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    Re: Fire on Fire

    I wonder why there are so many members of this forum who don't post often. Its posts like these that make me wonder that. Surely there are 10's or 100s of posters out there with brilliant things to say and share with everyone here, yet they don't let their voices be heard. Thank you, PressBox, for taking the chance to come out and let your voice be heard. It truly was a remarkable post.
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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Excellent post! I agree totally. I like you also havent been to a game this year or last. Last year I had surgery and when i could go the Reds were so out of it I didnt bother. This year my feeling is why spend 2 hours driving to the game to get mad then drive 2 hours home. You should post more often if only to bless this forum with your wisdom.

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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph
    If any post ever deserved positive rep it's this one. He may gain all 200 needed rep points in one day.
    It would be well deserved

    Great post PressBox, please post more..we're very friendly around here, don't let some threads give you the wrong impression
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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Awesome article, Pressbox. Simply awesome. It's as if you dug into my mind and wrote exactly what is on it. I have printed this to share with my elderly friends who don't have email, and will email it to those who do. I can't say it strongly enough: Outstanding job!

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    Re: Fire on Fire

    one of the finer posts i have ever read. you should most definitly send that to the enquirer. you really hit the nail on the head as to what many reds fans are feeling right now

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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Excellent viewpoint and brilliantly written, PressBox!
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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Great post--it seems the fire is left in some fans though, judging from the board...
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    Re: Fire on Fire

    great post---one for the ages, go reds!

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    Re: Fire on Fire

    As Puffy would say..."Krispy".

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    Re: Fire on Fire

    very good post, but I am not sure that the "fire" is the problem. The pitching is the problem. I am not trying to be negative towards your post, but I don't think that it is the problem. The talent on the field is not up to what we have seen in the past from this organization. You are a good writer and I look forward to seeing more of your posts.
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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Jpup, I agree the pitching quality isn't there but Pressbox is right - the fire is missing. These guys are so laid back. They play hard, I don't see too many guys dogging it but that's not what Pressbox is talking about. He's talking about guys that get po'd about losing. Guys who throw things, who slam things. These guys play hard but they don't have an O'Neill, or a Vaughan, or a Rose who sets the tone and makes demands. Maybe it's because they see the futility when the Miltons, and Graves, and Jimmahs that have comprised this staff over the past 5 seasons take the mound. I think its the mindset of a winner is gone. Good teams have bad years but don't lose that. They bounce back. Years of losing really wipe out that attitude, though. So, yes, I think the two - bad pitching and loss of fire or whatever you want to call it - go together. Simply put, winning breeds the expectation of winning, and losing does the opposite. Both are habits, even for teams, and for front offices, for entire organizations. When Milton is pitching, though, all the tantrums in the world and all the hustle and desire in the world aren't going to win any ballgames. The Reds unfortunately have a lot of Milton's. He just happens to be the richest.

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    Re: Fire on Fire

    WOW!! Awesome post!!

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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph
    If any post ever deserved positive rep it's this one. He may gain all 200 needed rep points in one day.
    And I just put Pressbox over the hump...
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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Congrats Pressbox on being the first (to my knowledge) to make it to the majors on one post!!!
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    Re: Fire on Fire

    Quote Originally Posted by Tommyjohn25
    Congrats Pressbox on being the first (to my knowledge) to make it to the majors on one post!!!
    It was well deserved. A nice well written piece there. I just wish I wasn't out of rep for the day when I read it. I have to wait until tomorrow to hit him for that one, but I plan to. It really summed up a lot of what we all have seen the last couple years.


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