West Coast Swing...........

[15fan]

But this is the West Coast, where there be dragons. Even the Reds this year have been cursed. By the likes of Seattle, even.

Yep.

My better half travels out west regularly for work. Never underestimate what a 4+ hour cross-country / cross multiple time zone trip does to a body. It's brutal going out, and brutal coming back.

[traderumor]

Yep.

My better half travels out west regularly for work. Never underestimate what a 4+ hour cross-country / cross multiple time zone trip does to a body. It's brutal going out, and brutal coming back.

The luck of the draw has them hitting the shorter jaunt to Arizona and a bad Dbacks team first. Maybe they can get their sea legs under them and then make some hay with SF and LA. Win two series, lose one would be fine with me.

[westofyou]

But this is the West Coast, where there be dragons. Even the Reds this year have been cursed. By the likes of Seattle, even.

Fact is when they hit the coast they spend more time hitting the town and assorted attractions all day too. It's been a tradition since the NYC boys flew west. The weather is good, there's famous sites, beaches, boardwalks, lotsa stuff on the coast to do with a pocketful of cash and a free day.

[Roy Tucker]

Fact is when they hit the coast they spend more time hitting the town and assorted attractions all day too. It's been a tradition since the NYC boys flew west. The weather is good, there's famous sites, beaches, boardwalks, lotsa stuff on the coast to do with a pocketful of cash and a free day.

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned

[RedsMan3203]

The goal from here on out is, 2 out of 3... So, I'd take a total west swing of 6-3. In the end I don't care how they get to that 6/3 mark.

I think the Reds can handle Dbacks/LA just fine and when SF came to Cincinnati the Reds did well against them..

It wasn't pretty... But its still 6-3

[Joseph]

It wasn't pretty... But its still 6-3

I'm happy with 6 of 9 almost all the time.

[CarolinaRedleg]

I'm happy with 6 of 9 almost all the time.

67 percent of the time, it works every time.

[kaldaniels]

I'm happy with 6 of 9 almost all the time.

No pumpkin yet Joseph!

[traderumor]

While the easy win would have saved a lot of elevated heart beats, I tend to think that winning the game in the end might just have a bigger psychological effect on the team. Of course, they would be on their way home by now....

[Rojo]

I'm happy with 6 of 9 almost all the time.

I don't mind, I don't mind.

[Cyclone792]

I'm pretty much speechless from today's game, but all in all, I guess I have to be pretty happy with a 6-3 trip despite how the final three games turned out. Boy did the Reds dodge one today, though.

And lastly, an off day tomorrow probably couldn't come at a better time all year (maybe except for the off day after the Cardinals series). Let's hope this team is ready to get back out there Friday night.

[RBA]

Fact is when they hit the coast they spend more time hitting the town and assorted attractions all day too. It's been a tradition since the NYC boys flew west. The weather is good, there's famous sites, beaches, boardwalks, lotsa stuff on the coast to do with a pocketful of cash and a free day.

Luckily the Reds have gotten their fill of Arizona since they do spring training there. Hopefully, none of them had the urge to revisit a spring training hookup.

[membengal]

6-3! Style points be durned!

6-3!

Left one game up, coming back at least 2 1/2 up and maybe a tad more?

Yes, please. Even with the horror that was bleeding away a 10-1 lead today. Past Reds teams don't find a way to pull that out.

6-3!

[REDblooded]

I would've considered 5-4 a success... 6-3 is like getting a better bike than the one you'd asked for under the Christmas tree...

[Homer Bailey]

I have a hunch the bats are going to break out big-time in the higher-altitude HR-friendly Chase Field, leading to a sweep of the D-Backs. That, combined with one 2-1 series and one 1-2 series (take your pick as to which will be which), and they'll get by at 6-3.