Comments on: A Different Drum

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:37:17 +0000

btw, “A Different Drum”, your title for this funathon, was written by, you guessed it, Michael Nesmith (yes of the Monkees) – Linda Rondstat’s first hit. Do yourself a favor and check out Nez’s solo stuff. Videoranch.com. Good stuff.

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:34:02 +0000

Hey, is this real? Do we really have a chance of getting LaRussa? These are my damn Reds. Stop giving me false hopes.

By: Chris Sabo's Goggles

Chris Sabo's Goggles — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:36:02 +0000

I realize that LaRussa isn’t a miracle worker, but do you want to know why I like him — because he’s not Dusty Baker.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:23:34 +0000

I think TLR deserves a lot of credit for what he’s done in St. Louis, but…

He had Mark McGwire when he was more juiced than the starburst factory and now has Albert Pujols. I won’t go into the Pujols drug question because I don’t think that’s fair, but it’s easy to say that Pujols is the best player in the game and has at least been the best in the NL over the past 5 seasons.

Phil Jackson and Bill Bellichick are also great coaches. I’d like to see where they’d be without MJ, Kobe, and Brady. I don’t know how many miracles TLR can pull if he left St. Louis without a superman hitter.

By: The Godfather

The Godfather — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:44 +0000

If the Reds really want Dave Duncan as pitching coach in 2010 they’ll sign his recently released son, Chris, to at least a minor league deal yesterday. It’s a Bob/Aaron Boone-type deal, you have the player, daddy comes following…only with a much, much better daddy as a coach (and for what it’s worth, probably a worse son as a player!).

By: Bob P.westbrook ct

Bob P.westbrook ct — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:57 +0000

A couple years ago they hired Dusty Baker, a man known for not playing youngsters over veterans.Then they hire Walt Jocketty,another man known for trading youth for veterans, riding itself of Wayne K. who if nothing else was a good evaluator of YOUNG talent, not quit sure where you got the youth movement thing from,seems to me the reds are playing more youth now (Bruce,Votto once he proved to be more valueable than Hattiburg,stuck with EE like it or not..bye (Joe Randa) EV,Jonny Ceuto,even Homer. Ryan Hannigan as back-up,Paul Janish,back up, that’s a lot of youth in the last two years.The one posistion that fills your description is CF Corey Travaras, over Cris Dickerson.I’d love to get Duncan and Larussa here but not because they will play the younger guys,but because they will teach and play them correctly.