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:-):-):-):-):-)
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Arroyo cleared waivers. Looks like we're on the hook for his contract.
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Looks like the Alonso experiment is back on in LF. I wish this organization would make up their mind. Play him in LF, send him down to play 3b, or just trade him outright. It's starting to get old.
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I am glad they are playing him. Dude can hit.
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But he's worse than Dunn in LF.
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Stubbs back in the lead-off and back to batting .250. What is Dusty doing? The kid has his average go down batting lower in the order so he moves him back to the leadoff? :-) :-) :-) :-)

1 K away from 160 and 13 up on the next closest. :-)
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Bruce is having a career year. If only he could learn to be consistent, he'd be up there with Votto. Monster May and a great August, yet the rest of the season is horrid.
At least he's better than Stubbs.:-)
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If his April, June and July weren't complete trash he could be having a much better season. He just passed the 12 homeruns he hit in May with 14 for the rest of the season. His consistency is crap, and he is still on pace for 150+ homeruns. I'll be interested to see where his stats go when Votto and Phillips leave in a few seasons. I am not sure he can handle being the focus of the team. :-)
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Phillips better not be leaving. He's the face of the organization imho. I know Votto's gonna be gone soon, but if they let BP go, I'm gonna be seriously p!ssed. That would be like the Yankees telling Jeter to go to hell.
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Agreed.
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Not even close to the Jeter analogy, he had more than double the years with the Yankees and has a handful of rings with them as well. He has had very admirable seasons here but he certainly doesn't have the persona that Jeter does in New York and the MLB :-)

He is the face of the franchise per-se, but does a player who is an All-Star and Gold Glover want to stay in Cincinnati for possibly less money than he could get elsewhere playing for a contender? :-)
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I'm not comparing BP to Jeter stat-wise nor does he bring anywhere near the media presence that Jeter does. No, BP will never be even close to Jeter, I agree. But he does the same thing when it comes to PR. BP is the one who sticks around and meets the fans. He's the guy who the front office calls on when they need someone to make an appearance for the team. He's the one who goes to all the fan events. He's the one who holds contests for the fans and interacts with them in ways the rest of the team doesn't do.

Brandon has a love for the town of Cincinnati and I do believe he would play for this team even though he gets a higher offer from somewhere else (as long as Cincy doesn't low-ball him). The only team I could see him wanting to go to over the Reds is Atlanta b/c that's where his family is.
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Yeah, Brandon has said before that he wants to be a Red for life. I have confidence in Jocketty/Castellini that they won't low ball a superstar/gold glover. This isn't retard Mike Brown after all.
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Reds win! Reds win! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
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Cordero is a turd & almost blew another game for the redlegs
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He'll be off the books next year anyways. With many in Cincy clamoring for the young guys to take over the catcher spot, LF, SS, and 3B, I'm wondering why we're not hearing about seeing what someone else can do in the closer spot (please not Chapman).
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Did he get the save? Oh yeah, he did. :-):-):-):-):-)

He has only blown 6 this year.
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12.5 games back :-) :-) :-)
3rd place, only 3 games below .500


Drew Stubbs adds one to his league leading total, no hits either. :-)
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