REDS MAY GAME THREAD

[kevin]

(05-21-2022, 08:47 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: LOL

I just got off work, came home, popped on MLBtv, saw Bell's lineup, saw Manoah was pitching, watched him easily get through the first, popped instantly onto the 9th inning and watched them all strikeout.

I no longer want to watch this pathetic franchise when they face good pitchers. I didn't even watch Hunter Greene pitch after his strong start last time. I figured "why bother?"

The team sucks
The manager sucks
The GM sucks
The owner sucks

Well said.  

I get every Reds game on my cable TV package.  Do I watch every Reds game ?  I do not.   If I ever have to cut back on my cable package due to increasing rates, and I go to picking my 10 or 15 favorite channels at a cheaper rate, The Ohio Sports Channel of Reds, Cavaliers and Columbus hockey will not be kept, not the way the Reds are playing.  IF the Reds ever do get good again some year, I can always add them back to my cable package. 

For now, I get every Reds game, but even Gilligan's Island reruns or Hazel reruns as bad as they are, would be better than watching the Reds.  

The Reds have already lost the Toronto series. I see no point in turning the game on. 

The Reds are very close to being 20 games under .500 and the way Bell is running things, I'm positive they can hit 20 games under.  

Also, the Reds announcers talk all this BS about analytics as if they are experts on this.  If the Reds were so great on modern day baseball analytics, they would not be near 20 games under .500 on the season.  Oh, they love to tell the exit speed and launch angle of home runs more than any announcers in baseball.   So i pose this question.  If Tony Perez hit a home run into the upper deck red seats at Riverfront, and Johnny Bench hit a line shot home run just over the fence, does Perez homer count as more runs ?   NO, launch angle doesn't mean a damn thing.  They are both home runs.  A home run by any exit speed, just over the fence or in the upper deck at any launch angle, they are all home runs.  

So if you take away all the nonsense about rating home runs, since they all count the same on the scoreboard.  Then if you look at modern day analytics that teams use to field a line-up, The Reds Stink at almost 20 games under .500 on the season.  If the Reds are paying people as analytic experts on their payroll, they should all be fired right now, because they are lousy at it.  It's also why it is so hard to listen to Reds announcers talking analytics all game, because all they know is launch angles of home runs, and again, a home run is as home run regardless if it goes in the upper deck or just clears the fence.  Again, IF the Reds are paying people to be analytic experts as in the Money Ball Movie, they need to be Fired right now, because the Reds close to 20 games under shows they need Fired.  Close to 20 games under .500 is a computer analytic stat that far out weighs all the other stats.  Home Run Launch Angle and Speed Of Exit doesn't mean a thing, a Home Run, is a Home Run, is a Home Run.  Fielding line-ups that fall to 20 games under .500, now that is a computer stat to be concerned about. It shows whoever is looking at the computer chart with a slide ruler and making these line-up changes based on their math equations compared to the X, Y, Z of the team and pitcher they are playing, then the proof of their Math is in the total sum of the almost 20 games under .500, and they should be Fired.

The Reds announcers are like the old song, She Blinded Me With Science. Yet really all they know is home run launch angles, which I say is all nonsense. As bad as the Reds are, as a Fan, I will take all the Reds home runs that barely clear the fence that the Reds can hit. I'll take gappers or doubles or any runs these bums can put on the scoreboard. As bad as the Reds are, I'm not picky about the launch angle of a home run, since the Reds hit so few of them, I'll take Reds home runs or runs in any way they can score runs. Lately the Reds are scoring One Run Per Game, and that's a good way to lose over 100 games. I would gladly take the Reds scoring 5 runs in a game with no home runs, than the Reds scoring only 1 run on a home run that is a moon shot. Chicks may dig the long ball, but most fans Dig The Win, and the Reds just ain't winning. Launch Angles ??? Heck, I would be happy if the Reds scored on a fielders choice ground out. I'll take any runs the Reds can score, since they score so few runs. If one of these bums hits a 3 run homer that barely goes over the fence, I won't worry about the Launch Angle as She Blinded Me With Science. How about some Tool Shop Trig Math, Measure Twice and Cut Once. Applied to baseball it would mean figure out the pitcher and take your best cut. As Tony Perez said, See De Ball, Hit De Ball. With all these Shifts, I like the saying, " Hit Em' Where They Ain't ", except most modern day players don't have the talent to do that. You can have nobody at Third or in Left Field, and these bums couldn't hit the ball there if they batted all day. I bet a Ty Cobb or Roger Hornsby or Rod Carew would get 300 hits a year against these wild Shifts. For one thing, if there was nobody on the left side of the field, they would simply lay down a bunt because there is nobody there to field it. However todays players don't know how to bunt. They could stand at the plate all day and not lay down one good bunt. Bunting should be like basketball Free Throws, something you have to practice if you are going to be any good. Oh Right, on a Bunt there is no Launch Angle, so why try to score that way ?