These past two weeks have been Hell. I am a college student and because of that teacher has crammed in a lot of work in a little time period. Because of this I have literary Had trouble finding time to even watch the games, let along blog about them.
I think I can get back in the swing of things this coming weekend. Everything will be close to settling down and the summer is right around the corner.
I will not be laying around all summer either. I have just had an interview with clear channel yesterday, and I think I will be taking an internship with them! I am really excited, It is a dream of mine to work in radio.
Like I said, I think I will be able to get back in the thick of things this weekend, starting with the cardinals series, but I am going to go ahead and cover what has happened since I have been gone.
The Reds Have Fallen Apart.
Sure I knew that it was not going to be easy. That sweeps are tough to come by, and to think that we would run away division is ridiculous. But for them to go out this past weekend and lose three of four to the lonely Pirates is painful. Despite being swept last year by them, it still gives them no excuses.
They have also lost the first to Arizona. I really hope they can win these last two and go into St. Louis on a winning streak. God I hope.
I am kind of in a hurry, so this may be poorly written, I am sorry, I really and better then this, just got to go!
Parker Perry
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Reds Get Back to Good Baseball
After losing two straight, the Cincinnati Reds got back on the good side of the scoreboard.
The first and last inning provided the most offense in the game. The mass majority of the rest were zeros. The Reds put up two runs in the first, off a sacrifice by Jay Bruce that plated two with an error throw. Then In the ninth, leading by one, Johnny Gomes doubled off the glove of a diving Melvin Mora to plate two. Two extra would come across in the inning the Reds sealed the deal, a 6-1 victory.
Bronson Arroyo is now 2 for 2. His season stats stand at 2-0, 2.80 ERA, 13IP, 4R and 11 Strikeouts. Dominating.
Also, point of notice the Reds Bullpen once again came in and shutdown the opposing offense this time for 3 innings. Bill Bray, Aroldis Chapman and Francisco Cordero pitched an innging each of no run baseball.
Thoughts on the Game
Really don't have much. Reds went out, played good baseball, and got the win. Reds will play for the series today at 4:10. It will be Mike Leake vs. Joe Sounders. Should be a good one. You know me and Leake are tight, so I will have full confidence in him to pitch this time 6 of 1 run ball.
And by the way, while the game was being played I was on the phone with MLB.tv trying to figure out why some games were being played on my computer and while others were not. The Pittsburgh-Colorado game was working fine but I could not upload the Reds game. Spent 40 minuets and went around the world trying to figure out what was wrong. Eventual I uploaded a ton of things onto my computer, and not only did the stream work, but my computer is running a lot faster now also. Moral of the story, don't ever settle for poor quality. Give the people a call and figure out what is wrong!
That is all.
The first and last inning provided the most offense in the game. The mass majority of the rest were zeros. The Reds put up two runs in the first, off a sacrifice by Jay Bruce that plated two with an error throw. Then In the ninth, leading by one, Johnny Gomes doubled off the glove of a diving Melvin Mora to plate two. Two extra would come across in the inning the Reds sealed the deal, a 6-1 victory.
Bronson Arroyo is now 2 for 2. His season stats stand at 2-0, 2.80 ERA, 13IP, 4R and 11 Strikeouts. Dominating.
Also, point of notice the Reds Bullpen once again came in and shutdown the opposing offense this time for 3 innings. Bill Bray, Aroldis Chapman and Francisco Cordero pitched an innging each of no run baseball.
Thoughts on the Game
Really don't have much. Reds went out, played good baseball, and got the win. Reds will play for the series today at 4:10. It will be Mike Leake vs. Joe Sounders. Should be a good one. You know me and Leake are tight, so I will have full confidence in him to pitch this time 6 of 1 run ball.
And by the way, while the game was being played I was on the phone with MLB.tv trying to figure out why some games were being played on my computer and while others were not. The Pittsburgh-Colorado game was working fine but I could not upload the Reds game. Spent 40 minuets and went around the world trying to figure out what was wrong. Eventual I uploaded a ton of things onto my computer, and not only did the stream work, but my computer is running a lot faster now also. Moral of the story, don't ever settle for poor quality. Give the people a call and figure out what is wrong!
That is all.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Ian Kennedy and Dbacks Offense Destory Reds
That was not pretty. The Cincinnati Reds went west for their first road trip of the season and was caught in a trap of a sellout enthused opening day crowed. The Diamondbacks gave those fans a show.
Scoring 13 runs while Ian Kennedy used a breaking changeup that fooled every Red in the line up, the home team ran away with a 13-2 win. It was one of those games that seemed that everything was the Dbacks way. And against the Cincinnati Reds.
Not too much thought on the game, nothing to forget but everything not to drag on. Some thing that I have thought about is Matt Maloney. How tough is that on him and the organization. I hate to see him struggle, but I also hate to see him in the bullpen.
Maloney needs to be in Louisville working as a starter. He had some value going into the season, if nothing trade value. But now that Reds are converting him as a relief pitcher, I believe that he goes down just a bit.
But that's about it. Tell me what you think either here or on twitter (look below for the name). I think we need to ship him back to Louisville as soon as possible and try to trade him near the deadline.
Scoring 13 runs while Ian Kennedy used a breaking changeup that fooled every Red in the line up, the home team ran away with a 13-2 win. It was one of those games that seemed that everything was the Dbacks way. And against the Cincinnati Reds.
Not too much thought on the game, nothing to forget but everything not to drag on. Some thing that I have thought about is Matt Maloney. How tough is that on him and the organization. I hate to see him struggle, but I also hate to see him in the bullpen.
Maloney needs to be in Louisville working as a starter. He had some value going into the season, if nothing trade value. But now that Reds are converting him as a relief pitcher, I believe that he goes down just a bit.
But that's about it. Tell me what you think either here or on twitter (look below for the name). I think we need to ship him back to Louisville as soon as possible and try to trade him near the deadline.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Reds Drop First One of 2011
Losing sucks, losing by one is awful.
Sam Lecure took the mound in a Thursday low scoring affair. Pitching well all the way to the fifth Lecure only gave up his two runs by way of fielder choices. He looked good out there besides of the many walks allowed. I agree with Shawn Casey that Reds pitchers just need to pound the strike zone and let their defense do the rest.
The Reds offense, which was missing regulars Paul Janish and Scott Rolen, were unable to do much against Houston ace Brett Meyers. Meyers made the Reds look bad forcing them to pop up in almost every at bat.
With the score 2-1 in the seventh Baker sent up Rolen as a pinch hitter. He took the first pitch for a strike and the second he sent over the left field wall to tie it at two. Rolen had delivered what was much needed, momentum against a guy that the Reds could just not figure out. The Astros took Meyers out at that point and handed the ball over to a questionable bullpen. They did however take care of business.
Shutting down the Reds for the remainder of the game it took just one run in the ninth to seal the deal for them. Astros win 3-2
Some Thoughts on the Game
Drew Stubbs Did Not Look Good
Not at all. Popping out 4 times all to the right side of the field, it was a day to forget for number 6.
Defense Played Well
Especially Renteria. I am not sure just how much do we lose when we send him out rather then Janish
Bullpen
A lot of people are talking about how bad Nick Masset is, which I think is great. People expect this bullpen to perform perfectly because of the way they have been playing. And when that happens you know the team is doing something right.
5-1
No reason to panic, the Big Red Machine 2.0 is 5-1. If they continue to win 5 and lose 1 they will have 130+ wins on their hands, which is plenty enough to make the playoffs.
Sam Lecure took the mound in a Thursday low scoring affair. Pitching well all the way to the fifth Lecure only gave up his two runs by way of fielder choices. He looked good out there besides of the many walks allowed. I agree with Shawn Casey that Reds pitchers just need to pound the strike zone and let their defense do the rest.
The Reds offense, which was missing regulars Paul Janish and Scott Rolen, were unable to do much against Houston ace Brett Meyers. Meyers made the Reds look bad forcing them to pop up in almost every at bat.
With the score 2-1 in the seventh Baker sent up Rolen as a pinch hitter. He took the first pitch for a strike and the second he sent over the left field wall to tie it at two. Rolen had delivered what was much needed, momentum against a guy that the Reds could just not figure out. The Astros took Meyers out at that point and handed the ball over to a questionable bullpen. They did however take care of business.
Shutting down the Reds for the remainder of the game it took just one run in the ninth to seal the deal for them. Astros win 3-2
Some Thoughts on the Game
Drew Stubbs Did Not Look Good
Not at all. Popping out 4 times all to the right side of the field, it was a day to forget for number 6.
Defense Played Well
Especially Renteria. I am not sure just how much do we lose when we send him out rather then Janish
Bullpen
A lot of people are talking about how bad Nick Masset is, which I think is great. People expect this bullpen to perform perfectly because of the way they have been playing. And when that happens you know the team is doing something right.
5-1
No reason to panic, the Big Red Machine 2.0 is 5-1. If they continue to win 5 and lose 1 they will have 130+ wins on their hands, which is plenty enough to make the playoffs.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Volquez Receives First Win After Tough Start
OK I lied, it was horrible, not tough.
Edinson Volquez walked three (one that walked in a run with two outs) in the first inning. He single handily created a jam that he was not able to get out of giving up four runs before the Reds even picked up a bat. When the Reds did finally get there they were unable to produce anything. I was getting nervous (because I am a fan and not some superman journalist).
But all of a sudden something struck me, "The first may belong to the Astros, but the game will belong to the Reds". I should have put it on twitter, I forgot I owned that damn thing, but I did put it one Redszone. It just seemed that after the second the Reds had settled in, knew what the opposing pitcher Nelson Figueroa was bringing and was making good contact. Also, it did not hurt that Volquez had a quick second. And by George I was right.
In the third the Reds brought up nine hitters and scored five runs, taking a 6-4 lead. No home runs, all singles and doubles driving in runs. It was a beautiful sight. Everyone doing their part and to slowly rip the game away.
The rest of the game Volquez pitched well. Pitching against a maximum 4 batters per inning mixing in some 1,2,3's. While the offense brought the sticks again in the sixth scoring four runs. The game finally finished with the count of 12-4.
Some Thoughts on the Game
Volquez
Yea, it gets frustrating. Everyone appears to be on his side though, coaches, players and even most fans. I was a little critical of him during the first and through the first break, but I really do think the Reds should try to carry him through. He can be a great pitcher if he can find that out pitch or even just let the hitters hit the ball and let his defense take care of the rest. I'll keep an open mind for when he goes to San Diego to face the Padres
Scott Rolen
I am a huge fan of Scott Rolen. If you read my opening post I compared him to Pete Rose. Not in skill level, but in mentality and the things he has done for the the city of Cincinnati. Well he is back and kicking butt. He will be getting the day off tomorrow, so I am interested to see Francisco command third and see how he does.
Bullpen
Love having a shut down pen. I feel 100% confindent giving those guy the ball to shut down a game
Everything Positive!
How can you not be? The Reds are 5-0 and take this stat: The Reds have scored 33 runs while only making one error. ARE YOU KIDDING ME
Our New Tradition
Big Red Machine 2.0
Edinson Volquez walked three (one that walked in a run with two outs) in the first inning. He single handily created a jam that he was not able to get out of giving up four runs before the Reds even picked up a bat. When the Reds did finally get there they were unable to produce anything. I was getting nervous (because I am a fan and not some superman journalist).
But all of a sudden something struck me, "The first may belong to the Astros, but the game will belong to the Reds". I should have put it on twitter, I forgot I owned that damn thing, but I did put it one Redszone. It just seemed that after the second the Reds had settled in, knew what the opposing pitcher Nelson Figueroa was bringing and was making good contact. Also, it did not hurt that Volquez had a quick second. And by George I was right.
In the third the Reds brought up nine hitters and scored five runs, taking a 6-4 lead. No home runs, all singles and doubles driving in runs. It was a beautiful sight. Everyone doing their part and to slowly rip the game away.
The rest of the game Volquez pitched well. Pitching against a maximum 4 batters per inning mixing in some 1,2,3's. While the offense brought the sticks again in the sixth scoring four runs. The game finally finished with the count of 12-4.
Some Thoughts on the Game
Volquez
Yea, it gets frustrating. Everyone appears to be on his side though, coaches, players and even most fans. I was a little critical of him during the first and through the first break, but I really do think the Reds should try to carry him through. He can be a great pitcher if he can find that out pitch or even just let the hitters hit the ball and let his defense take care of the rest. I'll keep an open mind for when he goes to San Diego to face the Padres
Scott Rolen
I am a huge fan of Scott Rolen. If you read my opening post I compared him to Pete Rose. Not in skill level, but in mentality and the things he has done for the the city of Cincinnati. Well he is back and kicking butt. He will be getting the day off tomorrow, so I am interested to see Francisco command third and see how he does.
Bullpen
Love having a shut down pen. I feel 100% confindent giving those guy the ball to shut down a game
Everything Positive!
How can you not be? The Reds are 5-0 and take this stat: The Reds have scored 33 runs while only making one error. ARE YOU KIDDING ME
Our New Tradition
Big Red Machine 2.0
I'm on Twitter
Oh lord. It took me a while to buy into Facebook, and now I have finally brought into Twitter. You can follow me at Parker_PerryUA. I will be tweeting my thoughts as the games and season goes along. I don't know what I am going to say, don't want to use up all my knowledge in tweets and make post boring, but I guess I'll figure it out.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
I Told You So....Leake is the Man
The day I have anticipated since I heard Cueto went down came around today, Mike Leake took the mound for his first start of the season. While everyone worried about loosing these two games because of Bailey and Cueto going down, I laughed and pointed to the pitching depth this great franchise has. People wanted to trade away depth last winter, Thank God they did not.
Mike Leake pitched six innings of two run baseball. The only scoring was off a bloop single in the fifth. Leake kept hitters off balance all night, and while none of his stuff was over powering, he was able to get outs....18 of them to be exact.
Though I predicted seven innings of one run ball, I did not take in to account the fact that the Reds offense has been on fire, and scored eight runs Tuesday night. Because of the large lead Leake was able to settle down, take more chances and pick up the win.
The Reds offense really is impressive. I was in Class for the first few innings of the game today, but was getting updates from back home. My phone was going off the hook for about 30 minuets with all the scoring the Reds were doing. I am in Cleveland Country, but I had to turn around and tell someone the joyous news. Nobody cared besides me, but that was enough.
Thoughts on the Game
BP has an ouchie
BP was pulled in the fifth inning today, it was unclear what was wrong but apparently he went to Baker to tell him that there was no way of him going back out. Cairo came in to do the clean up work, luckily the game was well out of reach by the time BP was out.
OFFENSE
Nothing like scoring a lot of runs while giving up few. The Reds have won their last three games by the count of 24-7 and have the biggest run difference at +18 so far this season.
Bullpen
These guys came in today and shut the door. I love a good bullpen, the Reds have one.
4-0
The best start to the season since the 1990 team. The 1990 team won their first nine games, and of course went on to go wire to wire and win the world series.
Mike Leake pitched six innings of two run baseball. The only scoring was off a bloop single in the fifth. Leake kept hitters off balance all night, and while none of his stuff was over powering, he was able to get outs....18 of them to be exact.
Though I predicted seven innings of one run ball, I did not take in to account the fact that the Reds offense has been on fire, and scored eight runs Tuesday night. Because of the large lead Leake was able to settle down, take more chances and pick up the win.
The Reds offense really is impressive. I was in Class for the first few innings of the game today, but was getting updates from back home. My phone was going off the hook for about 30 minuets with all the scoring the Reds were doing. I am in Cleveland Country, but I had to turn around and tell someone the joyous news. Nobody cared besides me, but that was enough.
Thoughts on the Game
BP has an ouchie
BP was pulled in the fifth inning today, it was unclear what was wrong but apparently he went to Baker to tell him that there was no way of him going back out. Cairo came in to do the clean up work, luckily the game was well out of reach by the time BP was out.
OFFENSE
Nothing like scoring a lot of runs while giving up few. The Reds have won their last three games by the count of 24-7 and have the biggest run difference at +18 so far this season.
Bullpen
These guys came in today and shut the door. I love a good bullpen, the Reds have one.
4-0
The best start to the season since the 1990 team. The 1990 team won their first nine games, and of course went on to go wire to wire and win the world series.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Game 3...SWEEEEEEEEP
Now that is fun. After hearing all year how the Milwaukee Brewers will de-thorn the Reds and to come out and take care of business like the team from Cincinnati did is priceless. The Reds demolished the Brew Crew today with a count of 12-3.
Bronson Arroyo pitched a gem, and was sick with Mono. The guy is a stud and will pitch through anything, including sickness hailing from tounging young hot chicks.
Going through my head just about everyone contributed to the cause, including catcher Ryan Hanigan. Man is it nice to have stud catchers on the team. Those two guys are amazing! The Reds also has a stud in the Minors waiting to come up as soon as one of them gets hurt. Think of all the good teams in the past 20 years, and pretty much all of them will have a catcher who contributes offensively. The Reds have 2. A few thoughts on the Game
Ask and you shall recieve
In the last post, I hoped that Brandon Phillips would come alive and contribute to the sweep today, and boy did he ever. Hitting a three run bomb and putting a good gap between the teams, He deleivered.
Drew Stubbs
Is quickly becoming one of my favorite players. The guy is right where he needs to be, the lead off spot.
SWEEEEP A three game head start from the Brewers is AWESOME. when we look back in September and have a good lead we will see this opening series and say "Phew, glad we took care of bussiness then" trust me.
Off Day; Then my boy LEAKE! Can not wait to see him take the mound. Mike Leake will perfrom well against Houston, I am predicting 7 IP 1 run and 4 hits. Big Red Machine 2.o Yea I went there again.
Bronson Arroyo pitched a gem, and was sick with Mono. The guy is a stud and will pitch through anything, including sickness hailing from tounging young hot chicks.
Going through my head just about everyone contributed to the cause, including catcher Ryan Hanigan. Man is it nice to have stud catchers on the team. Those two guys are amazing! The Reds also has a stud in the Minors waiting to come up as soon as one of them gets hurt. Think of all the good teams in the past 20 years, and pretty much all of them will have a catcher who contributes offensively. The Reds have 2. A few thoughts on the Game
Ask and you shall recieve
In the last post, I hoped that Brandon Phillips would come alive and contribute to the sweep today, and boy did he ever. Hitting a three run bomb and putting a good gap between the teams, He deleivered.
Drew Stubbs
Is quickly becoming one of my favorite players. The guy is right where he needs to be, the lead off spot.
SWEEEEP A three game head start from the Brewers is AWESOME. when we look back in September and have a good lead we will see this opening series and say "Phew, glad we took care of bussiness then" trust me.
Off Day; Then my boy LEAKE! Can not wait to see him take the mound. Mike Leake will perfrom well against Houston, I am predicting 7 IP 1 run and 4 hits. Big Red Machine 2.o Yea I went there again.
Reds Beat Brewers Early, Wood Dominates
Yesterday is what I have been waiting to see all year long. In the first Drew Stubbs was walked, the young man stole second rather easily. That is what I want to see. I can not wait to see that out of my lead off hitter for the rest of the year.
Sure, he tried to take third and was caught, and it was probably not the best idea to even attempt, but he will learn that stuff as we go along. Right now, I am pumped for the one whole in the 2011 season.
But back to the game. Even though Stubbs was thrown out at third, Votto singled and Rolen hit his first home run of the year, 2-0 REDS.
They would add to it in the second, when Drew Stubbs hit a triple scoring catcher Ryan Hanigan from second. 3-0 REDS. Joey Votto would then hit a roller to second that had to be back handed and thrown to first quickly. The ball was in the dirt and Prince Fielder could not make the scope, scoring Stubbs from second. 4-0 REDS.
That would be all the Reds could muster, but it was enough with the phenom on the mound. Travis Wood took care of a great Brewer lineup. Pitching 7 innings and only giving up 4 hits (one being a solo home run), Wood seemed in control the entire way. A great start to the season for the young pitcher out of Arkansas.
Some Thoughts on the game
Brandon Phillips
Despite his sweet look, Phillips has seen trouble at the plate thus far. Striking out twice yesterday, it would be nice to see him go off today and help the Reds SWEEEEP Milwaukee.
Rolen
Told ya so. I mentioned Rolen in my opening day thoughts, and though he did not preform I was happy with his at bats. It paid off early on yesterday when he took Marcum DEEEP
Speaking of Marcum
Marcum who? Yea that starting pitcher from Toronto who was suppose to give the Brewers an edge this season. The Reds have something right now, and Milwaukee is going to need more then they have to stop The Big Red Machine 2.0
The Big Red Machine 2.0
Yea, I said it.
Sure, he tried to take third and was caught, and it was probably not the best idea to even attempt, but he will learn that stuff as we go along. Right now, I am pumped for the one whole in the 2011 season.
But back to the game. Even though Stubbs was thrown out at third, Votto singled and Rolen hit his first home run of the year, 2-0 REDS.
They would add to it in the second, when Drew Stubbs hit a triple scoring catcher Ryan Hanigan from second. 3-0 REDS. Joey Votto would then hit a roller to second that had to be back handed and thrown to first quickly. The ball was in the dirt and Prince Fielder could not make the scope, scoring Stubbs from second. 4-0 REDS.
That would be all the Reds could muster, but it was enough with the phenom on the mound. Travis Wood took care of a great Brewer lineup. Pitching 7 innings and only giving up 4 hits (one being a solo home run), Wood seemed in control the entire way. A great start to the season for the young pitcher out of Arkansas.
Some Thoughts on the game
Brandon Phillips
Despite his sweet look, Phillips has seen trouble at the plate thus far. Striking out twice yesterday, it would be nice to see him go off today and help the Reds SWEEEEP Milwaukee.
Rolen
Told ya so. I mentioned Rolen in my opening day thoughts, and though he did not preform I was happy with his at bats. It paid off early on yesterday when he took Marcum DEEEP
Speaking of Marcum
Marcum who? Yea that starting pitcher from Toronto who was suppose to give the Brewers an edge this season. The Reds have something right now, and Milwaukee is going to need more then they have to stop The Big Red Machine 2.0
The Big Red Machine 2.0
Yea, I said it.
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