I'm not going to accuse the ump in the Reds-Cubs game of betting the OVER but......

[mtneer1212]

Ed Rapuano has a strike zone the size of a tomato can today....... Rich Harden 40 pitches, no runs, no hits, 3 walks in the first -- Lehr with a lead off walk -- both pitchers staring in disbelief.

I bet the Cubs -1.5, so no action of the total, but wow........

[bettilimbroke999]

He just called a strikeout on a pitch a foot outside

[mtneer1212]

yup, just saw that -- maybe he is just having a bad day

[bettilimbroke999]

The announcers said he tried to paint the corner on a 3-2 pitch to the pitcher and oh he caught the corner and struck him out 3 up 3 down

Seems to be callin the game pretty well neither pitcher is findin the zone right now

[mtneer1212]

I still contend that no one has any idea where the strike zone is today -- Harden has 80 pitches in 2 2/3 so far...... and there have been 5 pitches that were head shakers that were called ball.

[bettilimbroke999]

Ed Rapuano has a strike zone the size of a tomato can today....... Rich Harden 40 pitches, no runs, no hits, 3 walks in the first -- Lehr with a lead off walk -- both pitchers staring in disbelief.

I bet the Cubs -1.5, so no action of the total, but wow........

Wow trading Harden for Stephens, that's like a bad beat in itself, 1 run through 4 innings of Harden 3 runs through 1 out of Stephens

[mtneer1212]

Whew -- I escaped with a W. And I thought the zone got bigger when the total hit 10........ maybe it's just my warped mind, but.......

[bettilimbroke999]

Nice hit , that 9th inning got a lil wild but nice to see Marmol pull it together to strike out Votto

[CarpeDime]

Whew -- I escaped with a W. And I thought the zone got bigger when the total hit 10........ maybe it's just my warped mind, but.......

you mean when the total hit 9 (4-4 tied). the game total was 8.5, I was on the under.....very suspicious.....will be careful about Rapuano games from now on


"Rapuano" that's a fishy fukkin name, sounds like a gangster