Reds May 2024 thread

[kevin]

(05-09-2024, 05:17 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I think you mean Cruz, Diaz didn't pitch in this game.

I had a million things going on, could not waste day on a game.  What I saw, I thought it was Diaz blowing another game. You are right, it was a different bullpen guy blowing another game.  To those who say the pitching is good, no, the pitching is not good.  

I did have a chance to see biggest bonehead play ever. One out in 8th, runner on first. Bell puts in a Pinch Runner. Ball hit to shallow center for easy fly out, and pinch runner gets thrown out at first base on a double play. A pinch runner mind you. A short fly out nobody runs on, and outfielder flips it to first for a Double Play ending 8th inning. This guy has no business being a pinch runner if he is that stupid. One of the worst mental mistakes of baserunning I have ever seen. Pee Wee teams run the bases better than that. Reds announcers said that on stealing second, you look to third base coach to see if you need to go back to first, and he didn't. I have never seen a runner slide into second and amazed the ball caught in shallow center, and he is an easy out as ball thrown to first base. You just don't see that, and this dude was a pinch runner. I have news for Reds, this dummy is no pinch runner. If I was Reds GM, this dude would be heading to minors or another team, he would not be on Reds the next day. Physical mistakes are one thing, but mental mistakes must be punished. I didn't see the running mistake by De La Cruz, but this pinch runner in the 8th was the worst mental running mistake I've ever seen. I've never seen a runner at second when the ball is caught in short center, and thrown back to first for an easy double play, I've never seen that until today. Of course Reds didn't win making bonehead plays like that. Did he come in game thinking there was 2 outs ? Why are you at second when the ball is caught in short center, not even that far out of infield. Who goes from first to second on that ? Reds need a GM who throws a chair down the hallway, and that player is either in the minors or on another team the next day.