Opening Day 2008: DBacks at Reds

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Snyder flies out to shallow Jr.

3 outs. 2 errors in that inning cost us bigtime. Frustrating start so far, but hopefully we can gets the bats going early. Its a tough assignment though against BWebb.

[Doppelgänger]

Dammit, we can't give away these runs. I hope it is just opening day jitters.

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Patterson grounds out to 1B on a 3-1 pitch. The sinker is working...

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Ugh. 3-1 and swings at one in on the hands...

[redsrbetter]

Keppinger Ks swinging on the nastiest sinker in baseball diving down and in. Sick.

2 outs

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Lets go Junior!

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0-9 in his career vs Webb

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Webb seems to be struggling with his command a bit. Pressing?

Be patient Reds...

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Nice sinking changeup gets Griffey swinging. 1-2-3 for Webb.

I just hope the second time around, these Reds can bea bit more selective. They seem patient enough already going deep into counts. But hopefully they will know when to expect that nasty sinking changeup.

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Harang Ks Reynolds to start the 2nd inning.

That fastball is so deceptive. They are all fouling it off like crazy.

[Doppelgänger]

back to back!

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Welsh just made an excellent point about JD Drew. The DBacks opt to keep him up with the big club even though he isn't quite ready yet. They allow him to take his lumps here, knowing it will help them later.

Harang gets him swinging. 2 outs

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Upton grounds out to Keppinger. Nice hustle there by Keppinger and a good strong throw to get the speedy Upton.

1-2-3

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Imagine if the Guillen for Harang trade never happened...

Guillen may still be here. We would have never taken on Wily Mo Pena, which got us Arroyo. We would have never taken on Hamilton which got us a great story and Volquez.

WOW!

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BP Ks at a pitch in the dirt. 3 straight for Webb