell to expect from him. One game, he ...

You're as big a wreck as the Dodgers are. Me? Just because I write short novel-length posts? Actually, life is pretty fucking good (right now at least). My "drug posts" might make me appear to be a wreck since I do imbibe (though less and less with each passing year) in a substance that m...

Hey MonkeyJuliwhatever, you'll dig this: John Dewan's Stat Of The Week The Best Bullpens in Baseball August 31, 2012 The Cincinnati Reds just recently took over the title of "Best Record in Baseball" from the Washington Nationals. It is, in no small part, due to also having the best bullp...

And the Reds beat Wade Miley and Cueto becomes the 1st 17 game winner of the season. Great game from my Reds! Hopefully we'll get the sweep tomorrow. In other news, in the Pirates defeat of the Cardinals earlier, Molina took a pretty brutal blow @ the plate from the Pirates Harrison. He looked serio...

I think, like what I was harpin' on your Reds about it's their youth. They're probably exaughsted, mentally tired, etc. I know that's a very "Joe Buck-esque" level of half assed analysis and like Joe Buck, I didn't watch the games. There is just a lot to be said for this occurence, especi...

Arroyo IS hit/miss, I'll agree w/you on that. But here lately, he has been dealing. And I love Cueto and Latos. As for Chapman, I don't care if he is a rookie or not, I don't think that is going to play ANY part for that guy. He LOVES high pressure situations and more often than not, he gets it done...

Everybody would hit that fucker into oblivion. Which they have for years. He got really good again in Toronto ( *cough* roids ) . When he was needed in 2005 the White Sox knocked him out like they were Dave Steward. The roid monkey has been choking in the big game since '86. Replays on ESPN blame B...

Yes, Clemens would almost assuredly get ravaged by MLB hitters. BUT, it *might* put a few asses in the seats @ Minute Maid Park just for the novelty factor alone. And the Astros are in DIRE need of a few people to show up for some games. That place is a fucking GHOST TOWN (and for obviously good rea...

What the fuck does Orel Herschiser know? The guy hasn't pitched in a decade or so. Been over 12 yrs. since he threw a pitch, so I'd say he probably doesn't know a DAMN thing, wouldn't you? Of course, had I known this topic would be so heated here @ Metal Sludge, I would have tried my best to have r...

If I'm a Reds fan I worry about Dusty's tendency to overwork his starters. Everyone brings up Wood but don't forget Prior. I've heard about Dusty destroying arms for I don't know how many yrs. now and I STILL don't fully buy it. Plenty of arms got worked, back in the day, without innings limits and...

According to Oral Hershiser and at least a couple of other former pitchers whom have mentioned this very topic, yes you CAN shut a guy down for a month or two or whatever/whichever way you choose...and then RE-start him. As a matter of fact, according to Oral, in his opinion it's actually BETTER to ...

And in more Reds news, Billy Hamilton breaks Vince Coleman's stolen base record, with 147 stolen bases thus far this season. The record has held since 1983. Vince Coleman (playing for the Low-A Macon Redbirds) narrowly edged out Donell Nixon (playing for the High-A Bakersfield Blaze) that year with ...

And we FINALLY beat the fucking Phillies. And of all pitchers, Homer Bailey looked great (Cliff Lee looked damn good too). I'm just shocked that Bailey pitched as good as he did. He looked TERRIBLE his last game. If we can win one more and take 2 of 4, I'll be more than happy. I don't care that the ...

1) My Reds just keep on kicking ass (albeit, it was just the shitty Cubs Hopefully that Pirates/Cardinals 19-inning marathon will leave both clubs worn the fuck out for the next week I think our chances of making the playoffs are EXTREMELY high (certainly not "in the bag" yet, absolutely ...

My Reds just keep on kicking ass (albeit, it was just the shitty Cubs and mediocre Mets this past week), but hey, wins are wins and at this moment, the Reds are second to only the Nats for best record in baseball (and they have been getting it done and done BIG fucking time w/out arguably their best...

I haven't been following the whole Red Sox drama all that closely, so this I'm sure is anything but news to those of you that have, but I remember last week when the Mets were in town playing the Reds, the Reds announcers talked about hanging out w/some of the Mets before one of the games and said t...

stevo wrote:he is simply amazing....when Kiss goes full scab, they should being him in

You sure you're not the amazing Ramsey hiding under the name stevo?

Dodgers just got HanRam from the Marlins. I'm unsure if the Marlins are getting ready to just blow the whole thing up or if they're just making a few moves to dump some excess salary (to be fair, Hanley hasn't been the greatest in the world for the past couple of seasons and I have heard he is quite...

Dontrelle Willis retires from baseball at the age of 30, and I am heartbroken. :cry: I am thankful he played his best years for the Marlins. ROY, 2005 Cy Young runner up, and a World Series Champion. Just an AMAZING guy, a total sweetheart with a million watt smile. It's a damn shame he never got h...

I don't think they were desperate ( look at the returns ). They had no where to play him and he's unhappy being a backup. Since Youks has a rep of being a cancer he had to go. We'll all be thankful for 2007. Helluva a season. So Youk is an asshole (essentially)? I've never heard that. Of course, be...

I will NEVER understand why ANYONE would place all their eggs in one basket. Unbelievable. (Not really seeing as it actually happens that these fucking athletes wind up broke more often than not - 80% of NFL players w/in 2 or 3 yrs., around 60 - 70% of NBA players within 5 yrs., don't know the exac...

I will NEVER understand why ANYONE would place all their eggs in one basket. Unbelievable. (Not really seeing as it actually happens that these fucking athletes wind up broke more often than not - 80% of NFL players w/in 2 or 3 yrs., around 60 - 70% of NBA players within 5 yrs., don't know the exact...

MFYs are RED HOT. 9 straight W's. That is pretty impressive, I don't even care if you have been playing the shittier teams, it's still impressive (not saying the MFYs have been playing weak teams, they have NOT - sweeping the Nats is impressive IMO). My Reds are on a nice roll right now as well. 6 s...

My Reds whipped some Mets ass last night after a sweet sweep of the Indians made all the much sweeter after that whiny little bitch Derek Lowe shot his mouth off after WED. nights game. Obviously, there's some shit that went on between him and Dusty Baker a few years back and Lowe tore into Dusty's ...

Looks like the Yankees easily handled TB. Miami got fucking ROOKED by the Braves. And my Reds just can not seem to beat the fucking Pirates. Blah.

Monkey-- Big Z is said to have found God, thus, his change of attitude. If he's happy, I'm happy. I see him always smiling, he gets along well with his teammates, and he's really good friends with Ozzie. He's a kinder, gentler Carlos. And yeah, the Marlins basically RAPED the Cubbies...but who knew...

The upcoming Yankees schedule is not very easy. I heard they will be playing teams with a .500 record or better from now until early July. That's a long stretch. Going 6-3 on this last road trip was a success. Especially when the first 6 games were on the West Coast. Difficult series coming up with...