We run on hope.
We run on hope.
May the Lord bless
If the Reds can get over this hump, I think they ride it easily to a wild card spot.
BCubb2003 (08-15-2024)
There's only one Wild Card spot we can possibly reach, but we have the pitching to win that game on the Road. Our Pitcher is going to be better than theirs. We also have the magic that is Elly De La Cruz, and an incredibly intelligent hitter in T J Friedl who does what it takes to win games. Just a bit of an Offensive spark from one or two others and we have more than a 50% chance to win that road playoff game. We are also built well to win an extended playoff series or two or three if we can get to one in the first place.
We just have to get in.
122 Friday, Aug 16 ATL @ LAA 9:38 pm
123 Saturday, Aug 17 ATL @ LAA 9:38 pm
124 Sunday, Aug 18 ATL @ LAA 4:07 pm
125 Tuesday, Aug 20 ATL PHI 7:20 pm
126 Wednesday, Aug 21 ATL PHI 7:20 pm
127 Thursday, Aug 22 ATL PHI 7:15 pm
128 Friday, Aug 23 ATL WSN 7:20 pm
129 Saturday, Aug 24 ATL WSN 7:20 pm
130 Sunday, Aug 25 ATL WSN 12:05 pm
131 Monday, Aug 26 ATL @ MIN 7:40 pm
132 Tuesday, Aug 27 ATL @ MIN 7:40 pm
133 Wednesday, Aug 28 ATL @ MIN 7:40 pm
134 Thursday, Aug 29 ATL @ PHI 6:40 pm
135 Friday, Aug 30 ATL @ PHI 6:40 pm
136 Saturday, Aug 31 ATL @ PHI 7:15 pm
137 Sunday, Sep 1 ATL @ PHI 7:10 pm
138 Tuesday, Sep 3 ATL COL 7:20 pm
139 Wednesday, Sep 4 ATL COL 7:20 pm
140 Thursday, Sep 5 ATL COL 7:20 pm
141 Friday, Sep 6 ATL TOR 7:20 pm
142 Saturday, Sep 7 ATL TOR 7:20 pm
143 Sunday, Sep 8 ATL TOR 1:35 pm
144 Monday, Sep 9 ATL CIN 6:40 pm
145 Tuesday, Sep 10 ATL @ WSN 6:45 pm
146 Wednesday, Sep 11 ATL @ WSN 6:45 pm
147 Friday, Sep 13 ATL LAD 7:20 pm
148 Saturday, Sep 14 ATL LAD 7:20 pm
149 Sunday, Sep 15 ATL LAD 7:10 pm
150 Monday, Sep 16 ATL LAD 7:20 pm
151 Tuesday, Sep 17 ATL @ CIN 6:40 pm
152 Wednesday, Sep 18 ATL @ CIN 6:40 pm
153 Thursday, Sep 19 ATL @ CIN 1:10 pm
154 Friday, Sep 20 ATL @ MIA 7:10 pm
155 Saturday, Sep 21 ATL @ MIA 4:10 pm
156 Sunday, Sep 22 ATL @ MIA 1:40 pm
157 Tuesday, Sep 24 ATL NYM 7:20 pm
158 Wednesday, Sep 25 ATL NYM 7:20 pm
159 Thursday, Sep 26 ATL NYM 7:20 pm
160 Friday, Sep 27 ATL KCR 7:20 pm
161 Saturday, Sep 28 ATL KCR 7:20 pm
162 Sunday, Sep 29 ATL KCR 3:20 pm
AUG 26-SEP 1 is a tough 7-game roadtrip @ MIN/LAD
SEP9-SEP19 is a 10-game stretch where they play the LAD and REDS four times each.
SEP 24-26 NYM and ATL play each other.
They also play PHI AUG 20-22, and they close out the season against the Kansas City Royals.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Publicly-available accounting as a condition for public financing makes sense to me. I'd support that as a law or as part of negotiations for new stadiums or public investments.
But at least in this century, the Reds' issues never have been that they are cheap. They are the smallest market in the game, and rarely have a bottom-five or even bottom-ten payroll. It's perhaps no defense to say "well, others are cheaper," but neither should it be ignored that the Reds' payrolls are higher, as a function of market size, than a majority (perhaps a large majority) of the league.
Kingspoint (08-15-2024),oregonred (08-16-2024)
For the record, all sports organizations have to be independently audited every year for IRS reasons. My Brother-in-Law used to audit the Trailblazers for Arthur Anderson.
So, there's not complete anonimity as the public believes there is. You and I just don't have access to those audit reports, but they exist every year, and in any negotiations, could be required to be looked at. Any sound Commissioner would make this request. The information can't be publicly released, of course.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Revering4Blue (08-15-2024),wlf WV (08-16-2024)
The Braves are catchable and the Reds have the best Pythag of anybody in the 6-12 slots. It's doable. The only team with a relatively easy schedule is the Cubs.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
HokieRed (08-16-2024),Old school 1983 (08-17-2024),RiverRat13 (08-16-2024)
Didn't we win the series vs the Dodger last year in LA? In fact, wasn't it a successful west coast road trip for the team?
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
I was wrong.
Giving this team 45 hours to think about getting a win so they could FINALLY get to .500 was a very, very bad thing.
They needed to go straight to bed, get up and play an early morning game.
Can't give this team time to think. It's not a good outcome.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
sjjones (08-18-2024)
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