This Has To Be a Joke, Part Deux

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Get 'er Dunn
Published 5/18/2008 by Deshawn Zombie (noreply@blogger.com) at 18 to 88
So out of nowhere the Reds post 6 straight wins and 7 of 8. Despite Dusty's best efforts, Adam Dunn continues to rake, and the Redlegs are finally starting to resemble the club that had such a promising spring. Dunn continues to be the most important bat in the Reds lineup. This team can't survive combined Dunn/Griffey slumps, but when Dunn contributes, the pitching is solid enough to string wins together. ...

Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Temple of DOOOOOOOOM!” Edition
Published 5/23/2008 by Sweet Uncle Lou at Hire Jim Essian!
... late-inning bullpen guys suck. Apparently, Ned wets himself when the pressure is on. How can he expect his players not to follow suit? Scalpers of the world, unite! I’m disappointed the guys at TCR missed Maddux’s “drunk” picture. Ryan Theriot gets a lot of grief for being “scrappy,” but his numbers have been damn solid this year. Dusty Baker Update: Still a total dumbass. In ex-Cub news, Jacque Jones is going to be back in the Major ...

Pitching Your Ass & Arm Off
Published 5/23/2008 by Camp Tiger Claw at Walkoff Walk
... and Dusty Baker ordering his power hitters to sacrifice bunt. Baseball wasn't invented by Abner Doubleday after he singlehandedly won the Civil War, either. No, it was a little game that sprung out of other stick and ball games that came over from England; eventually, the original rules were codified by the Knickerbocker Club, a group of players with dominated early baseball until Isiah Thomas' great-great grandfather ran them into the ground. ...

Ten Moves That Helped To Sink Teams
Published 29 days ago by EJ Fagan at MVN Outsider
... pitched 16 2/3 innings with a 7.56 ERA before being jettisoned by Mark Shapiro. By no means is Borowski to blame for the Indian’s injury-laden season, but this was the one move where the Indians have no one to blame but themself. 8. Reds hire Dusty Baker I’m probably a little bias on this one, but what the hell were the Reds thinking? They take one of the most promising young teams in baseball and hand it to Dusty Baker? Should I provide a few links? Reds fans should be scared out of their mind, now ...