NLDS: Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies

[Warner2BruceTD]

At least make Philly earn it. Disgusting.

 

[nflman2033]

you know what bothers me almost as much as the fact that this team had the best fielding all year and when it mattered the most they tanked.... the fact that Scott Rolen has been a complete waste of space at the plate, not exactly the guy you want to have in the 4 hole the way he has looked at the plate in these two games.

 

[Blade]

Whew......so much for Aroldis Champman. Lets put him together with Jonathan Broxton, Chad Billingsley and Huston Street.

 

[nflman2033]

Whew......so much for Aroldis Champman. Lets put him together with Jonathan Broxton, Chad Billingsley and Huston Street.

funny but it wasn't that Chapman blew it as much as it was his defense that blew it.

 

[Blade]

funny but it wasn't that Chapman blew it as much as it was his defense that blew it.

We still hit him.....

 

[nflman2033]

first guy got on by getting hit. so then he had added pressure of piching with runners on which he has struggled, plus being a 22 year old kid you know it couldn't have helped his concentration and then the errors. either way the series is exactly as i expected the Reds just aren't good enough.

 

[nflman2033]

oh and not that I needed another reason, but it just goes to solidify the fact that I hate every single sports team in the entire state of Pennsylvania (other than maybe the Pitt Panthers)

 

[Blade]

first guy got on by getting hit. so then he had added pressure of piching with runners on which he has struggled, plus being a 22 year old kid you know it couldn't have helped his concentration and then the errors. either way the series is exactly as i expected the Reds just aren't good enough.

Oh it was a tough situation, but claims of him bein unhittable because of his 100mph fastball were overstated. My point was we have met pitchers like him before and took advantage, so I wasn't too worried.

Tonight we just had to scratch away.

 

[NAHSTE]

We still hit him.....

Yeah, no you didn't.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Oh it was a tough situation, but claims of him bein unhittable because of his 100mph fastball were overstated. My point was we have met pitchers like him before and took advantage, so I wasn't too worried.

You cant be serious.

HBP
Howard K's
Werth reaches on FC
Bruce drops a fly ball

INNING SHOULD BE OVER RIGHT HERE, CHAPMAN DID HIS JOB

Ibanez singles
Ruiz grounds out
Sweeney bloops a hit

Yeah, you guys really rocked Chapman. I'm sure he'll never recover from such a devastating beating.

In fact, the Philles "hit" nobody tonight. The Reds gift wrapped nearly every run:

-5th inning: Reds make 2 consecutive errors with 2 outs, Utley singles in two unearned runs.

-6th inning: BB, BB, HBP, HBP, BB, run scores.

-7th inning: HBP, K, FC, dropped fly ball/error on throw, 2 runs score. 3rd run scores on groudout. All runs unearned.

-8th inning: Werth drives in a run on a bleeder, which amounted to the closest thing Philly had to a rally all night.

Philly didnt "hit" anyone, they didn't "break" Chapman, they scored 7 runs (5 unearned) on the back of 4 errors, 3 HBP, and multiple BB's. The Reds played like shit and gift wrapped this one, the Phillies better have a few more no hitters left in them this postseason if this was their idea of offense.

 

[BroncoBlue]

Man I feel bad for Red fans their team went from HOT FIRE to HOT GARBAGE! I mean anyone that watched the MLB this year knew they were the worst "playoff" team to make it... Shit the Padres were defentley better and that's pretty much saying nothing about the Reds. It's sad they played probably the best NL team ever assembled in the last 25 years!

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

On top of everything else, Chase Utley pretty much admitted that the Chapman pitch didn't hit him.

Again, disgusting.

 

[NAHSTE]

On top of everything else, Chase Utley pretty much admitted that the Chapman pitch didn't hit him.

Again, disgusting.

On an 0-2 count nonetheless. :smh:

 

[BroncoBlue]

On top of everything else, Chase Utley pretty much admitted that the Chapman pitch didn't hit him.

Again, disgusting.

You cant be serious.

HBP
Howard K's
Werth reaches on FC
Bruce drops a fly ball

INNING SHOULD BE OVER RIGHT HERE, CHAPMAN DID HIS JOB

Ibanez singles
Ruiz grounds out
Sweeney bloops a hit

Yeah, you guys really rocked Chapman. I'm sure he'll never recover from such a devastating beating.

In fact, the Philles "hit" nobody tonight. The Reds gift wrapped nearly every run:

-5th inning: Reds make 2 consecutive errors with 2 outs, Utley singles in two unearned runs.

-6th inning: BB, BB, HBP, HBP, BB, run scores.

-7th inning: HBP, K, FC, dropped fly ball/error on throw, 2 runs score. 3rd run scores on groudout. All runs unearned.

-8th inning: Werth drives in a run on a bleeder, which amounted to the closest thing Philly had to a rally all night.

Philly didnt "hit" anyone, they didn't "break" Chapman, they scored 7 runs (5 unearned) on the back of 4 errors, 3 HBP, and multiple BB's. The Reds played like shit and gift wrapped this one, the Phillies better have a few more no hitters left in them this postseason if this was their idea of offense.

Wtf I thought you were a Cards fan... It's disgusting at how much you are passive agressivley rooting for the Reds.

They absolutely / literally whopped the shit out of your team...

Disgusting how bad the NL Central was...

 

[Blade]

As far as I can read there's 2 hits given up by Chapman. Singles/bloopers hits are hits and apparently you can get the bat on Chapman's pitches atleast twice in an inning. Everyone can make the arguments if not for the errors the innings would be over and blah blah blah. Hell I could say the same about the 2nd inning because of Chase's 2 errors, but you guys hit, stayed on base error or not and then drove those runs in.

Utley pulled a Jeter, Werth made it safe, Howard hacked and lost, Rollins hacked and got lucky, Ibanez hit, Chooch brough Jroll home and Sweeney had a hit.

Phils had 8 hits tonight and 2 are credited to Chapman at the end of the day, yea so we hit him.

It shouldn't have come down to getting lucky against Chapman anyway, we had lead off hitters on based almost every inning and couldn't bring them home, inspite of Arroyo laboring through 6 innings and throwing 100 some pitches.

Playoffs about pitching anyway, if we have to scratch out runs the Phils will do it, we don't worry about getting no-hitters. Maybe the reds should worry about throwing the ball to first in time and not losing fly balls in the towels *cough* lights.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

Phillies are up 2-0. At this point in this year, I don't give a fuck if it was pretty, ugly, they deserved to win, didn't deserve to win or whatever. We're up 2-0 and one win away from the NLCS. Like Lenny Dykstra once said: "Whatever it takes, dude".

That said, that was one ugly win, lol.

PS - LOL @ the fans in RF chanting "Thank you Bruce" after his error.

 

[nflman2033]

Wtf I thought you were a Cards fan... It's disgusting at how much you are passive agressivley rooting for the Reds.

They absolutely / literally whopped the shit out of your team...

Disgusting how bad the NL Central was...

W2B has always been a Reds fan, atleast as long as i have been posting wth him, which not only dates back to when both Kurt Warner and Issac Bruce were still in the league, but also on the same team.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

As far as I can read there's 2 hits given up by Chapman. Singles/bloopers hits are hits and apparently you can get the bat on Chapman's pitches atleast twice in an inning. Everyone can make the arguments if not for the errors the innings would be over and blah blah blah. Hell I could say the same about the 2nd inning because of Chase's 2 errors, but you guys hit, stayed on base error or not and then drove those runs in.

Utley pulled a Jeter, Werth made it safe, Howard hacked and lost, Rollins hacked and got lucky, Ibanez hit, Chooch brough Jroll home and Sweeney had a hit.

Phils had 8 hits tonight and 2 are credited to Chapman at the end of the day, yea so we hit him.

It shouldn't have come down to getting lucky against Chapman anyway, we had lead off hitters on based almost every inning and couldn't bring them home, inspite of Arroyo laboring through 6 innings and throwing 100 some pitches.

Playoffs about pitching anyway, if we have to scratch out runs the Phils will do it, we don't worry about getting no-hitters. Maybe the reds should worry about throwing the ball to first in time and not losing fly balls in the towels *cough* lights.

OK, you're a delusional, rose colored glasses guy. I understand your gimmick now. That game was gift wrapped in a tiny bow, and the Phillies had no business winning it, but the Reds played like shit and deserve what they got, which is down 2-0.

Champman went out and did his job, they didn't catch the ball behind him. Those two hits had no consequence, they came after the two unearned runs on the misplayed fly ball. Phillies scored on a HBP that really wasnt, a K, a FC on a bad decision by Rolen on a dribbler, a dropped fly ball, and a ground out. C'mon guy, talking smack about Chapman is the wrong way to go when you have plenty of other targets.

When I say "disgusting", btw, I am refering to the Reds sloppy play. Not sour grapes, not pushing the idea they are being robbed. They catch the ball, they win. It's pathetic.

Phillies are up 2-0. At this point in this year, I don't give a fuck if it was pretty, ugly, they deserved to win, didn't deserve to win or whatever. We're up 2-0 and one win away from the NLCS. Like Lenny Dykstra once said: "Whatever it takes, dude".

That said, that was one ugly win, lol.

PS - LOL @ the fans in RF chanting "Thank you Bruce" after his error.

Pretty much.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

Gotta be frustrating for Reds fans when your team is supposed to be the best offense and fielding team in the NL and in 2 games they've been no hit in Game 1 and commit 4 errors in a Game 2 loss.

 

[nflman2033]

Gotta be frustrating for Reds fans when your team is supposed to be the best offense and fielding team in the NL and in 2 games they've been no hit in Game 1 and commit 4 errors in a Game 2 loss.

you would think, but those of us who watched this team all year knows that they got it by beating all the teams with Losing Records. when it came time to face an Ace or a team with more than one Ace, they just didn't have it. So really it is upsetting for those of us who hate to lose, but not disapointing because it really was to be expected.