Reasons to follow the 2016 Reds: Joey Votto, Pete Rose and lots of Bobbleheads...

holy crud billy hamilton lately

Votto 2016 AVG.

5/31 .213
6/30 .249
7/31 .285
8/13 .301

It's a pretty nice come back considering how completely out of wack Votto was the first couple of months of the season.

yeah it's such a shame he had that early slump because he's 100% back to MVP form

sad to me that he's stuck with being a (very rich) guy lately known for fan antics

he's awesome

.462/.560/.692 in 26 games since he ASB now. has his overall slash line above .300/.400/.500 again

They have not been in the same division for decades, but beating the heck out of the Dodgers always feels good.

Reds out of last place in Central. They are 21-12 in the second half and 36-34 since June 1st. Considering how the burning crater they were in at the end of May, you have to say they have played better ball.

That was Finnegan's best start of the year going 1 hit in 7 innings. Might be one of his last starts as there seems to be discussion of shutting him down around 150 innings. He's been up and down, but definitely deserves a shot at rotation for next year.

Oh yeah this too...

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/08/20/reds-joey-votto-pranks-ichiro-with-51-pizzas-sent-to-locker/

padding those Worst Pitching bonafides today

ball seems to be . . . carrying at the gabp

votto tho

love votto, he's like the villain version of beltre

this 26-run game is 8 runs short of setting the record for most runs in an mlb game, if i am reading the internet correctly

(a record set by the 30-3 rangers-orioles game from... 9 years ago to the day)

nope, that's a lie/i misread the internet, never mind

GABP is about the cheapest home run in baseball but on warm early day games, the ball carries especially well to right field as there is generally a breeze running to the river on those days. You get the ball up going to right and there is part there isn't a stadium to stop the wind.

I was there a few years back for of Moyer's last starts for the Rockies when he got blasted I think for four home runs by the Reds including the infamous Todd Frazier one armed jack. It was really hot and breezy and a 1235 start like today.

i
fucking
love
joey
votto

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/joey-vottos-most-joey-votto-game/

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/why-joey-votto-is-the-most-underappreciated-great-hitter-of-his-era/

It's obvious most of the commentators on that article haven't watched the Reds much and know about the usual OBP black hole that has been the lead off and often #2 spot has been for the Reds along with for most of Dusty's time it was Brandon Phillips batting clean up. There have been runs where clubs just basically put him and and dared Phillips and Bruce to beat 'em.

I saw that 'most Joey Votto game', the Cards pitched around him all night, it's just he hit the only strikes he saw.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/09/20/reds-break-96-tigers-record-hrs-allowed/90735316/

Brandon Finnegan = Felipe Lira

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/joey-votto-is-playing-with-his-food/

yes yes more articles about joey votto plz

i think if i weren't in medical school i would follow the reds around the country just to try to be joey votto's friend

Yeah they broke this record last week. They have added at least 1 more home run to the total, still got a shot at 100 HRs out of the pen.

I guess saving grace for such sxxtty pitching is that they have won more games than you might expect all things considered. I think they still are a game or two over .500 for the second half.

Reds bullpen gave up it's record setting 93rd HR breaking the record of 92 from the 1964 KC A's!

They still got a shot at 100 with 16 games to go! I'm sure Kris Bryant has a couple more 4-5 games with 3HRs and 2x2Bs left in him against Reds pitching.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/reds-reach-dubious-records-in-9-7-10-inning-loss-to-pirates/2016/09/17/f96d465a-7c93-11e6-8064-c1ddc8a724bb_story.html

― earlnash, Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:30 AM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

god, votto

Votto has definitely been the best hitter at least in the NL in the second half.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2016&month=31&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,d

not even close!

haha, was about to post the same thing:

http://i.imgur.com/aQXIXTK.png

evan gattis wtf

this Iglesias guy is horrifying

Ok so far this post season...

Edwin Encarnacion has hit a walk off home run to win a game for Toronto.
Travis Wood comes out of the pen get a win and hits an HR.
Aroldis Chapman has two saves.
Johnny Cueto pitched a three hitter losing 1-0.

...oh well.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuRhXG-UIAASIB8.jpg

I guess you can add Chris Heisey hitting a two run pinch hit homer to the list above too.

i mean ... couldn't you do what you're doing for the Reds for pretty much any team

Off the top of my head, maybe the A's might have 2-3 guys that played together in the past few years doing things in this particular playoffs.

"They didn’t speak to me directly, but they spoke to me through their Baseball-Reference page, through their game logs and their game experience."

http://cincinnatireds.blog.daytondailynews.com/2016/08/23/votto-reaches-out-to-may-musial-jeter/

joey votto continues to be the best

marty brennaman -- still a clueless dick

http://redsminorleagues.com/2017/01/03/marty-brennaman-joey-votto

Yeah...Cincy is a sad sports town. I was thinking to use that to start the 2017 Reds thread.