Respect the Harang!

Going into tonight's game, Aaron Harang had reached 10 strikeouts on six different occasions.

Tonight, he eclipsed his personal best by two, going 8 1/3 innings, giving up only 1 ER, and 1 BB, while recording those 12 strikeouts. I think it is about the time that people take notice of what Harang has accomplished, and what he is capable of doing. I keep hearing people talk about how he's capable of being a good third starter. Well let me say that he's better than that, and will be even better than he is now, and could do it for any team. He's the Reds' number one (kinda, sorta "tied" with Arroyo) and I think he could easily be a number two even on the teams that have the best pitching. (Not that I want to see him anywhere but in a Reds uni.) He has an ERA under 2 in his last four starts, with tons of Ks, and very few BBs (10 overall)... and apparently he can hit too, going 2-4 tonight.

I'm not predicting any imminent Cy Young Awards, I'm just saying that he's **** good. I think it's time for people to stop calling him Adam Harang... I've heard that twice already this year from various sports programs - At the very least, get the man's name right.

Dunner hit a homer, thank you Shannon for the $1. The Reds won 7-1, thank you Shannon for the second $1.

I thoroughly enjoyed game chat and smack talking with Red Hot Mama over at her website tonight. (www.red-hot-mama.com) We were joined by Rox Girl, and were extremely happy to have things go differently than they did last evening.

The moral of the post? Start respecting Aaron Harang.

Enough said.

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Sister Daealus brought something to my attention.
Aaron Harang currently leads MLB in strikeouts. Yes, that's more than Glavine, Martinez, or Randy Johnson - More than anyone.
I knew he was up there, but I didn't know he held the lead!

Yes, that's A-a-r-o-n H-a-r-a-n-g. Write that down.
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