Gee, thanks for the physiology lessons. I really enjoyed readin....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It's not my fault you suuckle Verducci's nutsack. If you subscribe to his "theories", by all means, gobble him up.

I don't recall saying that if a pitcher can't throw a full season he doesn't belong in the Major Leagues. Can you copy and paste that comment from me? What I DID say was that Chapman, who has pitched as a starter his entire professional career before the Reds signed him, should be conditioned to last a full season and NOT limited by innings.

Don't feel discouraged by missing my subtleties. You're ignorant, thus forgiven.

I said that all the money Castellini could spend in the world and all the trades Walt could make wouldn't buy a lick of fan appreciation of the team doesn't win. Not even 15 games into the season and people have started to turn if not already. I'll just pat myself the back for that truth.

"how many starts should chapman get this year ?"

20, I've never been afraid of a direct question.

What does pfffft mean? I've never been giddy for Dusty but if you want to touch yourself I'd say go big or go home.

".i was thinking 23 or 24"

He'd be around that since he will most likely make a few preliminary starts in AAA first.

"you were a major earl apologist ..now you are backing off"

Nonsense. That's just been an argumentative fallacy I've endured from you. Most of the time I've come to his defense has been more on the behalf of logic , reason, ration , and/or cause. I've mentioned numerous times that I don't want him as the Reds manager but at the same time he's not the cause of every Reds loss.

well, inning limits are used throughout the majors, so i guess you should go teach all those managers and gms a thing or two. s#ck on verduccis nut sack? i guess that is the euphemism for reading these days. you crazy kids. you've got the world on a string, man! go tell bob right now, 200ip for chapman or bust this year.

I like lecure, but Andrusak is the RH set up guy in the pen
and I wouldn't bump him for Lecure. Andrusak was dominant last year
until he got a sore arm and then was ineffective.
I am not sure Lecure wouldn't be as good as Leake or Bailey
if he was a starter.

The Reds look unprepared for MLB. I wonder if the move to Arizona (high altitude, dry climate, etc) has reduced their preparation. Did they play better 3 years ago?

They weren't paying guys 50-100mm either...Forget about the logic in this and the players perceived inability to do it.Of course they can do it...It's all about the investment...Nothing more nothing less.

Of course they can do it...It's all about the investment...Nothing more nothing less.
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That's exactly what I said.

So tell it to Verducci's sister on this thread.

perhaps, but are any of those problems solved by having chapman start at the mlb level right now?

wec27......................................

Yes, In my opinion, had Chapman been in the mix from the start of the season, which he had earned by his good Spring, it would have given the rotation a whole different look and had he pitched in Homer's spot we might have had a different outcome in one early game as to where our starter would have given the opposing offense a different view and certainly cooled off all their lefties and had made it so the righties had to make adjustments and then there could have even been a carry over effect when Mike Leake pitched the following day. I think if Chapman had made 2 starts I think we could possibly have a winning record.

--13 games in we are waking up a little--

Yep, I couldn't believe what I was hearing on the radio today. Home runs. Runs. Scoring. By the Reds. I thought they would make Wainwright look like Cy Young today, but they didn't. Reds finally won one. I was sure glad to hear Marty say, "This one belongs to the Reds." He may not be saying it very often. Have to relish the wins when they come.

Reds double up the Cardinals' B lineup today 6-3. Hair boy gave them 8 innings. A nice game. Too bad I couldn't watch it on TV.