05-24-2022, 05:00 AM
(05-21-2022, 09:32 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: The younger pitchers are the only reason I can talk myself into watching them.
LOL
I had this called up to respond while working in my home studio a few days and got a phone call "Dude. Your station is off the air." I just took off. Went downstairs to get back to more editing and when I woke up the computer, this quote was still there.
I totally get that and I would have watched it live . . . BUT . . . I've seen Manoah pitch before and when he's on, he's Greg Maddux level. He's 5-1 with a 1.62 ERA in only his second season, 14-3 with a 2.73 ERA for his career in 38 starts. If he stays healthy, this kid is the next pitching star. He already understands that pitching is much more than just throwing hard.
Now take what I think about his pitching, this Reds lineup, David Bell, and mix in the ability to skip ahead on a game that's already over. I like Hunter Greene, and probably should enjoy his pitching while I can, but I didn't want to sit through what I knew was going to be a bunch of 1, 2, 3 innings strung together. They pulled him after 8 innings and only 83 pitches. He did what I expected him to do.
Fun facts
If you omit the 1W-20L stretch, the Reds are 11-9.
They are currently only 16.5 games behind the Yankees who have a half of a game lead over the Dodgers for best record in baseball. It somehow feels like it should be bigger.
In early June, after coming back from a brief two game road trip to Boston, the Reds host a four game series against the Washington Nationals, who are only 1 game ahead of the Reds in the standings with a 14-29 record.
Only users lose drugs.
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