The reaction on this blog to the Reds' reported $2.5M, one-year deal with Ryan Ludwick has been...

The reaction on this blog to the Reds' reported $2.5M, one-year deal with Ryan Ludwick has been overwhelmingly negative

The Reds are Lud-ites: Making sense of the Ryan Ludwick signing

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We should trade for him

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by tonoxtono on Jan 17, 2012 12:27 PM PST reply actions

i wonder if he tanks the reds as bad as the padres and pirates

both teams were in first place when he was acquired and then got mauled by the ugly-stick once he started playing.

as a fourth outfielder he’s not so bad, except he doesn’t really do any one thing exceptionally well at this point in his career. he’s an extreme flyball/line drive hitter though, so if there’s anywhere he can succeed it would be on the reds.

by iheartyourfart on Jan 17, 2012 12:35 PM PST reply actions

Great American Ballpark does look for him to be his best chance at success

To be fair though, the Pirates suckitude started just before he was acquired. the first 3 or 4 games of that streak happened before he even played for them.

Perhaps it was a combination of Correia and Ludwick that led to greater suckage.

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by Nater Tater on Jan 17, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions

Luddy will crush it

in the Great American Smallpark

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

by Hormel on Jan 17, 2012 1:36 PM PST up reply actions

Either directly, or indirectly

We ruin everything! Bwahahaha.

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by Padres_Hobo on Jan 17, 2012 1:19 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

The worst thing is...

if he does extraordinarily well next season…as this always seems to happen to the Padres.

Where in the world is Khalil?

by TheVinylCrocodile on Jan 17, 2012 3:04 PM PST reply actions

If he does well

It’ll have nothing to do with the Padres. It’s all him and that retardedly small park the Reds play in. He hated playing here and didn’t do much to hide that in his attitude or his play. Nothing the Pads could have done to change that short of a lobotomy.

by athletics68 on Jan 17, 2012 5:06 PM PST up reply actions

it worked for james loney

by iheartyourfart on Jan 17, 2012 7:02 PM PST up reply actions

I don't recall his attitude being that bad...

His play wasn’t awesome, but I don’t remember him having the same attitude that Nevin and Klesko had.

by Zen Blade on Jan 18, 2012 3:52 AM PST up reply actions

I recall a fair amount of whinning about how "big" PETCO is...

But yea he wasn’t Klesko bad…

by athletics68 on Jan 18, 2012 8:31 AM PST up reply actions

yeah wasn't the whole team

in on it as well? i remember Jed having to make some comments about the general attitude toward Petco

by padres8 on Jan 18, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions

#whinning

/day made

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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 18, 2012 1:56 PM PST up reply actions

I'll get to see him quite a bit this season and I'll be rooting for him.

I never understood all the hate.

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by TheThinGwynn on Jan 17, 2012 3:22 PM PST reply actions

unlike a lot of people last season, i liked him

he worked hard. he hit a ton of fly outs last season at petco that would have been homers in cincy. i bet he does great next season.

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by derntootin on Jan 17, 2012 4:40 PM PST up reply actions

You watch baseball games in which the Padres do not play???

You are dead to me. You hear that, TTG??? DEAD!!!!

by Zen Blade on Jan 18, 2012 3:53 AM PST up reply actions

You already claimed his stuff

Stop trying to rush his demise.

Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.

by Friar Fever on Jan 18, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs