Joe

Self-government won’t work without self-discipline

[Joe @joebaseball]

@LanceMcAlister Man, what’s happened to you, Lance. Nobody knew Elly was nursing a leg injury last year and the Reds were better with a compromised Elly than without. He still was contributing to the team. Do ya think Sparky told Pete to grab some pine bc he needs a break?

[Joe @joebaseball]

@AnalyticsSaidSo Whoa whoa whoa! Who started this dumb comparison? Mis has 153 innings under his belt and we’re comparing him to Nolan Ryan?! Why? I suggest comparing Mis to someone like Dwight Gooden or Fernando for now.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@Clay_sno I saw Jorge play a lot in Dayton. He’s an exciting player. Reminds me of Javier Baez in that he tends to swing at everything, but when he connects the ball jumps.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@Jmazzio1993 @Clay_sno Jorge is no longer a SS. Arroyo is likely the SS beyond Elly.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@LanceMcAlister I’m not sure what you mean by unfair. It’s the bigs. Other teams do this all the time. The Reds have actually been very patient with Petty since they acquired him.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@AugieNash I did a study on Boyer with special focus on comparing him to his contemporaries. Boyer was basically the Scott Rolen of his time. He deserves to be in the National Baseball HOF.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@Super70sSports Ken Rudolph

[Joe @joebaseball]

@MLBNow Dwight Gooden 1985 or Guidry 1978.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@uscfan981 Ted Simmons, until recently.

[Augie Nash @AugieNash]

#OTD 1967 - The Cardinals draft future Hall of Famer Ted Simmons in the first round (10th overall pick) of the amateur draft.

#STLCards

[Joe @joebaseball]

@LanceMcAlister A great signing by Krall and company. Getting Bleday and Lowe for chump change has saved their offense.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@MLBNow Gene Tenace or Darrell Porter. I’d go with Tenace as # 1

[Joe @joebaseball]

@AugieNash The Babe so badly wanted to be a manager, so he took the job as coach with the Dodgers on the hope it would lead to a manager spot.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@CBoxSports This is totally on ownership. I know some of you think Nick Krall is incompetent, but it’s not him, but rather ownership. I think Krall has done a decent job with what ownership gives him. Look at all the players he’s brought in you’ll find only a few duds. @LanceMcAlister

[Joe @joebaseball]

@CodifyBaseball Bill Mazoroski’s WS winning home run sailed over the head of Yankee left fielder….Yogi Berra.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@MLBNow August 1938

[Joe @joebaseball]

@RedsFan_Brandon @bryce_spalding Two weeks ago I saw him hit one over the Dragon’s scoreboard. It was jaw dropping.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@ToneHun @RedsFan_Brandon He’s got some work to do on defense.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@bryce_spalding I saw this HR live and the height and distance was jaw-dropping. The highest, longest and most majestic HR I’ve seen at that ballpark.

[Joe @joebaseball]

@tangotiger Hitting a baseball probably is the most difficult single act in sports, but as far as playing, I just can’t get past the fact that those hockey players are on ice!