08-22-2023, 09:11 AM
Toronto Blue Jays beat up Reds Pitching. Now let me tell everybody. Blue Jays beat up Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles and Rays pitching. My brother is a Tampa Fan, and he hates when they play Toronto. Toronto hitters can flat out beat you to death.
The main thing is Hunter Greene got his innings in at Louisville and on Sunday for Reds, like Spring Training and Start of Season after his injury. You can't expect someone back from injury to be 100 % right away. Toronto smoked Williamson also, who has been pitching great. Toronto does that, they beat up on some of the best pitchers in The American League.
Now The Angles hitters are no piece of cake either. Some great hitters on Angels. So playing Blue Jays and Angels back to back is a pitching staff nightmare.
Still, The Reds are in the Play-Off hunt. There are only 2 NL teams with good records, Braves and Dodgers. So the Play-Off spots are wide open for whoever gets HOT in late August and September. As the great Orioles manager Earl Weaver always said, he wanted his team to get hot in late August and September and take that into the play-offs. Now The Reds could get hot down the stretch. Reds have as much chance of getting hot as anybody in National League. If Reds get hot to end of season and make play-offs, as Earl Weaver said, they will on pace to win in the play-offs. As good as Braves and Dodgers records are, if they get cold down the stretch, they will be cold going into play-offs. The hottest teams in September will be play-off ready, and Cincinnati Reds could be a hot team, they could get hot.
1970 Reds were a great team, but they got cold in September and Orioles got hot in September. The 1990 Reds however got hot in September and won World Series. It's nice to win in April and May, those wins count, but the teams that get hot in September are hot going into Play-Offs. Reds could get hot.
As for Angels, Marlins World Series winning manager Jack McKeon would just walk Ohtani whenever possible. Take the bat out of his hands. Who cares if his OBP goes up, if he is getting no RBI's. McKeon use to walk Big Mac, Sosa and Bonds, they hit no homers on Reds. We saw Votto in his homer years and Votto in his getting a lot of walks years. Walks don't win ball games, no matter what OBP people think. As Tony Perez said, RBI's win ball games. The RBI Votto was better than the getting walks Votto. So maybe just walk Ohtani and take the bat out of his hands as Jack McKeon would do when managing Reds.
The main thing is Hunter Greene got his innings in at Louisville and on Sunday for Reds, like Spring Training and Start of Season after his injury. You can't expect someone back from injury to be 100 % right away. Toronto smoked Williamson also, who has been pitching great. Toronto does that, they beat up on some of the best pitchers in The American League.
Now The Angles hitters are no piece of cake either. Some great hitters on Angels. So playing Blue Jays and Angels back to back is a pitching staff nightmare.
Still, The Reds are in the Play-Off hunt. There are only 2 NL teams with good records, Braves and Dodgers. So the Play-Off spots are wide open for whoever gets HOT in late August and September. As the great Orioles manager Earl Weaver always said, he wanted his team to get hot in late August and September and take that into the play-offs. Now The Reds could get hot down the stretch. Reds have as much chance of getting hot as anybody in National League. If Reds get hot to end of season and make play-offs, as Earl Weaver said, they will on pace to win in the play-offs. As good as Braves and Dodgers records are, if they get cold down the stretch, they will be cold going into play-offs. The hottest teams in September will be play-off ready, and Cincinnati Reds could be a hot team, they could get hot.
1970 Reds were a great team, but they got cold in September and Orioles got hot in September. The 1990 Reds however got hot in September and won World Series. It's nice to win in April and May, those wins count, but the teams that get hot in September are hot going into Play-Offs. Reds could get hot.
As for Angels, Marlins World Series winning manager Jack McKeon would just walk Ohtani whenever possible. Take the bat out of his hands. Who cares if his OBP goes up, if he is getting no RBI's. McKeon use to walk Big Mac, Sosa and Bonds, they hit no homers on Reds. We saw Votto in his homer years and Votto in his getting a lot of walks years. Walks don't win ball games, no matter what OBP people think. As Tony Perez said, RBI's win ball games. The RBI Votto was better than the getting walks Votto. So maybe just walk Ohtani and take the bat out of his hands as Jack McKeon would do when managing Reds.
1968 Bengal Fan
