Reds' Bailey adding up no-hitters - like idol Ryan - Yahoo! Sports

Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey celebrates after pitching a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game, Tuesday, July 2, 2013, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati won 3-0. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Not exactly the best way for the Giants to go cruising into the All-Star break -- five games under .500 and all -- but hey, why not? The wheels have really come off for this team and right now, they show no signs whatsoever of turning this thing around.

from Yahoo Sports:
Reds' Bailey adding up no-hitters - like idol Ryan - Yahoo! Sports:

''It was a pretty easy no-hitter,'' Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. ''We didn't hit too many balls hard. There weren't any tough plays. We only hit a couple balls decent. He was really overmatching us all night.''

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A no-playoff berth defense of the title seems like a pretty good bet right about now.


Dead last in the division. But hey, only three games back as of today. 

According to Cool Baseball Standings calculations http://www.coolstandings.com/baseball_standings.asp?i=1
a 17.5% chance of making the playoff as either divisional champ or wild-card.


I feel better already. Maybe we need another one of these...

from sportsgrid.com
http://www.sportsgrid.com/mlb/hunter-pence-speech-transcript/

So, what did Pence say, exactly? Shortly after Game 3, Giants third base coach Tim Flannery posted this transcript on Facebook, which we’ve [sic'd].

“get in here, everyone get in here..look into each other eyes..now! look into each others eyes, I want one more day with you, it’s the most fun, the best team I have ever been on said the Reverend Hunter Pence. ” and no matter what happens we must not give in, we owe it to each other, play for each other, I need one more day with you guys, I need to see what Theriot (jerry) will wear tomorrow, I want to play defense behind Vogelsong because he’s never been to the playoffs..play for each other not yourself, win each moment, win each inning, it’s all we have left”…………for me an old coach it moved me like I have never been moved before…purity, real, passion, soul. the last of the holdouts this Pence..no arrows being shot, no hey look at me, no spotlight on me, no dance but “play for each other”…honor the game the game honors you..don’t know where and when it ends, but tonight I was proud to be together as a team, in a hostile environment, with just us..brothers that play for the name on the front, not the name on the back.”

or one of these...

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