Yardwork: It’s best if John Lieber doesn’t pitch to the Reds
Baseball May 8th. 2008, 9:00am
Reds 9, Cubs 0: Nearly 12 hours after Carlos Zambrano was dominant, John Leiber and the Cubs were dominated (see how I did that?). The Reds belted seven homers, including three from Joey Votto – and four in the 2nd inning. Edinson Volquez struck out 10 and dropped his ERA to 1.06. Yikes.
A’s 6, O’s 5 (10): Kurt Suzuki had two hits and two RBI for the pleasantly surprising Athletics and Mark Ellis hit a game-winning bomb off Lance Cormier. E I and U were scratched from the game (manager’s decision).
Mets 12, Dodgers 1: That’s one way to stop another lengthy L.A. win streak: have four players contribute two RBI. Ryan Church had half that many, and added three hits. On the season, he’s at .328 with 23 RBI and 24 runs.
Marlins 6, Brewers 2: Jorge Cantu and Dan Uggla hit back-to-back bombs and the Brewers combined for 11 strike outs. With the offseason addition of Ted Simmons to the Milwaukee bench, rumors of Ned Yost’s demise are getting stronger.
Astros 4, Nationals 3: Ryan Zimmerman had two homers and three RBI, but Houston got the last laugh. Roy Oswalt had two RBI and struck out nine in seven innings. Astros are undefeated in the month of May.
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May 8th, 2008 at 9:04 AM
cliff lee is the truth.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Can the Reds save some of this offense for other games? Seriously! Share the wealth a bit.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:12 AM
cliff lee is ridonkulous
May 8th, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Cliff Lee is surprisingly the Indians’ staff ace right now, not that biscuit lovin, portly CC Sabathia.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:16 AM
it isnt too surprising really, guy was good 2 yrs ago and hurt all last season
now if only the tribe could have a consistent offense
May 8th, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Not surprised by Cliff Lee, he did go to Arkansas for school.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:18 AM
cliff lee is what the Giants thought Zito would be.
thank god shapiro signed him to a dirt cheap contract extension before this whole thing started.
shapiro = best GM in baseball
May 8th, 2008 at 9:21 AM
It’d be nice if there was a big Reds fan with a medium to write about yesterday’s Votto/Volquez performance.
[click the name]
May 8th, 2008 at 9:22 AM
I was at the Reds game, awesome time. Lots of Cub fans showed up and left disappointed. Lots of fukudome chants and obscenities included.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:24 AM
Fuck the cubs
/ozzy
May 8th, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Volquez = lowest ERA in the NL.
Hamilton = most RBI in MLB.
Still too early to tell who won out on that trade
May 8th, 2008 at 9:25 AM
@NickP – You’re a jerk for the shameless self-promotion.
Oh, wait.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:34 AM
@whodey: Haven’t been around in awhile. What’d you think about the Keith Rivers pick?
May 8th, 2008 at 9:37 AM
So was 3/4 of the closers in the league on hgh before this year, or did they all decide to start sucking ass this year? I mean shit, Trevor Hoffman, fucking Izzy (don’t even get me started), JJ Putz, Kerry Wood (although technically not a closer, yet) whatever clown the Indians put out there, Eric Gagne. I mean seriously WTF? Sure all of these guys are starting to age a little bit, but the three best of them on there (Izzy, Putz and Hoffman) were lights out last year. This year between Izzy and Hoffman alone I think they have 8 blown saves, more than they had all of last year combined. I mean for fuck’s sake guys, 9 times out of 10 you need to come in and get 3 outs at the most, sometimes just 1 or 2, and yet you continue to crap the bed when you come in with a lead. If Izzy hadn’t blown 4 saves already this year the Cards would be 26-9, instead they are 22-13, which I’m not complaining about, but still.
Rant over.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Ryan Church is a golden god…anyway..the Mets keep pretending that they are good by putting together runs like 5 out of 7 and 3 and 3 against the 2 leaaidng teams out west…but the truth is out there..this team stinks…I only hope that a certain manager for the Reds can continue his awesomeness this weekend…for more on that certain manager click my name
/dirty shameless SOB
May 8th, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Roman…that’s all fine and dandy, but how do you feel about the NY Giants?
May 8th, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Spencer…I have a blanket that hangs over my wall unit AC and everyday I walk in my living room and it says…Super Bowl 42 Champions…it remains in my relatively nice living room because my baby girl is enamoured with it (it is really colorful) so the wife lets it stay…so me and my daughter all ready have a bond…the World Champion New York Football Giants
May 8th, 2008 at 9:48 AM
@RWH
tear
May 8th, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Roman…youre quite the wordsmith.
/would kill for any championship
May 8th, 2008 at 9:53 AM
See how you did what Imig? Spell Jon Lieber’s name wrong? You get a cookie!
May 8th, 2008 at 9:56 AM
@NickP – Can’t really complain. This team hasn’t had an identity at linebacker since Takeo Spikes was in his prime, and it looked for one year like Thurman was that guy, but that obviously hasn’t panned out. That’s a position where you need someone smart but someone also intimidating, and I think that can be Rivers.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:57 AM
I give blumpkins to LeBron James.
It is nice to know that some things never change, such as the Orioles getting off to halfway decent start and then sucking.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Never forget that Jon Lieber was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cubs (originally) for Brant Brown.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Sadly – that trade with the Cubs worked out better than the Aramis Ramirez deal.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Anyone else want to move Casey Blake off third? Not to give marte a chance but to get someone in there your confident can handle infield defense.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:31 AM
@Roethlishotdog:
Bobby Hill or Brant Brown? Well, I guess it depends on how much you like King of the Hill.
Dang it, Bobby. That boy ain’t right.
Hi-larious.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Tigers blow two different 4 run leads to the Red Sox, trail 9-8 going into the bottom of the 9th against Papelbon. Then score 2 to win 10-9. That is the missing headline.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Hell of an outfielder, that Brant Brown.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Gomez for Santana isn’t looking that bad right now. If this kid keeps playing like he did last night, he will easily make people forget Santana and his HOF stint in MN. He is just so raw and young right now that some AB’s you wonder what the hell he is doing and then other times, you just sit there shocked at what you just saw.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:45 AM
pki..trust me I felt your pain in the offseasom…but Mets fans felt bad losing htis kid..he plays hardf..he has tons of talent and wait till he puts on some weight..he will be a doubles/tripls guy…Delois Guerra will be a good pitcher too..the other two will just be useful
May 8th, 2008 at 10:46 AM
funny, i kinda like casey’s defense…but id rather see him spell fancisco or gutierrez in the corner OF spots. marte isn’t the answer…funny peralta is, and asdrubal is a better SS, but then 2b is a mess…
fuck the tribe.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:49 AM
@RWH: Forgive my ignorance here on the Mets lineup, but if they hadn’t traded Gomez, would he even be playing this year?
May 8th, 2008 at 10:51 AM
@Spencer: the whole division is a mess right now. The Twins and Royals who were supposed to be fighting for the bottom spots are playing well, while the Tribe and Tigers are playing like crap. I really think that the Tribe are actually going to be the winners by the end of the year though. CC is coming around and combine that with Fausto and Lee, you have the best 123 in the division. Pitching always bails out hitting.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Pki…maybe..especially with Alou being hurt to start the year…It’s weird because they made the Milledge trade and brought in Church…that virtually killed Carlos’ chances…but if you look at Alou he is out a week so he would have played that and Beltran is good for a 15 game DL in the middle of the season..Pagan is doing what Gomez would have…but it would not have been good for him to be that guy…plus Fernando Martinez should be here by next year and he is supposed to be the next big thing…but until last year the Cit Field OF included Gomez and Milledge..in Met fans minds at least
May 8th, 2008 at 10:58 AM
New Yardwork title: It’s best if John Lieber doesn’t pitch.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:00 AM
@Spencer – What about moving Blake 2 backup the corner OF, Peralta to third, and bouncing Barfield up to 2nd? Asdrubal then gets a shot at Short and the infield gets a little younger.
Marte’s ensured he has zero value and prob should have had the seat next to Michaels on a 747 out of town.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Even Michael Kay all but dipped Cliff Lee’s dong in gold last night.