reds trade and more
Liked the trade, loved the attitude it represents. Majewski seems a scott sullivan-type, clayton can still make every routine play, apparently bill bray was much sought after... regardless, I won't be second-guessing it, because it displayed the go-for-it attitude this team has lacked for years. These are smart, aggressive people making the big decisions for the Reds now. You have reason to believe.
It's getting very hard to explain Marvin Lewis now. It wasn't a great day for Coach Lew's Character Army on Thursday. I guess the question is, how much of your integrity are you willing to deal, to get a championship? All coaches cut devil-deals in pursuit of wins. Lewis is no different, even if you thought he was. But if the Bengals are playing in February, everyone will be saying Chris/Odell/Frostee/A.J. Who?
Found a cool summer show, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, on TNT... it's Twilight Zone as imagined by Stephen King... the opener even paid homage to a classic T-Zone episode, the one where Agnes Morehead is in her attic, fending off tiny invaders. She doesnt say a word for the entire half hour... King's premier stretched the no words (and the miniature attackers) premise to an hour. And pulled it off. Give it a try.
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Post a Comment*I love Doc, but also love to disagree. That's why you write, right???
This trade is very poor at first glance. We trade two 26 year old regular major leaguers including a proven hitter at shortstop for two middle-relief pitchers. Really? We trade our only speedster on a team that has NO team speed. We give up on Kearns who all agree will continue to develop into a fine major leaguer.
This is the great "no-name" trade. We got a bunch of no-names while they got two, young, proven reliable major leaguers. Bowden got over on the Reds!
Where do I agree with ya Doc? I do appreciate that this front office isn't sitting still. I also appreciate that Kearns strikes out too much, has a lackadaisacal (sp?) attitude, came in last year grossly overweight, and is prone to injury. Lopez is shaky defensively--which is surprising.
On second thought...maybe not so bad. No, really, I still think we gave up TOO much. We should've gotten a proven major league starter.
We'll keep watching and reading Doc's column!
If Denorfia can step in and come close to replacing Kearns' production, then I guess it makes sense.
Otherwise, they really really paid a lot for relief pitchers.
Sometimes I don't think it's as simple as "going for it". I mean, let's say they exit the first round of the playoffs, but are horrible for the next three years. Was it worth it?
Then again, people have been staying away from GABP because they knew the team wouldn't go for it; if they're going to make this move this year, maybe it tells fans that we're gonna be in it every year, come hell or high water.
i know the big news is the trade, but i don't think we can overlook the week the bengals had. odell out for the first 4 games of the season? bad news. then we draft ahmad brooks? as an alum of the university of virginia (by way of west chester), i'm torn with us picking up brooks. i mean, i know he can play (i've seen it in person), but at what cost? a butkus award finalist and sure-fire first round draft pick that, in a heartbeat, is kicked off the team due to violations (marijuana, iirc). if he's turned his life around, i think he can be great, but that's a pretty big if.
but doc's right- if we're winning and playing late into the year, no one's going to care or remember. i just hope its worth it.
I am in favor of any trade that works to make the team better as a whole. Like Doc and most others, we are all simply happy to see the front office and new owners do what they can to make a run at the post-season. Are Kearns and Lopez going to light it up for the Nats? Maybe. Are we better positioned for the post-season now than we were last week? I think so.
It always hurts to trade fan-favorite players, no doubt about that. I really enjoyed Kearns and Lopez. But I think many of us are still thinking about the first year season of Kearns, where he came up from the minors, hit over .300, and earned his right to be here. Injuries seem to have hurt his chances to keep building on that first season. He's a great defensive player, but it's not 2002 anymore, and he hasn't put up all-star numbers. We didn't trade a "Junior" for a middle-reliever and a few hopefuls.
I'm out - heading to GABP to watch our new pitching talent help make it two in a row against the Rockies, on our way to the post-season!
Go Reds!
Well, even if you like the attitude this trade represents, it's hard to defend it from this standpoint: there were 20 GMs who read the wire ticker last night and thought "I would have beat Bowden's offer for Kearns and Lopez."
Krivsky oversold and panicked, bottom line. There was a legitimate baseball need to be sure: the bullpen is gawdawful. There was no need to panic, however.
The real question is this: how much of that panic was driven by local media urging the team to "take a hack".
The epitaph for this trade was written before it happened by PD on July 12: A mega-deal for bullpen help could get Reds fans groping for the aspirin bottle again.
Lord knows I sure have a headache.
I think the bottom line here is simple: do you or do you not trust Marvin Lewis's judgment? I trust his judgment totally. I'm glad Marvin has the guts to give troubled people second chances.
I've sometimes needed second chances. Sometimes I've gotten them and sometimes I have not. When I've gotten them, I've always been grateful and determined to prove the risk-taker right.
Finally, a word to Bernard the Clown who a few posts back asked, "what kind of a name is Chip?" It is Chip as in "chip off the old block," a nickname given to me as an infant by my Bronze Star decorated father(WWII)whose example and idea of manhood came through at a time in history so creeps like Bernard could blog in the year 2006. Men in that generation knew of the importance of second chances and how to give them.
Chip Lapp
Blue Ash OH
When the trade was made, 20 teams were within 5 games of a playoff spot. That's an awful lot of buyers, most of which need bullpen help...
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