One Red was not so quick to credit Halladay. Orlando Cabrera thought home plate umpire John Hirschbeck had a lot to do with Halladay's no-hitter.
"It was a bad combination with John back there," Cabrera said. "He gave him every single pitch. A guy like Halladay feeds off that. It makes it nearly impossible with a guy like that. He can hit every single corner, and he was low in the zone."
"He and the umpire threw a no-hitter. Another umpire and another zone, he wouldn't have been able to throw a game like that. Basically, he was getting every pitch. We had no chance."
This should be a good matchup. Lincecum can dominate with the best of him, but he has also had a month stretch this year where he pitched very badly. Lowe can be a pitcher that dominates with few pitches and all ground balls, or become very unlucky where ground balls keep finding holes even though they are not hit hard.Today's Matchups
Rangers @ Rays
Game 2 (TBS ) 2:37pm ET
TEX: C.J. Wilson
TB: J. Shields
Rangers lead series 1-0
Yankees @ Twins
Game 2 (TBS) 6:07pm ET
NYY: A. Pettitte
MIN: C. Pavano
Yankees lead series 1-0
Braves @ Giants
Game 1 (TBS) 9:37pm ET
ATL: D. Lowe
SF: T. Lincecum
Did anyone listen to Colin Cowherd today?
He had an interesting stat on the Reds. Throughout the regular season, the Reds have losing records to all of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place NL teams. Instead, they earned the bulk of their regular season wins against the lousiest teams in the league. It also helps that they play in the worst division in Baseball and they play in an offense-friendly ballpark.
Does this make them a fraud?
Did anyone listen to Colin Cowherd today?
He had an interesting stat on the Reds. Throughout the regular season, the Reds have losing records to all of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place NL teams. Instead, they earned the bulk of their regular season wins against the lousiest teams in the league. It also helps that they play in the worst division in Baseball and they play in an offense-friendly ballpark.
Does this make them a fraud?
It does not make them a fraud at all. It makes you wonder if they can play with the big boys, but they are certainly not a fraud. And they can eliminate all questions by beating the Phillies in this series.
Sandra
Ok, so they won their division. Is that really a crown of honor? It's a terrible division. Someone had to win it. The stats prove they can't beat a team with a winning record. That's kind of fraud-ish to me.
They are facing Halladay. It was nearly impossible to win game 1. There best chance will be against Oswalt as he has been very inconsistent this year
Unfortunately, it isn't...when he pitched for Houston, the Reds were something like 1-12 against him!!!...
Oswalt has had the Reds number for a long time, but I'm hoping tomorrow he gets a busy signal!!!...
I'm sure it does to someone from Cleveland...
And someone needs to tell St. Louis that they are in a "terrible" division...I'm sure they don't know that!!!...
I'm surprised, with all your recent adversity I thought you Ohio guys would stick together..Did anyone listen to Colin Cowherd today?
He had an interesting stat on the Reds. Throughout the regular season, the Reds have losing records to all of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place NL teams. Instead, they earned the bulk of their regular season wins against the lousiest teams in the league. It also helps that they play in the worst division in Baseball and they play in an offense-friendly ballpark.
Does this make them a fraud?
I'm surprised, with all your recent adversity I thought you Ohio guys would stick together..
Us Clevelanders don't recognize Cincinnati as a part of Ohio.
Apples & Oranges. Earning a berth in the Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl is just a tad bit different than qualifying for the MLB playoffs.Someone from the Big East is going to make a Bowl game. Does that mean whoever comes out of that division isn't a fraud? Like the Reds, they beat up on lousy competition, but they lose against above average teams.
So how are the Cavs going to do this year?
Apples & Oranges. Earning a berth in the Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl is just a tad bit different than qualifying for the MLB playoffs.