Chris Sabo’s Goggles

Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Meyers, you have company - Edinson Volquez is flat out nasty.

 Yes, the Reds lost (again), but what can you do when Tim Hudson pitches like he did?

That was a rhetorical question.

There was an article on ESPN today about this weekend’s pitching match-ups.  The Volquez/Hudson match up was one of the games mentioned and someone was so inclined to leave the following comment: 

Edinson Volquez + Dusty Baker = Edinson Volquez done in two years.

Imagine that - a misinformed comment from someone that doesn’t know what they’re talking about.  On the Internet, no less.

I am by no means a Dusty Baker fan, so have a seat and grab your favorite beverage while I defend him for what will surely be the only time this season.

You see, Dusty Baker got the reputation of riding young pitchers into the ground because he did just that with Kerry Wood and Mark Prior.  But you know what, the Cubs were in the middle of a playoff hunt, so he had to ride them.  If he didn’t - no playoffs, Cubbies.

The Reds probably aren’t going to the playoffs this year (there, I said it), so what benefit could Baker possibly have in riding Volquez and Cueto into the ground?

Another rhetorical question.

And now you know why you’ll never see similar, uninformed comments on Chris Sabo’s Goggles.  Because I’ll delete them.

Fortunately, Reds fans are smart and rarely leave uninformed comments. 

Yeah… tell John Fay that.