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Joey Votto Treats Heckler With The Appropriate Level Of Respect
By now, hecklers should know better than to mess with Reds first baseman Joey Votto. There are enough documented instances of him clowning opposing fans (and Cincinnati’s own) that the best strategy is to just let him be. One Angels fan at Tuesday night’s game chose not to do that, and although it’s...
Joey Votto Acts Exceedingly Polite To Pitcher Who Just Plunked Him
Joey Votto, who has shown in the past that he can be as rude or polite as he wants to be, chose to be courteous Tuesday night after getting thwacked in the side with a baseball. Why get angry when your team’s up 6-0, anyway?...
Lazy Baseball Nicknames Helped The Reds Beat The Indians
The Indians suffered a pretty humiliating loss to the Reds Tuesday night, surrendering seven runs in the ninth inning for a 7-4 defeat. The fatal blow came from Joey Votto, who plated three runs with a bases-loaded double against newly entered right-handed reliever Dan Otero....
Brewers And Reds Engage In Grade D Beef During Home Plate Conversation<em></em>
The Brewers and Reds must have been getting antsy in their respective dugouts on Thursday night, because the teams mutually decided to hold their seventh-inning stretch a few innings early. Normally, the benches clear in baseball when there’s some sort of a confrontation, or a threat of violence. B...
Joey Votto "Terribly Ashamed" Of Saying Semi-Rude Things About Canada
Reds first baseman Joey Votto is a fantastic baseball player, a charmingly prickly dude, and a Canadian. Those last two things converged recently to produce one of his more memorable quotes, in which he explained that he really doesn’t give a shit about Canada....
Joey Votto Performs A Public Service, Robs Eagles Fan Of Happiness
Reds first baseman Joey Votto, who loves to punk and clown doofuses, performed a good deed during Monday’s Reds-Phillies game when he snatched up the remaining dignity of a guy in an Eagles jersey....
Joey Votto Is Having Himself A Week
The cool thing about Joey Votto is that he never stops being Joey Votto, and that’s what makes him one of the most peculiar and entertaining stars in baseball. He’s the slugging first baseman who chokes up on his bat and seems to love a walk more than a hit; he’s the guy who can force a team into pl...
Joey Votto Cares Not For Cubs' Four-Outfielder Shift, Hits Double
Like anyone who can boast a 166 wRC+, Joey Votto does a lot of impressive shit. (For the record, there are only three other players who meet the minimum for plate appearances and can boast a 166 wRC+ right now.) Here is one such example: the Cubs trying to use a four-man outfield shift on Votto, onl...
Joey Votto Heckles Heckler
Reds first baseman Joey Votto, who every now and then participates in the clowning of a lunkhead, engaged in repartee with an Indians fan at Monday’s game in Cincinnati....
Joey Votto Owned Me
On June 1, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto had a triple slash of .213/.330/.404. I wrote an article expressing the opinion that, at the time, he was bad. A lot has changed since then. Joey Votto, like he did to the buffoon in the Reds shirt at last night’s game, has owned me....
Joey Votto Owns Clown-Ass Reds Fan
Don’t try to pull any shit on Joey Votto. Asking for some charity while sitting in some expensive seats? That’ll get you a taste of Joey Votto’s praxis. Trying to catch a foul ball and getting in Votto’s way? He’ll pull your card. ...
Joey Votto Sucks Right Now And The Reds Will Have To Pay Him Forever
The Cincinnati Reds have been complete dogshit this season, but the most concerning decline has been their first baseman. Joey Votto’s power is missing in 2016. His hitting is, too....
The Voice Of This Reds Fan Yelling Joey Votto's Name Will Never Leave You
Millennia from now, when humanity is extinct, the winds cease, and the face of the earth is ravaged, what little remains are left of Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati will still carry one eternal sound:...
Joey Votto's Doing A Thing Now
Baseball players are creatures of routine. During yesterday’s game, Joey Votto unveiled a new one: leaning on his bat between pitches....
Joey Votto Gets Tossed, Goes Berserk, Has To Be Held Back By Ump
The Reds may be approximately one million games out of the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean Joey Votto is mailing it in. In the middle of an at-bat during the 8th inning of tonight’s game against the Pirates, Votto was unhappy that home plate ump Bill Welke didn’t grant him time and/or made a bad str...
Joey Votto Walked On Three Balls; Everything Is A Lie
Joey Votto only needed three balls to get on base in Sunday’s game, because no one caught the mistake. Sunday baseball’s full of rogues who don’t even respect pitch counts. Everyone’s too laid-back....
Brandon Phillips Thinks Getting On Base Is Overrated
Hold on to your butts: baseball season must be approaching, because someone's saying dumb things about the value of getting on base. And, surprise, it's a guy who doesn't do it very often....
Joey Votto's Clean Locker Prompts Trade Speculation
Reds first baseman Joey Votto really shouldn't maintain such a tidy locker. When he does, people start to think he's leaving Cincinnati....
Carlos Gomez Steals Go-Ahead Home Run On Leaping Catch For Final Out
This is a pretty impressive way to end a baseball game. With two out in the top of the ninth and closer Francisco Rodriguez on the mound for the Brewers, Joey Votto sends K-Rod's 2-2 offering deep to center field for what looked to be a two-run home run that would give the Reds a 5-4 lead. ...