Cincinnati Reds: Daryl Thompson, Who Is He?

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Daryl Thompson and Wayne Krivisky Will Have Their Revenge On The Kearns Trade Haters
Published 6/22/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
Bleacher Report said: Did anyone know who Daryl Thompson was before today's game against the New York Yankees? I don't think so.Well, I beg to differ. Here's me over a year ago: Daryl Thompson: This guy looks interesting. Despite being injured for much of his rookie league season, he's currently overpowering the competition in low-A ball less than six months after his 21st birthday: 4 starts, 23 innings pitched, 19 strikeouts, 1 walk, an ERA of 0.39, and a 4-0 record. Small sample size? Sure, but his K/BB ratio was ...

Welcome to the Big Leagues
Published 6/22/2008 by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
... impression. The 22-year-old Cincinnati Reds right-hander let the leadoff hitter on in each of his first four innings, with a two-out walk in the fifth, but narrowly escaped trouble every time. Thompson ended up allowing just four hits with two strikeouts, walking four over five shutout innings in his first big league outing, resulting in a 6-0 Reds victory. He may not be able to find his way out of a cardboard box, but he can certainly pitch out of one. [Bleacher Report] | [Major League Report] | [All Things Bubba] ...

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On Deck: Party Like It's 1976

Posted 6/22/2008 on FanHouse

On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchups. Cincinnati Reds (35-41) at New York Yankees (40-35) - 1:05 PM ET A friend of mine ... a Yankee fan no less ... said to me on Friday afternoon that he fully expected the Reds to win two out of three in this series in the Bronx against his Yankees. A pretty amazing statement from a fan of a team who had just won ...

Baseball Notebook: Baseball News Roundup

Posted 6/22/2008 on Baseball, Etcetera

Rookie Thompson Defeats Yankees 6-0 Daryl Thompson made one one of the shakiest debuts in the history of baseball yet managed to escape serious trouble in several innings yesterday as the Reds shutout the Yankees 6-0. He had the bases loaded with no outs in the second inning yet was able to pitch himself out of that jam and others during the game. He did make a rookie mistake of failing to ...

Where's The O?

Posted 6/22/2008 on Depressed Fan

Over the past three games, facing three rookie starters, the Yankees have scored a grand total of four runs. I'll give you the Volquez start, the kid is leading the majors in ERA, but Josh Banks and Daryl Thompson ? The deciding runs scored on another defensive snafu today, but the game was really lost very early on. In the bottom of the second, the Yanks had the bases loaded with no one out, ...

Reds Arms Too Much for Yanks

Posted 6/21/2008 on Green Pinstripes

What started out as a pitchers' duel turned into a disaster. Dan Giese looked good until his arrant throw led to four runs, his counterpart Daryl Thompson put up zeros through five in his Major League-debut and his bullpen mates contributed with four innings of shutdown relief as the Reds blanked the Yanks 6-0 in the Bronx. Is this 2008 or 1976 ? Giese was impressive in his first ...