Hello All!

Let me first start off my saying that I’m sorry I haven’t been able to post an blogs for awhile. I went down to Florida for a week, caught two reds games, and have been busy busy ever since. Anyways…

Well Jacque, you’re not the only one who is lost. Every Reds fan is lost as to why in the world you haven’t been cut yet. As if a .141 BA and a below .250 OBP wasn’t bad enough last year, you are hitting a wopping .105 in Spring Training with a .171 OBP. HOW HAVENT YOU BEEN CUT YET?!? Not only havent you been cut yet, you have got the 4th most AB’s on the team! Go ahead and cut him Dusty so Gomes and Taveras can get more AB’s. What do you think the chances of Jacque making the opening day roster? With Dusty at the healm, i’d say 292939%.

Since my last post, cuts have been made but no one significant or surprising. More recently the two players you have actually probably heard of (HAHA) that got cut were Daryle Ward and Juan Francisco. They both got optioned down to AAA, Juan being for the purpose of getting some AAA time and Daryle to get some extra practice. My guess is that Daryle Ward, once he has found his swing, will get called up to be that Left handed pitch hitter of the bench. But hey… if Micah Owings can hit, which he can, do we need him??

We all know the comments that Spring Training mean nothing and blah blah blah but take a look at the battle for the #5 spot. Both Owings, 1.23 ERA 14 IP 16 SO, and Homer, 2.25 ERA 14IP and 12 SO, have pitched great. Owings has looked like he has fully recovered from his surgery and Homer really looks as though he has found his control. My opinion, give Owings the starting job and put Homer in the bull pen.. but we’ll see that happens!

Imagine that picture with the players wearing nationals uniforms instead of yankees uniforms and number 11 being number 32.

Then go ahead and say this over and over..

Swing and a miss.

                  Swing and a miss.

          Swing and a miss.

Anyone watching the WBC is going to see alot of that from team USA’s left fielder, Adam Dunn. I saw that Adam Dunn was asked to be in the WBC after an injury to Brad Hawpe, and have been asking myself WHY ever since. My first reaction is WHO IN THE WORLD IS BRAD HAWPE?! I looked up his stats, and although they aren’t bad (.283 avg in 08 with 25 yacks and 85 RBI’s), are they worth an invite to the WBC?? There is no other player better than Hawpe that we could invite?? Not only was Hawpe a huge mystery but when he got injured, they replaced him with the imfamous Adam Dunn. I can’t express how much I laughed out loud when I heard he made the WBC. Expect Dunn to swing and miss, swing and miss, and swing and miss some more. Can’t wait for the world to see what an atheltic, well polished left fielder looks like.

Team USA is DOOMED!

Other RT news, how about Bailey and Owings?? They have looked pretty good in their starts, especially Bailey. Has he figured it out and turned it around?? I wouldn’t be so sure of anything yet.