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Cueto lays an Easter egg
The egg Johnny Cueto laid on the pitcher’s mound at Ed Smith Stadium on Easter Sunday was probably the biggest egg in Sarasota.
The normally unhittable and under control rookie righthander was a one-man disaster area in only two-thirds of an inning against the Tampa Bay Rays.
He gave up five runs, three hits, five walks. He threw 41 pitches and only 18 were strikes, three of which were jolted for a three-run homer, a two-run double and another double.
His outing was worse than the numbers.
After the Rays reached him for a double, walk and Carlos Pena’s three-run homer, he retired the next two. Then he issued another walk, earning him a visit from pitching coach Dick Pole. He immediately threw four more straight balls for another walk.
When it was 5-0 with a runner on second and two outs, Cueto threw two straight balls to Matt Garza and somebody in the stands yelled, “C’mon, Johnny, that’s the pitcher batting.”
Said Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, “Wasn’t that (Reds general manager) Wayne Krivsky yelling?”
And somewhere back in the Reds’ clubhouse, Homer Bailey was stifling a wide grin and probably thinking, “See, kid. It isn’t that easy.”
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By Rob
March 25, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
Something of interest regarding Cueto. Definiely spirit lifting after a rough performance. http://saberscouting.com/2008/03/25/johnnycuetoreport/
By Y-City Jim
March 23, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this
I’m not sweating one bad performance from the kid. He will likely come away from it a smarter pitcher.
By Ted Lawson
March 23, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
Everyone soured on Baily rather quickly. I hope Cueto can handle it too.In all my years of watching and being a dieard Reds fan, I’ve yet to see a perfect pitcer.