Wow. this makes me glad a late night/early morning had me napping on the couch during this one.
and I've said it before, this team just seems to hate making up ground on the Cardinals. They gain a game, they give it right back... Sucks.
Can't change the past, you can only change the future.
Put it behind you and move on. Make it a good day for all the dads tomorrow.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
foxfire123 (06-15-2013),New York Red (06-15-2013),OnBaseMachine (06-15-2013),Tom Servo (06-15-2013)
If talent was the problem, we wouldn't rank so high in starters ERA and runs scored. The talent is there. The problem is this team is schizophrenic and has been the entire season. They can look like the best team in baseball at times (hence the third best record in the league), but also look at times like they just don't care. That's a leadership issue, IMO.
Given the Cardinal's woes lately, I'm wouldn't be surprised if come September, the Reds stop watching the scoreboard and start preparing for their first playoff series.
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
I don't care about other teams, and I'm not talking about bad games (everyone has those). I'm talking about games in which a Reds team with WS hopes looks unfocused, unprepared and generally uninterested. It happens too often with this team, and those games add up over the course of a long season.
Since May 29, these are the NL Central teams records (in order)...
St.Louis - 10-7
9 home - K.C. (1-1), S.F. (2-2), Ariz. (2-1)
8 away - Cin. (2-1), N.Y. (2-1), Mia (1-1)
Cincinnati - 8-9
5 away - Cle. (0-2), Pitt. (2-1)
6 home - Col. (1-2), St.L. (1-2)
4 away - Chi. (3-1)
2 home - Milw. (1-1)
Pittsburgh - 8-8
5 home - Det. (2-0), Cin. (1-2)
6 away - Atl. (0-3), Chi. (2-1)
5 home - S.F. (2-1), L.A. (1-1)
Woe indeed.
We can share the women, we can share the wine.
Speaking of effort, I want to give a thumbs up to Jay Bruce. When the Reds offense went into sleepwalk mode the last 8 innings against the Cubs, he continued to hit. Then today when the offense looked uninterested again, Jay was 2-3 with a BB.
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