User comments on how to Fix the Reds

Wow Mike. Do you have some opinions on the Reds? :) I have become an avid fan over the last few years. Mostly agree with you. Hope you are well!

I suggest firing both Mikes...Mike Brown and Mike Clark. As usual, baseball is over by the All-Star Break in Cincy, so I'm going to start now and start the "Fire Mike Brown" brigade before the Bengals suck again. It's time to fire Mike Clark as the Reds never listen to him. I suggest covering "beers".

Dusty is not the issue but hey if they change as long as it isn't the genius then I am ok with it...they are playing hard if not too smart sometimes .... You CANNOT repeat CANNOT send AR down, keep him on the team and play him at 3rd base 3-4 times a week...Jerry H will be like Ryan Freel if you play him everyday ... Send Jared Burton down and let him start or do something for awhile vs. hitting batters bats at an alarming rate ... Send Homer, EE and Prospects to the A's for Matt Holiday and sign him on the cheap before he lights up GABP

....(alias METS fan)....as long as you have as much material to fuel your fixin the reds fire, baseball life is good....

Give every player on the Reds, including Dusty, the same stuff that got Manny suspended. It won't help the team, but it sure will bring a lot more ladies to the park. Poor Manny was too sexy for Boston, but not sexy enough for LA.

Fire Dusty, and hire that new up and comer, Tim Corbley, out of the Marlins Club House to Manage the Team.

....if dusty is the one keeping ronald mcdonald and dickerson (or at elast playing him everyday) then i can get on the dump dusty bandwagon......agree with most of what is said but trade baily for a decent righthanded thumper like holliday)

I just couldn't resist checking out the comments. I hate to see us wasting some good pitching with weak sticks and gloves made of vasoline.

sign adam dunn for 1 year at $9mm
put a fence up over the first base line to protect the fans from EE's throws
if they don't hustle and play hard fire Dusty but I predict they will play hard
Where is Corey?

when the reds win with dusty, please acknowledge you were wrong
votto phillips gonzo ee
new guy tavaras bruce
78-82 rock on

you are one super funny guy!!!!! i am going to put clarksremrks.com on my favorites!!!!

Reds are moving in the right direction, though would imagine this will be Dusty's last year as manager. Next season, it's Oquendo or the master himself LaRussa. This year, I like the way the Reds have improved themselves defensively and the fact that they've added speed to the line-up. Now that they've got some decent young pitching, they'll need to manufacture runs and won't have to rely on the home run derby all of the time. I'd move Bailey for a solid everyday veteran with playoff experience who can teach what it takes to win - won't come from Dusty.

BAKER IS NOT THE PROBLEM
TAVARES MOST LIKELY IS ONLY SMIDGEN BETTRER THAN PATTERSON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT
STILL NO RH HITTER TO PROTECT BRUCE AND THE CANADIAN. COULD WIN 85 IF CLOSER IS BETTER
SOME TEAMS CAN WIN WITH JUST A GOOD CLOSER, REDS CANNOT-TOO SMALL MARGIN FOR ERROR
IF THEY HAVE LEAD IN THE 9TH, NEED TO WIN 99%, NOT 88%

trade bailey for a righthanded hitter, perhaps dye or nady (plus some more), third, who should manage the team.....?

Jocketty will fire Dusty by the middle of next year if Reds aren't playing strong baseball, regardless of talent level. Dusty's teams have always seemed a little relaxed on the field and sloppy as well - mental mistakes and poor fundamentally. Have watched the Cardinals make the most of what they've had for years by playing the game as it was meant to be played. Watch for Jocketty to hire the "secret weapon" Jose Oquendo, who'll be one of the best managers in baseball given his understudy role in St. Louis and his bond with the latin players.

Reds are in much better shape with Jocketty at the helm. I grew up in St. Louis and have been a lifelong Cardinal fan, so I'm very familiar with how he runs things, what he expects, and the trades he makes. Already the Reds have improved defensively at catcher (key to any team hoping to make the playoffs - see Molina with the Cardinals), they've significantly upgraded their pitching, and they've gotten younger and hungrier. Unfortunately until they redo Great American and make it a little harder to hit home-runs, they'll continue to struggle - nothing is more deflating than blown games, and nothing is more distracting to a pitcher than the fear that a pop fly could add three runs to the score. Reds beat the Brewers recently 11-2 with all 11 runs coming via 7 homers. That's not baseball - that's silly. My advice - put the fences back or create Cincinnati's own "green monster." Add a quality starter to the rotation, and let Dusty Baker's contract run out - he's playing out his career and lacks the energy to inspire his young players - take a risk and hire the secret weapon, Jose Oquendo, current third base coach for St. Louis who has tutored under Tony La Russa all these years.

what....nothing about trying to change your mojo of your team by coming in spikes high to the opposing teams heart and soul vacuum like fielding/non-hitting shortstop...and then starting a fist fight with him....with someone that has the IQ of a house plant that has 50 pounds on him.....OK, so I haven't been able to let go of the Buddy Harrelson incident...give me a few more years...

Thank you for taking the words out of my mouth. As much as I have defended Adam Dunn over the years, I think it might be wise to let him go after this year. I just don't think he is worth the 15-18 million a year he is going to want.

I agree with everything else on the Clark plan. As much as I like baseball......... Bring on the NFL!!!!!

-Move Votto up in the order and leave him
-Trade Bailey with Griffey and maybe his "upside" at being only 22 will help get someone that may be a good player in 3 years
-Trade Arroyo to whoever would take him (he doesn't want to be here and will improve once gone)
-Gonzalez won't be back this year so put Harriston at short and Keppinger at third.
-Make Phillips the Captain now and to hell with what other players think
-And finally, for the love of god, release Corey "a nice guy, who Baker is in love with but he stinks" Patterson

You have some awesome material out there. If you can't laugh at the Reds, who can you laugh at :)

My next suggestion for Reds entertainment is to have a three headed manager by committee. I think Moe, Larry and Curly could continue the fun on the field, but also bring their expertise in slapstick and perfect comedic timing that Dusty lacks.

Don't sign Dunn (3 words that summarize about 10 or so emails to me that they don't want Adam Dunn)