(04-25-2021, 05:17 AM)kevin Wrote: Save your money, but ice cream.  That is what old timers I worked with in 1970's use to say.  Plus, I get plenty of baseball with a MLB channel on cable package and games on other channels.  I get the Reds on Fox Ohio, but I watched Seattle at Boston as game MLB gave me.  I'm in Fantasy Leagues and I had Flexen pitching up points for Seattle.  Ty France hit for points also.  Then I went and bought chicken wings.   I see Reds lost and are facing another SWEEP with Flaherty on the mound. Reds could get hit with the broom in the rear end twice in one week. 

My biggest gripe with Bell is that if a player has a big game, he benches them.  Hot streaks come and go.  As Jerry Reed sang, When you're hot, you're hot. When you're not, you're not.  I would have never benched Naquin on his hot streak, but Bell did.  They are so into computer charts these days, they don't see playing the guys on a Hot Streak.  They cool off on the bench.  Bell thinks he has to play everybody on the team, even if it means benching Hot Players. 

Don't the Reds have a trip to Dodgers after St Louis.  Look for Dodgers to destroy the Reds.

To me, these charts are like reading a horse racing form.  Just because a horse or player did well in a situation a year or two ago, doesn't mean that horse or player is HOT this year.  Sometimes you need to throw out the racing form before you go cross eyed over so many stats that you are missing the obvious of whos HOT and whos NOT.  I think benching Naquin when Bell did was a horrible move, and Reds have lost ever since. Now Naquin not as HOT.  Can a computer tell you why players get HOT ?   NO, they can't.  

Anyway, you saved money not buying Reds TV.   They are cold as ice now.  April is going to be an awful month.  

(04-25-2021, 05:28 PM)kevin Wrote: Reds get the Broom all week. Swept by Arizona and St Louis.  

Castillo struggled in 2020 and is awful so far in 2021.  Announcers say it, he does NOT challenge hitters.  Bob Gibson is best example of nasty attitude, this is my mound and my game, and going after hitters.  Castillo is all Mister Happy on mound nibbling at the plate and falling behind in the count. He does not attack with his talent.  The better pitchers have an attitude, Castillo is smiling and Mellow as he gets beat.   Announcers are seeing it.  He does NOT challenge and attack the hitters and get ahead on the count.

On India hit in head again, let us not forget Molina the catcher who ordered up the pitch.  Would Molina want a Red hit in the head ? You better believe it.  Bell thrown out of game over it, and a good throw out rhubarb.  Maybe Bell needs to go Lou Piniella and throw a base into outfield or yell at ump over India hit to wake Reds up.

I have dumped Garrett from all Fantasy Teams.  One Team I had Castillo, no longer, I just dumped him. There are too many pitchers doing better than Castillo in free agency in that League, so Adios.  Gray I have on many teams, and I give him extra time due to injury, but May 15th he better be going or I drop him. I have no problem dumping Reds not producing every year. There are 29 other teams of players.

(04-27-2021, 01:51 AM)cinci4life Wrote: Well that didn't take long for Garrett to blow another lead.

(04-27-2021, 02:48 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Bell shouldn't have put Garrett in with a close lead. His constant mis-handling of the bullpen is irritating. I honestly feel that their ERA would be lower if he had not put pitchers in as frequently as he does and often bringing in the wrong guy for the wrong situation. It is painfully obvious that Garrett is struggling, he should strictly be in mop up mode until he can get out of whatever funk he is in.

Winker! What a shot in the 10th! Smart move by Bell to stick with Antone. Let's hope it works out. Onto the bottom of the 10th!

(04-27-2021, 03:01 AM)cinci4life Wrote: Reds win!!!!! It's a miracle!